James Keane

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

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Without a Trace

ER

The West Wing

Mad Men

Diagnosis: Murder

The Practice

Boston Legal

All Movies (52)

• Megalopolis2024 · as Laughing Man
• The Rizen: Possession2019 · as Extra
• Rules Don't Apply2016 · as Tom
• Miss Meadows2014 · as Father Peter
• Emit2013 · as Graydon Wofford
• Love's Christmas Journey2011 · as Mr. Peters
• Water for Elephants2011 · as Chaplain
• Crazy Heart2009 · as Manager
• A Gunfighter's Pledge2008 · as Preacher
• Hidden Places2006 · as Mr. Jennings
• Silent Partner2005 · as Senator Banner
• Seabiscuit2003 · as Car Customer
• Assassination Tango2003 · as Whitey
• Hey Arnold! The Movie2002 · as Marty Green / Riot Cop (voice)
• Don't Let Go2002 · as Wes
• The Vampire Hunters Club2001 · as Jonathan White
• Pleasantville1998 · as Police Chief Dan
• Todd McFarlane's Spawn 21998 · as Sam Burke
• Bulworth1998 · as American Politics Director
• Don King: Only in America1997 · as Reporter 3
• The Fumbleheads1997 · as Veteran Cop
• Journey Beneath the Sea1996 · as Rick (voice)
• Phenomenon1996 · as Pete the Cop
• Angus1995 · as Coach
• Here Come the Munsters1995 · as Maitre d'
• Coneheads1993 · as Harv
• Falling Down1993 · as Detective Keene
• The Last Boy Scout1991 · as Garage Patrolman
• Talent for the Game1991 · as Ray Coffey
• Dick Tracy1990 · as Pat Patton
• New York Stories1989 · as Jimmy
• Let's Get Harry1986 · as Al King
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension1984 · as Duck Hunter Bubba
• 10 to Midnight1983 · as Jerry
• The Sound of Murder1982
• 48 Hrs.1982 · as Vanzant
• Cannery Row1982 · as Eddie
• Pray TV1982 · as Fats
• The Ambush Murders1982 · as Lambert
• Life on the Mississippi1980
• Brubaker1980 · as Pinky
• The Rose1979 · as Dealer
• Apocalypse Now1979 · as Kilgore's Gunner
• Ike1979 · as Corporal
• Love and Bullets1979 · as Doctor
• Zero to Sixty1978 · as Girlie Bar Bartender
• Night Cries1978 · as Charlie
• Uncle Joe Shannon1978 · as Jeels
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977 · as Radio Telescope Team
• Sunshine Christmas1977 · as Hugh Bob
• Intimate Strangers1977 · as Rusty Fenton
• Three Days of the Condor1975 · as Store Clerk

All TV Shows (28)

• Harry's Law2011 · as Joshua
• Raising Hope2010 · as Doctor Walters
• Mad Men2007 · as Night Manager
• Everybody Hates Chris2005 · as Boss
• Close to Home2005 · as Fred Martins
• Boston Legal2004 · as Joe Gordon
• Without a Trace2002 · as Dick Carver
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as George Anderson
• M.Y.O.B.2000 · as Principal Turk
• The West Wing1999 · as Hartsfield's Landing Registrar of Voters
• Family Law1999
• Cult Movies TV1999 · as Self
• Spawn1997 · as Sam Burke (voice)
• The Practice1997 · as Crime Analyst Michael Hallbrenner
• Hey Arnold!1996 · as Hospital Orderly (voice)
• Hey Arnold!1996 · as Mr. Green (voice)
• Hey Arnold!1996 · as Mr. Green (voice; uncredited)
• Hey Arnold!1996 · as Mr. Green / EBN Announcer (voice)
• Hey Arnold!1996 · as Mr. Green / Judge (voice)
• 7th Heaven1996 · as Pete
• ER1994 · as Workman
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Man
• Love & War1992 · as Husband
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Lawyer
• Ike1979 · as Corporal
• Roots: The Next Generations1979 · as Night Dispatcher
• The Paper Chase1978 · as Willis Bell
• Great Performances1971 · as Mr. Ealer