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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- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Sheriff Hainer
- Bonanza (1959) as Marshal Will Rimbau
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Phil Coleman
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Frank Carlin
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Wyndom Jackson
- Run for Your Life (1965) as Dr. Mason
- The Virginian (1962) as Kinroy
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Attorney John Packard
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Jerry Driskill
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Sheriff Ned Evers
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Andrew Metzger
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Hiram Manville
- Rawhide (1959) as Frank Trask
- Rawhide (1959) as Dr. Joseph Merritt
- Rawhide (1959) as Jed Colby
- Rawhide (1959) as Winch
- Burke's Law (1963) as Orrin Lashwell
- Burke's Law (1963) as Bullock
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Marshal Harry Phillips
- Airwolf (1984) as Hardesty
- Airwolf (1984) as Carl Barron
- Climax! (1954) as Greg
- Hart to Hart (1979) as Zeke BaIllinger