Jim Bartley (born 1945) is an Irish actor best known for his part as
Bela Doyle in the Irish soap opera Fair City, a part he has had since
1990.His other television credits include Fatal Inheritance, The Bill,
Joyriders, Taffin, The Fantasist, Inside, The Irish R.M., Teems of
Times, Coronation Street, Underground, Ulysses, Tolka Row and Z-Cars.
He has also had film roles in War of the Buttons, M.A.N.: Matrix
Adjusted Normal, Teresa's Wedding and The Pink Panther Strikes
Again.He became a widower in the early 1990s and his son also died.
Currently he lives with his partner Helen Cahill in Tallaght, County
Dublin. He has a daughter who is also an actress.In recent years he
has taken regular breaks from acting due to him having strokes.On 24
May 2013, Bartley had a full segment of The Late Late Show set aside
in honour of his 55 years in showbiz. His former Fair City co-star and
screen wife Jean Costello was sitting in the audience and was reported
to be "disgusted" that she was snubbed. Costello was also reported to
have been offended at an off-the-cuff remark about a "bereavement"
suffered following the death of Costello's character, without
mentioning her character's name.
Bela Doyle in the Irish soap opera Fair City, a part he has had since
1990.His other television credits include Fatal Inheritance, The Bill,
Joyriders, Taffin, The Fantasist, Inside, The Irish R.M., Teems of
Times, Coronation Street, Underground, Ulysses, Tolka Row and Z-Cars.
He has also had film roles in War of the Buttons, M.A.N.: Matrix
Adjusted Normal, Teresa's Wedding and The Pink Panther Strikes
Again.He became a widower in the early 1990s and his son also died.
Currently he lives with his partner Helen Cahill in Tallaght, County
Dublin. He has a daughter who is also an actress.In recent years he
has taken regular breaks from acting due to him having strokes.On 24
May 2013, Bartley had a full segment of The Late Late Show set aside
in honour of his 55 years in showbiz. His former Fair City co-star and
screen wife Jean Costello was sitting in the audience and was reported
to be "disgusted" that she was snubbed. Costello was also reported to
have been offended at an off-the-cuff remark about a "bereavement"
suffered following the death of Costello's character, without
mentioning her character's name.
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