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BIRTHDAY
DIED
October 01, 1973

RECENT CREDITS
Good Times (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1967
Tennessee's Partner (FILM)  Sep. 1, 1955
On Dangerous Ground (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1952
Criminal Court (FILM)  Nov. 20, 1946

BIOGRAPHY
Bald-domed, prominently chinned American character actor Joe Devlin was seen in bits in major films, and as a less-costly Jack Oakie type in minor pictures. Devlin usually played two-bit crooks and sarcastic tradesmen....
Bald-domed, prominently chinned American character actor Joe Devlin was seen in bits in major films, and as a less-costly Jack Oakie type in minor pictures. Devlin usually played two-bit crooks and sarcastic tradesmen in his 1940s appearances. The actor's uncanny resemblance to Benito Mussolini resulted in numerous "shock of recognition" cameos during the war years, as well as full-fledged Mussolini imitations in two Hal Roach "streamliners," The Devil With Hitler (1942) and That Nazty Nuisance (1943). In 1950, Joe Devlin was cast as Sam Catchem in a TV series based on Chester Gould's comic-strip cop Dick Tracy.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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Criminal Court
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