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Subject: Actor Joe Devlin

Author:
Greg Wilczek (Nostalgic)

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Date Posted: Sun, July 18 2021, 17:49:08

I've done extensive research on character actor Joe Devlin (1894-1973), who appeared in four pictures at the Roach studio, all shot between March and July 1942. Devlin is my great-grandfather.

He played Mussolini in the streamliners The Devil With Hitler and Nazty Nuisance, and perhaps because he happened to be on the lot had two bits in Taxi, Mister and Fall In.

I'm happy to provide content for his bio (https://www.lordheath.com/Joe_Devlin.html) and details, facts, and stories I've unearthed about his time there.

A couple quick corrections:

His bio incorrectly lists his birth name as Joseph Mathews; his real name was in fact Christopher Joseph Devlin. (The Mathews surname was a fictitious name he used briefly during WW1, perhaps dodging the draft board or his wife after he left her to travel on a vaudeville circuit. He had two sons out of wedlock at this time, assigning them both the fictitious Mathews surname, and this branch (of which I'm a member) grew up incorrectly thinking "Devlin" was his stage name). One day I'll persuade IMDB to correct this falsehood as many sites rely on that bio as gospel truth and thus repeat his wrong name across the web. One of my misinformed relatives supplied IMDB with the wrong name and it's nearly impossible to correct falsehoods on their site, sadly.

One other correction: The page on The Devil with Hitler incorrectly lists the director as Gordon Gouglas - it was Gordon Douglas.

I've written extensively on this film and its sequel, Nazty Nuisance, and I'm happy to provide copy for the review and trivia.

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Re: Actor Joe Devlin	Lord (updated)	Mon, July 19 2021, 0:15:02