What is William Devane’s net worth?

William Devane is a talented film, television, and theater actor who has a net worth of $5 million. He is best known for his roles in the soap opera “Knots Landing” and the action series “24.” On the big screen, Devane has appeared in such notable films as “Family Plot,” “Marathon Man,” and “Space Cowboys.” His storied career includes other notable works such as “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” “Rolling Thunder,” “Testament,” and “Interstellar,” as well as television shows such as “The Monroes,” “Turks,” and “The Grinder.”

William Devane Net Worth	5 million dollars
Date of birth	September 5, 1939
Place of birth	Albany, New York
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor

Early life

William Devane was born on September 5, 1939, in Albany, New York. His father, Joseph, was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s chauffeur when he was governor of New York. Devane is of Irish descent on his father’s side and German and Dutch on his mother’s side. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, graduating in 1962.

Devane’s acting career began at the New York Shakespeare Festival, where he appeared in 15 plays. In 1966, he gained notoriety for his role as Robert F. Kennedy in the off-Broadway satire “MacBird!”. From 1967 to 1969, Devane appeared in three episodes of the police drama series “NYPD”

Television career in the 1970s and 1980s

Throughout the 1970s, Devane appeared in numerous television series and films. Early in the decade, he guest-starred on Medical Center, Young Dr. Kildare, and Gunsmoke, and starred in Mannix and Hawaii Five-O. He also appeared in television movies such as The Bait, Fear on Trial, Red Alert, and Black Beauty, and appeared in the miniseries From Here to Eternity. One of his most notable roles was as President John F. Kennedy in the 1974 television movie The Missiles of October.

In 1983, Devane landed his most famous role as politician Greg Sumner on the prime-time soap opera Knots Landing, a role he played until the show’s end in 1993. During the 1980s, he also starred in television movies such as Red Flag: The Ultimate Game, The Other Victim, Jane Doe, and With Intent to Kill, and appeared in the science fiction horror film Timestalkers.

Television career in the 1990s and 2000s

While he was still in “Knots Landing,” Devane starred in “Murder COD” and “A Woman Named Jackie.” From 1993 to 1994, he starred in the sitcom “Phenom” and appeared as Al Capone in “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.” He continued to appear in television movies such as “Falling from the Sky: Flight 174,” “Virus,” and “Night Watch,” and starred in the short-lived series “The Monroes” and “Turks.”

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In the 2000s, Devane had roles in “The Michael Richards Show,” “The West Wing” and “Stargate SG-1.” He co-created “Crumbs” and had a recurring role on “What About Brian?” From 2005 to 2007, he played James Heller on “24,” reprising the role in the 2014 sequel, “24: Live Another Day.” In 2015, he starred in “The Grinder” and has appeared in such series as “Psych,” “NCIS,” “Revenge” and the crime thriller “Jesse Stone.”

Film career

Devane’s film breakthrough came in 1971 when he starred in the films “The Pursuit of Happiness”, “The 300 Year Weekend”, “McCabe & Mrs. Miller”, “My Old Man’s Place” and “Lady Liberty”. He appeared in the films “The Irish Whiskey Rebellion”, “Report to the Commissioner”, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Family Plot” and “Marathon Man”. His other notable films include “The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training”, “Rolling Thunder”, “The Dark”, “Yanks” and “Honky Tonk Freeway”.

In the 1990s, Devane starred in the films “Vital Signs”, “Exception to the Rule”, and “Payback”. The 2000s began with roles in the films “Space Cowboys”, “Hollow Man”, and later appeared in “Race to Space”, “The Badge”, “Stargate Continuum”, “The Least Among You”, “Chasing the Green”, and “The River Why”. In 2012, Devane played the President of the United States in “The Dark Knight Rises” and appeared in “Bad Turn Worse”, “50 to 1” and “Interstellar”.

Personal life

Devane has been married to Eugenie since 1961. They had two sons, Joshua and Bill, the latter of whom tragically died in an accident.

William Devane Net Worth

William Devane’s net worth is $5 million.

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