Background
Devon was born in Glendale, California.
Devon was born in Glendale, California.
Beginning in the 1950s, he was employed as a character actor in many Four Star Television television series but not exclusively. Foreign instance, he appeared also in the American Broadcasting Company/Warner Brothers western series, Colt.45 in the guest-starring role of Editor Pike in the 1959 episode "Yellow Terror". Devon"s lengthy television credits included Richard Diamond, Private Detective (three times), The Rifleman, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Johnny Ringo (in the episode "The Posse"),"Trackdown" starring Robert Culp (three episodes, including the series pilot,"Badge of Honor" on "Dick Powell"s Zane Grey Theatre") The Tall Manitoba, The Rebel, The Virginian and its spin-off, Laredo, Daniel Boone, The Monkees, Lassie, The Twilight Zone episode Dead Manitoba"s Shoes in 1962, three episodes of Perry Mason from 1964-1966, and Mission: Impossible.
Devon had a recurring role in the Columbia Broadcasting System series, Yancy Derringer, as Jody Barker, a pickpocket and sometime cohort of the lead character played by Jock Mahoney.
Also in 1963, he played the role of Cole Striker, a crook, in the episode "Incident of the Buryin" Manitoba" on Columbia Broadcasting System"s "Rawhide". He provided the voice of Batman on the pilot of a Batman radio program
Devon"s film credits included the 1957 horror film The Undead, War of the Satellites, The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze,The Comancheros and the Battle of Blood Island. Devon died of vascular disease on February 26, 2010 in Mill Valley, California.