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William Devane Biography

William Joseph Devane (born September 5, 1939) is an American film, television and theatre actor, known for his role as Greg Sumner on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing (1983–1993) and as James Heller on the Fox serial drama 24 (2005–2007), the role he reprised in Live Another Day (2014). He is also known for his supporting roles in films such as McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Family Plot (1976), Marathon Man (1976), Timestalkers (1987) and Space Cowboys (2000).

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When you go to a movie, it's about what's not being said. I tried to bring that to Greg Sumner. It was always about what's not being said.

Said, Movie, Greg, Bring, Sumner

Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have.

Aging, Beautifully, Clint, Destroying, Eastwood, Faces

What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.

Play, Reality, Secretary, Show, World

I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood.

Grew Up, Grew, Neighborhood

It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore.

Anymore, Don, Knots, Murray, Want, Wells

Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible.

Actors, Complete, Shows, Terrible

I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.

Asked, Fix, Part, People, Stories, Writing

A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on.

Doe, Know, Missing You, Opera, Show

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.

Feeding, Myth, Presidential, West, Wings

Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week.

Blue, Eye, Individualized, Missing, Shows

Joey, my older brother, had his own TV show in the '50s, along with Cathy Callahan.

Brother, Cathy, Joey, Older, Tv Shows, Tvs

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

Contest, Contests, Emmys, Popularity, Popularity Contest, Ultimately

I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series.

Age, Character, Trying, Week