John 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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
197
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-01-31 (111 years old)
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Acting
2015
3-D Rarities as (archive footage)2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Bob Ford (archive footage)1992
Merlin as Not available1992
Waxwork II: Lost in Time as King Arthur1992
Hammer Down as Lt. Bates1991
The Graveyard Story as Dr. McGregor1989
Terror Night as Lance Hayward1989
Snoops as Gabriel Franken1989
Christine Cromwell as Not available1989
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat as Jefferson1988
War of the Worlds as Harv1988
Messenger of Death as Zenas Beecham1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake as Walter1988
Bonanza: The Next Generation as Capt. Aaron Cartwright1987
J.J. Starbuck as Charles Capstone1986
Seasons in the Sun as Keith Slattery1985
Thunder Run as George Adams1985
Treasure of the Amazon as Priest1985
Miami Golem as Anderson1985
Martin's Day as Brewer1984
Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Hainer1984
Airwolf as Hardesty1984
Airwolf as Carl Barron1983
Hardcastle and McCormick as Bucky Miller1983
The Hitchhiker as Jack Guttman1983
A Matter of Cunning as John Markham1983
Trauma Center as Not available1982
Incubus as Hank Walden1982
Cassie & Co. as Lyman Shackelford1981
Bordello as Judge1980
Magnum, P.I. as Wyndom Jackson1980
Tourist as Joe Vigil, Sr.1980
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog as George Hunter1980
Marilyn: The Untold Story as John Huston1979
Hart to Hart as Zeke BaIllinger1979
The Shape of Things to Come as Senator Smedley1979
The Littlest Hobo as Pa1979
On the Air Live with Captain Midnight as Agent Pierson1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century as Dave Cole1979
$weepstake$ as Not available1979
Delta Fox as Lucas Johnson1979
Crossbar as Miles Kornylo1978
The Millionaire as Marshall Wayburn1978
Tomorrow Never Comes as Captain1977
Ransom as Chief Haliburton1977
The Perfect Killer as Benny1977
Satan's Cheerleaders as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb1977
Mission to Glory: A True Story as Father Mora1977
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply as Tony Santore1976
Quincy, M.E. as Attorney John Packard1976
Quincy, M.E. as Jerry Driskill1976
Quincy, M.E. as Sheriff Ned Evers1976
Salon Kitty as Cliff1976
Sex Diary as Milton1976
The Swiss Conspiracy as Dwight McGowan1975
Switch as Verne Deamer1975
We Are No Angels as Mr. Shark1975
Farewell, My Lovely as Nulty1975
Khan! as Not available1974
Little House on the Prairie as Not available1974
The House of Seven Corpses as Eric Hartman1974
Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman as Not available1974
Planet of the Apes as Not available1974
Blood River as Abel Webster1974
The Phantom of Hollywood as Lt. Gifford1974
The Rangers as Carson1974
Welcome to Arrow Beach as Sheriff Duke Bingham1974
Northeast of Seoul as Flanaghan1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show as Bruno Walters1973
Police Story as Not available1972
Ghost Story as Arthur Mundy1972
Escape to the Sun as Jacob Kagan1970
The Adventurers as Mr.James Hadley1970
Challenge of McKenna as Jones/Jonas MacKenna1969
Carnal Circuit as Richard Salinger1969
One on Top of the Other as Inspector Wald1969
The War Devils as Not available1969
Zenabel as Don Alonso Imolne1968
Hawaii Five-O as Phil Coleman1968
Arizona Bushwhackers as Dan Shelby1968
The Name of the Game as Mel Wexler1968
Run, Man, Run as Santillana1968
Go For Broke as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou1968
Gatling Gun as Tarpas1968
A Gun for One Hundred Graves as Douglas1968
Bloody Che Contra as Stuart1968
Dead for a Dollar as Der Colonel1968
Vengeance for Vengeance as Maj. Bower1968
A Taste of Death as Dan El/Ralph1968
Villa Rides as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)1967
Hate for Hate as James Cooper1967
Fort Utah as Tom Horn1967
Dirty Heroes as Captain O’Connor1967
Caxambu! as Vince Neff1966
Mission: Impossible as Andrew Metzger1966
The Man Who Never Was as Not available1965
Run for Your Life as Dr. Mason1965
Branded as Cattle Rancher Renger1965
Branded as Ted Evers1965
I Saw What You Did as Steve Marak1965
Day of the Nightmare as Sgt. Dave Harmon1964
Daniel Boone as Hiram Manville1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire as Ballomar1964
The Big Parade of Comedy as Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)1963
Burke's Law as Orrin Lashwell1963
Burke's Law as Bullock1963
The Ceremony as Prison Warden1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as William 'Scotty' Scott1963
55 Days at Peking as Sgt. Harry1963
No Time To Kill as Johnny Greco1962
The Virginian as Kinroy1962
Brushfire as Jeff Saygure1961
Wild in the Country as Phil Macy1961
Return of a Stranger as Ray Reed1960
Spartacus as Crixus1960
Thriller as Eddie Wilson1960
Faces in the Dark as Max Hammond1960
The Cheaters as John Hunter1959
Bonanza as Marshal Will Rimbau1959
Rawhide as Winch1959
Rawhide as Dr. Joseph Merritt1959
Rawhide as Frank Trask1959
Rawhide as Jed Colby1959
Riverboat as Chris Slade1958
Party Girl as Louis Canetto1958
Stormy Crossing as Griff Parker1958
No Place to Land as Jonas Bailey1957
Suspicion as Not available1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Johnny Ringo1957
A Sound of Different Drummers as Ben Hammond1957
Without Incident as Sgt. Turley1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Marshal Harry Phillips1956
Gunslinger as Cane Miro1956
Armchair Theatre as Monroe Stahr1955
Gunsmoke as Jed Coombs1955
Gunsmoke as Parker1955
Queen Bee as Judson Prentiss1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Captain McCabe1955
The Glass Cage as Pel Pelham1955
Hell's Horizon as Capt. John Merrill1954
Climax! as Greg1954
The Fast and the Furious as Frank Webster1954
Studio 57 as Not available1954
The Good Die Young as Eddie Blaine1954
Southwest Passage as Clint McDonald1954
The Whistler as Not available1954
The Steel Cage as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"1954
Security Risk as Ralph Payne1953
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive as Marshal Sam Rochelle1953
Combat Squad as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher1953
The 49th Man as Investigator John Williams1953
General Electric Theater as Abe Lincoln1952
Hurricane Smith as Hurricane Smith1951
Red Mountain as Gen. William Quantrill1951
The Scarf as John Howard Barrington1951
The Bushwhackers as Jefferson Waring1951
The Basketball Fix as Pete Ferreday1951
Vengeance Valley as Hub Fasken1951
This Is Korea! as Narrator1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Not available1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jim Regan1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Billy Bob Jackson1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Pete Bronson1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Andrew Evans1951
Little Big Horn as Lt. John Haywood1950
Lux Video Theatre as Milt Shanks1950
Lux Video Theatre as Marty1950
The Return of Jesse James as Johnny Callum1950
Cargo to Capetown as Steve Conway1949
The Walking Hills as Frazee1949
Roughshod as Lednov1949
All the King's Men as Jack Burden1949
The Undercover Man as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1949
I Shot Jesse James as Bob Ford1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bitter Creek1949
Mr. Soft Touch as Henry 'Early' Byrd1949
Anna Lucasta as Danny Johnson1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available1948
Red River as Cherry Valance1948
Raw Deal as Fantail1948
Open Secret as Paul Lester1948
Joan of Arc as Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain1948
I Love Trouble as Reno1948
A Southern Yankee as Capt. Jed Calbern1947
Railroaded! as Duke Martin1947
The Gangster as Karty1947
Repeat Performance as Narrator (Voice)1946
My Darling Clementine as Billy Clanton1946
Behind Green Lights as Det. Oppenheimer1946
Wake Up and Dream as Howard Williams1946
Somewhere in the Night as Thug (voice) (uncredited)1946
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Benny Smith1945
A Walk in the Sun as Pfc. Windy CravenCrew
1954
The Fast and the Furious Director1953
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive Director1953
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive Co-Producer