Spoiler : Born in Boston, Massachusetts 11/11/1908; died 5/20/1994 in Santa Barbara, California. On screen in silent movies as early as 1920. Radio gag-writer for The Kate Smith Show on CBS; wrote drama sketches for Smith's show in 1937. Writer for radio programs including The Shadow on Mutual (?-?); Tommy Riggs And Betty Lou on NBC (1938-1940); Mr. District Attorney on NBC (1941-?). Producer-director for This is Your FBI on ABC-Radio (1945-1953). Devine had obtained permission from FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover to use FBI files for the stories; to find out how the FBI operated, Devine attended the FBI's Quantico, Virgina school for two weeks as a recruit so that the series would be authentic.