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

The Wednesday Play
1965
ITV Playhouse
1968
Z-Cars
1962
Playhouse
1980
Theatre 625
1967
One Step Beyond
1961
The Champions
1969
The Sweeney
1978
The New Avengers
1976
Dad's Army
1970
Bread
1986
Far and Away
1992

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
50
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
1986
Bread
as Father Dooley
1985
No Surrender
as George Gorman
1985
Tuesday's Child
as Fr O'Dwyer
1980
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Old Scrotum
1980
Chance of a Lifetime
as Old Mr. Gallagher
1980
My Dear Palestrina
as Tam
1980
Playhouse
as Tam
1979
The Outsider
as Sean Tweeny
1978
The Sweeney
as Tony Hay
1976
The New Avengers
as Tramp
1974
According to the Rules
as Tom Flaherty
1972
Innocent Bystanders
as Waiter
1972
The Folk Singer
as Waiter
1972
Carson Country
as Tom Curdie
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Irishman in Pub
1972
Alcock and Gander
1972
Steptoe and Son
as Frank Ferris
1971
Hadleigh
1970
The Reckoning
as Cocky Burke
1970
Dad's Army
as Patrick Regan
1969
Guns in the Heather
as Muldoon
1969
The Champions
as Frank Nicholls
1969
Two in Clover
as Bert Fuller
1968
Man in a Suitcase
1968
One Pair of Eyes
1968
ITV Playhouse
as Croogan
1967
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as The Tinker
1967
Theatre 625
as Old Bill
1965
The Wednesday Play
as Alan Price
1964
The Comedy Man
as Sloppitt
1964
Festival
as Matt Haffigan
1964
A World Of His Own
1962
I Thank a Fool
as Coroner
1962
The Hard Knock
as Da Greevey
1962
Z-Cars
1962
Armchair Theatre
as Da Greevey
1961
Attempt to Kill
as Elliott
1961
Johnny Nobody
as Caretaker
1961
The Frightened City
as Informer
1961
One Step Beyond
as Leo
1960
A Terrible Beauty
as Const. Lauden (as James Devlin)
1959
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Tom Kerrigan
1959
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