John Ireland
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 31, 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Died
- March 21, 1992
- Active Years
- 1945–2015 (71 Years)
- Total Credits
- 199 credits in database
Acting Born Jan 31, 1914 Died Mar 21, 1992 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 199 credits
Biography
John Benjamin Ireland was a Canadian-American actor and film director born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on January 31, 1914. He received an Academy Award nomination for his performance in All the King's Men, which made him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. Ireland worked extensively as a supporting actor in notable western films including My Darling Clementine, Red River, Vengeance Valley, and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. His other film credits include 55 Days at Peking, The Adventurers, and Farewell, My Lovely. He also appeared in numerous television series, notably The Cheaters, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. John Ireland died on March 21, 1992, at the age of 78.
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Career overview
John Benjamin Ireland was a Canadian-American actor and film director born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on January 31, 1914. He received an Academy Award nomination for his performance in All the King's Men, which made him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. Throughout his career, Ireland appeared in 182 known credits in the acting category.
As a supporting actor, Ireland appeared in several famous western films, including My Darling Clementine, Red River, Vengeance Valley, and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. His other notable film roles included appearances in 55 Days at Peking, The Adventurers, and Farewell, My Lovely. In addition to his film work, Ireland appeared in many television series, most notably The Cheaters. For his contributions, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ireland passed away on March 21, 1992, at the age of 78.
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Paul Brinegar
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Sheb Wooley
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John Pickard
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Norman Leavitt
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Kirk Douglas
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Herbert Lom
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Robert J. Wilke
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Jonathan Haze
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Bruno VeSota
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George Offerman, Jr.
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Career timeline
3-D Rarities
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Waxwork II: Lost in TimeMerlinHammer Down
Sundown: The Vampire in RetreatThe Graveyard Story
SnoopsChristine CromwellTerror Night
War of the WorldsMessenger of DeathPerry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the LakeBonanza: The Next Generation
J.J. Starbuck
Seasons in the Sun
Martin's DayTreasure of the AmazonThunder RunMiami Golem
Murder, She WroteAirwolfAirwolf
The HitchhikerHardcastle and McCormickTrauma CenterA Matter of Cunning
Cassie & Co.Incubus
Bordello
Magnum, P.I.TouristMarilyn: The Untold StoryThe Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
Hart to HartThe Littlest Hobo$weepstake$Delta FoxThe Shape of Things to Come
Tomorrow Never ComesThe Millionaire
RansomLove and the Midnight Auto SupplySatan's CheerleadersMission to Glory: A True StoryThe Perfect Killer
Quincy, M.E.Quincy, M.E.Quincy, M.E.Salon KittyThe Swiss Conspiracy
SwitchFarewell, My LovelyKhan!We Are No Angels
Little House on the PrairiePlanet of the ApesThe House of Seven CorpsesWam Bam Thank You SpacemanThe Phantom of Hollywood
Police Story
Ghost StoryEscape to the Sun
The AdventurersChallenge of McKenna
ZenabelThe War DevilsOne on Top of the OtherCarnal Circuit
Hawaii Five-OThe Name of the GameVilla RidesRun, Man, RunA Gun for One Hundred Graves
Caxambu!Hate for HateFort UtahDirty Heroes
Mission: ImpossibleThe Man Who Never Was
Run for Your LifeBrandedBrandedI Saw What You DidDay of the Nightmare
Daniel BooneThe Fall of the Roman EmpireThe Big Parade of Comedy
Burke's LawBurke's LawKraft Suspense Theatre55 Days at PekingThe Ceremony
Full Filmography
199 titles- 3-D Rarities (2015) as (archive footage)
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002) as Bob Ford (archive footage)
- Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) as King Arthur
- Merlin (1992)
- Hammer Down (1992) as Lt. Bates
- Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991) as Jefferson
- The Graveyard Story (1991) as Dr. McGregor
- Snoops (1989) as Gabriel Franken
- Christine Cromwell (1989)
- Terror Night (1989) as Lance Hayward
- War of the Worlds (1988) as Harv
- Messenger of Death (1988) as Zenas Beecham
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988) as Walter
- Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) as Capt. Aaron Cartwright
- J.J. Starbuck (1987) as Charles Capstone
- Seasons in the Sun (1986) as Keith Slattery
- Martin's Day (1985) as Brewer
- Treasure of the Amazon (1985) as Priest
- Thunder Run (1985) as George Adams
- Miami Golem (1985) as Anderson
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Sheriff Hainer
- Airwolf (1984) as Hardesty
- Airwolf (1984) as Carl Barron
- The Hitchhiker (1983) as Jack Guttman
- Hardcastle and McCormick (1983) as Bucky Miller
- Trauma Center (1983)
- A Matter of Cunning (1983) as John Markham
- Cassie & Co. (1982) as Lyman 'Shack' Shackelford
- Incubus (1982) as Hank Walden
- Bordello (1981) as Judge
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Wyndom Jackson
- Tourist (1980) as Joe Vigil, Sr.
- Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) as John Huston
- The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1980) as George Hunter
- Hart to Hart (1979) as Zeke BaIllinger
- The Littlest Hobo (1979) as Pa
- $weepstake$ (1979)
- Delta Fox (1979) as Lucas Johnson
- The Shape of Things to Come (1979) as Senator Smedley
- Crossbar (1979) as Miles Kornylo
- Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979) as Dave Cole
- When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979) as Self
- On the Air Live with Captain Midnight (1979) as Agent Pierson
- Tomorrow Never Comes (1978) as Captain
- The Millionaire (1978) as Marshall Wayburn
- Ransom (1977) as Chief Haliburton
- Love and the Midnight Auto Supply (1977) as Tony Santore
- Satan's Cheerleaders (1977) as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb
- Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977) as Father Mora
- The Perfect Killer (1977) as Benny
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Attorney John Packard
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Jerry Driskill
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Sheriff Ned Evers
- Salon Kitty (1976) as Cliff
- The Swiss Conspiracy (1976) as Dwight McGowan
- Sex Diary (1976) as Milton
- Switch (1975) as Verne Deamer
- Farewell, My Lovely (1975) as Nulty
- Khan! (1975)
- We Are No Angels (1975) as Mr. Shark
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Frank Carlin
- Planet of the Apes (1974) as Brun
- The House of Seven Corpses (1974) as Eric Hartman
- Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman (1974)
- The Phantom of Hollywood (1974) as Lt. Gifford
- Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974) as Sheriff Duke Bingham
- Northeast of Seoul (1974) as Flanaghan
- The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974) as Bruno Walters
- The Rangers (1974) as Carson
- Blood River (1974) as Abel Webster
- Police Story (1973)
- Ghost Story (1972) as Arthur Mundy
- Escape to the Sun (1972) as Jacob Kagan
- The Adventurers (1970) as Mr.James Hadley
- Challenge of McKenna (1970) as Jones/Jonas MacKenna
- Zenabel (1969) as Don Alonso Imolne
- The War Devils (1969)
- One on Top of the Other (1969) as Inspector Wald
- Carnal Circuit (1969) as Richard Salinger
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Phil Coleman
- The Name of the Game (1968) as Mel Wexler
- Villa Rides (1968) as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)
- Run, Man, Run (1968) as Santillana
- A Gun for One Hundred Graves (1968) as Douglas
- Go For Broke (1968) as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou
- Arizona Bushwhackers (1968) as Dan Shelby
- Dead for a Dollar (1968) as Der Colonel
- Gatling Gun (1968) as Tarpas
- Vengeance for Vengeance (1968) as Maj. Bower
- A Taste of Death (1968) as Dan El/Ralph
- Bloody Che Contra (1968) as Stuart
- Caxambu! (1967) as Vince Neff
- Hate for Hate (1967) as James Cooper
- Fort Utah (1967) as Tom Horn
- Dirty Heroes (1967) as Captain O’Connor
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Andrew Metzger
- The Man Who Never Was (1966)
- Run for Your Life (1965) as Dr. Mason
- Branded (1965) as Cattle Rancher Renger
- Branded (1965) as Ted Evers
- I Saw What You Did (1965) as Steve Marak
- Day of the Nightmare (1965) as Sgt. Dave Harmon
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Hiram Manville
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Ballomar
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
- Burke's Law (1963) as Orrin Lashwell
- Burke's Law (1963) as Bullock
- Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) as William 'Scotty' Scott
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) as Sgt. Harry
- The Ceremony (1963) as Prison Warden
- No Time To Kill (1963) as Johnny Greco
- The Virginian (1962) as Kinroy
- Brushfire (1962) as Jeff Saygure
- Wild in the Country (1961) as Phil Macy
- Return of a Stranger (1961) as Ray Reed
- Thriller (1960) as Eddie Wilson
- Spartacus (1960) as Crixus
- The Cheaters (1960) as John Hunter
- Faces in the Dark (1960) as Max Hammond
- Bonanza (1959) as Marshal Will Rimbau
- Rawhide (1959) as Frank Trask
- Rawhide (1959) as Dr. Joseph Merritt
- Rawhide (1959) as Jed Colby
- Rawhide (1959) as Winch
- Riverboat (1959) as Chris Slade
- Startime (1959) as Cliff Harrison
- Party Girl (1958) as Louis Canetto
- No Place to Land (1958) as Jonas Bailey
- Stormy Crossing (1958) as Griff Parker
- Suspicion (1957)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) as Johnny Ringo
- A Sound of Different Drummers (1957) as Ben Hammond
- Without Incident (1957) as Sgt. Turley
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Marshal Harry Phillips
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Monroe Stahr
- Gunslinger (1956) as Cane Miro
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Jed Coombs
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Parker
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Captain McCabe
- The Glass Cage (1955) as Pel Pelham
- Queen Bee (1955) as Judson Prentiss
- Hell's Horizon (1955) as Capt. John Merrill
- Climax! (1954) as Greg
- Studio 57 (1954)
- The Whistler (1954)
- The Steel Cage (1954) as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"
- The Good Die Young (1954) as Eddie Blaine
- Security Risk (1954) as Ralph Payne
- The Fast and the Furious (1954) as Frank Webster
- The Fast and the Furious (1954) Director
- Southwest Passage (1954) as Clint McDonald
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Abe Lincoln
- The 49th Man (1953) as Investigator John Williams
- Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953) as Marshal Sam Rochelle
- Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953) Director
- Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953) Co-Producer
- Combat Squad (1953) as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher
- Hurricane Smith (1952) as Hurricane Smith
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Jim Regan
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Billy Bob Jackson
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Pete Bronson
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Andrew Evans
- Little Big Horn (1951) as Lt. John Haywood
- Vengeance Valley (1951) as Hub Fasken
- Red Mountain (1951) as Gen. William Quantrill
- The Bushwhackers (1951) as Jefferson Waring
- This Is Korea! (1951) as Narrator
- The Basketball Fix (1951) as Pete Ferreday
- The Scarf (1951) as John Howard Barrington
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Milt Shanks
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Marty
- Cargo to Capetown (1950) as Steve Conway
- The Return of Jesse James (1950) as Johnny Callum
- All the King's Men (1949) as Jack Burden
- I Shot Jesse James (1949) as Bob Ford
- Mr. Soft Touch (1949) as Henry 'Early' Byrd
- The Undercover Man (1949) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Walking Hills (1949) as Frazee
- The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) as Bitter Creek
- Roughshod (1949) as Lednov
- Anna Lucasta (1949) as Danny Johnson
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
- Red River (1948) as Cherry Valance
- Joan of Arc (1948) as Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain
- I Love Trouble (1948) as Reno
- Raw Deal (1948) as Fantail
- A Southern Yankee (1948) as Capt. Jed Calbern
- Open Secret (1948) as Paul Lester
- Repeat Performance (1947) as Narrator (Voice)
- The Gangster (1947) as Karty
- Railroaded! (1947) as Duke Martin
- My Darling Clementine (1946) as Billy Clanton
- Somewhere in the Night (1946) as Thug (voice) (uncredited)
- Behind Green Lights (1946) as Oppenheimer
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) as Benny Smith
- Wake Up and Dream (1946) as Howard Williams
- A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Pfc. Windy Craven
- Glorious Hours as Narrator (Archive Footage)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is John Ireland best known for?
John Ireland is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991), Catch-22 (1970), Christine Cromwell (1989).
When and where was John Ireland born?
John Ireland was born on January 31, 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They passed away on March 21, 1992.
How many credits does John Ireland have?
John Ireland has accumulated over 199 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1945 to 2015.
What is John Ireland's background in cinema and television?
John Benjamin Ireland was a Canadian-American actor and film director born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on January 31, 1914. He received an Academy Award nomination for his performance in All the King's Men, which made him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. Ireland worked ...
John Ireland by the numbers
199credits
136films
63TV series
1945–2015active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Frank Carlin — aged about 60
- Christine Cromwell (1989) — aged about 75
- Bloody Che Contra (1968) as Stuart — aged about 54
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Captain McCabe — aged about 41
- Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) as Capt. Aaron Cartwright — aged about 74
- Airwolf (1984) as Hardesty — aged about 70
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