J.G. Devlin

Career timeline

1. 1907 · Born

   Born in Belfast - Northern Ireland

2. 1955 · Screen debut

   Captain Lightfoot (Movie)

3. 1962 · Breakthrough

   Z-Cars (TV)

4. 1991 · Died

   October 17, 1991

5. 2001 · Latest release

   Great Comedy Moments (Movie)

Career in numbers

7 1950s

23 1960s

11 1970s

8 1980s

2 1990s

1 2000s

• Drama26
• Comedy10
• Tv Movie6
• Romance5
• Crime5
• Adventure4

Highest-rated title Dad's Army 1968 7.5 Most popular title Z-Cars 1962 7.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside J.G. Devlin in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

7 titles together

Jack MacGowran

4 titles together

John Mortimer

3 titles together

Tony Wright

2 titles together

John Gregson

2 titles together

Anthony Read

2 titles together

Donal McCann

2 titles together

Robert Stevenson

2 titles together

1. 2001 Great Comedy Moments as Frank Ferris (archive footage) Movie
2. 1992 Far and Away as Villager 6.8 Movie
3. 1991 The Miracle as Mr. Beausang 6.0 Movie
4. 1988 The Raggedy Rawney as Jake Movie
5. 1986 Bread as Father Dooley 7.0 TV
6. 1985 No Surrender as George Gorman Movie
7. 1985 Tuesday's Child as Fr O'Dwyer Movie
8. 1985 Summer Season as Father O'Dwyer TV
9. 1980 My Dear Palestrina as Tam Movie
10. 1980 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End as Old Scrotum Movie
11. 1980 Chance of a Lifetime as Old Mr. Gallagher Movie
12. 1979 The Outsider as Sean Tweeny Movie
13. 1976 The New Avengers as Tramp 7.2 TV
14. 1975 The Sweeney as Tony Hay 8.1 TV
15. 1974 According to the Rules as Tom Flaherty Movie
16. 1974 Playhouse as Tam TV
17. 1972 The Folk Singer as Waiter Movie
18. 1972 Carson Country as Tom Curdie Movie
19. 1972 Innocent Bystanders as Waiter Movie
20. 1972 Alcock and Gander TV
21. 1972 The Alf Garnett Saga as Irishman in Pub Movie
22. 1970 The Reckoning as Cocky Burke Movie
23. 1969 Hadleigh TV
24. 1969 Guns in the Heather as Muldoon Movie
25. 1969 Two in Clover as Bert Fuller TV
26. 1968 The Champions as Frank Nicholls 6.5 TV
27. 1968 Dad's Army as Patrick Regan 7.5 TV
28. 1967 Man in a Suitcase TV
29. 1967 ITV Playhouse as Croogan TV
30. 1967 The Caper of the Golden Bulls as The Tinker Movie
31. 1967 One Pair of Eyes TV
32. 1967 Kain as Old Bill Movie
33. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Alan Price TV
34. 1964 The Comedy Man as Sloppitt Movie
35. 1964 A World Of His Own TV
36. 1964 Theatre 625 as Old Bill TV
37. 1963 Festival as Matt Haffigan TV
38. 1962 I Thank a Fool as Coroner Movie
39. 1962 The Hard Knock as Da Greevey Movie
40. 1962 Steptoe and Son as Frank Ferris 7.8 TV
41. 1962 Z-Cars TV
42. 1961 Johnny Nobody as Caretaker Movie
43. 1961 The Frightened City as Informer 6.6 Movie
44. 1961 Attempt to Kill as Elliott Movie
45. 1960 A Terrible Beauty as Const. Lauden (as James Devlin) Movie
46. 1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People as Tom Kerrigan 6.7 Movie
47. 1959 I Captured the King of the Leprechauns as Tom Kerrigan Movie
48. 1959 One Step Beyond as Leo TV
49. 1957 The Rising of the Moon as Moran 6.8 Movie
50. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Da Greevey TV
51. 1956 Jacqueline as Baxter Movie
52. 1955 Captain Lightfoot as Tuer O'Brien 6.4 Movie

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