Biography
J. G. Devlin (8 October 1907 – 17 October 1991) was a Northern Irish actor. He made his stage debut in 1931 and had a long association with the Ulster Group Theatre.
Over a career spanning nearly sixty years he appeared in television productions including Z-Cars, Dad's Army (1970) as Patrick Regan, The New Avengers (1976) as a tramp and Bread (1986–1988) as Father Dooley. He guest-starred as Frank Ferris in the Steptoe and Son episode 'The Desperate Hours' (1972). His film roles included Tom Kerrigan in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) and a villager in Far and Away (1992). The writers of Steptoe and Son later said he was their second choice for the part of Albert Steptoe.
