Joe Devlin
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Joe Devlin was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Devlin's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the crime picture "King of the Underworld" (1939) with Humphrey Bogart, "Torchy Runs For Mayor" (1939) and "Half a Sinner" (1940). He also appeared in "The Devil With Hitler" (1942), the comedy "Hi, Diddle Diddle" (1943) with Adolphe Menjou and "Delinqu...
Biography
Joe Devlin was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Devlin's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the crime picture "King of the Underworld" (1939) with Humphrey Bogart, "Torchy Runs For Mayor" (1939) and "Half a Sinner" (1940). He also appeared in "The Devil With Hitler" (1942), the comedy "Hi, Diddle Diddle" (1943) with Adolphe Menjou and "Delinquent Daughters" (1944). He kept working in film throughout the forties, starring in "The Phantom" (1944), "Bedside Manner" (1945) and "Boston Blackie's Rendezvous" (1945). He also appeared in "Captain Eddie" (1945), the Joe Yule comedy "Bringing Up Father" (1946) and the Tom Conway crime drama "Criminal Court" (1946). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "San Quentin" (1946), the John Garfield sports "Body and Soul" (1947) and the comedy "Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Cops" (1955) with Bud Abbott. He also appeared in "Tennessee's Partner" (1955) and "Good Times" (1967) with Sonny And Cher. Devlin was most recently credited in "Brenda Starr, Reporter" (2011). Devlin passed away in October 1973 at the age of 79.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Good Times
(1967)
Bartender
The Gift of Love
(1958)
Waiter
Hell's Five Hours
(1958)
Cook
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
The Wayward Bus
(1957)
Bus dispatcher
Up In Smoke
(1957)
Al
Three for Jamie Dawn
(1956)
Bailiff
Shake, Rattle & Rock!
(1956)
Police captain
Tennessee's Partner
(1955)
Prendergast
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
(1955)
Policeman
Prince of Players
(1955)
Rabble-rouser
Silver Lode
(1954)
Little
Bitter Creek
(1954)
Pat Cleary
On Dangerous Ground
(1952)
Bartender
Insurance Investigator
(1951)
Mugg
Double Dynamite
(1951)
Frankie Boy
All That I Have
(1951)
Stop That Cab
(1951)
Butcher
The Jackie Robinson Story
(1950)
Man in stands
Pretty Baby
(1950)
Waiter
A Kiss in the Dark
(1949)
Electrician
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters
(1949)
Danny
Night unto Night
(1949)
Truck driver
Mighty Joe Young
(1949)
Reporter
Blood on the Moon
(1948)
Barney
Always Together
(1948)
Cab driver
Bodyguard
(1948)
Sergeant Burch
A Song Is Born
(1948)
Gangster
If You Knew Susie
(1948)
Silent Pete
The Enchanted Valley
(1948)
Bugs [Mason]
That Way with Women
(1947)
Desk sergeant
Body and Soul
(1947)
Prince
Fun on a Weekend
(1947)
Man in swimsuit shop
The Mighty McGurk
(1947)
Dog man
The Man I Love
(1947)
Taxi driver
Killer McCoy
(1947)
Cigar smoking man
My Wild Irish Rose
(1947)
Irishman
Shoot to Kill
(1947)
Smokey
Criminal Court
(1946)
[Bob J.] Brownie [Brown]
San Quentin
(1946)
Broadway Johnson
The Hoodlum Saint
(1946)
Bartender
Bringing Up Father
(1946)
Casy
The Shanghai Cobra
(1945)
Taylor
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
(1945)
Steve Caveroni
Bedside Manner
(1945)
Headwaiter
Without Love
(1945)
Soldier
Pillow to Post
(1945)
Al
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
(1945)
Kelly
Her Highness and the Bellboy
(1945)
Bar waiter
Scarlet Street
(1945)
Williams
Captain Eddie
(1945)
Brewery worker
Roughly Speaking
(1945)
Man at shipyard
Brenda Starr, Reporter
(1945)
My Buddy
(1944)
Nicky Piastro
Dixie Jamboree
(1944)
Sergeant
Delinquent Daughters
(1944)
[Lt.] Hanahan
The Woman in the Window
(1944)
Toll collector
Sensations of 1945
(1944)
Silas Hawkins
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Attendant on ferry
See Here, Private Hargrove
(1944)
Mess sergeant
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
(1944)
Mussolini
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
(1944)
Taxi, Mister
(1943)
Stretch
Hi Diddle Diddle
(1943)
Bartender
They Got Me Covered
(1943)
Mussolini
Slightly Dangerous
(1943)
Painter
Nazty Nuisance
(1943)
The Old Homestead
(1942)
Geetus
Shepherd of the Ozarks
(1942)
Louie
Syncopation
(1942)
House detective
The Devil with Hitler
(1942)
[Benito] Mussolini
Wings for the Eagle
(1942)
Service station owner
Larceny, Inc.
(1942)
Umpire
They Died with Their Boots On
(1942)
Bartender
Gentleman Jim
(1942)
Hogan
Murder in the Big House
(1942)
Mulligan, motorcycle policeman
True to the Army
(1942)
Waiter
Sis Hopkins
(1941)
Policeman
The Penalty
(1941)
Runt
Whistling in the Dark
(1941)
Taxi driver
The Flame of New Orleans
(1941)
Sailor
Tight Shoes
(1941)
Truck driver
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
(1941)
Clancy
Maisie Was a Lady
(1941)
Man with seal
The People vs. Dr. Kildare
(1941)
Cook
Honky Tonk
(1941)
Miner
Unholy Partners
(1941)
Mechanic
Manpower
(1941)
Bartender
Shadow of the Thin Man
(1941)
Mug
The Great Mr. Nobody
(1941)
Used car dealer
Steel Against the Sky
(1941)
Editor
A Fugitive from Justice
(1940)
Hinky Dink
Half a Sinner
(1940)
Steve
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Fatso
Strike Up the Band
(1940)
Attendant
Millionaires in Prison
(1940)
Vince Connell
Two Girls on Broadway
(1940)
Cab driver
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
The Oklahoma Kid
(1939)
Keely
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
(1939)
Waterfront
(1939)
Committeeman
Torchy Runs for Mayor
(1939)
Stone
Beware, Spooks!
(1939)
Shooting gallery man
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Waiter
You Can't Get Away with Murder
(1939)
Prisoner
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Another Thin Man
(1939)
Barney
No Place to Go
(1939)
Spud
The Adventures of Jane Arden
(1939)
Thug
King of the Underworld
(1939)
Porky
Outside These Walls
(1939)
Circulation man
Hell's Kitchen
(1939)
Nails
Paroled from the Big House
(1938)
Jed Cross
Held for Ransom
(1938)
Garage mechanic
Racket Busters
(1938)
Truck driver
Up the River
(1938)
Football player
Newsboys' Home
(1938)
Mug
Angels with Dirty Faces
(1938)
Gangster
Sweethearts
(1938)
New York taxi driver
Film Production - Construction/Set (Feature Film)
Madame Sousatzka
(1988)
Carpenter
Cast (Short)
SUCKER LIST
(1941)
Alex in Wonderland
(1940)
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
(1939)
Life Events
Photo Collections
3 Photos
Nazty Nuisance - Lobby Cards
Here are a few Lobby Cards from Hal Roach's Natzy Nuisance (1943), starring Bobby Watson. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
Videos
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