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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 3,568,000 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William Devane is the 2,431st 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

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Devanes by language

Over the past year William Devane has had the most page views in the with 550,971 views, followed by German (35,777), and French (33,953). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (129.18%), Southern Azerbaijani (91.48%), and Swahili (74.65%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Devane ranks 2,431 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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Television and Movie Roles

Interstellar
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Hollow Man
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The Dark Knight Rises
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Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
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