J.G. Devlin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-10-08 (84 years old)

Deathday

1991-10-17

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

Acting

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)

1961

Johnny Nobody

as Caretaker

1980

1985

No Surrender

as George Gorman

1970

The Reckoning

as Cocky Burke

1972

1979

The Outsider

as Sean Tweeny

1964

The Comedy Man

as Sloppitt

1992

Far and Away

as Villager

1961

1960

A Terrible Beauty

as Const. Lauden (as James Devlin)

1980

Chance of a Lifetime

as Old Mr. Gallagher

1974

According to the Rules

as Tom Flaherty

1972

1972

Carson Country

as Tom Curdie

1969

1955

Captain Lightfoot

as Tuer O'Brien

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