Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1907-10-08
Place of Birth
Belfast - Northern Ireland
J.G. Devlin
Biography
James Gerard Devlin was a Northern Irish actor who made his stage debut in 1931, and had long association with the Ulster Group Theatre. In a career spanning nearly sixty years, he played parts in TV productions such as Z-Cars, Dad's Army, The New Avengers and Bread
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Acting History
2024
The Bannfoot Ferry as Peter Croogan / Self (archive footage)
1992Far and Away as Villager
1991The Miracle as Mr. Beausang
1988The Raggedy Rawney as Jake
1986Bread as Father Dooley
1985No Surrender as George Gorman
1985Tuesday's Child as Fr O'Dwyer
1980My Dear Palestrina as Tam
1980Sir Henry at Rawlinson End as Old Scrotum
1980Chance of a Lifetime as Old Mr. Gallagher
1979The Outsider as Sean Tweeny
1976The New Avengers as Tramp
1975The Sweeney as Tony Hay
1974According to the Rules as Tom Flaherty
1974Playhouse as Tam
1972The Folk Singer as Waiter
1972Carson Country as Tom Curdie
1972Innocent Bystanders as Waiter
1972Alcock and Gander
1972The Alf Garnett Saga as Irishman in Pub
1970The Reckoning as Cocky Burke
1969Hadleigh
1969Guns in the Heather as Muldoon
1969Two in Clover as Bert Fuller
1968The Champions as Frank Nicholls
1967Man in a Suitcase
1967The Caper of the Golden Bulls as The Tinker
1964The Comedy Man as Sloppitt
1964A World Of His Own
1964Theatre 625 as Old Bill
1963Festival as Matt Haffigan
1962I Thank a Fool as Coroner
1962The Hard Knock as Da Greevey
1962Steptoe and Son as Frank Ferris
1962Z-Cars
1961Johnny Nobody as Caretaker
1961The Frightened City as Informer
1961Attempt to Kill as Elliott
1960A Terrible Beauty as Const. Lauden (as James Devlin)
1959Darby O'Gill and the Little People as Tom Kerrigan
1959I Captured the King of the Leprechauns as Tom Kerrigan
1959One Step Beyond as Leo
1957The Rising of the Moon as Moran
1956Jacqueline as Baxter
1955Captain Lightfoot as Tuer O'Brien