The brilliant and versatile Irish actor J. G. Devlin was born in Belfast in 1907.   His film debut was in “Captain Lightfoot” with Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush in 1955.   His other films include “Jacqueline”, “The Rising of the Moon” and “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” which he made in Hollywood in 1959.   He has many television appearances amongst his credits including his hilarious performance as Fr Dooley in the series “Bread”.   He died in 1991 at the age of 84.

“Wikipedia” entry:

James Gerard Devlin (8 October 1907 – 17 October 1991) was an Irish actor. In a career spanning nearly fifty years, he played parts in productions such as Z-Cars, Dad’s Army, The New Avengers and Bread. He also guest starred, alongside Leonard Rossiter, in an episode of Steptoe and Son, “The Desperate Hours”. The writers of Steptoe and Son – Ray Galtonand Alan Simpson – have since revealed that Devlin was second choice to play the part of Albert Steptoe in the series, behind Wilfrid Brambell. He also appeared as Father Dooley, a Catholic priest, in several episodes of Carla Lane‘s Bread, probably his last television appearance.

His was Vivian Stanshall‘s personal choice for the role of Old Scrotum, the Wrinkled Retainer in the Charisma Films version of Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (film), released in 1980.