John Ireland

ActorDirectorProduction Jan 31 (died age 78) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1945–2015 (70 year career)

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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 Adventu…

Known For

Film

Spartacus

Crixus

Film

Red River

Cherry Valance

Film

My Darling Clementine

Billy Clanton

Film

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Johnny Ringo

Film

All the King's Men

Jack Burden

Film

55 Days at Peking

Sgt. Harry

Film

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Ballomar

Film

Farewell, My Lovely

Nulty

Filmography

Acting (181)

Movies (132)

3-D Rarities

2015

as (archive footage)

6.0

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Bob Ford (archive footage)

5.8

Merlin

1992

5.5

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

as King Arthur

Hammer Down

as Lt. Bates

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

as Jefferson

The Graveyard Story

as Dr. McGregor

Terror Night

as Lance Hayward

Messenger of Death

as Zenas Beecham

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

1988

as Walter

6.8

Bonanza: The Next Generation

1988

as Capt. Aaron Cartwright

7.5

Seasons in the Sun

1986

as Keith Slattery

Thunder Run

1985

as George Adams

4.2

Treasure of the Amazon

as Priest

Martin's Day

as Brewer

Miami Golem

as Anderson

A Matter of Cunning

as John Markham

Incubus

as Hank Walden

Bordello

as Judge

Tourist

as Joe Vigil, Sr.

Marilyn: The Untold Story

1980

as John Huston

6.8

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog

as George Hunter

Delta Fox

as Lucas Johnson

The Shape of Things to Come

as Senator Smedley

Crossbar

as Miles Kornylo

Guyana: Crime of the Century

1979

as Dave Cole

4.8

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

as Self

On the Air Live with Captain Midnight

1979

as Agent Pierson

The Millionaire

1978

as Marshall Wayburn

Tomorrow Never Comes

1978

as Captain

5.4

Love and the Midnight Auto Supply

1977

as Tony Santore

2.7

Satan's Cheerleaders

1977

as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb

Ransom

as Chief Haliburton

The Perfect Killer

as Benny

Mission to Glory: A True Story

as Father Mora

Salon Kitty

as Cliff

Sex Diary

as Milton

The Swiss Conspiracy

as Dwight McGowan

Farewell, My Lovely

as Nulty

We Are No Angels

as Mr. Shark

The Phantom of Hollywood

1974

as Lt. Gifford

5.1

The House of Seven Corpses

1974

as Eric Hartman

4.6

Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman

1974

2.4

The Rangers

1974

as Carson

Welcome to Arrow Beach

1974

as Sheriff Duke Bingham

4.6

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

1974

as Bruno Walters

5.2

Northeast of Seoul

1974

as Flanaghan

Blood River

as Abel Webster

Escape to the Sun

as Jacob Kagan

The Adventurers

as Mr.James Hadley

Challenge of McKenna

as Jones/Jonas MacKenna

4.7

Zenabel

1969

as Don Alonso Imolne

3.3

One on Top of the Other

as Inspector Wald

Carnal Circuit

as Richard Salinger

The War Devils

Villa Rides

as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)

Go For Broke

as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou

Run, Man, Run

as Santillana

Bloody Che Contra

as Stuart

Arizona Bushwhackers

as Dan Shelby

A Taste of Death

as Dan El/Ralph

Vengeance for Vengeance

1968

as Maj. Bower

9.0

A Gun for One Hundred Graves

as Douglas

Dead for a Dollar

as Der Colonel

Gatling Gun

as Tarpas

Fort Utah

as Tom Horn

Hate for Hate

as James Cooper

Caxambu!

as Vince Neff

Dirty Heroes

as Captain O’Connor

Day of the Nightmare

as Sgt. Dave Harmon

I Saw What You Did

as Steve Marak

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

as Ballomar

6.5

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

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

55 Days at Peking

as Sgt. Harry

The Ceremony

as Prison Warden

No Time To Kill

as Johnny Greco

Brushfire

as Jeff Saygure

Return of a Stranger

as Ray Reed

Wild in the Country

as Phil Macy

Spartacus

as Crixus

Faces in the Dark

as Max Hammond

Party Girl

as Louis Canetto

No Place to Land

as Jonas Bailey

Stormy Crossing

as Griff Parker

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

as Johnny Ringo

7.0

A Sound of Different Drummers

1957

as Ben Hammond

Without Incident

1957

as Sgt. Turley

Gunslinger

as Cane Miro

Queen Bee

as Judson Prentiss

The Glass Cage

as Pel Pelham

Hell's Horizon

as Capt. John Merrill

Security Risk

as Ralph Payne

Southwest Passage

as Clint McDonald

The Fast and the Furious

1954

as Frank Webster

5.0

The Steel Cage

1954

as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"

The Good Die Young

1954

as Eddie Blaine

6.3

The 49th Man

1953

as Investigator John Williams

5.0

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

1953

as Marshal Sam Rochelle

4.0

Combat Squad

1953

as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher

Hurricane Smith

as Hurricane Smith

Red Mountain

as Gen. William Quantrill

6.6

The Scarf

1951

as John Howard Barrington

The Bushwhackers

as Jefferson Waring

Vengeance Valley

as Hub Fasken

This Is Korea!

as Narrator

Little Big Horn

as Lt. John Haywood

The Basketball Fix

as Pete Ferreday

Cargo to Capetown

as Steve Conway

The Return of Jesse James

1950

as Johnny Callum

5.0

The Undercover Man

1949

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Roughshod

as Lednov

The Walking Hills

as Frazee

All the King's Men

as Jack Burden

Mr. Soft Touch

as Henry 'Early' Byrd

6.8

Anna Lucasta

1949

as Danny Johnson

3.5

The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Bitter Creek

I Shot Jesse James

as Bob Ford

Red River

as Cherry Valance

Raw Deal

as Fantail

Joan of Arc

as Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain

I Love Trouble

as Reno

A Southern Yankee

as Capt. Jed Calbern

Open Secret

as Paul Lester

Railroaded!

as Duke Martin

The Gangster

as Karty

Repeat Performance

as Narrator (Voice)

Wake Up and Dream

as Howard Williams

My Darling Clementine

1946

as Billy Clanton

7.5

Somewhere in the Night

1946

as Thug (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

Behind Green Lights

1946

as Det. Oppenheimer

5.5

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

as Benny Smith

A Walk in the Sun

as Pfc. Windy Craven

Television (49)

Snoops

as Gabriel Franken

Christine Cromwell

War of the Worlds

as Harv

J.J. Starbuck

as Charles Capstone

Murder, She Wrote

as Sheriff Hainer

Airwolf

as Carl Barron

The Hitchhiker

as Jack Guttman

Hardcastle and McCormick

as Bucky Miller

Trauma Center

Cassie & Co.

as Lyman Shackelford

Magnum, P.I.

as Wyndom Jackson

Hart to Hart

as Zeke BaIllinger

The Littlest Hobo

as Pa

$weepstake$

Quincy, M.E.

as Attorney John Packard

Switch

as Verne Deamer

Khan!

Little House on the Prairie

Planet of the Apes

as Brun

Police Story

Ghost Story

as Arthur Mundy

Hawaii Five-O

as Phil Coleman

The Name of the Game

as Mel Wexler

Mission: Impossible

as Andrew Metzger

The Man Who Never Was

Run for Your Life

as Dr. Mason

Branded

as Cattle Rancher Renger

Daniel Boone

as Hiram Manville

Burke's Law

as Orrin Lashwell

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as William 'Scotty' Scott

The Virginian

as Kinroy

Thriller

as Eddie Wilson

The Cheaters

as John Hunter

Bonanza

1959

as Marshal Will Rimbau

Rawhide

as Jed Colby

Rawhide

as Winch

Riverboat

as Chris Slade

Suspicion

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Marshal Harry Phillips

6.0

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Monroe Stahr

5.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Captain McCabe

Gunsmoke

as Jed Coombs

Climax!

as Greg

Studio 57

The Whistler

General Electric Theater

1953

as Abe Lincoln

6.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Lux Video Theatre

as Milt Shanks

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

6.3

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

The Fast and the Furious

1954

Director

5.0

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

1953

Co-Producer

4.0

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

1953

Director

4.0