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