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.

Filmography

• 20153-D Rarities — (archive footage)
• 2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller — Bob Ford (archive footage)
• 1992Hammer Down — Lt. Bates
• 1992Merlin
• 1992Waxwork II: Lost in Time — King Arthur
• 1991Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat — Jefferson
• 1991The Graveyard Story — Dr. McGregor
• Christine Cromwell
• Snoops — Gabriel Franken
• 1989Terror Night — Lance Hayward
• 1988Bonanza: The Next Generation — Capt. Aaron Cartwright
• 1988Messenger of Death — Zenas Beecham
• 1988Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake — Walter
• War of the Worlds — Harv
• J.J. Starbuck — Charles Capstone
• 1986Seasons in the Sun — Keith Slattery
• 1985Martin's Day — Brewer
• 1985Miami Golem — Anderson
• 1985Thunder Run — George Adams
• 1985Treasure of the Amazon — Priest
• Airwolf — Hardesty, Carl Barron
• Murder, She Wrote — Sheriff Hainer
• 1983A Matter of Cunning — John Markham
• Hardcastle and McCormick — Bucky Miller
• The Hitchhiker — Jack Guttman
• Trauma Center
• Cassie & Co. — Lyman 'Shack' Shackelford
• 1982Incubus — Hank Walden
• 1981Bordello — Judge
• Magnum, P.I. — Wyndom Jackson
• 1980Marilyn: The Untold Story — John Huston
• 1980The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog — George Hunter
• 1980Tourist — Joe Vigil, Sr.
• $weepstake$
• 1979Crossbar — Miles Kornylo
• 1979Delta Fox — Lucas Johnson
• 1979Guyana: Crime of the Century — Dave Cole
• Hart to Hart — Zeke BaIllinger
• 1979On the Air Live with Captain Midnight — Agent Pierson
• The Littlest Hobo — Pa
• 1979The Shape of Things to Come — Senator Smedley
• 1978The Millionaire — Marshall Wayburn
• 1978Tomorrow Never Comes — Captain
• 1977Love and the Midnight Auto Supply — Tony Santore
• 1977Mission to Glory: A True Story — Father Mora
• 1977Satan's Cheerleaders — Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb
• 1977The Perfect Killer — Benny
• 1977The Ransom — Chief Haliburton
• Quincy, M.E. — Attorney John Packard, Jerry Driskill, Sheriff Ned Evers
• 1976Salon Kitty — Cliff
• 1976Sex Diary — Milton
• 1976The Swiss Conspiracy — Dwight McGowan
• 1975Farewell, My Lovely — Nulty
• Khan!
• Switch — Verne Deamer
• 1975We Are No Angels — Mr. Shark
• 1974Blood River — Abel Webster
• Little House on the Prairie — Frank Carlin
• 1974Northeast of Seoul — Flanaghan
• Planet of the Apes — Brun
• 1974The Girl on the Late, Late Show — Bruno Walters
• 1974The House of Seven Corpses — Eric Hartman
• 1974The Phantom of Hollywood — Lt. Gifford
• 1974The Rangers — Carson
• 1974Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman
• 1974Welcome To Arrow Beach — Sheriff Duke Bingham
• Police Story
• 1972Escape to the Sun — Jacob Kagan
• Ghost Story — Arthur Mundy
• 1970Challenge of McKenna — Jones/Jonas MacKenna
• 1970The Adventurers — Mr.James Hadley
• 1969Carnal Circuit — Richard Salinger
• Hawaii Five-O — Phil Coleman
• 1969One on Top of the Other — Inspector Wald
• 1969The War Devils
• 1969Zenabel — Don Alonso Imolne
• 1968A Gun for One Hundred Graves — Douglas
• 1968A Taste of Death — Dan El/Ralph
• 1968Arizona Bushwhackers — Dan Shelby
• 1968Bloody Che Contra — Stuart
• 1968Dead for a Dollar — Der Colonel
• 1968Gatling Gun — Tarpas
• 1968Go For Broke — Owl/Gufo/le Hibou
• 1968Run, Man, Run — Santillana
• The Name of the Game — Mel Wexler
• 1968Vengeance for Vengeance — Maj. Bower
• 1968Villa Rides — Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)
• 1967Caxambu! — Vince Neff
• 1967Dirty Heroes — Captain O’Connor
• 1967Fort Utah — Tom Horn
• 1967Hate for Hate — James Cooper
• Mission: Impossible — Andrew Metzger
• The Man Who Never Was
• Branded — Cattle Rancher Renger, Ted Evers
• 1965Day of the Nightmare — Sgt. Dave Harmon
• 1965I Saw What You Did — Steve Marak
• Run for Your Life — Dr. Mason
• Daniel Boone — Hiram Manville
• 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
• 1964The Fall of the Roman Empire — Ballomar
• 196355 Days at Peking — Sgt. Harry
• Burke's Law — Orrin Lashwell, Bullock
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — William 'Scotty' Scott
• 1963The Ceremony — Prison Warden
• 1962Brushfire — Jeff Saygure
• The Virginian — Kinroy
• 1961Return of a Stranger — Ray Reed
• 1961Wild in the Country — Phil Macy
• 1960Faces in the Dark — Max Hammond
• 1960Spartacus — Crixus
• The Cheaters — John Hunter
• Thriller — Eddie Wilson
• Bonanza — Marshal Will Rimbau
• 1959No Time To Kill — Johnny Greco
• Rawhide — Winch, Frank Trask, Dr. Joseph Merritt, Jed Colby
• Riverboat — Chris Slade
• Startime — Cliff Harrison
• 1958No Place to Land — Jonas Bailey
• 1958Party Girl — Louis Canetto
• 1958Stormy Crossing — Griff Parker
• 1957A Sound of Different Drummers — Ben Hammond
• 1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral — Johnny Ringo
• Suspicion
• 1957Without Incident — Sgt. Turley
• Armchair Theatre — Monroe Stahr
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Harry Phillips
• 1956Gunslinger — Cane Miro
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Captain McCabe
• Gunsmoke — Jed Coombs, Parker
• 1955Hell's Horizon — Capt. John Merrill
• 1955Queen Bee — Judson Prentiss
• 1955The Glass Cage — Pel Pelham
• Climax! — Greg
• 1954Security Risk — Ralph Payne
• 1954Southwest Passage — Clint McDonald
• Studio 57
• 1954The Fast and the Furious — Frank Webster, Director
• 1954The Good Die Young — Eddie Blaine
• 1954The Steel Cage — Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"
• The Whistler
• 1953Combat Squad — Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher
• General Electric Theater — Abe Lincoln
• 1953Hannah Lee: An American Primitive — Marshal Sam Rochelle, Director, Co-Producer
• 1953The 49th Man — Investigator John Williams
• 1952Hurricane Smith — Hurricane Smith
• 1951Little Big Horn — Lt. John Haywood
• 1951Red Mountain — Gen. William Quantrill
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Jim Regan, Billy Bob Jackson, Pete Bronson, Andrew Evans
• 1951The Basketball Fix — Pete Ferreday
• 1951The Bushwhackers — Jefferson Waring
• 1951The Scarf — John Howard Barrington
• 1951This Is Korea! — Narrator
• 1951Vengeance Valley — Hub Fasken
• 1950Cargo to Capetown — Steve Conway
• Lux Video Theatre — Milt Shanks, Marty
• 1950The Return of Jesse James — Johnny Callum
• 1949All the King's Men — Jack Burden
• 1949Anna Lucasta — Danny Johnson
• 1949I Shot Jesse James — Bob Ford
• 1949Mr. Soft Touch — Henry 'Early' Byrd
• 1949Roughshod — Lednov
• 1949The Doolins of Oklahoma — Bitter Creek
• 1949The Undercover Man — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1949The Walking Hills — Frazee
• 1948A Southern Yankee — Capt. Jed Calbern
• 1948I Love Trouble — Reno
• 1948Joan of Arc — Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain
• 1948Open Secret — Paul Lester
• 1948Raw Deal — Fantail
• 1948Red River — Cherry Valance
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1947Railroaded! — Duke Martin
• 1947Repeat Performance — Narrator (Voice)
• 1947The Gangster — Karty
• 1946Behind Green Lights — Oppenheimer
• 1946It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog — Benny Smith
• 1946My Darling Clementine — Billy Clanton
• 1946Somewhere in the Night — Thug (voice) (uncredited)
• 1946Wake Up and Dream — Howard Williams
• 1945A Walk in the Sun — Pfc. Windy Craven
• Glorious Hours — Narrator (Archive Footage)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1979When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion — Self