Birthday
1907/10/08
Day of death
1991/10/17 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Belfast - Northern Ireland
Also know as
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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
(1991) The Miracle
as Mr. Beausang
(1962) I Thank a Fool
as Coroner
(1961) Attempt to Kill
as Elliott
(1956) Jacqueline
as Baxter
(1962) The Hard Knock
as Da Greevey
(2024) The Bannfoot Ferry
as Peter Croogan / Self (archive footage)
(1988) The Raggedy Rawney
as Jake
(1961) Johnny Nobody
as Caretaker
(1980) Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Old Scrotum
(1985) No Surrender
as George Gorman
(1970) The Reckoning
as Cocky Burke
(1959) Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Tom Kerrigan
(1972) Innocent Bystanders
as Waiter
(1980) The Outsider
as Sean Tweeny
(1964) The Comedy Man
as Sloppitt
(1992) Far and Away
as Villager
(1961) The Frightened City
as Informer
(1960) A Terrible Beauty
as Const. Lauden (as James Devlin)
(1959) I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Tom Kerrigan
(1980) Chance of a Lifetime
as Old Mr. Gallagher
(1974) According to the Rules
as Tom Flaherty
(1972) The Folk Singer
as Waiter
(1967) The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as The Tinker
(1972) Carson Country
as Tom Curdie
(1957) The Rising of the Moon
as Moran
(1969) Guns in the Heather
as Muldoon
(1980) My Dear Palestrina
as Tam
(1962) Z-Cars
as ---
(1975) The Sweeney
as Tony Hay
(1972) Alcock and Gander
as ---
(1968) The Champions
as Frank Nicholls
(1976) The New Avengers
as Tramp
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Leo
(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1969) Hadleigh
as ---
(1986) Bread
as Father Dooley
(1962) Steptoe and Son
as Frank Ferris