John Ireland
Known for Acting · 182 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)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Sheriff Hainer
Bonanza
1959
as Marshal Will Rimbau
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Frank Carlin
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Andrew Metzger
Climax!
1954
as Greg
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Phil Coleman
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Attorney John Packard / Jerry Driskill / Sheriff Ned Evers
Hart to Hart
1979
as Zeke BaIllinger
Burke's Law
1963
as Orrin Lashwell / Bullock
Airwolf
1984
as Hardesty / Carl Barron
Daniel Boone
1964
as Hiram Manville
The Virginian
1962
as Kinroy
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Wyndom Jackson
Run for Your Life
1965
as Dr. Mason
Gunsmoke
1955
as Jed Coombs / Parker
Rawhide
1959
as Frank Trask / Dr. Joseph Merritt / Jed Colby / Winch
Thriller
1960
as Eddie Wilson
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Marshal Harry Phillips
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Jack Guttman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Captain McCabe
Suspicion
1957
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Bucky Miller
Studio 57
1954
The Name of the Game
1968
as Mel Wexler
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as William 'Scotty' Scott
Switch
1975
as Verne Deamer
War of the Worlds
1988
as Harv
Police Story
1973
Ghost Story
1972
as Arthur Mundy
The Littlest Hobo
1979
as Pa
Startime
1959
as Cliff Harrison
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Milt Shanks / Marty
Riverboat
1959
as Chris Slade
Branded
1965
as Cattle Rancher Renger / Ted Evers
The Whistler
1954
Planet of the Apes
1974
as Brun
Snoops
1989
as Gabriel Franken
Trauma Center
1983
J.J. Starbuck
1987
as Charles Capstone
The Cheaters
1960
as John Hunter
Cassie & Co.
1982
as Lyman 'Shack' Shackelford
$weepstake$
1979
Christine Cromwell
1989
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Monroe Stahr
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Jim Regan / Billy Bob Jackson / Pete Bronson / Andrew Evans
The Man Who Never Was
1966
Khan!
1975
General Electric Theater
1953
as Abe Lincoln
Movies (133)
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
as Nulty
Spartacus
1960
as Crixus
Bordello
1981
as Judge
Salon Kitty
1976
as Cliff
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Johnny Ringo
Red River
1948
as Cherry Valance
55 Days at Peking
1963
as Sgt. Harry
Repeat Performance
1947
as Narrator (Voice)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Ballomar
Incubus
1982
as Hank Walden
Caxambu!
1967
as Vince Neff
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Billy Clanton
Villa Rides
1968
as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)
The Adventurers
1970
as Mr.James Hadley
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1992
as King Arthur
Party Girl
1958
as Louis Canetto
All the King's Men
1949
as Jack Burden
Zenabel
1969
as Don Alonso Imolne
Little Big Horn
1951
as Lt. John Haywood
Vengeance Valley
1951
as Hub Fasken
The War Devils
1969
Joan of Arc
1948
as Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain
Somewhere in the Night
1946
as Thug (voice) (uncredited)
Delta Fox
1979
as Lucas Johnson
Red Mountain
1951
as Gen. William Quantrill
One on Top of the Other
1969
as Inspector Wald
Ransom
1977
as Chief Haliburton
Martin's Day
1985
as Brewer
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
1977
as Tony Santore
The Glass Cage
1955
as Pel Pelham
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
as Priest
Messenger of Death
1988
as Zenas Beecham
Wild in the Country
1961
as Phil Macy
The Shape of Things to Come
1979
as Senator Smedley
The Swiss Conspiracy
1976
as Dwight McGowan
I Love Trouble
1948
as Reno
Run, Man, Run
1968
as Santillana
Crossbar
1979
as Miles Kornylo
I Shot Jesse James
1949
as Bob Ford
The Steel Cage
1954
as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"
The Good Die Young
1954
as Eddie Blaine
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Henry 'Early' Byrd
I Saw What You Did
1965
as Steve Marak
The Undercover Man
1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The House of Seven Corpses
1974
as Eric Hartman
A Walk in the Sun
1945
as Pfc. Windy Craven
Raw Deal
1948
as Fantail
Queen Bee
1955
as Judson Prentiss
Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman
1974
The Gangster
1947
as Karty
Satan's Cheerleaders
1977
as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb
A Gun for One Hundred Graves
1968
as Douglas
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Capt. Jed Calbern
The Walking Hills
1949
as Frazee
Go For Broke
1968
as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
as Captain
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Lt. Gifford
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
1988
as Walter
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
as Dan Shelby
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
as Ben Hammond
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979
as Dave Cole
Thunder Run
1985
as George Adams
Welcome to Arrow Beach
1974
as Sheriff Duke Bingham
Tourist
1980
as Joe Vigil, Sr.
The Bushwhackers
1951
as Jefferson Waring
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Bitter Creek
Dead for a Dollar
1968
as Der Colonel
Hate for Hate
1967
as James Cooper
Sex Diary
1976
as Milton
Roughshod
1949
as Lednov
Merlin
1992
Carnal Circuit
1969
as Richard Salinger
Hurricane Smith
1952
as Hurricane Smith
The 49th Man
1953
as Investigator John Williams
Cargo to Capetown
1950
as Steve Conway
This Is Korea!
1951
as Narrator
Northeast of Seoul
1974
as Flanaghan
Faces in the Dark
1960
as Max Hammond
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as Bruno Walters
Railroaded!
1947
as Duke Martin
Behind Green Lights
1946
as Oppenheimer
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Bob Ford (archive footage)
Security Risk
1954
as Ralph Payne
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977
as Father Mora
Gatling Gun
1968
as Tarpas
Challenge of McKenna
1970
as Jones/Jonas MacKenna
The Basketball Fix
1951
as Pete Ferreday
Fort Utah
1967
as Tom Horn
We Are No Angels
1975
as Mr. Shark
Open Secret
1948
as Paul Lester
The Scarf
1951
as John Howard Barrington
The Millionaire
1978
as Marshall Wayburn
The Return of Jesse James
1950
as Johnny Callum
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1946
as Benny Smith
Terror Night
1989
as Lance Hayward
Vengeance for Vengeance
1968
as Maj. Bower
Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980
as John Huston
Gunslinger
1956
as Cane Miro
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988
as Capt. Aaron Cartwright
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
1980
as George Hunter
3-D Rarities
2015
as (archive footage)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
as Marshal Sam Rochelle
Dirty Heroes
1967
as Captain O’Connor
A Taste of Death
1968
as Dan El/Ralph
No Place to Land
1958
as Jonas Bailey
The Ceremony
1963
as Prison Warden
The Fast and the Furious
1954
as Frank Webster
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991
as Jefferson
The Graveyard Story
1991
as Dr. McGregor
Southwest Passage
1954
as Clint McDonald
Miami Golem
1985
as Anderson
Stormy Crossing
1958
as Griff Parker
A Matter of Cunning
1983
as John Markham
Hell's Horizon
1955
as Capt. John Merrill
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
as Self
Without Incident
1957
as Sgt. Turley
Wake Up and Dream
1946
as Howard Williams
Anna Lucasta
1949
as Danny Johnson
No Time To Kill
1963
as Johnny Greco
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 182 credits spanning from 1945 to 2015, John Ireland has appeared in 133 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Ireland Movies
- Farewell, My Lovely (1975) — as Nulty
- Spartacus (1960) — as Crixus
- Bordello (1981) — as Judge
- Salon Kitty (1976) — as Cliff
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) — as Johnny Ringo
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