James Keane

Actor Sep 26 (age 73) Buffalo, New York, USA 1971–2024 (53 year career)

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Biography

James Keane (born September 26, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing the role of Willis Thomas Bell in the American drama television series The Paper Chase.

Known For

Film

Apocalypse Now

Kilgore's Gunner

Film

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Radio Telescope Team

Film

Falling Down

Detective Keene

Film

Pleasantville

Police Chief Dan

Film

Water for Elephants

Chaplain

Film

Three Days of the Condor

Store Clerk

Film

The Last Boy Scout

Garage Patrolman

Film

48 Hrs.

Vanzant

Filmography

Acting (75)

Movies (51)

Megalopolis

2024

as Laughing Man

5.2

The Rizen: Possession

as Extra

Rules Don't Apply

as Tom

Miss Meadows

as Father Peter

Emit

as Graydon Wofford

Water for Elephants

2011

as Chaplain

6.9

Love's Christmas Journey

as Mr. Peters

Crazy Heart

as Manager

A Gunfighter's Pledge

as Preacher

Silent Partner

as Senator Banner

Seabiscuit

as Car Customer

Assassination Tango

as Whitey

Hey Arnold! The Movie

2002

as Marty Green / Riot Cop (voice)

6.5

Don't Let Go

2002

as Wes

6.0

The Vampire Hunters Club

2001

as Jonathan White

Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle

1999

as Sam Burke

7.0

Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2

1998

as Sam Burke

8.0

Bulworth

1998

as American Politics Director

Pleasantville

as Police Chief Dan

The Fumbleheads

as Veteran Cop

Phenomenon

as Pete the Cop

Journey Beneath the Sea

1996

as Rick (voice)

Angus

1995

as Coach

6.6

Here Come the Munsters

as Maitre d'

Coneheads

as Harv

Falling Down

as Detective Keene

The Last Boy Scout

as Garage Patrolman

Talent for the Game

as Ray Coffey

Dick Tracy

as Pat Patton

New York Stories

as Jimmy

Let's Get Harry

as Al King

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

as Duck Hunter Bubba

10 to Midnight

as Jerry

The Sound of Murder

48 Hrs.

as Vanzant

Pray TV

as Fats

Cannery Row

as Eddie

The Ambush Murders

as Lambert

Brubaker

as Pinky

Life on the Mississippi

Apocalypse Now

as Kilgore's Gunner

Ike

as Corporal

Love and Bullets

as Doctor

The Rose

as Dealer

Night Cries

as Charlie

Zero to Sixty

as Girlie Bar Bartender

4.3

Uncle Joe Shannon

1978

as Jeels

7.0

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

as Radio Telescope Team

7.4

Sunshine Christmas

1977

as Hugh Bob

Intimate Strangers

1977

as Rusty Fenton

5.0

Three Days of the Condor

1975

as Store Clerk

7.3

Television (24)

Harry's Law

as Joshua

Raising Hope

as Doctor Walters

Mad Men

as Night Manager

Close to Home

as Fred Martins

Everybody Hates Chris

as Boss

Boston Legal

as Joe Gordon

Without a Trace

as Dick Carver

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as George Anderson

M.Y.O.B.

as Principal Turk

The West Wing

as Hartsfield's Landing Registrar of Voters

Family Law

Cult Movies TV

as Self

The Practice

1997

as Crime Analyst Michael Hallbrenner

Spawn

as Sam Burke (voice)

Hey Arnold!

as Hospital Orderly (voice)

7th Heaven

as Pete

as Workman

Diagnosis: Murder

as Man

Love & War

as Husband

St. Elsewhere

as Lawyer

Roots: The Next Generations

as Night Dispatcher

Ike

as Corporal

The Paper Chase

as Willis Bell

Great Performances

as Mr. Ealer