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