John Ireland

Known For: Acting
Born: January 31, 1914
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died: March 21, 1992

John Ireland

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

3-D Rarities

2015 · (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002 · Bob Ford (archive footage)

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

1992 · King Arthur

Merlin

1992

Hammer Down

1992 · Lt. Bates

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

1991 · Jefferson

The Graveyard Story

1991 · Dr. McGregor

Christine Cromwell

1989

Terror Night

1989 · Lance Hayward

Snoops

1989 · Gabriel Franken

War of the Worlds

1988 · Harv

Messenger of Death

1988 · Zenas Beecham

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

1988 · Walter

Bonanza: The Next Generation

1988 · Capt. Aaron Cartwright

J.J. Starbuck

1987 · Charles Capstone

Seasons in the Sun

1986 · Keith Slattery

Miami Golem

1985 · Anderson

Thunder Run

1985 · George Adams

Treasure of the Amazon

1985 · Priest

Martin's Day

1985 · Brewer

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Sheriff Hainer

Airwolf

1984 · Hardesty, Carl Barron

The Hitchhiker

1983 · Jack Guttman

Trauma Center

1983

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983 · Bucky Miller

A Matter of Cunning

1983 · John Markham

Incubus

1982 · Hank Walden

Cassie & Co.

1982 · Lyman 'Shack' Shackelford

Bordello

1981 · Judge

Magnum, P.I.

1980 · Wyndom Jackson

Marilyn: The Untold Story

1980 · John Huston

Tourist

1980 · Joe Vigil, Sr.

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog

1980 · George Hunter

Delta Fox

1979 · Lucas Johnson

The Littlest Hobo

1979 · Pa

Hart to Hart

1979 · Zeke BaIllinger

Guyana: Crime of the Century

1979 · Dave Cole

Crossbar

1979 · Miles Kornylo

On the Air Live with Captain Midnight

1979 · Agent Pierson

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979 · Self

The Shape of Things to Come

1979 · Senator Smedley

$weepstake$

1979

The Millionaire

1978 · Marshall Wayburn

Tomorrow Never Comes

1978 · Captain

The Perfect Killer

1977 · Benny

Love and the Midnight Auto Supply

1977 · Tony Santore

Ransom

1977 · Chief Haliburton

Satan's Cheerleaders

1977 · Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb

Mission to Glory: A True Story

1977 · Father Mora

Quincy, M.E.

1976 · Attorney John Packard, Jerry Driskill, Sheriff Ned Evers

Sex Diary

1976 · Milton

Salon Kitty

1976 · Cliff

The Swiss Conspiracy

1976 · Dwight McGowan

We Are No Angels

1975 · Mr. Shark

Switch

1975 · Verne Deamer

Farewell, My Lovely

1975 · Nulty

Khan!

1975

Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman

1974

The Rangers

1974 · Carson

Planet of the Apes

1974 · Brun

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Frank Carlin

Blood River

1974 · Abel Webster

Welcome to Arrow Beach

1974 · Sheriff Duke Bingham

Northeast of Seoul

1974 · Flanaghan

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

1974 · Bruno Walters

The Phantom of Hollywood

1974 · Lt. Gifford

The House of Seven Corpses

1974 · Eric Hartman

Police Story

1973

Escape to the Sun

1972 · Jacob Kagan

Ghost Story

1972 · Arthur Mundy

The Adventurers

1970 · Mr.James Hadley

Challenge of McKenna

1970 · Jones/Jonas MacKenna

The War Devils

1969

Zenabel

1969 · Don Alonso Imolne

One on Top of the Other

1969 · Inspector Wald

Carnal Circuit

1969 · Richard Salinger

Gatling Gun

1968 · Tarpas

Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Phil Coleman

The Name of the Game

1968 · Mel Wexler

Vengeance for Vengeance

1968 · Maj. Bower

A Taste of Death

1968 · Dan El/Ralph

Run, Man, Run

1968 · Santillana

A Gun for One Hundred Graves

1968 · Douglas

Dead for a Dollar

1968 · Der Colonel

Villa Rides

1968 · Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)

Go For Broke

1968 · Owl/Gufo/le Hibou

Arizona Bushwhackers

1968 · Dan Shelby

Bloody Che Contra

1968 · Stuart

Dirty Heroes

1967 · Captain O’Connor

Fort Utah

1967 · Tom Horn

Hate for Hate

1967 · James Cooper

Caxambu!

1967 · Vince Neff

Mission: Impossible

1966 · Andrew Metzger

The Man Who Never Was

1966

Day of the Nightmare

1965 · Sgt. Dave Harmon

Run for Your Life

1965 · Dr. Mason

I Saw What You Did

1965 · Steve Marak

Branded

1965 · Cattle Rancher Renger, Ted Evers

Daniel Boone

1964 · Hiram Manville

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964 · Ballomar

The Ceremony

1963 · Prison Warden

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963 · William 'Scotty' Scott

Burke's Law

1963 · Orrin Lashwell, Bullock

55 Days at Peking

1963 · Sgt. Harry

No Time To Kill

1963 · Johnny Greco

The Virginian

1962 · Kinroy

Brushfire

1962 · Jeff Saygure

Wild in the Country

1961 · Phil Macy

Return of a Stranger

1961 · Ray Reed

The Cheaters

1960 · John Hunter

Faces in the Dark

1960 · Max Hammond

Spartacus

1960 · Crixus

Thriller

1960 · Eddie Wilson

Startime

1959 · Cliff Harrison

Riverboat

1959 · Chris Slade

Bonanza

1959 · Marshal Will Rimbau

Rawhide

1959 · Winch, Dr. Joseph Merritt, Frank Trask, Jed Colby

Party Girl

1958 · Louis Canetto

No Place to Land

1958 · Jonas Bailey

Stormy Crossing

1958 · Griff Parker

A Sound of Different Drummers

1957 · Ben Hammond

Suspicion

1957

Without Incident

1957 · Sgt. Turley

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957 · Johnny Ringo

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Marshal Harry Phillips

Armchair Theatre

1956 · Monroe Stahr

Gunslinger

1956 · Cane Miro

Hell's Horizon

1955 · Capt. John Merrill

Queen Bee

1955 · Judson Prentiss

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Captain McCabe

Gunsmoke

1955 · Jed Coombs, Parker

The Glass Cage

1955 · Pel Pelham

The Steel Cage

1954 · Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"

The Fast and the Furious

1954 · Frank Webster, Director

Climax!

1954 · Greg

Studio 57

1954

Security Risk

1954 · Ralph Payne

The Whistler

1954

Southwest Passage

1954 · Clint McDonald

The Good Die Young

1954 · Eddie Blaine

Combat Squad

1953 · Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

1953 · Marshal Sam Rochelle, Director, Co-Producer

The 49th Man

1953 · Investigator John Williams

General Electric Theater

1953 · Abe Lincoln

Hurricane Smith

1952 · Hurricane Smith

The Bushwhackers

1951 · Jefferson Waring

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · , Jim Regan, Billy Bob Jackson, Pete Bronson, Andrew Evans

This Is Korea!

1951 · Narrator

Red Mountain

1951 · Gen. William Quantrill

The Basketball Fix

1951 · Pete Ferreday

Little Big Horn

1951 · Lt. John Haywood

The Scarf

1951 · John Howard Barrington

Vengeance Valley

1951 · Hub Fasken

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Milt Shanks, Marty

The Return of Jesse James

1950 · Johnny Callum

Cargo to Capetown

1950 · Steve Conway

All the King's Men

1949 · Jack Burden

Mr. Soft Touch

1949 · Henry 'Early' Byrd

Anna Lucasta

1949 · Danny Johnson

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949 · Bitter Creek

Roughshod

1949 · Lednov

The Undercover Man

1949 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Walking Hills

1949 · Frazee

I Shot Jesse James

1949 · Bob Ford

Joan of Arc

1948 · Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

Red River

1948 · Cherry Valance

A Southern Yankee

1948 · Capt. Jed Calbern

Raw Deal

1948 · Fantail

Open Secret

1948 · Paul Lester

I Love Trouble

1948 · Reno

The Gangster

1947 · Karty

Railroaded!

1947 · Duke Martin

Repeat Performance

1947 · Narrator (Voice)

Wake Up and Dream

1946 · Howard Williams

My Darling Clementine

1946 · Billy Clanton

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1946 · Benny Smith

Somewhere in the Night

1946 · Thug (voice) (uncredited)

Behind Green Lights

1946 · Oppenheimer

A Walk in the Sun

1945 · Pfc. Windy Craven

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