J.G. Devlin
Date of birth: 1907-10-08
Place of birth: Belfast - Northern Ireland
Known for: Acting
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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
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The Miracle
1991-04-05
Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom
I Thank a Fool
1962-09-14
After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license a
Attempt to Kill
1961-08-01
A wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The fire
Jacqueline
1956-06-04
Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised
The Hard Knock
1962-07-08
Tough merchant seaman Pat Greevey returns to his family in Liverpool to find the key to a recent dea
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024-06-22
A forgotten history of Northern Ireland is unveiled through a journey into Ulster Television’s archi
The Raggedy Rawney
1988-09-20
During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding hi
Johnny Nobody
1961-10-01
When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Iris
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980-11-07
Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally kill
No Surrender
1985-09-11
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liv
The Reckoning
1970-01-31
Michael Marler, a successful businessman in London, is about to make his way to the top. After 37 ye
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959-06-24
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his da
Innocent Bystanders
1972-09-01
Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scienti
The Outsider
1979-11-26
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to
The Comedy Man
1964-09-03
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job
Far and Away
1992-05-22
In director Ron Howard’s period epic, a young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant
The Frightened City
1961-09-01
A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job,
A Terrible Beauty
1960-06-17
In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermott O
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959-05-29
Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Chance of a Lifetime
1980-01-03
Play by Robert Holman, about two brothers at a rural comprehensive in Teeside. The older brother, Go
According to the Rules
1974-09-03
When an aging ex-IRA man is found dead, a Garda inspector suspects the involvement of his old comrad
The Folk Singer
1972-11-07
A successful folk singer and his entourage are locked down in a Belfast hotel during the Troubles, a
Carson Country
1972-10-23
Play set in Northern Ireland about Carson and the setting up of the Stormont Government of 1918-1920
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967-05-24
Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected c
The Rising of the Moon
1957-08-10
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of th
Guns in the Heather
1969-07-23
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espion
My Dear Palestrina
1980-12-05
'One of your Popes had a great thing to say once. He had been listening to some music by Palestrina
Captain Lightfoot
1955-03-26
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, a
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972-03-22
Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf is
Tuesday's Child
1985-08-13
Tuesday's child.... is full of grace. Teresa has been on a visit to the Holy Land. She goes to Fr D