J.G. Devlin

Personal Info

Birthday

October 8, 1907

Day of Death

1991-10-17

(84 years old)

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

Known For

One Step Beyond

The Sweeney

The Champions

Playhouse

Bread

Steptoe and Son

The New Avengers

Far and Away

Filmography

2024
The Bannfoot Ferry
as Peter Croogan / Self (archive footage)
1992
Far and Away
as Villager
1991
The Miracle
as Mr. Beausang
1988
The Raggedy Rawney
as Jake
1985
No Surrender
as George Gorman
1980
My Dear Palestrina
as Tam
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Old Scrotum
Chance of a Lifetime
as Old Mr. Gallagher
1979
The Outsider
as Sean Tweeny
1974
According to the Rules
as Tom Flaherty
1972
The Folk Singer
as Waiter
Carson Country
as Tom Curdie
Innocent Bystanders
as Waiter
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Irishman in Pub
1970
The Reckoning
as Cocky Burke
1969
Guns in the Heather
as Muldoon
1967
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as The Tinker
1964
The Comedy Man
as Sloppitt
1962
I Thank a Fool
as Coroner
The Hard Knock
as Da Greevey
1961
Johnny Nobody
as Caretaker
The Frightened City
as Informer
Attempt to Kill
as Elliott
1960
A Terrible Beauty
as Const. Lauden (as James Devlin)
1959
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Tom Kerrigan
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Tom Kerrigan
1957
The Rising of the Moon
as Moran
1956
Jacqueline
as Baxter
1955
Captain Lightfoot
as Tuer O'Brien