
John Ireland
Acting
Born 1914-01-31 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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

Little House on the Prairie
1974 · TV

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV

Airwolf
1984 · TV

Bonanza
1959 · TV

Mission: Impossible
1966 · TV

Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV

Quincy, M.E.
1976 · TV

Magnum, P.I.
1980 · TV

Hawaii Five-O
1968 · TV

Rawhide
1959 · TV

The Littlest Hobo
1979 · TV

Ghost Story
1972 · TV

Christine Cromwell
1989 · TV

Daniel Boone
1964 · TV

Planet of the Apes
1974 · TV

Police Story
1973 · TV

Run for Your Life
1965 · TV

The Name of the Game
1968 · TV

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV

Studio 57
1954 · TV

The Cheaters
1960 · TV

Trauma Center
1983 · TV

General Electric Theater
1953 · TV

The Whistler
1954 · TV

The Man Who Never Was
1966 · TV

Startime
1959 · TV

Branded
1965 · TV

Hart to Hart
1979 · TV

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · TV

Snoops
1989 · TV

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · TV

J.J. Starbuck
1987 · TV

Khan!
1975 · TV

Switch
1975 · TV

Riverboat
1959 · TV

Thriller
1960 · TV

Cassie & Co.
1982 · TV

Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV

Gunsmoke
1955 · TV

Suspicion
1957 · TV

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV

Burke's Law
1963 · TV

The Virginian
1962 · TV

War of the Worlds
1988 · TV

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · TV

The Hitchhiker
1983 · TV

Climax!
1954 · TV