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.

Known For

Run for Your Life

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

Hawaii Five-O

Little House on the Prairie

The Virginian

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

All Movies (132)

• 3-D Rarities2015 · as (archive footage)
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller2002 · as Bob Ford (archive footage)
• Waxwork II: Lost in Time1992 · as King Arthur
• Merlin1992
• Hammer Down1992 · as Lt. Bates
• Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat1991 · as Jefferson
• The Graveyard Story1991 · as Dr. McGregor
• Terror Night1989 · as Lance Hayward
• Messenger of Death1988 · as Zenas Beecham
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake1988 · as Walter
• Bonanza: The Next Generation1988 · as Capt. Aaron Cartwright
• Seasons in the Sun1986 · as Keith Slattery
• Miami Golem1985 · as Anderson
• Thunder Run1985 · as George Adams
• Treasure of the Amazon1985 · as Priest
• Martin's Day1985 · as Brewer
• A Matter of Cunning1983 · as John Markham
• Incubus1982 · as Hank Walden
• Bordello1981 · as Judge
• Marilyn: The Untold Story1980 · as John Huston
• Tourist1980 · as Joe Vigil, Sr.
• The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog1980 · as George Hunter
• Delta Fox1979 · as Lucas Johnson
• Guyana: Crime of the Century1979 · as Dave Cole
• Crossbar1979 · as Miles Kornylo
• On the Air Live with Captain Midnight1979 · as Agent Pierson
• When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion1979 · as Self
• The Shape of Things to Come1979 · as Senator Smedley
• The Millionaire1978 · as Marshall Wayburn
• Tomorrow Never Comes1978 · as Captain
• The Perfect Killer1977 · as Benny
• Love and the Midnight Auto Supply1977 · as Tony Santore
• Ransom1977 · as Chief Haliburton
• Satan's Cheerleaders1977 · as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb
• Mission to Glory: A True Story1977 · as Father Mora
• Sex Diary1976 · as Milton
• Salon Kitty1976 · as Cliff
• The Swiss Conspiracy1976 · as Dwight McGowan
• We Are No Angels1975 · as Mr. Shark
• Farewell, My Lovely1975 · as Nulty
• Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman1974
• The Rangers1974 · as Carson
• Blood River1974 · as Abel Webster
• Welcome to Arrow Beach1974 · as Sheriff Duke Bingham
• Northeast of Seoul1974 · as Flanaghan
• The Girl on the Late, Late Show1974 · as Bruno Walters
• The Phantom of Hollywood1974 · as Lt. Gifford
• The House of Seven Corpses1974 · as Eric Hartman
• Escape to the Sun1972 · as Jacob Kagan
• The Adventurers1970 · as Mr.James Hadley
• Challenge of McKenna1970 · as Jones/Jonas MacKenna
• The War Devils1969
• Zenabel1969 · as Don Alonso Imolne
• One on Top of the Other1969 · as Inspector Wald
• Carnal Circuit1969 · as Richard Salinger
• Gatling Gun1968 · as Tarpas
• Vengeance for Vengeance1968 · as Maj. Bower
• A Taste of Death1968 · as Dan El/Ralph
• Run, Man, Run1968 · as Santillana
• A Gun for One Hundred Graves1968 · as Douglas
• Dead for a Dollar1968 · as Der Colonel
• Villa Rides1968 · as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)
• Go For Broke1968 · as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou
• Arizona Bushwhackers1968 · as Dan Shelby
• Bloody Che Contra1968 · as Stuart
• Dirty Heroes1967 · as Captain O’Connor
• Fort Utah1967 · as Tom Horn
• Hate for Hate1967 · as James Cooper
• Caxambu!1967 · as Vince Neff
• Day of the Nightmare1965 · as Sgt. Dave Harmon
• I Saw What You Did1965 · as Steve Marak
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
• The Fall of the Roman Empire1964 · as Ballomar
• The Ceremony1963 · as Prison Warden
• 55 Days at Peking1963 · as Sgt. Harry
• No Time To Kill1963 · as Johnny Greco
• Brushfire1962 · as Jeff Saygure
• Wild in the Country1961 · as Phil Macy
• Return of a Stranger1961 · as Ray Reed
• Faces in the Dark1960 · as Max Hammond
• Spartacus1960 · as Crixus
• Party Girl1958 · as Louis Canetto
• No Place to Land1958 · as Jonas Bailey
• Stormy Crossing1958 · as Griff Parker
• A Sound of Different Drummers1957 · as Ben Hammond
• Without Incident1957 · as Sgt. Turley
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral1957 · as Johnny Ringo
• Gunslinger1956 · as Cane Miro
• Hell's Horizon1955 · as Capt. John Merrill
• Queen Bee1955 · as Judson Prentiss
• The Glass Cage1955 · as Pel Pelham
• The Steel Cage1954 · as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"
• The Fast and the Furious1954 · as Frank Webster
• Security Risk1954 · as Ralph Payne
• Southwest Passage1954 · as Clint McDonald
• The Good Die Young1954 · as Eddie Blaine
• Combat Squad1953 · as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher
• Hannah Lee: An American Primitive1953 · as Marshal Sam Rochelle
• The 49th Man1953 · as Investigator John Williams
• Hurricane Smith1952 · as Hurricane Smith
• The Bushwhackers1951 · as Jefferson Waring
• This Is Korea!1951 · as Narrator
• Red Mountain1951 · as Gen. William Quantrill
• The Basketball Fix1951 · as Pete Ferreday
• Little Big Horn1951 · as Lt. John Haywood
• The Scarf1951 · as John Howard Barrington
• Vengeance Valley1951 · as Hub Fasken
• The Return of Jesse James1950 · as Johnny Callum
• Cargo to Capetown1950 · as Steve Conway
• All the King's Men1949 · as Jack Burden
• Mr. Soft Touch1949 · as Henry 'Early' Byrd
• Anna Lucasta1949 · as Danny Johnson
• The Doolins of Oklahoma1949 · as Bitter Creek
• Roughshod1949 · as Lednov
• The Undercover Man1949 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Walking Hills1949 · as Frazee
• I Shot Jesse James1949 · as Bob Ford
• Joan of Arc1948 · as Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain
• Red River1948 · as Cherry Valance
• A Southern Yankee1948 · as Capt. Jed Calbern
• Raw Deal1948 · as Fantail
• Open Secret1948 · as Paul Lester
• I Love Trouble1948 · as Reno
• The Gangster1947 · as Karty
• Railroaded!1947 · as Duke Martin
• Repeat Performance1947 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Wake Up and Dream1946 · as Howard Williams
• My Darling Clementine1946 · as Billy Clanton
• It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog1946 · as Benny Smith
• Somewhere in the Night1946 · as Thug (voice) (uncredited)
• Behind Green Lights1946 · as Det. Oppenheimer
• A Walk in the Sun1945 · as Pfc. Windy Craven

All TV Shows (63)

• Christine Cromwell1989
• Snoops1989 · as Gabriel Franken
• War of the Worlds1988 · as Harv
• J.J. Starbuck1987 · as Charles Capstone
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Sheriff Hainer
• Airwolf1984 · as Hardesty
• Airwolf1984 · as Carl Barron
• The Hitchhiker1983 · as Jack Guttman
• Trauma Center1983
• Hardcastle and McCormick1983 · as Bucky Miller
• Cassie & Co.1982 · as Lyman 'Shack' Shackelford
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Wyndom Jackson
• The Littlest Hobo1979 · as Pa
• Hart to Hart1979 · as Zeke BaIllinger
• $weepstake$1979
• Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Attorney John Packard
• Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Jerry Driskill
• Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Sheriff Ned Evers
• Switch1975 · as Verne Deamer
• Khan!1975
• Planet of the Apes1974 · as Brun
• Little House on the Prairie1974 · as Frank Carlin
• Police Story1973
• Ghost Story1972 · as Arthur Mundy
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Phil Coleman
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Mel Wexler
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Andrew Metzger
• The Man Who Never Was1966
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Dr. Mason
• Branded1965 · as Cattle Rancher Renger
• Branded1965 · as Ted Evers
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Hiram Manville
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as William 'Scotty' Scott
• Burke's Law1963 · as Orrin Lashwell
• Burke's Law1963 · as Bullock
• The Virginian1962 · as Kinroy
• The Cheaters1960 · as John Hunter
• Thriller1960 · as Eddie Wilson
• Startime1959 · as Cliff Harrison
• Riverboat1959 · as Chris Slade
• Bonanza1959 · as Marshal Will Rimbau
• Rawhide1959 · as Winch
• Rawhide1959 · as Dr. Joseph Merritt
• Rawhide1959 · as Frank Trask
• Rawhide1959 · as Jed Colby
• Suspicion1957
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Marshal Harry Phillips
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Monroe Stahr
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Captain McCabe
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Jed Coombs
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Parker
• Climax!1954 · as Greg
• Studio 571954
• The Whistler1954
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Abe Lincoln
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Jim Regan
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Billy Bob Jackson
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Pete Bronson
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Andrew Evans
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Milt Shanks
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Marty
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948