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William Devlin was a Scottish actor who appeared widely in films and television in a screen career that lasted from 1937 until 1967. The son of an architect, he was born in Aberdeen in 1911. His first stage appearance was with Nancy Price in the play Nurse Cavell by C. S. Forester and C. E. Bechhofer Roberts. In this play he had the role of the spy who betrayed Edith Cavell.
Born
Tuesday, 05 December 1911
Died
Sunday, 25 January 1987
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Civilisation | King Lear | 1969 |
| The Shuttered Room | Zebulon Whately | 1967 |
| The Jokers | Brigadier | 1967 |
| The Power Game | Sir Gerald Merle | 1965 |
| The Plane Makers | Sir Gerald Merle | 1963 |
| 24-Hour Call | Sir Giles Norton | 1963 |
| The Avengers | Ambassador | 1961 |
| Maigret | Colonel Molle | 1959 |
| Oscar Wilde | Solicitor-General | 1960 |
| Solomon and Sheba | Nathan | 1959 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Civilisation | King Lear | 1969 |
| The Shuttered Room | Zebulon Whately | 1967 |
| The Jokers | Brigadier | 1967 |
| The Power Game | Sir Gerald Merle | 1965 |
| The Plane Makers | Sir Gerald Merle | 1963 |
| 24-Hour Call | Sir Giles Norton | 1963 |
| The Avengers | Ambassador | 1961 |
| Maigret | Colonel Molle | 1959 |
| Oscar Wilde | Solicitor-General | 1960 |
| Solomon and Sheba | Nathan | 1959 |
| No Hiding Place | Insp. Meadows | 1959 |
| Blood of the Vampire | Kurt / Kurt Urach | 1958 |
| Armchair Theatre | Henry / George Gilmore | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Judge Charlie Cool | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Morgan | 1954 |
| Treasure Island | Morgan | 1950 |
| Berth 24 | Verses spoken by / Voice Verses spoken by | 1950 |
| Jamaica Inn | Burdkin - Sir Humphrey's Tenant / Burdkin, a tenant | 1939 |
| I Met a Murderer | Jay | 1939 |
| Mutiny on the Elsinore | O'Sullivan | 1937 |
| Concerning Mr. Martin | Martell | 1937 |
| The Mill on the Floss | Bob Jakin | 1936 |
