William Devlin (actor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Devlin (actor)

British actor (1911-1987)

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1911

Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1987

Profession: actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About William Devlin (actor)

  • William Devlin (5 December 1911 – 25 January 1987) 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. A noted Shakespearean actor, Devlin first played King Lear aged 22.
  • He was one of the youngest actors to undertake a major portrayal of what was considered the most difficult of Shakespearean roles; critic James Agate wrote of Devlin's performance at the Westminster Theatre, "His understanding of the text and his sense of beauty are everywhere apparent,".
  • Devlin won further acclaim with his performance as Peer Gynt and in historical roles.
  • In 1936, he played French politician Georges Clemenceau in The Tiger, the first play to be televised by the BBC.
  • He made his first film appearance in 1937 in The Mill on the Floss, and soon built up steady work as a character actor, particularly after appearing in Jamaica Inn.Devlin retired from acting in 1967, but reprised his King Lear role in Episode 6 ("Protest and Communication") of Kenneth Clark's 1969 BBC-TV series Civilisation.Devlin died in 1987 in Somerset, England.

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