J.G. Devlin

from Belfast - Northern Ireland

Artwork for Far and AwayImage of 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

Timeline

2024Aged 117

  • Poster for The Bannfoot Ferry

    Peter Croogan / Self (archive footage)

1992Aged 85

  • Poster for Far and Away

    Villager

1991Aged 84

  • Poster for The Miracle

    Mr. Beausang

1988Aged 81

  • Poster for The Raggedy Rawney

    Jake

1985Aged 78

1980Aged 73

  • Poster for Chance of a Lifetime

    Old Mr. Gallagher

  • Poster for Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

    Old Scrotum

  • Poster for My Dear Palestrina

    Tam

1979Aged 72

  • Poster for The Outsider

    Sean Tweeny

1974Aged 67

  • Poster for According to the Rules

    Tom Flaherty

1972Aged 65

  • Poster for The Alf Garnett Saga

    Irishman in Pub

  • Poster for Innocent Bystanders

    Waiter

  • Poster for Carson Country

    Tom Curdie

  • Poster for The Folk Singer

    Waiter

1970Aged 63

  • Poster for The Reckoning

    Cocky Burke

1969Aged 62

  • Poster for Guns in the Heather

    Muldoon

1967Aged 60

  • Poster for The Caper of the Golden Bulls

    The Tinker

1964Aged 57

  • Poster for The Comedy Man

    Sloppitt

1962Aged 55

1961Aged 54

  • Poster for Attempt to Kill

    Elliott

  • Poster for The Frightened City

    Informer

  • Poster for Johnny Nobody

    Caretaker

1960Aged 53

  • Poster for A Terrible Beauty

    Const. Lauden (as James Devlin)

1959Aged 52

  • Poster for I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

    Tom Kerrigan

  • Poster for Darby O'Gill and the Little People

    Tom Kerrigan

1957Aged 50

  • Poster for The Rising of the Moon

    Moran

1956Aged 49

  • Poster for Jacqueline

    Baxter

1955Aged 48

  • Poster for Captain Lightfoot

    Tuer O'Brien

© 2026 FilmFlow