John Ireland
Known for Acting · 181 credits
- Born
- 1914-01-31
- Died
- 1992-03-21
- Place of birth
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as
- John Ireland Jr · John Benjamin Ireland
Biography
John Benjamin Ireland was a Canadian-American actor and film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in All the King's Men (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Academy Award nomination.
Ireland was a supporting actor in several famous Western films such as My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948), Vengeance Valley (1951), and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). His other notable film roles were in 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Adventurers (1970), and Farewell, My Lovely (1975).
Ireland also appeared in many television series, notably The Cheaters (1960–1962). He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the TV industry.
Known For
TV Shows (49)
Bonanza
1959
as Marshal Will Rimbau
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Frank Carlin
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Sheriff Hainer
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Andrew Metzger
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Wyndom Jackson
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Phil Coleman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Marshal Harry Phillips
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Attorney John Packard / Jerry Driskill / Sheriff Ned Evers
The Virginian
1962
as Kinroy
Climax!
1954
as Greg
Run for Your Life
1965
as Dr. Mason
Rawhide
1959
as Frank Trask / Dr. Joseph Merritt / Jed Colby / Winch
Airwolf
1984
as Hardesty / Carl Barron
Daniel Boone
1964
as Hiram Manville
Hart to Hart
1979
as Zeke BaIllinger
Burke's Law
1963
as Orrin Lashwell / Bullock
Gunsmoke
1955
as Jed Coombs / Parker
The Name of the Game
1968
as Mel Wexler
Thriller
1960
as Eddie Wilson
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Bucky Miller
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Jack Guttman
Switch
1975
as Verne Deamer
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as William 'Scotty' Scott
War of the Worlds
1988
as Harv
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Captain McCabe
Police Story
1973
Branded
1965
as Cattle Rancher Renger / Ted Evers
Startime
1959
as Cliff Harrison
Studio 57
1954
Riverboat
1959
as Chris Slade
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Milt Shanks / Marty
Ghost Story
1972
as Arthur Mundy
The Littlest Hobo
1979
as Pa
Suspicion
1957
Snoops
1989
as Gabriel Franken
Trauma Center
1983
Planet of the Apes
1974
as Brun
J.J. Starbuck
1987
as Charles Capstone
Cassie & Co.
1982
as Lyman 'Shack' Shackelford
The Whistler
1954
$weepstake$
1979
Christine Cromwell
1989
General Electric Theater
1953
as Abe Lincoln
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Jim Regan / Billy Bob Jackson / Pete Bronson / Andrew Evans
The Man Who Never Was
1966
The Cheaters
1960
as John Hunter
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Monroe Stahr
Khan!
1975
Movies (132)
Spartacus
1960
as Crixus
Salon Kitty
1976
as Cliff
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Johnny Ringo
Red River
1948
as Cherry Valance
Zenabel
1969
as Don Alonso Imolne
55 Days at Peking
1963
as Sgt. Harry
Terror Night
1989
as Lance Hayward
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Ballomar
Fort Utah
1967
as Tom Horn
The Millionaire
1978
as Marshall Wayburn
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Billy Clanton
I Love Trouble
1948
as Reno
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
as Nulty
Delta Fox
1979
as Lucas Johnson
Ransom
1977
as Chief Haliburton
Combat Squad
1953
as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher
Party Girl
1958
as Louis Canetto
Villa Rides
1968
as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)
Southwest Passage
1954
as Clint McDonald
Security Risk
1954
as Ralph Payne
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Capt. Jed Calbern
Wild in the Country
1961
as Phil Macy
Joan of Arc
1948
as Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain
All the King's Men
1949
as Jack Burden
Vengeance Valley
1951
as Hub Fasken
Somewhere in the Night
1946
as Thug (voice) (uncredited)
Incubus
1982
as Hank Walden
The Adventurers
1970
as Mr.James Hadley
Repeat Performance
1947
as Narrator (Voice)
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1992
as King Arthur
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
as Self
I Saw What You Did
1965
as Steve Marak
Sex Diary
1976
as Milton
One on Top of the Other
1969
as Inspector Wald
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991
as Jefferson
Messenger of Death
1988
as Zenas Beecham
Run, Man, Run
1968
as Santillana
The Shape of Things to Come
1979
as Senator Smedley
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
1988
as Walter
Hurricane Smith
1952
as Hurricane Smith
The Gangster
1947
as Karty
Red Mountain
1951
as Gen. William Quantrill
The Ceremony
1963
as Prison Warden
The Fast and the Furious
1954
as Frank Webster
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
as Dan Shelby
Queen Bee
1955
as Judson Prentiss
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979
as Dave Cole
Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980
as John Huston
A Walk in the Sun
1945
as Pfc. Windy Craven
Gunslinger
1956
as Cane Miro
The Scarf
1951
as John Howard Barrington
Open Secret
1948
as Paul Lester
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Henry 'Early' Byrd
Brushfire
1962
as Jeff Saygure
Dirty Heroes
1967
as Captain O’Connor
The Bushwhackers
1951
as Jefferson Waring
Raw Deal
1948
as Fantail
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Bob Ford (archive footage)
I Shot Jesse James
1949
as Bob Ford
Merlin
1992
Roughshod
1949
as Lednov
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
as Marshal Sam Rochelle
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988
as Capt. Aaron Cartwright
Bordello
1981
as Judge
The Return of Jesse James
1950
as Johnny Callum
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
as Priest
The Good Die Young
1954
as Eddie Blaine
The Steel Cage
1954
as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"
The War Devils
1969
Railroaded!
1947
as Duke Martin
A Gun for One Hundred Graves
1968
as Douglas
The Walking Hills
1949
as Frazee
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
The Swiss Conspiracy
1976
as Dwight McGowan
Dead for a Dollar
1968
as Der Colonel
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Bitter Creek
Stormy Crossing
1958
as Griff Parker
The Glass Cage
1955
as Pel Pelham
Gatling Gun
1968
as Tarpas
Welcome to Arrow Beach
1974
as Sheriff Duke Bingham
Thunder Run
1985
as George Adams
Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman
1974
Little Big Horn
1951
as Lt. John Haywood
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977
as Father Mora
Anna Lucasta
1949
as Danny Johnson
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
as Captain
Martin's Day
1985
as Brewer
No Place to Land
1958
as Jonas Bailey
The House of Seven Corpses
1974
as Eric Hartman
Cargo to Capetown
1950
as Steve Conway
Satan's Cheerleaders
1977
as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Lt. Gifford
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
1977
as Tony Santore
3-D Rarities
2015
as (archive footage)
Northeast of Seoul
1974
as Flanaghan
Blood River
1974
as Abel Webster
Behind Green Lights
1946
as Det. Oppenheimer
Carnal Circuit
1969
as Richard Salinger
Faces in the Dark
1960
as Max Hammond
This Is Korea!
1951
as Narrator
On the Air Live with Captain Midnight
1979
as Agent Pierson
A Taste of Death
1968
as Dan El/Ralph
Hate for Hate
1967
as James Cooper
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as Bruno Walters
Crossbar
1979
as Miles Kornylo
Wake Up and Dream
1946
as Howard Williams
Caxambu!
1967
as Vince Neff
The Undercover Man
1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Escape to the Sun
1972
as Jacob Kagan
Seasons in the Sun
1986
as Keith Slattery
The 49th Man
1953
as Investigator John Williams
Bloody Che Contra
1968
as Stuart
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1946
as Benny Smith
Day of the Nightmare
1965
as Sgt. Dave Harmon
Tourist
1980
as Joe Vigil, Sr.
The Perfect Killer
1977
as Benny
No Time To Kill
1963
as Johnny Greco
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
as Ben Hammond
Without Incident
1957
as Sgt. Turley
We Are No Angels
1975
as Mr. Shark
About John Ireland
John Benjamin Ireland was a Canadian-American actor and film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in All the King's Men (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. Ireland was a supporting actor in several famous Western films such as My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948), Vengeance Valley (1951), and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). His other notable film roles were in 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Adventurers (1970), and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Irela… With 181 credits spanning from 1945 to 2015, John Ireland has appeared in 132 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Ireland Movies
- Spartacus (1960) — as Crixus
- Salon Kitty (1976) — as Cliff
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) — as Johnny Ringo
- Red River (1948) — as Cherry Valance
- Zenabel (1969) — as Don Alonso Imolne
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