[2] He mainly had minor roles, such as an uncredited Draconian Guard in several episodes of the Doctor Who story Frontier in Space.
He also had a memorably prominent role as a gay man in the Channel 4 series Queer As Folk, and he appeared in an episode of Linda Green, playing the eponymous lead character's abrasive and lecherous boss Syd Jenkins.
On 23 July 2010, Devine left Emmerdale after over ten years on the soap, when Shadrach was killed off in an emotional storyline related to alcohol abuse.
Devine died in Southport Hospital on 27 January 2022, at the age of 79, as a result of "hospital-acquired pneumonia", following a fall at his home.
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