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William Devane: Career, Filmography & Early life

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 (2005–2007) and 24: Live Another Day (2014). He is also known for his work in films such as Family Plot (1976), Marathon Man (1976), Rolling…

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William Devane topic overview

The analysis highlights Career, Filmography and Early life as prominent areas in the source structure around William Devane.

Related topics
117
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
122
Extracted relationships
10
Concept neighborhoods
21
Bridge connections
122

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Career · 59 topics
Filmography · 42 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Early life · 4 topics
Personal life · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Occupation
Actor
Alma mater
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Born
William Joseph Devane (1939-09-05) September 5, 1939 (age 86) Albany, New York, U.S.
Children
2
Years active
1966–present

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How William Devane connects Entity context

The extracted context around William Devane shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, William Devane → IMDbWilliam Devane, Internet Broadway DatabaseWilliam Devane, Internet Off-Broadway Database Another extracted example is William Devane → American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

William Devane

Top relations

related to External links · 3
William Devane → IMDbWilliam Devane, Internet Broadway DatabaseWilliam Devane, Internet Off-Broadway Database
Alma mater · 1
William Devane → American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Born · 1
William Devane → William Joseph Devane (1939-09-05) September 5, 1939 (age 86) Albany, New York, U.S.
Children · 1
William Devane → 2
Occupation · 1
William Devane → Actor
Spouse · 1
William Devane → .mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria…
Years active · 1
William Devane → 1966–present

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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William Devane relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 10 structured relationships around William Devane. Examples in this analysis include William Devane → Alma mater → American Academy of Dramatic Arts and William Devane → Born → William Joseph Devane (1939-09-05) September 5, 1939 (age 86) Albany, New York, U.S.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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William DevaneAlma materAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts1.00infobox
William DevaneBornWilliam Joseph Devane (1939-09-05) September 5, 1939 (age 86) Albany, New York, U.S.1.00infobox
William DevaneChildren21.00infobox
William DevaneOccupationActor1.00infobox
William DevaneSpouse.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria…1.00infobox
William DevaneYears active1966–present1.00infobox
Family Plotinstance ofHe is also known for his work in films0.80text
William Devanerelated to External linksIMDbWilliam Devane0.60section
William Devanerelated to External linksInternet Broadway DatabaseWilliam Devane0.60section
William Devanerelated to External linksInternet Off-Broadway Database0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around William Devane bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include New, President and York. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • William Devane
    • New
    • President
    • York
    • Albany
    • Film
    • Episode
    • Appeared
    • Role
    • Early
    • Episodes
    • Knots
    • Landing
  • william devane
    • New
    • President
    • York
    • Albany
    • Film
    • Episode
    • Appeared
    • Role
    • Early
    • Episodes
    • Knots
    • Landing
  • knots landing
    • Landing
    • Another
    • Day
    • Known
    • Live
    • Early
    • Episodes
    • Heller
    • James
    • Man
    • Movie
    • Off-broadway
  • early edition
    • Missiles
    • October
    • New
    • Albany
    • Episodes
    • Eugenie
    • Knots
    • Landing
    • Live
    • Man
    • Movie
    • Off-broadway
  • knots landing: back to the cul-de-sac
    • Landing
    • Another
    • Day
    • Known
    • Live
    • Early
    • Episodes
    • Heller
    • James
    • Man
    • Movie
    • Off-broadway
  • early life
    • Missiles
    • October
    • New
    • Albany
    • Episodes
    • Eugenie
    • Knots
    • Landing
    • Live
    • Man
    • Movie
    • Off-broadway
  • albany, new york
    • New
    • York
    • Albany
    • American
    • Born
    • October
    • Devane
    • Early
    • Episode
    • Eugenie
    • Years
    • Film
  • new york shakespeare festival
    • New
    • York
    • Albany
    • American
    • Born
    • October
    • Devane
    • Episode
    • Early
    • Eugenie
    • Years
    • Film

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For William Devane, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects William Devane with Career. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
William Devane — Career · splits 63 ⟂ 60
William Devane — Filmography · splits 80 ⟂ 43
William Devane — Overview · splits 112 ⟂ 11
William Devane — Early life · splits 118 ⟂ 5
William Devane — Personal life · splits 120 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

William Devane

Nodes123
Edges122
Triples10
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around William Devane to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Career, Filmography & Early life, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — William Devane · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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