John Ireland

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1914-01-31

Deathday 1992-03-21 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Also Known As John Ireland Jr, John Benjamin Ireland

John Ireland

Biography

John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) 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 television industry.

Known For

Actor

2023
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

as Self (archive footage)

2015
3-D Rarities

as (archive footage)

2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Bob Ford (archive footage)

1992
1992
1992
Hammer Down

as Lt. Bates

1991
The Graveyard Story

as Dr. McGregor

1989
Terror Night

as Lance Hayward

1988
Messenger of Death

as Zenas Beecham

1988
Bonanza: The Next Generation

as Capt. Aaron Cartwright

1988
1987
J.J. Starbuck

as Charles Capstone

1986
Seasons in the Sun

as Keith Slattery

1985
Miami Golem

as Anderson

1985
Thunder Run

as George Adams

1985
Martin's Day

as Brewer

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Sheriff Hainer

1984
Airwolf

as Hardesty

1984
Airwolf

as Carl Barron

1983
A Matter of Cunning

as John Markham

1983
The Hitchhiker

as Jack Guttman

1983
Hardcastle and McCormick

as Bucky Miller

1982
Incubus

as Hank Walden

1982
Cassie & Co.

as Lyman Shackelford

1981
Bordello

as Judge

1980
1980
Tourist

as Joe Vigil, Sr.

1979
Delta Fox

as Lucas Johnson

1979
Crossbar

as Miles Kornylo

1979
The Shape of Things to Come

as Senator Smedley

1979
Hart to Hart

as Zeke BaIllinger

1978
The Millionaire

as Marshall Wayburn

1978
1977
1977
The Ransom

as Chief Haliburton

1977
Satan's Cheerleaders

as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb

1976
Salon Kitty

as Cliff

1976
The Swiss Conspiracy

as Dwight McGowan

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Attorney John Packard

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Jerry Driskill

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Sheriff Ned Evers

1975
We Are No Angels

as Mr. Shark

1975
1975
Sex Diary

as Milton

1975
Switch

as Verne Deamer

1975
1974
The Rangers

as Carson

1974
Blood River

as Abel Webster

1974
Welcome to Arrow Beach

as Sheriff Duke Bingham

1974
Northeast of Seoul

as Flanaghan

1974
1974
1974
1972
Escape to the Sun

as Jacob Kagan

1972
Ghost Story

as Arthur Mundy

1970
The Adventurers

as Mr.James Hadley

1970
Challenge of McKenna

as Jones/Jonas MacKenna

1969
Zenabel

as Don Alonso Imolne

1969
One on Top of the Other

as Inspector Wald

1969
Carnal Circuit

as Richard Salinger

1968
Gatling Gun

as Tarpas

1968
1968
A Taste of Death

as Dan El/Ralph

1968
Run, Man, Run

as Santillana

1968
Dead for a Dollar

as Der Colonel

1968
Villa Rides

as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)

1968
Go For Broke

as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou

1968
Arizona Bushwhackers

as Dan Shelby

1968
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Phil Coleman

1968
The Name of the Game

as Mel Wexler

1967
Dirty Heroes

as Captain O’Connor

1967
Fort Utah

as Tom Horn

1967
Hate for Hate

as James Cooper

1967
Caxambu!

as Vince Neff

1966
Mission: Impossible

as Andrew Metzger

1965
Day of the Nightmare

as Sgt. Dave Harmon

1965
I Saw What You Did

as Steve Marak

1965
Run for Your Life

as Dr. Mason

1965
Branded

as Cattle Rancher Renger

1965
Branded

as Ted Evers

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

as Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

1964
Daniel Boone

as Hiram Manville

1963
The Ceremony

as Prison Warden

1963
55 Days at Peking

as Sgt. Harry

1963
No Time To Kill

as Johnny Greco

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as William 'Scotty' Scott

1963
Burke's Law

as Orrin Lashwell

1963
Burke's Law

as Bullock

1962
Brushfire

as Jeff Saygure

1962
The Virginian

as Kinroy

1961
Wild in the Country

as Phil Macy

1961
1960
Faces in the Dark

as Max Hammond

1960
Spartacus

as Crixus

1960
The Cheaters

as John Hunter

1960
Thriller

as Eddie Wilson

1959
Riverboat

as Chris Slade

1959
Bonanza

as Marshal Will Rimbau

1959
Rawhide

as Frank Trask

1959
Rawhide

as Dr. Joseph Merritt

1959
Rawhide

as Jed Colby

1959
Rawhide

as Winch

1958
Party Girl

as Louis Canetto

1958
No Place to Land

as Jonas Bailey

1958
Stormy Crossing

as Griff Parker

1957
1956
Gunslinger

as Cane Miro

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Marshal Harry Phillips

1956
Armchair Theatre

as Monroe Stahr

1955
Hell's Horizon

as Capt. John Merrill

1955
Queen Bee

as Judson Prentiss

1955
The Glass Cage

as Pel Pelham

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Captain McCabe

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jed Coombs

1955
Gunsmoke

as Parker

1954
The Steel Cage

as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"

1954
The Fast and the Furious

as Frank Webster

1954
Security Risk

as Ralph Payne

1954
Southwest Passage

as Clint McDonald

1954
The Good Die Young

as Eddie Blaine

1954
Climax!

as Greg

1953
Combat Squad

as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher

1953
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

as Marshal Sam Rochelle

1953
The 49th Man

as Investigator John Williams

1953
1952
Hurricane Smith

as Hurricane Smith

1951
The Bushwhackers

as Jefferson Waring

1951
Red Mountain

as Gen. William Quantrill

1951
This Is Korea!

as Narrator

1951
The Basketball Fix

as Pete Ferreday

1951
Little Big Horn

as Lt. John Haywood

1951
The Scarf

as John Howard Barrington

1951
Vengeance Valley

as Hub Fasken

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Billy Bob Jackson

1951
1951
1950
The Return of Jesse James

as Johnny Callum

1950
Cargo to Capetown

as Steve Conway

1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Milt Shanks

1950
1949
All the King's Men

as Jack Burden

1949
Mr. Soft Touch

as Henry 'Early' Byrd

1949
Anna Lucasta

as Danny Johnson

1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Bitter Creek

1949
Roughshod

as Lednov

1949
The Undercover Man

as Narrator (voice)

1949
1949
I Shot Jesse James

as Bob Ford

1948
Joan of Arc

as Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain

1948
Red River

as Cherry Valance

1948
A Southern Yankee

as Capt. Jed Calbern

1948
Raw Deal

as Fantail

1948
Open Secret

as Paul Lester

1948
1947
The Gangster

as Karty

1947
Railroaded!

as Duke Martin

1947
Repeat Performance

as Narrator (Voice)

1946
Wake Up and Dream

as Howard Williams

1946
My Darling Clementine

as Billy Clanton

1946
1946
Somewhere in the Night

as Thug (voice) (uncredited)

1946
Behind Green Lights

as Det. Oppenheimer

1945
A Walk in the Sun

as Pfc. Windy Craven

Director

Producer