John Ireland

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1914-01-31

Place of Birth

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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.

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Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

Bonanza

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

The Virginian

The Virginian

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Airwolf

Airwolf

Acting History

3-D Rarities as (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Bob Ford (archive footage)

Waxwork II: Lost in Time as King Arthur

Hammer Down as Lt. Bates

The Graveyard Story as Dr. McGregor

Christine Cromwell

Terror Night as Lance Hayward

Snoops as Gabriel Franken

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat as Jefferson

War of the Worlds as Harv

Messenger of Death as Zenas Beecham

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake as Walter

Bonanza: The Next Generation as Capt. Aaron Cartwright

J.J. Starbuck as Charles Capstone

Seasons in the Sun as Keith Slattery

Miami Golem as Anderson

Thunder Run as George Adams

Treasure of the Amazon as Priest

Martin's Day as Brewer

Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Hainer

Airwolf as Hardesty

Airwolf as Carl Barron

The Hitchhiker as Jack Guttman

Hardcastle and McCormick as Bucky Miller

A Matter of Cunning as John Markham

Incubus as Hank Walden

Cassie & Co. as Lyman Shackelford

Bordello as Judge

Magnum, P.I. as Wyndom Jackson

Marilyn: The Untold Story as John Huston

Tourist as Joe Vigil, Sr.

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog as George Hunter

Delta Fox as Lucas Johnson

The Littlest Hobo as Pa

Hart to Hart as Zeke BaIllinger

Guyana: Crime of the Century as Dave Cole

Crossbar as Miles Kornylo

On the Air Live with Captain Midnight as Agent Pierson

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self

The Shape of Things to Come as Senator Smedley

The Millionaire as Marshall Wayburn

Tomorrow Never Comes as Captain

The Perfect Killer as Benny

Love and the Midnight Auto Supply as Tony Santore

Ransom as Chief Haliburton

Satan's Cheerleaders as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb

Mission to Glory: A True Story as Father Mora

Quincy, M.E. as Attorney John Packard

Quincy, M.E. as Jerry Driskill

Quincy, M.E. as Sheriff Ned Evers

Sex Diary as Milton

Salon Kitty as Cliff

The Swiss Conspiracy as Dwight McGowan

We Are No Angels as Mr. Shark

Switch as Verne Deamer

Farewell, My Lovely as Nulty

Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman

The Rangers as Carson

Planet of the Apes

Little House on the Prairie

Blood River as Abel Webster

Welcome to Arrow Beach as Sheriff Duke Bingham

Northeast of Seoul as Flanaghan

The Girl on the Late, Late Show as Bruno Walters

The Phantom of Hollywood as Lt. Gifford

The House of Seven Corpses as Eric Hartman

Escape to the Sun as Jacob Kagan

Ghost Story as Arthur Mundy

The Adventurers as Mr.James Hadley

Challenge of McKenna as Jones/Jonas MacKenna

Zenabel as Don Alonso Imolne

One on Top of the Other as Inspector Wald

Carnal Circuit as Richard Salinger

Gatling Gun as Tarpas

Hawaii Five-O as Phil Coleman

The Name of the Game as Mel Wexler

Vengeance for Vengeance as Maj. Bower

A Taste of Death as Dan El/Ralph

Run, Man, Run as Santillana

A Gun for One Hundred Graves as Douglas

Dead for a Dollar as Der Colonel

Villa Rides as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)

Go For Broke as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou

Arizona Bushwhackers as Dan Shelby

Bloody Che Contra as Stuart

Dirty Heroes as Captain O’Connor

Fort Utah as Tom Horn

Hate for Hate as James Cooper

Caxambu! as Vince Neff

Mission: Impossible as Andrew Metzger

The Man Who Never Was

Day of the Nightmare as Sgt. Dave Harmon

Run for Your Life as Dr. Mason

I Saw What You Did as Steve Marak

Branded as Cattle Rancher Renger

Branded as Ted Evers

Daniel Boone as Hiram Manville

The Big Parade of Comedy as Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

The Fall of the Roman Empire as Ballomar

The Ceremony as Prison Warden

Kraft Suspense Theatre as William 'Scotty' Scott

Burke's Law as Orrin Lashwell

Burke's Law as Bullock

55 Days at Peking as Sgt. Harry

No Time To Kill as Johnny Greco

The Virginian as Kinroy

Brushfire as Jeff Saygure

Wild in the Country as Phil Macy

Return of a Stranger as Ray Reed

The Cheaters as John Hunter

Faces in the Dark as Max Hammond

Spartacus as Crixus

Thriller as Eddie Wilson

Riverboat as Chris Slade

Bonanza as Marshal Will Rimbau

Rawhide as Winch

Rawhide as Dr. Joseph Merritt

Rawhide as Frank Trask

Rawhide as Jed Colby

Party Girl as Louis Canetto

No Place to Land as Jonas Bailey

Stormy Crossing as Griff Parker

A Sound of Different Drummers as Ben Hammond

Without Incident as Sgt. Turley

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Johnny Ringo

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Marshal Harry Phillips

Armchair Theatre as Monroe Stahr

Gunslinger as Cane Miro

Hell's Horizon as Capt. John Merrill

Queen Bee as Judson Prentiss

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Captain McCabe

Gunsmoke as Jed Coombs

Gunsmoke as Parker

The Glass Cage as Pel Pelham

The Steel Cage as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"

The Fast and the Furious as Frank Webster

Climax! as Greg

Security Risk as Ralph Payne

Southwest Passage as Clint McDonald

The Good Die Young as Eddie Blaine

Combat Squad as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive as Marshal Sam Rochelle

The 49th Man as Investigator John Williams

General Electric Theater as Abe Lincoln

Hurricane Smith as Hurricane Smith

The Bushwhackers as Jefferson Waring

Red Mountain as Gen. William Quantrill

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jim Regan

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Billy Bob Jackson

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Pete Bronson

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Andrew Evans

This Is Korea! as Narrator

The Basketball Fix as Pete Ferreday

Little Big Horn as Lt. John Haywood

The Scarf as John Howard Barrington

Vengeance Valley as Hub Fasken

Lux Video Theatre as Milt Shanks

Lux Video Theatre as Marty

The Return of Jesse James as Johnny Callum

Cargo to Capetown as Steve Conway

All the King's Men as Jack Burden

Mr. Soft Touch as Henry 'Early' Byrd

Anna Lucasta as Danny Johnson

The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bitter Creek

Roughshod as Lednov

The Undercover Man as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Walking Hills as Frazee

I Shot Jesse James as Bob Ford

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

The Philco Television Playhouse

Red River as Cherry Valance

A Southern Yankee as Capt. Jed Calbern

Raw Deal as Fantail

Open Secret as Paul Lester

I Love Trouble as Reno

The Gangster as Karty

Railroaded! as Duke Martin

Repeat Performance as Narrator (Voice)

Wake Up and Dream as Howard Williams

My Darling Clementine as Billy Clanton

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Benny Smith

Somewhere in the Night as Thug (voice) (uncredited)

Behind Green Lights as Det. Oppenheimer

A Walk in the Sun as Pfc. Windy Craven