Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1/31/1914
- Birthplace
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Died
- 3/21/1992 (aged 78)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- John Ireland Jr, John Benjamin 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.
12 titles

Spartacus
1960
Crixus

Little House on the Prairie
1974TV
Frank Carlin

Red River
1948
Cherry Valance

My Darling Clementine
1946
Billy Clanton

Bonanza
1959TV
Marshal Will Rimbau

Airwolf
1984TV
Hardesty, Carl Barron

Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Sheriff Hainer

Magnum, P.I.
1980TV
Wyndom Jackson

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Johnny Ringo

Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Andrew Metzger

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Captain McCabe

All the King's Men
1949
Jack Burden





