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)
2002
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Bob Ford (archive footage)
1992
- Merlin
- Hammer Down as Lt. Bates
- Waxwork II: Lost in Time as King Arthur
1991
- The Graveyard Story as Dr. McGregor
1989
- Terror Night as Lance Hayward
- Snoops as Gabriel Franken
- Christine Cromwell
- Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat as Jefferson
1988
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake as Walter
- War of the Worlds as Harv
- Messenger of Death as Zenas Beecham
- 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
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Bucky Miller
- The Hitchhiker as Jack Guttman
- Trauma Center
- A Matter of Cunning as John Markham
1982
- Incubus as Hank Walden
- Cassie & Co. as Lyman Shackelford
1981
- Bordello as Judge
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Wyndom Jackson
- The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog as George Hunter
- Tourist as Joe Vigil, Sr.
- Marilyn: The Untold Story as John Huston
1979
- Hart to Hart as Zeke BaIllinger
- The Shape of Things to Come as Senator Smedley
- The Littlest Hobo as Pa
- On the Air Live with Captain Midnight as Agent Pierson
- $weepstake$
- Guyana: Crime of the Century as Dave Cole
- When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self
- Delta Fox as Lucas Johnson
- Crossbar as Miles Kornylo
1978
- The Millionaire as Marshall Wayburn
- Tomorrow Never Comes as Captain
1977
- Mission to Glory: A True Story as Father Mora
- Ransom as Chief Haliburton
- Satan's Cheerleaders as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb
- Love and the Midnight Auto Supply as Tony Santore
- The Perfect Killer as Benny
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
- We Are No Angels as Mr. Shark
- Farewell, My Lovely as Nulty
- Khan!
1974
- Little House on the Prairie
- Welcome to Arrow Beach as Sheriff Duke Bingham
- Blood River as Abel Webster
- The Rangers as Carson
- Planet of the Apes
- The House of Seven Corpses as Eric Hartman
- The Phantom of Hollywood as Lt. Gifford
- Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman
- Northeast of Seoul as Flanaghan
- The Girl on the Late, Late Show as Bruno Walters
1973
1972
- Ghost Story as Arthur Mundy
- Escape to the Sun as Jacob Kagan
1970
- Challenge of McKenna as Jones/Jonas MacKenna
- The Adventurers as Mr.James Hadley
1969
- Zenabel as Don Alonso Imolne
- Carnal Circuit as Richard Salinger
- One on Top of the Other as Inspector Wald
- The War Devils
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Phil Coleman
- Gatling Gun as Tarpas
- The Name of the Game as Mel Wexler
- Arizona Bushwhackers as Dan Shelby
- A Gun for One Hundred Graves as Douglas
- Bloody Che Contra as Stuart
- Run, Man, Run as Santillana
- Go For Broke as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou
- Villa Rides as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)
- Dead for a Dollar as Der Colonel
- A Taste of Death as Dan El/Ralph
- Vengeance for Vengeance as Maj. Bower
1967
- Fort Utah as Tom Horn
- Hate for Hate as James Cooper
- Dirty Heroes as Captain O’Connor
- Caxambu! as Vince Neff
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
- Faces in the Dark as Max Hammond
- The Cheaters as John Hunter
1958
- Party Girl as Louis Canetto
- Stormy Crossing as Griff Parker
- No Place to Land as Jonas Bailey
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
- Gunslinger as Cane Miro
- Armchair Theatre as Monroe Stahr
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
- The Whistler
- Southwest Passage as Clint McDonald
- Studio 57
- The Fast and the Furious as Frank Webster
- The Good Die Young as Eddie Blaine
- The Steel Cage as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"
- Security Risk as Ralph Payne
1953
- 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
1952
- Hurricane Smith as Hurricane Smith
1951
- Red Mountain as Gen. William Quantrill
- The Bushwhackers as Jefferson Waring
- Vengeance Valley as Hub Fasken
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- The Basketball Fix as Pete Ferreday
- This Is Korea! as Narrator
- The Scarf as John Howard Barrington
- Little Big Horn as Lt. John Haywood
1950
- The Return of Jesse James as Johnny Callum
- Lux Video Theatre as Milt Shanks
- Cargo to Capetown as Steve Conway
1949
- Anna Lucasta as Danny Johnson
- Roughshod as Lednov
- The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bitter Creek
- The Undercover Man as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- All the King's Men as Jack Burden
- The Walking Hills as Frazee
- I Shot Jesse James as Bob Ford
- Mr. Soft Touch as Henry 'Early' Byrd
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
- Open Secret as Paul Lester
- I Love Trouble as Reno
- A Southern Yankee as Capt. Jed Calbern
1947
- Railroaded! as Duke Martin
- The Gangster as Karty
- 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