William deVry
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William deVry is an Canadian television actor now living in Vancouver. He has appeared on several soap operas. He played the roles of Joshua Doors on Gene Roddenberry
's Earth: Final Conflict
, Tim Charles on Port Charles
and Michael Cambias
on All My Children
. He has also appeared in three episodes of Stargate SG-1
as the Tok'Ra named Aldwin.
In September 2006, deVry joined the cast of CBS
's The Bold and the Beautiful
as Storm Logan, the brother of Katherine Kelly Lang
's Brooke
. The character of Storm was killed off in April 2008.
His birth name is William deVry Simard. He moved to Florida with his mother at the age of 19. His grandfather, Herman A. DeVry, founded the DeForest Training School, named after Lee DeForest, Herman's colleague and friend, now known as DeVry University
. deVry comes from a long lineage of athletes and entrepreneurs. His father lettered in several sports in college and his maternal grandmother held 26 world records in track and field.
He is an avid collector of art and connoisseur of fashion and architecture.
Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer...
's Earth: Final Conflict
Earth: Final Conflict
Earth: Final Conflict is a Canadian science fiction television series based on story ideas created by Gene Roddenberry, and produced under the guidance of his widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry. It was not produced, filmed or broadcast until after his death...
, Tim Charles on Port Charles
Port Charles
Port Charles was a daytime soap opera which aired on ABC from June 2, 1997 to October 3, 2003. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital, which has been running since 1963 and takes place in the fictional city of Port Charles, New York...
and Michael Cambias
Michael Cambias
Michael Cambias, formerly a brief resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley, appeared on the American daytime drama All My Children. He was portrayed by actor William deVry, from January 23, 2003 to August 2003, and later in a ghostly vision in 2004 and 2006.The character is one that lives in...
on All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
. He has also appeared in three episodes of Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...
as the Tok'Ra named Aldwin.
In September 2006, deVry joined the cast of CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
's The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
as Storm Logan, the brother of Katherine Kelly Lang
Katherine Kelly Lang
Katherine Kelly Lang is an American actress. She is known for her role as Brooke Logan Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful .-Personal life:...
's Brooke
Brooke Logan
Brooke Logan Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She has been portrayed by Katherine Kelly Lang since the series debuted in March 1987, although Catherine Hickland and Sandra Ferguson briefly filled in on two occasions when Lang was on...
. The character of Storm was killed off in April 2008.
His birth name is William deVry Simard. He moved to Florida with his mother at the age of 19. His grandfather, Herman A. DeVry, founded the DeForest Training School, named after Lee DeForest, Herman's colleague and friend, now known as DeVry University
DeVry University
DeVry University and DeVry Institute of Technology are divisions of DeVry Inc , a proprietary, for-profit higher education organization that is also the parent organization for Keller Graduate School of Management, Ross University, American University of the Caribbean, Apollo College, Western...
. deVry comes from a long lineage of athletes and entrepreneurs. His father lettered in several sports in college and his maternal grandmother held 26 world records in track and field.
He is an avid collector of art and connoisseur of fashion and architecture.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | SeaQuest DSV SeaQuest DSV seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction... |
Matthew | Episode: "Daggers" |
1995 | Once in a Blue Moon | Eric / Adult Peter | |
1996 | Master Sergeant | Episode: "The Switchman" | |
1996 | Poltergeist: The Legacy Poltergeist: The Legacy Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers... |
Kevin Sumner | Episode: "Do Not Go Gently" |
1996 | Bartender | Episode: "Inconstant Moon Inconstant Moon (The Outer Limits) "Inconstant Moon" is an episode of the US television series The Outer Limits. It first aired on 12 April 1996, during the second season. Science fiction author Larry Niven adapted his own short story of the same name for television.-Opening narration:... " |
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1997 | Volcano: Fire on the Mountain | David | TV movie |
1997 | Viper Viper (TV series) Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that... |
Geoffrey Vollis | Episode: "Echo of Murder" |
1997 | Dead Man's Gun Dead Man's Gun Dead Man's Gun was a western anthology series which ran on Showtime from 1997 to 1999. The series followed the travels of a gun as it passed to a new character in each episode. The gun would change the life of whomever possessed it.... |
Zane Forbes | Episode: "Fortune Teller" |
1997 | Convictions | Shane | TV movie |
1997 | Ben | Episode: "Double Helix" | |
1998 | Ben | Episode: "The Origin of Species Origin of Species (The Outer Limits) "The Origin of Species" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on November 14, 1998 during the fourth season, and is a sequel to a previous episode "Double Helix".-Opening narration:-Plot:... " |
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1998 | I Know What You Did | Jeffrey Davenport | TV movie |
1998 | Adam | TV movie | |
1998 | Nash Bridges Nash Bridges Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of... |
Brian Hammond | Episode: "Special Delivery" |
1998–2000 | Earth: Final Conflict Earth: Final Conflict Earth: Final Conflict is a Canadian science fiction television series based on story ideas created by Gene Roddenberry, and produced under the guidance of his widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry. It was not produced, filmed or broadcast until after his death... |
Joshua Doors | 8 episodes |
1999 | First Wave | Karl | Episode: "The Decision" Episode: "The Purge" |
1999 | Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy was a CBC Television television show based upon the adventures of author and rancher Richmond P. Hobson, Jr. in Northern British Columbia. It is based upon the eponymous book and also The Rancher Takes a Wife.... |
Leo Porter | Episode: "Charades" Episode: "Sex Lies and Narrow Escapes" |
1999 | Cold Squad Cold Squad Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick .The cast of Cold Squad was... |
Episode: "Gavin MacInnis" | |
1999 | Edward 'Ned' Malone | TV movie | |
1999–2002 | Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich... |
Aldwin | 5 episodes |
2000 | Craig Swenson | Episode: "Breaking Point Breaking Point (The Outer Limits) "Breaking Point" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 18 February 2000, during the sixth season.-Introduction:... " |
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2000–2001 | Beggars and Choosers Beggars and Choosers (TV series) Beggars and Choosers is a comedy-drama series broadcast by Showtime. Developed by Peter Lefcourt and Brandon Tartikoff, the series was a comedic, behind-the-scenes look at network television... |
Brent Kallus | 5 episodes |
2001 | So Weird So Weird So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,... |
State Trooper | Episode: "The Great Incanto" |
2001 | Dream Storm | Jordan Ingram | TV movie |
2002 | Dead in a Heartbeat Dead in a Heartbeat Dead in a Heartbeat is a television film that was originally aired on TNT on March 3, 2002.The film is about Dr. Gillian Hayes, a heart surgeon, and Lt. Tom Royko, an officer of the bomb squad. The two must attempt to prevent Dr... |
John | TV movie |
2002 | Port Charles | Tim Dolan | 2 episodes |
2002 | Love at Second Sight | Nick | Video |
2002 | Nick Janus | Episode: "Dead Man's Eyes Dead Man's Eyes (The Twilight Zone) "Dead Man's Eyes" is the eighth episode of the science fiction television series 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone. The episode aired October 9, 2002 on UPN.-Opening Narration:-Plot summary:... " |
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2002 | Wildfire 7: The Inferno | Scott | TV movie |
2003–2004 | All My Children All My Children All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most... |
Michael Cambias Michael Cambias Michael Cambias, formerly a brief resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley, appeared on the American daytime drama All My Children. He was portrayed by actor William deVry, from January 23, 2003 to August 2003, and later in a ghostly vision in 2004 and 2006.The character is one that lives in... |
88 episodes |
2006 | Double Cross | Dean Swanson | TV movie |
2006 | Godiva's Godiva's Godiva's is an hour long Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on Bravo! and Citytv in 2005. It completed a successful two-season run in 2006, but though the show received rave reviews, it was cancelled by CHUM broadcasting... |
Garth Rutlidge | 6 episodes |
2006–2008 | Storm Logan | 197 episodes | |
2011 | Dad | Episode: "The Perfect Brother" | |
2011 | Three Weeks, Three Kids | Brian Norton | TV movie |
2011 | InSecurity InSecurity InSecurity is a Canadian action comedy television series. The series focuses on a team of spycatchers set at the fictional Canadian National Intelligence and Security Agency . The series is set in Ottawa but filmed primarily in Regina... |
Peter McNeil | 13+ episodes |
Awards and nominations
- Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2004)
- Daytime Emmy Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2004, 2008)