John Ireland

Born

January 31, 1914

Died

March 21, 1992 (78 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

IMDb

John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) 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 television industry.

Known For

7.5

Airwolf

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

Self (archive footage)

6.8

2023

3-D Rarities

(archive footage)

6.0

2015

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Bob Ford (archive footage)

5.8

2002

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

King Arthur

5.0

1992

Merlin

5.5

1992

Hammer Down

Lt. Bates

10.0

1992

The Graveyard Story

Dr. McGregor

2.3

1991

Christine Cromwell

(1 episode)

7.3

1989

Terror Night

Lance Hayward

4.6

1989

Snoops

Gabriel Franken · (1 episode)

5.0

1989

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Jefferson

6.1

1989

War of the Worlds

Harv · (1 episode)

6.2

1988

Messenger of Death

Zenas Beecham

5.9

1988

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

Walter

6.8

1988

Bonanza: The Next Generation

Capt. Aaron Cartwright

7.5

1988

J.J. Starbuck

Charles Capstone · (1 episode)

5.0

1987

Seasons in the Sun

Keith Slattery

0.0

1986

Miami Golem

Anderson

4.8

1985

Thunder Run

George Adams

4.4

1985

Treasure of the Amazon

Priest

4.5

1985

Martin's Day

Brewer

6.2

1985

Murder, She Wrote

Sheriff Hainer · (1 episode)

7.5

1984

Airwolf

Hardesty · (1 episode)

7.6

1984

Airwolf

Carl Barron · (1 episode)

7.6

1984

The Hitchhiker

Jack Guttman · (1 episode)

6.1

1983

Trauma Center

(1 episode)

5.0

1983

Hardcastle and McCormick

Bucky Miller · (1 episode)

6.4

1983

A Matter of Cunning

John Markham

5.0

1983

Incubus

Hank Walden

5.7

1982

Cassie & Co.

Lyman Shackelford · (13 episodes)

4.5

1982

Bordello

Judge

4.4

1981

Magnum, P.I.

Wyndom Jackson · (1 episode)

7.3

1980

Marilyn: The Untold Story

John Huston

8.2

1980

Tourist

Joe Vigil, Sr.

8.0

1980

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog

George Hunter

5.2

1980

Delta Fox

Lucas Johnson

2.0

1979

The Littlest Hobo

Pa · (1 episode)

7.3

1979

Hart to Hart

Zeke BaIllinger · (1 episode)

6.8

1979

Guyana: Crime of the Century

Dave Cole

4.8

1979

Crossbar

Miles Kornylo

5.0

1979

On the Air Live with Captain Midnight

Agent Pierson

0.0

1979

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Self

0.0

1979

The Shape of Things to Come

Senator Smedley

4.0

1979

The Millionaire

Marshall Wayburn

0.0

1978

Tomorrow Never Comes

Captain

5.8

1978

The Perfect Killer

Benny

2.0

1977

Love and the Midnight Auto Supply

Tony Santore

3.5

1977

The Ransom

Chief Haliburton

6.4

1977

Satan's Cheerleaders

Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb

4.2

1977

Mission to Glory: A True Story

Father Mora

5.0

1977

Quincy, M.E.

Attorney John Packard · (1 episode)

7.5

1976

Quincy, M.E.

Jerry Driskill · (1 episode)

7.5

1976

Quincy, M.E.

Sheriff Ned Evers · (1 episode)

7.5

1976

Salon Kitty

Cliff

5.5

1976

The Swiss Conspiracy

Dwight McGowan

4.9

1976

We Are No Angels

Mr. Shark

6.0

1975

Switch

Verne Deamer · (1 episode)

6.7

1975

Farewell, My Lovely

Nulty

6.6

1975

Sex Diary

Milton

6.0

1975

Khan!

(1 episode)

5.0

1975

Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman

2.3

1974

The Rangers

Carson

0.0

1974

Planet of the Apes

(1 episode)

6.9

1974

Little House on the Prairie

(1 episode)

7.9

1974

Blood River

Abel Webster

2.5

1974

Welcome to Arrow Beach

Sheriff Duke Bingham

5.0

1974

Northeast of Seoul

Flanaghan

0.0

1974

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

Bruno Walters

5.5

1974

The Phantom of Hollywood

Lt. Gifford

5.1

1974

The House of Seven Corpses

Eric Hartman

4.5

1974

Police Story

(1 episode)

6.9

1973

Escape to the Sun

Jacob Kagan

4.0

1972

Ghost Story

Arthur Mundy · (1 episode)

7.1

1972

The Adventurers

Mr.James Hadley

4.5

1970

Challenge of McKenna

Jones/Jonas MacKenna

4.7

1970

The War Devils

6.0

1969

Zenabel

Don Alonso Imolne

3.4

1969

One on Top of the Other

Inspector Wald

6.5

1969

Carnal Circuit

Richard Salinger

3.3

1969

Gatling Gun

Tarpas

4.7

1968

Hawaii Five-O

Phil Coleman · (1 episode)

7.1

1968

The Name of the Game

Mel Wexler · (1 episode)

6.8

1968

Vengeance for Vengeance

Maj. Bower

9.0

1968

A Taste of Death

Dan El/Ralph

6.0

1968

Run, Man, Run

Santillana

6.4

1968

A Gun for One Hundred Graves

Douglas

6.1

1968

Dead for a Dollar

Der Colonel

7.0

1968

Villa Rides

Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)

6.3

1968

Go For Broke

Owl/Gufo/le Hibou

5.8

1968

Arizona Bushwhackers

Dan Shelby

2.8

1968

Bloody Che Contra

Stuart

7.8

1968

Dirty Heroes

Captain O’Connor

5.2

1967

Fort Utah

Tom Horn

3.6

1967

Hate for Hate

James Cooper

5.0

1967

Caxambu!

Vince Neff

6.4

1967

Mission: Impossible

Andrew Metzger · (1 episode)

7.6

1966

The Man Who Never Was

(1 episode)

0.0

1966

Day of the Nightmare

Sgt. Dave Harmon

5.1

1965

Run for Your Life

Dr. Mason · (1 episode)

7.2

1965

I Saw What You Did

Steve Marak

6.2

1965

Branded

Cattle Rancher Renger · (1 episode)

6.4

1965

Branded

Ted Evers · (1 episode)

6.4

1965

Daniel Boone

Hiram Manville · (1 episode)

6.9

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

6.3

1964

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Ballomar

6.5

1964

The Ceremony

Prison Warden

5.1

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre

William 'Scotty' Scott · (1 episode)

5.3

1963

Burke's Law

Orrin Lashwell · (1 episode)

6.0

1963

Burke's Law

Bullock · (1 episode)

6.0

1963

55 Days at Peking

Sgt. Harry

7.0

1963

No Time To Kill

Johnny Greco

5.5

1963

The Virginian

Kinroy · (1 episode)

6.5

1962

Brushfire

Jeff Saygure

0.0

1962

Wild in the Country

Phil Macy

6.3

1961

The Asphalt Jungle

(1 episode)

5.0

1961

Return of a Stranger

Ray Reed

4.8

1961

The Cheaters

John Hunter · (43 episodes)

0.0

1960

Faces in the Dark

Max Hammond

6.2

1960

Spartacus

Crixus

7.5

1960

Thriller

Eddie Wilson · (1 episode)

6.4

1960

Riverboat

Chris Slade · (1 episode)

6.2

1959

Bonanza

Marshal Will Rimbau · (1 episode)

7.5

1959

Rawhide

Winch · (1 episode)

7.2

1959

Rawhide

Dr. Joseph Merritt · (1 episode)

7.2

1959

Rawhide

Frank Trask · (1 episode)

7.2

1959

Rawhide

Jed Colby · (13 episodes)

7.2

1959

Party Girl

Louis Canetto

6.8

1958

No Place to Land

Jonas Bailey

3.0

1958

Stormy Crossing

Griff Parker

4.8

1958

Suspicion

(1 episode)

5.9

1957

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Johnny Ringo

7.0

1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Marshal Harry Phillips · (1 episode)

5.5

1956

Armchair Theatre

Monroe Stahr · (1 episode)

5.8

1956

Gunslinger

Cane Miro

4.0

1956

Hell's Horizon

Capt. John Merrill

5.0

1955

Queen Bee

Judson Prentiss

6.5

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Captain McCabe · (1 episode)

7.7

1955

Gunsmoke

Jed Coombs · (1 episode)

6.6

1955

Gunsmoke

Parker · (2 episodes)

6.6

1955

The Glass Cage

Pel Pelham

5.4

1955

The Steel Cage

Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"

0.0

1954

The Fast and the Furious

Frank Webster

4.9

1954

Climax!

Greg · (1 episode)

3.3

1954

Studio 57

(2 episodes)

0.0

1954

Security Risk

Ralph Payne

5.5

1954

The Whistler

(1 episode)

0.0

1954

Southwest Passage

Clint McDonald

5.4

1954

The Good Die Young

Eddie Blaine

6.5

1954

Combat Squad

Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher

5.0

1953

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

Marshal Sam Rochelle

4.0

1953

The 49th Man

Investigator John Williams

0.0

1953

General Electric Theater

Abe Lincoln · (1 episode)

6.3

1953

Hurricane Smith

6.2

1952

The Bushwhackers

Jefferson Waring

5.1

1951

Red Mountain

Gen. William Quantrill

6.4

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

(3 episodes)

7.3

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Jim Regan · (1 episode)

7.3

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Billy Bob Jackson · (1 episode)

7.3

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Pete Bronson · (1 episode)

7.3

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Andrew Evans · (1 episode)

7.3

1951

This Is Korea!

Narrator

5.7

1951

The Basketball Fix

Pete Ferreday

5.7

1951

Little Big Horn

Lt. John Haywood

6.2

1951

The Scarf

John Howard Barrington

5.7

1951

Vengeance Valley

Hub Fasken

5.2

1951

Lux Video Theatre

Milt Shanks · (1 episode)

6.3

1950

Lux Video Theatre

Marty · (1 episode)

6.3

1950

The Return of Jesse James

Johnny Callum

5.0

1950

Cargo to Capetown

Steve Conway

5.9

1950

All the King's Men

Jack Burden

7.0

1949

Mr. Soft Touch

Henry 'Early' Byrd

6.8

1949

Anna Lucasta

Danny Johnson

4.3

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Bitter Creek

6.8

1949

Roughshod

Lednov

5.3

1949

The Undercover Man

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.2

1949

The Walking Hills

Frazee

6.0

1949

I Shot Jesse James

Bob Ford

6.2

1949

Joan of Arc

Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain

6.1

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

(2 episodes)

6.3

1948

Red River

Cherry Valance

7.3

1948

A Southern Yankee

Capt. Jed Calbern

5.2

1948

Raw Deal

Fantail

6.7

1948

Open Secret

Paul Lester

6.5

1948

I Love Trouble

Reno

6.3

1948

The Gangster

Karty

4.9

1947

Railroaded!

Duke Martin

6.6

1947

Repeat Performance

Narrator (Voice)

6.1

1947

Wake Up and Dream

Howard Williams

6.5

1946

My Darling Clementine

Billy Clanton

7.5

1946

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Benny Smith

5.8

1946

Somewhere in the Night

Thug (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

1946

Behind Green Lights

Det. Oppenheimer

5.4

1946

A Walk in the Sun

Pfc. Windy Craven

5.8

1945