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J.G. Devlin

Cast & creator

J.G. Devlin

1907-10-08 (died at 84) Belfast - Northern Ireland

Best known for The Wednesday Play, ITV Playhouse, Z-Cars

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

Movies

30

film credits

Series

20

television credits

Career

50

1955–2024 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Alan Price · 1964

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Croogan · 1967

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Acting · 1962

Playhouse

Playhouse

Tam · 1974

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Old Bill · 1964

Across film & television

Filmography (50)

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The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Alan Price

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Croogan

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Playhouse

Playhouse

Tam

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Old Bill

One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond

Leo

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

Tony Hay

The Champions

The Champions

Frank Nicholls

The New Avengers

The New Avengers

Tramp

Dad's Army

Dad's Army

Patrick Regan

Bread

Bread

Father Dooley

Far and Away

Far and Away

Villager

Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase

Steptoe and Son

Steptoe and Son

Frank Ferris

Festival

Matt Haffigan

Hadleigh

Hadleigh

One Pair of Eyes

One Pair of Eyes

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Da Greevey

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Tom Kerrigan

Two in Clover

Two in Clover

Bert Fuller

A World Of His Own

Innocent Bystanders

Innocent Bystanders

Waiter

The Rising of the Moon

The Rising of the Moon

Moran

Captain Lightfoot

Captain Lightfoot

Tuer O'Brien

The Alf Garnett Saga

The Alf Garnett Saga

Irishman in Pub

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

Tom Kerrigan

Alcock and Gander

I Thank a Fool

I Thank a Fool

Coroner

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

The Tinker

The Raggedy Rawney

The Raggedy Rawney

Jake

The Frightened City

The Frightened City

Informer

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

Old Scrotum

Guns in the Heather

Guns in the Heather

Muldoon

A Terrible Beauty

A Terrible Beauty

Const. Lauden (as James Devlin)

According to the Rules

According to the Rules

Tom Flaherty

The Comedy Man

The Comedy Man

Sloppitt

Chance of a Lifetime

Chance of a Lifetime

Old Mr. Gallagher

Johnny Nobody

Johnny Nobody

Caretaker

The Bannfoot Ferry

The Bannfoot Ferry

Peter Croogan / Self (archive footage)

No Surrender

No Surrender

George Gorman

The Outsider

The Outsider

Sean Tweeny

The Miracle

The Miracle

Mr. Beausang

Jacqueline

Jacqueline

Baxter

My Dear Palestrina

My Dear Palestrina

Tam

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

Cocky Burke

Carson Country

Carson Country

Tom Curdie

Attempt to Kill

Attempt to Kill

Elliott

Tuesday's Child

Fr O'Dwyer

The Folk Singer

The Folk Singer

Waiter

The Hard Knock

Da Greevey