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.

Filmography

• 2024Megalopolis — Laughing Man
• 2019The Rizen: Possession — Extra
• 2016Rules Don't Apply — Tom
• 2014Miss Meadows — Father Peter
• 2013Emit — Graydon Wofford
• Harry's Law — Joshua
• 2011Love's Christmas Journey — Mr. Peters
• 2011Water for Elephants — Chaplain
• Raising Hope — Doctor Walters
• 2009Crazy Heart — Manager
• 2009For Sale by Owner — Loman
• 2008A Gunfighter's Pledge — Preacher
• Mad Men — Night Manager
• 2006Hidden Places — Mr. Jennings
• Close to Home — Fred Martins
• Everybody Hates Chris — Boss
• 2005Silent Partner — Senator Banner
• Boston Legal — Joe Gordon
• 2003Assassination Tango — Whitey
• 2003Seabiscuit — Car Customer
• 2002Don't Let Go — Wes
• 2002Hey Arnold! The Movie — Marty Green / Riot Cop (voice)
• Without a Trace — Dick Carver
• 2001The Vampire Hunters Club — Jonathan White
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — George Anderson
• M.Y.O.B. — Principal Turk
• Family Law
• The West Wing — Hartsfield's Landing Registrar of Voters
• 1998Bulworth — American Politics Director
• 1998Pleasantville — Police Chief Dan
• 1998Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2 — Sam Burke
• 1997Don King: Only in America — Reporter 3
• Spawn — Sam Burke (voice)
• 1997The Fumbleheads — Veteran Cop
• The Practice — Crime Analyst Michael Hallbrenner
• 7th Heaven — Pete
• Hey Arnold! — Hospital Orderly (voice), Mr. Green (voice), Mr. Green (voice; uncredited), Mr. Green / EBN Announcer (voice), Mr. Green / Judge (voice)
• 1996Journey Beneath the Sea — Rick (voice)
• 1996Phenomenon — Pete the Cop
• 1995Angus — Coach
• 1995Here Come the Munsters — Maitre d'
• ER — Workman
• 1993Coneheads — Harv
• Diagnosis: Murder — Man
• 1993Falling Down — Detective Keene
• Love & War — Husband
• 1991Talent for the Game — Ray Coffey
• 1991The Last Boy Scout — Garage Patrolman
• 1990Dick Tracy — Pat Patton
• Mancuso, F.B.I. — Morrie
• 1989New York Stories — Jimmy
• 1986Let's Get Harry — Al King
• 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension — Duck Hunter Bubba
• 198310 to Midnight — Jerry
• 198248 Hrs. — Vanzant
• 1982Cannery Row — Eddie
• 1982Pray TV — Fats
• St. Elsewhere — Lawyer
• 1982The Ambush Murders — Lambert
• 1982The Sound of Murder
• 1980Brubaker — Pinky
• 1980Life on the Mississippi
• 1979Apocalypse Now — Kilgore's Gunner
• 1979Ike — Corporal
• Ike — Corporal
• 1979Love and Bullets — Doctor
• Roots: The Next Generations — Night Dispatcher
• 1979The Rose — Dealer
• 1978Night Cries — Charlie
• The Paper Chase — Willis Bell
• 1978Uncle Joe Shannon — Jeels
• 1978Zero to Sixty — Girlie Bar Bartender
• 1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Radio Telescope Team
• 1977Intimate Strangers — Rusty Fenton
• 1977Sunshine Christmas — Hugh Bob
• 1975Three Days of the Condor — Store Clerk
• Great Performances — Mr. Ealer

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Cult Movies TV — Self