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J.G. Devlin

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

Known For: Acting

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

Died: 1991-10-17

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Captain Lightfoot	Tuer O'Brien	63
2	1956	Jacqueline	Baxter	60
3	1957	The Rising of the Moon	Moran	69
4	1959	I Captured the King of the Leprechauns	Tom Kerrigan	90
5	1959	Darby O'Gill and the Little People	Tom Kerrigan	67
6	1960	A Terrible Beauty	Const. Lauden (as James Devlin)	49
7	1961	Attempt to Kill	Elliott	0
8	1961	The Frightened City	Informer	64
9	1961	Johnny Nobody	Caretaker	65
10	1962	The Hard Knock	Da Greevey	0
11	1962	I Thank a Fool	Coroner	55
12	1964	The Comedy Man	Sloppitt	71
13	1967	The Caper of the Golden Bulls	The Tinker	56
14	1969	Guns in the Heather	Muldoon	45
15	1970	The Reckoning	Cocky Burke	73
16	1972	Innocent Bystanders	Waiter	72
17	1972	Carson Country	Tom Curdie	0
18	1972	The Folk Singer	Waiter	0
19	1974	According to the Rules	Tom Flaherty	0
20	1979	The Outsider	Sean Tweeny	56
21	1980	Chance of a Lifetime	Old Mr. Gallagher	0
22	1980	Sir Henry at Rawlinson End	Old Scrotum	66
23	1980	My Dear Palestrina	Tam	0
24	1985	No Surrender	George Gorman	65
25	1988	The Raggedy Rawney	Jake	58
26	1991	The Miracle	Mr. Beausang	58
27	1992	Far and Away	Villager	68
28	2024	The Bannfoot Ferry	Peter Croogan / Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	One Step Beyond	Leo	56
2	1962	Z-Cars		70
3	1962	Steptoe and Son	Frank Ferris	78
4	1963	Festival	Matt Haffigan	0
5	1967	Man in a Suitcase		70
6	1968	The Champions	Frank Nicholls	61
7	1969	Hadleigh		55
8	1972	Alcock and Gander		55
9	1974	Playhouse	Tam	70
10	1975	The Sweeney	Tony Hay	77
11	1976	The New Avengers	Tramp	70
12	1986	Bread	Father Dooley	71