Jim Bartley (born 1945) is an Irish actor best known for his part as Bela Doyle in the Irish

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'', a part he has had since 1990. His other television credits include ''Fatal Inheritance'', ''

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'', ''Teems of Times'', '' Coronation Street'', ''Underground'', '' Ulysses'', ''

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''. He has also had film roles in '' War of the Buttons'', ''M.A.N.: Matrix Adjusted Normal'', ''Teresa's Wedding'' and ''

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''. He married actress Barbara Brennan in 1973. They had two children, Emmet and Eva, but separated in 1984. Emmet died in 1987, aged nine. Eva also became an actress. He lives with his partner Helen Cahill in

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. 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.

Partial filmography

*'' Ulysses'' (1967) - Private Carr *''Underground'' (1970) - First Maquis *''

'' (1976) - Second Police Escort on Train (uncredited) *'' The Fantasist'' (1986) - Hugh Teeling *'' Taffin'' (1988) - Conway *''Joyriders'' (1988) - Tony *''Fatal Inheritance'' (1993) - Quinn *'' War of the Buttons'' (1994) - Fergus' Stepfather

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartley, Jim 1945 births Living people Irish male film actors Irish male soap opera actors Irish male television actors 20th-century Irish male actors 21st-century Irish male actors

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