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John Ireland

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJan 31, 1914 (Died at 78)
Zodiac Sign♒Aquarius
Place of BirthVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Career Span1945 – 1992
Known Credits180 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.5

John Ireland

Also known as:John Ireland JrJohn Benjamin Ireland
Total Works

180

132 movies • 48 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Spartacus
7.5
Spartacus
1960•movie
as Crixus
Little House on the Prairie
8.0
as Frank Carlin
Red River
7.3
Red River
1948•movie
as Cherry Valance
My Darling Clementine
7.5
as Billy Clanton

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 180 titles featuring John Ireland

Spartacus
7.5
Spartacus
1960•movie

as Crixus

Little House on the Prairie
8.0
1 eps

as Frank Carlin

Red River
7.3
Red River
1948•movie

as Cherry Valance

My Darling Clementine
7.5

as Billy Clanton

Bonanza
7.5
1 eps
Bonanza
1959•series

as Marshal Will Rimbau

Airwolf
7.6
1 eps
Airwolf
1984•series

as Hardesty

Murder, She Wrote
7.5
1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984•series

as Sheriff Hainer

Magnum, P.I.
7.3
1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
1980•series

as Wyndom Jackson

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
7.0

as Johnny Ringo

Mission: Impossible
7.6
1 eps
Mission: Impossible
1966•series

as Andrew Metzger

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as Captain McCabe

All the King's Men
7.0
All the King's Men
1949•movie

as Jack Burden

The Fall of the Roman Empire
6.5

as Ballomar

Farewell, My Lovely
6.7

as Nulty

55 Days at Peking
6.9
55 Days at Peking
1963•movie

as Sgt. Harry

Hawaii Five-O
7.2
1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
1969•series

as Phil Coleman

Salon Kitty
5.6
Salon Kitty
1976•movie

as Cliff

Waxwork II: Lost in Time
5.0

as King Arthur

Hart to Hart
6.9
1 eps
Hart to Hart
1979•series

as Zeke BaIllinger

Quincy, M.E.
7.5
1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
1976•series

as Attorney John Packard

Incubus
5.6
Incubus
1982•movie

as Hank Walden

Gunsmoke
6.7
1 eps
Gunsmoke
1955•series

as Jed Coombs

Raw Deal
6.7
Raw Deal
1948•movie

as Fantail

Planet of the Apes
6.9
1 eps
Planet of the Apes
1974•series

as Brun

Messenger of Death
6.1
Messenger of Death
1988•movie

as Zenas Beecham

One on Top of the Other
6.4

as Inspector Wald

Joan of Arc
6.2
Joan of Arc
1948•movie

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

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
6.1

as Jefferson

Somewhere in the Night
6.7

as Thug (voice) (uncredited)

I Saw What You Did
6.2
I Saw What You Did
1965•movie

as Steve Marak

Party Girl
6.8
Party Girl
1958•movie

as Louis Canetto

Villa Rides
6.2
Villa Rides
1968•movie

as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)

I Shot Jesse James
6.2
I Shot Jesse James
1949•movie

as Bob Ford

A Walk in the Sun
5.9
A Walk in the Sun
1945•movie

as Pfc. Windy Craven

Vengeance Valley
5.4
Vengeance Valley
1951•movie

as Hub Fasken

Run, Man, Run
6.5
Run, Man, Run
1968•movie

as Santillana

Rawhide
7.3
1 eps
Rawhide
1959•series

as Frank Trask

Hardcastle and McCormick
6.5
1 eps

as Bucky Miller

The Undercover Man
6.1
The Undercover Man
1949•movie

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Fast and the Furious
5.3

as Frank Webster

The House of Seven Corpses
4.7

as Eric Hartman

Repeat Performance
6.1
Repeat Performance
1947•movie

as Narrator (Voice)

Satan's Cheerleaders
4.5

as Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb

Queen Bee
6.3
Queen Bee
1955•movie

as Judson Prentiss

The Good Die Young
6.3
The Good Die Young
1954•movie

as Eddie Blaine

Treasure of the Amazon
4.5

as Priest

Wild in the Country
6.3

as Phil Macy

The Shape of Things to Come
4.1

as Senator Smedley

The Virginian
6.5
1 eps
The Virginian
1962•series

as Kinroy

Daniel Boone
7.0
1 eps
Daniel Boone
1964•series

as Hiram Manville

Gunslinger
4.3
Gunslinger
1956•movie

as Cane Miro

The Hitchhiker
6.2
1 eps
The Hitchhiker
1983•series

as Jack Guttman

War of the Worlds
6.5
1 eps
War of the Worlds
1988•series

as Harv

Railroaded!
6.7
Railroaded!
1947•movie

as Duke Martin

Behind Green Lights
5.6

as Oppenheimer

I Love Trouble
6.5
I Love Trouble
1948•movie

as Reno

Red Mountain
6.7
Red Mountain
1951•movie

as Gen. William Quantrill

The Walking Hills
6.0
The Walking Hills
1949•movie

as Frazee

Police Story
7.0
1 eps
Police Story
1973•series
Thriller
6.7
1 eps
Thriller
1960•series

as Eddie Wilson

The Gangster
5.2
The Gangster
1947•movie

as Karty

Guyana: Crime of the Century
5.0

as Dave Cole

A Gun for One Hundred Graves
5.8

as Douglas

Branded
6.8
1 eps
Branded
1965•series

as Cattle Rancher Renger

The Scarf
5.7
The Scarf
1951•movie

as John Howard Barrington

The Swiss Conspiracy
5.0

as Dwight McGowan

Little Big Horn
6.1
Little Big Horn
1951•movie

as Lt. John Haywood

Mr. Soft Touch
6.8
Mr. Soft Touch
1949•movie

as Henry 'Early' Byrd

The Adventurers
4.7
The Adventurers
1970•movie

as Mr.James Hadley

The Ransom
6.2
The Ransom
1977•movie

as Chief Haliburton

The Littlest Hobo
7.5
1 eps
The Littlest Hobo
1979•series

as Pa

The Name of the Game
7.0
1 eps

as Mel Wexler

Thunder Run
4.4
Thunder Run
1985•movie

as George Adams

The Glass Cage
5.6
The Glass Cage
1955•movie

as Pel Pelham

Roughshod
5.7
Roughshod
1949•movie

as Lednov

Burke's Law
6.2
1 eps
Burke's Law
1963•series

as Orrin Lashwell

Climax!
3.8
1 eps
Climax!
1954•series

as Greg

Zenabel
3.9
Zenabel
1969•movie

as Don Alonso Imolne

Terror Night
4.8
Terror Night
1989•movie

as Lance Hayward

Tomorrow Never Comes
5.7

as Captain

The Doolins of Oklahoma
6.8

as Bitter Creek

The Ceremony
5.6
The Ceremony
1963•movie

as Prison Warden

Martin's Day
6.2
Martin's Day
1985•movie

as Brewer

Switch
6.6
1 eps
Switch
1975•series

as Verne Deamer

Welcome To Arrow Beach
4.9

as Sheriff Duke Bingham

Fort Utah
4.3
Fort Utah
1967•movie

as Tom Horn

The Phantom of Hollywood
5.5

as Lt. Gifford

The Bushwhackers
5.9
The Bushwhackers
1951•movie

as Jefferson Waring

Bordello
4.7
Bordello
1981•movie

as Judge

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
1 eps

as Harry Phillips

Day of the Nightmare
5.1

as Sgt. Dave Harmon

Gatling Gun
5.1
Gatling Gun
1968•movie

as Tarpas

Dirty Heroes
5.6
Dirty Heroes
1967•movie

as Captain O’Connor

Ghost Story
7.4
1 eps
Ghost Story
1972•series

as Arthur Mundy

Suspicion
6.2
1 eps
Suspicion
1957•series
Bloody Che Contra
7.8
Bloody Che Contra
1968•movie

as Stuart

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
5.7

as George Hunter

The Philco Television Playhouse
6.6
2 eps
Open Secret
6.9
Open Secret
1948•movie

as Paul Lester

Faces in the Dark
6.1
Faces in the Dark
1960•movie

as Max Hammond

The Basketball Fix
6.0
The Basketball Fix
1951•movie

as Pete Ferreday

Return of a Stranger
5.5

as Ray Reed

A Southern Yankee
5.7
A Southern Yankee
1948•movie

as Capt. Jed Calbern

Run for Your Life
7.1
1 eps
Run for Your Life
1965•series

as Dr. Mason

Lux Video Theatre
6.7
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1950•series

as Milt Shanks

Miami Golem
5.0
Miami Golem
1985•movie

as Anderson

Cargo to Capetown
6.6
Cargo to Capetown
1950•movie

as Steve Conway

The Girl on the Late, Late Show
5.5

as Bruno Walters

Carnal Circuit
4.5
Carnal Circuit
1969•movie

as Richard Salinger

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
5.8

as Benny Smith

Arizona Bushwhackers
4.3

as Dan Shelby

Stormy Crossing
5.7
Stormy Crossing
1958•movie

as Griff Parker

Crossbar
5.5
Crossbar
1979•movie

as Miles Kornylo

Sex Diary
5.7
Sex Diary
1976•movie

as Milton

The Big Parade of Comedy
7.2

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

General Electric Theater
6.8
1 eps

as Abe Lincoln

Riverboat
6.5
1 eps
Riverboat
1959•series

as Chris Slade

Armchair Theatre
6.0
1 eps
Armchair Theatre
1956•series

as Monroe Stahr

Challenge of McKenna
5.2

as Jones/Jonas MacKenna

No Time To Kill
6.0
No Time To Kill
1959•movie

as Johnny Greco

Anna Lucasta
4.2
Anna Lucasta
1949•movie

as Danny Johnson

Merlin
6.2
Merlin
1992•movie
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
6.2

as Bob Ford (archive footage)

Southwest Passage
6.3
Southwest Passage
1954•movie

as Clint McDonald

3-D Rarities
5.8
3-D Rarities
2015•movie

as (archive footage)

The War Devils
7.0
The War Devils
1969•movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
3 eps
A Matter of Cunning
5.2

as John Markham

Go For Broke
6.9
Go For Broke
1968•movie

as Owl/Gufo/le Hibou

Blood River
4.0
Blood River
1974•movie

as Abel Webster

The Perfect Killer
4.2
The Perfect Killer
1977•movie

as Benny

Hurricane Smith
6.4
Hurricane Smith
1952•movie

as Hurricane Smith

Marilyn: The Untold Story
6.9

as John Huston

This Is Korea!
6.8
This Is Korea!
1951•movie

as Narrator

Wake Up and Dream
7.4
Wake Up and Dream
1946•movie

as Howard Williams

The Graveyard Story
4.0

as Dr. McGregor

No Place to Land
3.5
No Place to Land
1958•movie

as Jonas Bailey

Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
4.0

as Tony Santore

Kraft Suspense Theatre
6.5
1 eps

as William 'Scotty' Scott

Christine Cromwell
7.8
1 eps
Christine Cromwell
1989•series
Startime
6.8
1 eps
Startime
1959•series

as Cliff Harrison

A Taste of Death
7.3
A Taste of Death
1968•movie

as Dan El/Ralph

Security Risk
6.0
Security Risk
1954•movie

as Ralph Payne

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
6.7

as Marshal Sam Rochelle

Vengeance for Vengeance
9.3

as Maj. Bower

Delta Fox
4.3
Delta Fox
1979•movie

as Lucas Johnson

Bonanza: The Next Generation
7.7

as Capt. Aaron Cartwright

Hate for Hate
6.0
Hate for Hate
1967•movie

as James Cooper

Escape to the Sun
4.3
Escape to the Sun
1972•movie

as Jacob Kagan

Hell's Horizon
5.7
Hell's Horizon
1955•movie

as Capt. John Merrill

Cassie & Co.
5.3
13 eps
Cassie & Co.
1982•series

as Lyman 'Shack' Shackelford

Snoops
6.3
1 eps
Snoops
1989•series

as Gabriel Franken

Mission to Glory: A True Story
7.0

as Father Mora

Dead for a Dollar
7.5
Dead for a Dollar
1968•movie

as Der Colonel

The 49th Man
6.5
The 49th Man
1953•movie

as Investigator John Williams

We Are No Angels
7.5
We Are No Angels
1975•movie

as Mr. Shark

Combat Squad
7.5
Combat Squad
1953•movie

as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher

Tourist
7.5
Tourist
1980•movie

as Joe Vigil, Sr.

The Return of Jesse James
6.0

as Johnny Callum

Hammer Down
10.0
Hammer Down
1992•movie

as Lt. Bates

Khan!
6.0
1 eps
Khan!
1975•series
J.J. Starbuck
6.0
1 eps
J.J. Starbuck
1987•series

as Charles Capstone

Studio 57
7.5
2 eps
Studio 57
1954•series
Trauma Center
7.0
1 eps
Trauma Center
1983•series
The Rangers
8.0
The Rangers
1974•movie

as Carson

The Steel Cage
7.0
The Steel Cage
1954•movie

as Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"

On the Air Live with Captain Midnight
9.0

as Agent Pierson

The Millionaire
8.0
The Millionaire
1978•movie

as Marshall Wayburn

Brushfire
10.0
Brushfire
1962•movie

as Jeff Saygure

Northeast of Seoul
7.0
Northeast of Seoul
1974•movie

as Flanaghan

Seasons in the Sun
7.0
Seasons in the Sun
1986•movie

as Keith Slattery

The Cheaters
8.0
43 eps
The Cheaters
1960•series

as John Hunter

Without Incident
Without Incident
1957•movie

as Sgt. Turley

A Sound of Different Drummers

as Ben Hammond

Glorious Hours

as Narrator (Archive Footage)

The Whistler
1 eps
The Whistler
1954•series
The Man Who Never Was
1 eps