What is the net worth of William Devane?
William Devane is a film, television, and stage actor who has a net worth of $5 million. William Devane is best known for his roles on the soap opera ‘Knots Landing’ and the action series ’24’. On the big screen, he starred in films such as ‘Family Plot’, ‘Marathon Man’ and ‘Space Cowboys’. Devane’s other credits include the films “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” “Rolling Thunder,” “Testament” and “Interstellar,” and the television shows “The Monroes,” “Turks” and “The Grinder.”
The first start of life and the beginning of the career
William Devane was born on September 5, 1939 in Albany, New York. His father, Joseph, had served as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s chauffeur when Roosevelt was governor of New York. Devane is of Irish descent on his father’s side and of German and Dutch descent on his mother’s side. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, graduating in 1962.
Devane began his professional acting career with the New York Shakespeare Festival, where he performed in 15 plays. Later, in 1966, he portrayed Robert F. Kennedy in the off-Broadway satire “MacBird!” From 1967 to 1969, Devane appeared in three episodes of the police drama television series “NYPD”
Television career in the 70s and 80s
Devane appeared in many television series and television films throughout the 1970s. Earlier in the decade, he starred in episodes of the medical series “Medical Center” and “Young Dr. Kildare” and guest starred in a . episode of the western series “Gunsmoke”. Devane was also in episodes of “Mannix” and “Hawaii Five-O.” Meanwhile, he has appeared in TV movies such as ‘The Bait’, ‘Fear on Trial’, ‘Red Alert’ and ‘Black Beauty’ and was in the three-part miniseries remake of ‘From Here to Eternity’. One of Devane’s most notable roles during the decade was in the 1974 television movie The Missiles of October, in which he portrayed President John F. Kennedy.
Following his work on the 1979 miniseries From Here to Eternity, Devan reprized his role in the 1980 NBC spinoff of the miniseries. He was next in the television films “Red Flag: The Ultimate Game”, “The Other Victim”, “Jane Doe” and “With Intent to Kill”. Devane achieved his most famous role in 1983 when he began playing the role of politician Greg Sumner in the fifth season of the soap opera “Knots Landing”. He continued in the role until the end of the series in 1993. In 1987, Devane starred in the science fiction horror television film “Timestalkers”, based on Ray Brown’s novel “The Tintype”.
Television career in the 90s and 2000s
While still at “Knots Landing” in the early ’90s, Devane starred in the television movie “Murder COD” and the biographical miniseries “A Woman Named Jackie,” about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Then, from 1993 to 1994, he starred alongside Judith Light and Angela Goethals in the short-lived sitcom Phenom. Devane later portrayed Al Capone in a 1994 episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and that same year appeared in the television movie For the Love of Nancy. He then starred in three television movies in 1995: “Falling from the Sky: Flight 174”, “Virus” and “Night Watch”. Also that year, Devane starred in the short-lived soap opera The Monroes.
Devane had a number of starring, recurring and guest roles in the 00s and 2010s. His credits include the sitcom ‘The Michael Richards Show’, the political drama ‘The West Wing’ and the science fiction series ‘ Stargate”. SG-1″. In 2006, Devane starred in the short-lived sitcom “Crumbs” and began a recurring role on the short-lived ABC drama “What About Brian?” One of his biggest television roles was from 2005 to 2007 when he played James Heller on the action drama series “24”; he later reprized the role in the 2014 limited-run sequel 24: Live Another Day. In 2015, Devane had a starring role in the short-lived legal comedy series The Grinder. His other credits included the shows “Psych,” “NCIS” and “Revenge.”
Film career
Devane had a breakthrough year on the big screen in 1971 when he appeared in five films: “The Pursuit of Happiness,” “The 300 Year Weekend,” “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” “My Old Man’s Place” and ” Lady Liberty.” He followed this big year with roles in crime dramas The Irish Whiskey Rebellion and Report to the Commissioner. Devane starred in two major films in 1976: Alfred Hitchcock’s last film Family Plot and the thriller. John Schlesinger’s “Marathon Man.” He later starred in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and starred in John Schlesinger’s Rolling Thunder, The Dark, and Yanks. Devane reunited with Schlesinger in 1981 for the comedy “Honky Tonk Freeway.”
In the 90s, Devane starred in Vital Signs, Exception to the Rule, and the Mel Gibson action thriller Payback. He began the next decade with roles in four films, including Clint Eastwood’s Space Cowboys and Paul Verhoeven’s Hollow Man. Later credits included “Race to Space”, “The Badge”, “Stargate Continuum”, “The Least Among You”, “Chasing the Green” and “The River Why”. In 2012, Devane had a notable supporting role as the President of the United States of America in Christopher Nolan’s superhero sequel The Dark Knight Rises. Later, he was in “Bad Turn Worse” and “50 to 1” and reunited with Nolan for the sci-fi film “Interstellar”.
Personal life
Devane is married to his wife Eugenie, whom he married in 1961. They had two sons, Joshua and Bill, the latter of whom was killed in an accident.
