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
The Miracle
(Mr. Beausang)
I Thank a Fool
(Coroner)
Attempt to Kill
(Elliott)
Jacqueline
(Baxter)
The Hard Knock
(Da Greevey)
The Bannfoot Ferry
(Peter Croogan / Self (archive footage))
The Raggedy Rawney
(Jake)
Johnny Nobody
(Caretaker)
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
(Old Scrotum)
No Surrender
(George Gorman)
The Reckoning
(Cocky Burke)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
(Tom Kerrigan)
Innocent Bystanders
(Waiter)
The Outsider
(Sean Tweeny)
The Comedy Man
(Sloppitt)
Far and Away
(Villager)
The Frightened City
(Informer)
A Terrible Beauty
(Const. Lauden (as James Devlin))
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
(Tom Kerrigan)
Chance of a Lifetime
(Old Mr. Gallagher)
According to the Rules
(Tom Flaherty)
The Folk Singer
(Waiter)
Carson Country
(Tom Curdie)
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
(The Tinker)
The Rising of the Moon
(Moran)
Guns in the Heather
(Muldoon)
My Dear Palestrina
(Tam)
Z-Cars
The Sweeney
(Tony Hay)
Alcock and Gander
The Champions
(Frank Nicholls)
The New Avengers
(Tramp)
One Step Beyond
(Leo)
Man in a Suitcase
Hadleigh
Bread
(Father Dooley)
Steptoe and Son
(Frank Ferris)