J.G. Devlin

Born: 1907-10-08, Belfast - Northern Ireland

Died: 1991-10-17

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

Filmography

• The Wednesday Play (1964)
• Z-Cars (1962)
• Playhouse (1974)
• Theatre 625 (1964)
• The Champions (1968)
• The New Avengers (1976)
• Man in a Suitcase (1967)
• Far and Away (1992)
• Steptoe and Son (1962)
• Hadleigh (1969)
• Innocent Bystanders (1972)
• Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
• Captain Lightfoot (1955)
• I Thank a Fool (1962)
• The Raggedy Rawney (1988)
• The Comedy Man (1964)
• I Captured the King of the Leprechauns (1959)
• My Dear Palestrina (1980)
• The Rising of the Moon (1957)
• Attempt to Kill (1961)
• Jacqueline (1956)
• The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)
• The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)
• Guns in the Heather (1969)
• Carson Country (1972)
• The Frightened City (1961)
• Johnny Nobody (1961)
• A Terrible Beauty (1960)
• The Bannfoot Ferry (2024)
• Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)