John Ireland

Born: 1914-01-31 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died: 1992-03-21

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2015

3-D Rarities as (archive footage)

1989

Snoops as Gabriel Franken
Christine Cromwell
Terror Night as Lance Hayward

1988

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

1987

J.J. Starbuck as Charles Capstone

1986

Seasons in the Sun as Keith Slattery

1985

Thunder Run as George Adams
Treasure of the Amazon as Priest
Martin's Day as Brewer
Miami Golem as Anderson

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Hainer
Airwolf as Hardesty

1983

The Hitchhiker as Jack Guttman
Hardcastle and McCormick as Bucky Miller
Trauma Center
A Matter of Cunning as John Markham

1982

Cassie & Co. as Lyman 'Shack' Shackelford
Incubus as Hank Walden

1981

Bordello as Judge

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Wyndom Jackson
Tourist as Joe Vigil, Sr.
Marilyn: The Untold Story as John Huston
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog as George Hunter

1979

Hart to Hart as Zeke BaIllinger
The Littlest Hobo as Pa
$weepstake$
Crossbar as Miles Kornylo
Delta Fox as Lucas Johnson
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self
The Shape of Things to Come as Senator Smedley
Guyana: Crime of the Century as Dave Cole
On the Air Live with Captain Midnight as Agent Pierson

1978

Tomorrow Never Comes as Captain
The Millionaire as Marshall Wayburn

1977

Satan's Cheerleaders as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb
The Perfect Killer as Benny
Mission to Glory: A True Story as Father Mora
Ransom as Chief Haliburton
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply as Tony Santore

1976

Quincy, M.E. as Attorney John Packard
Salon Kitty as Cliff
Sex Diary as Milton
The Swiss Conspiracy as Dwight McGowan

1975

Switch as Verne Deamer
Khan!
Farewell, My Lovely as Nulty
We Are No Angels as Mr. Shark

1974

Little House on the Prairie as Frank Carlin
Planet of the Apes as Brun
The House of Seven Corpses as Eric Hartman
Blood River as Abel Webster
The Rangers as Carson
Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman
The Phantom of Hollywood as Lt. Gifford
The Girl on the Late, Late Show as Bruno Walters
Welcome to Arrow Beach as Sheriff Duke Bingham
Northeast of Seoul as Flanaghan

1973

Police Story

1972

Ghost Story as Arthur Mundy
Escape to the Sun as Jacob Kagan

1970

The Adventurers as Mr.James Hadley
Challenge of McKenna as Jones/Jonas MacKenna

1969

One on Top of the Other as Inspector Wald
The War Devils
Carnal Circuit as Richard Salinger
Zenabel as Don Alonso Imolne

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Phil Coleman
The Name of the Game as Mel Wexler
Run, Man, Run as Santillana
Villa Rides as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)
Arizona Bushwhackers as Dan Shelby
A Gun for One Hundred Graves as Douglas
Bloody Che Contra as Stuart
Go For Broke as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou
Dead for a Dollar as Der Colonel
A Taste of Death as Dan El/Ralph
Gatling Gun as Tarpas
Vengeance for Vengeance as Maj. Bower

1967

Fort Utah as Tom Horn
Dirty Heroes as Captain O’Connor
Caxambu! as Vince Neff
Hate for Hate as James Cooper

1966

Mission: Impossible as Andrew Metzger
The Man Who Never Was

1965

Run for Your Life as Dr. Mason
Branded as Cattle Rancher Renger
I Saw What You Did as Steve Marak
Day of the Nightmare as Sgt. Dave Harmon

1964

Daniel Boone as Hiram Manville
The Fall of the Roman Empire as Ballomar
The Big Parade of Comedy as Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

1963

Burke's Law as Orrin Lashwell
Kraft Suspense Theatre as William 'Scotty' Scott
55 Days at Peking as Sgt. Harry
The Ceremony as Prison Warden
No Time To Kill as Johnny Greco

1962

The Virginian as Kinroy
Brushfire as Jeff Saygure

1961

Wild in the Country as Phil Macy
Return of a Stranger as Ray Reed

1960

Thriller as Eddie Wilson
Spartacus as Crixus
The Cheaters as John Hunter
Faces in the Dark as Max Hammond

1959

Bonanza as Marshal Will Rimbau
Rawhide as Winch
Riverboat as Chris Slade
Startime as Cliff Harrison

1958

Party Girl as Louis Canetto
No Place to Land as Jonas Bailey
Stormy Crossing as Griff Parker

1957

Suspicion
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Johnny Ringo
A Sound of Different Drummers as Ben Hammond
Without Incident as Sgt. Turley

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Marshal Harry Phillips
Armchair Theatre as Monroe Stahr
Gunslinger as Cane Miro

1955

Gunsmoke as Jed Coombs
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Captain McCabe
Queen Bee as Judson Prentiss
Hell's Horizon as Capt. John Merrill
The Glass Cage as Pel Pelham

1954

Climax! as Greg
Studio 57
The Whistler
The Fast and the Furious as Frank Webster
The Good Die Young as Eddie Blaine
Southwest Passage as Clint McDonald
The Steel Cage as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"
Security Risk as Ralph Payne

1953

General Electric Theater as Abe Lincoln
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive as Marshal Sam Rochelle
The 49th Man as Investigator John Williams
Combat Squad as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher

1952

Hurricane Smith as Hurricane Smith

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Vengeance Valley as Hub Fasken
Red Mountain as Gen. William Quantrill
Little Big Horn as Lt. John Haywood
The Scarf as John Howard Barrington
The Bushwhackers as Jefferson Waring
The Basketball Fix as Pete Ferreday
This Is Korea! as Narrator

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Milt Shanks
The Return of Jesse James as Johnny Callum
Cargo to Capetown as Steve Conway

1949

All the King's Men as Jack Burden
Mr. Soft Touch as Henry 'Early' Byrd
I Shot Jesse James as Bob Ford
The Walking Hills as Frazee
The Undercover Man as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Anna Lucasta as Danny Johnson
The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bitter Creek
Roughshod as Lednov

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse
Red River as Cherry Valance
Joan of Arc as Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain
Raw Deal as Fantail
I Love Trouble as Reno
A Southern Yankee as Capt. Jed Calbern
Open Secret as Paul Lester

1947

The Gangster as Karty
Railroaded! as Duke Martin
Repeat Performance as Narrator (Voice)

1946

My Darling Clementine as Billy Clanton
Somewhere in the Night as Thug (voice) (uncredited)
Behind Green Lights as Det. Oppenheimer
Wake Up and Dream as Howard Williams
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Benny Smith

1945

A Walk in the Sun as Pfc. Windy Craven