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Acting

William Devane

Career: Active from 1971 to 2015, busiest in 1971 and 1997 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 39
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: The Missiles of October
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

William Devane Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5
Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 7
Character-Driven 6
Psychological Thriller 3
Mystery 3
True Crime Drama 3
High Stakes 3
Crime Thriller 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Melancholy 2
Suspenseful 2
Underdog Story 2
Quirky Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

111

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 82

Bosch: Legacy

82

TV show · as Whitney Vance

2010s

16 titles · average score 62

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

65

as Dr. Dix

The Grinder

77

TV show · as Dean Sanderson Sr.

Truth

65

as Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited)

50 to 1

51

as Leonard Doc Blach

Interstellar

80

as Williams

Bad Turn Worse

64

as Big Red

Leprechaun's Revenge

37

as Pop O'Hara

The Dark Knight Rises

82

as President

Flag of My Father

as Jake

Revenge

73

TV show · as Edward Grayson

Good Morning, Killer

50

as Everett Morgan Gray

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

52

as Thompson

2000s

25 titles · average score 55

as Frank Carson

Crumbs

40

TV show · as Billy Crumb

Psych

80

TV show · as Peters

NCIS

64

TV show · as Nicolas Mason

A Christmas Visitor

61

as George Boyajian

Threat of Exposure

45

as Col. Weldon

The Badge

43

as The Judge

83

TV show · as James Heller

Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story

44

as Tom Kincaid

The Michael Richards Show

18

TV show · as Brady McKay

Space Cowboys

68

as Eugene Davis

The Man Who Used to Be Me

54

as Older Sam Ryan

1990s

30 titles · average score 60

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Lewis Berryhill

Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac

80

TV show · as Greg Sumner

Stargate SG-1

66

TV show · as President Hayes

Forgotten Sins

56

as Dr. Richard Ofshe

Freefall: Flight 174

59

as Capt. Bob Pearson

Night Watch

48

as Nick Caldwell

Virus

48

as Dr. Harbuck

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

50

as Daniel 'Dan' Fields

The X-Files

76

TV show · as General Mark Suveg

Obsessed

61

as Ed Bledsoe

Victim of Beauty

61

as Sheriff Jim Metts

Murder C.O.D.

68

as Alex Brandt

1980s

10 titles · average score 59

The Preppie Murder

48

as Jack Litman

Timestalkers

49

as Scott McKenzie

With Intent to Kill

as Aaron Charney

Testament

75

as Tom Wetherly

Jane Doe

as William Quinn

Hadley's Rebellion

as Coach Ball

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Tom Wetherly

The Other Victim

as Harry Langford

Honky Tonk Freeway

53

as Mayor Kirby T. Calo

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

as Maj. Phil Clark

1970s

24 titles · average score 65

From Here to Eternity

71

TV show · as Sgt. Milt Warden

The Dark

36

as Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree

Yanks

52

as John

Rolling Thunder

72

as Major Charles Rane

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

41

as Mike Leak

Marathon Man

74

as Janeway

Family Plot

76

as Arthur Adamson

The Missiles of October

84

TV show · as John F. Kennedy - US President

The Missiles of October

81

as President John F. Kennedy

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

83

as Lawyer

Lady Liberty

56

as Jock Fenner

My Old Man's Place

as Jimmy Pilgrim

1960s

4 titles · average score 58

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Fallon

Medical Center

67

TV show · as Dr. Ray Waltham

Ironside

45

TV show · as Smiley

Mannix

71

TV show · as Al Kordic

1950s

1 title · average score 76

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Moss Stratton