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William Devane

1939 - Today

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William Joseph Devane (born September 5, 1939) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Greg Sumner on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing (1983–1993) and as James Heller on the Fox serial dramas 24 (2001–2010) and 24: Live Another Day (2014). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Devane has received more than 4,030,478 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William Devane is the 2,433rd most popular actor (down from 2,062nd in 2019), the 3,849th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,414th in 2019) and the 1,112th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Devane ranks 2,433 out of 13,578. Before him are Jeffrey Jones, Akira Takarada, Jeff Fahey, Brian Thompson, Nina Foch, and Susan Blakely. After him are Haifa Wehbe, Marcel Iureș, Suzanne Flon, Ron Rifkin, Adam Cheng, and Rosario Dawson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, William Devane ranks 219. Before him are Néstor Combin, Leonid Kanevsky, Germaine Greer, Arik Einstein, Arkady Luxemburg, and Leka, Crown Prince of Albania. After him are Ron Rifkin, John Amos, Nobuyuki Oishi, Giorgio Gaber, Louis Andriessen, and Valery Ryumin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Devane ranks 3,849 out of 20,380. Before him are Dusty Rhodes (1945), Jeff Fahey (1952), Brian Thompson (1959), Robert Rodriguez (1968), George Washington Carver (1864), and Dave Grohl (1969). After him are George McGovern (1922), Ron Rifkin (1939), Rosario Dawson (1979), John Amos (1939), Chrissie Hynde (1951), and Bruno Kirby (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Devane ranks 1,112. Before him are Michael Winslow (1958), Shannon Lee (1969), Gloria Foster (1933), Jeffrey Jones (1946), Jeff Fahey (1952), and Brian Thompson (1959). After him are Ron Rifkin (1939), Rosario Dawson (1979), John Amos (1939), Bruno Kirby (1949), Thomas Gibson (1962), and Marion Davies (1897).

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