Don Devlin (born Donald R. Siegel, February 26, 1930 â€" December 11,
2000) was an American actor and screenwriter-producer.A graduate of
DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bedford Park neighborhood, Devlin
served from 1947-48 in the United States Army. In 1950, he was part of
the Greenwich Village Dramatic Workshop. His acting was confined to
the five years between 1956 and 1961, mostly on television. From 1960
to 1990, he was a writer-producer. He and his first wife, from whom he
was divorced in 1963 after four years of marriage, the Filipina
actress, Pilar Seurat, had a son, Dean Devlin, also a writer-producer,
who is married to actress Lisa Brenner.His first acting role was in
1956 as Bob Levine in the episode "Ninety Day Wonder" of the military
drama Navy Log; Ron Hagerthy of the Sky King series also appeared in
this episode. He then appeared in "The Big Siege" of the NBC Dragnet
series, starring Jack Webb. He had various uncredited roles in film
and television thereafter. In 1957, he played Eddie in the film, Blood
of Dracula. In 1958 and 1959, he appeared in two episodes, "The
Epidemic" and "The Ming Vase", of the ABC western series, The
Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.On March 31, 1959, Devlin appeared as an
Indan, Dixon White Eagle, in the episode entitled "The Mountain" of
the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Sugarfoot, with Will Hutchins
in the title role. In the story line, Dixon White Eagle kills an old
miner, and the crime is falsely attributed to White Eagle's
brother-in-law, Vic Bradley (Don Dubbins). Sugarfoot goes to "The
Mountain" to inform Bradley that he can receive a new trial based on
later developments in the case. Miranda Jones plays Bradley's wife,
Jean, White Eagle's sister. As the plot develops, White Eagle, who is
dying from a snake bite, confesses to Bradley that he had committed
the crime.
2000) was an American actor and screenwriter-producer.A graduate of
DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bedford Park neighborhood, Devlin
served from 1947-48 in the United States Army. In 1950, he was part of
the Greenwich Village Dramatic Workshop. His acting was confined to
the five years between 1956 and 1961, mostly on television. From 1960
to 1990, he was a writer-producer. He and his first wife, from whom he
was divorced in 1963 after four years of marriage, the Filipina
actress, Pilar Seurat, had a son, Dean Devlin, also a writer-producer,
who is married to actress Lisa Brenner.His first acting role was in
1956 as Bob Levine in the episode "Ninety Day Wonder" of the military
drama Navy Log; Ron Hagerthy of the Sky King series also appeared in
this episode. He then appeared in "The Big Siege" of the NBC Dragnet
series, starring Jack Webb. He had various uncredited roles in film
and television thereafter. In 1957, he played Eddie in the film, Blood
of Dracula. In 1958 and 1959, he appeared in two episodes, "The
Epidemic" and "The Ming Vase", of the ABC western series, The
Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.On March 31, 1959, Devlin appeared as an
Indan, Dixon White Eagle, in the episode entitled "The Mountain" of
the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Sugarfoot, with Will Hutchins
in the title role. In the story line, Dixon White Eagle kills an old
miner, and the crime is falsely attributed to White Eagle's
brother-in-law, Vic Bradley (Don Dubbins). Sugarfoot goes to "The
Mountain" to inform Bradley that he can receive a new trial based on
later developments in the case. Miranda Jones plays Bradley's wife,
Jean, White Eagle's sister. As the plot develops, White Eagle, who is
dying from a snake bite, confesses to Bradley that he had committed
the crime.
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