John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian-American actor best known for Red River, All the King's Men, and Spartacus.
He was married three times, one of them to actress Joanne Dru, and had four children.
Ireland died in 1992 at the age of 78 after battling leukemia.
Filmography:
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Film roles
- A Walk In The Park as Pfc. Windy Craven
- Behind Green Lights as Det. Engelhofer
- Somewhere In The Night as voice (Uncredited Role)
- It Shouldnt Happen To A Dog as Benny Smith
- My Darling Clementine as Billy Clanton
- Wake Up And Dream as Howard Williams
- Repeat Performance as Narrator (uncredited)
- Railroaded as Duke Martin
- The Gangster as Frank Karty
- I Love Trouble 1948 as Reno
- Open Secret as Paul Lester
- Raw Deal 1948 as Fantail
- A Southern Yankee as Capt. Jed Calbern
- Red River as Cherry Valance
- Joan Of Arc 1948 as Jean de la Boussac, St. Severe
- I Shot Jesse James as Bob Ford
- The Walking Hills as Frazee
- The Undercover Man as Narrator (uncredited)
- Roughshod as Lednov
- The Doolins Of Oklahoma as Bitter Creek
- Anna Lucasta as Danny Johnson
- Mr Soft Touch as Henry 'Early' Byrd
- All the King's Men as Jack Burden
- Cargo To Captown as Steve Conway
- The Return Of Jesse James as Johnny Callum
- Vengeance Valley as Hub Fasken
- The Scarf as John Howard Barrington
- Little Big Horn as Lt. John Haywood
- The Basketball Fix as Pete Ferreday
- Red Mountain as Gen. William Quantrill
- The Bushwackers as Jefferson Waring
- Hurricane Smith as Hurricane Smith
- The Forty Ninth Man as Investigator John Williams
- Hannah Lee as Marshal Sam Rochelle (also co-director)
- Combat Squad as Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher
- The Good Die Young as Eddie Blaine
- Southwest Passage as Clint McDonald
- Security Risk as Ralph Payne
- The Steel Cage as Al
- The Glass Cage as Pel Pelham
- The Fast And The Furious 1955 as Frank Webster (also co-director)
- Queen Bee as Judd Prentiss
- Hells Horizon as Capt. John Merrill
- Gunslinger as Cane Miro
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Johnny Ringo
- Stormy Crossing as Griff Parker
- No Place To Land as Jonas Bailey
- Party Girl 1958 as Louis Canetto
- Spartacus as Crixus
- Faces In The Dark as Max Hammond
- Wild in the Country as Phil Macy
- Return Of A Stranger as Ray Reed
- Brushfire as Jeff Saygure
- Fifty Five Days Of Peking as Sgt. Harry
- The Ceremony as Prison Warden
- The Fall of the Roman Empire as Ballomar
- I Saw What You Did as Steve Marek
- Hate For Hate as James Arthur Cooper
- Fort Utah as Tom Horn
- Dirty Heroes as Capt. O'Connor
- Arizona Bushwackers as Deputy Dan Shelby
- Villa Rides as Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)
- Trusting Is Good Shooting Is Better as The Colonel
- Pistol For A Hundred Coffins as Douglas
- Run Man Run as Santillana
- Gatling Gun as Tarpas
- Carnal Circuit as Richard Salinger
- One On Top Of The Other as Inspector Wald
- Zenabel as Don Alonso Imolne
- The Adventurers as Mr. James Hadley
- Escape To The Sun as Jacob Kagan
- Northeast Of Seoul as Flanagan
- The House Of Seven Corpses as Eric Hartman
- The Phantom Of Hollywood as Lt. Gifford (TV Movie)
- Welcome To Arrow Beach as Sheriff Duke Bingham
- Farewell, My Lovely as Det. Lt. Nulty
- We Are No Angels as Mr. Shark
- Salon Kitty as Cliff
- Sex Diary as Milton
- The Swiss Conspiracy as Dwight McGowan
- Assault In Paradise as Chief Haliburton
- Satan's Cheerleaders as The Sheriff
- Tomorrow Never Comes as Captain
- HG Wells The Shape Of Things To Come as Sen. Smedley
- Crossbar as Miles Kornylo (TV Movie)
- Guyana: Crime of the Century as Dave Cole
- On The Air Live With Captain Midnight as Agent Pierson
- The Incubus as Hank Walden
- Martins Day as Brewer
- Thunder Run as George Adams
- Terror Night as Lance Hayward
- Bonanza The Next Generation as Capt. Aaron Cartwright (TV Movie)
- Messenger Of Death as Zenas Beecham
- Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat as Ethan Jefferson
- Waxwork II: Lost in Time as King Arthur
- Hammer Down as Lt. Bates (final role)
Television roles
- Schlitz Playouse as Jim Regan/Billy Bob Jackson/Pete Bronson/Andrew Evans/Jim Leonard (8 episodes)
- The Whistler as David Leonard / Martin Burke (1 episode)
- The Elgin Hour as Maj. Marshall (1 episode)
- Damon Runyon Theater as Chopper Keeley (1 episode)
- Lux Video Theatre as Milt Shanks/Marty (2 episodes)
- General Electric Theatre as Abe Lincoln (1 episode)
- Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre as Wade Harlan (1 episode)
- Zane Grey Theatre as Marshall Harry Phillips (1 episode)
- The Red Skelton Hour as The Enforcer (1 episode)
- Climax as Greg (1 episode)
- Playhouse 90 as Sgt. Turley/Ben Hammond (2 episodes)
- Suspicion as Vince (1 episode)
- Target as Tom Durfee (1 episode)
- Riverboat as Chris Slade (1 episode)
- ITV Play Of The Week as Buck Carpenter (1 episode)
- Startime as Cliff Harriston (1 episode)
- The Cheaters as John Hunter
- Rawhide as Winch/Frank Trask/Dr. Joseph Merritt/Jed Colby (11 episodes)
- Thriller as Eddie Wilson (1 episode)
- The Asphalt Jungle as Richie Ashmond (1 episode)
- The Dick Powell Theatre as Earl Green (1 episode)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Captain McCabe (1 episode)
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as William “Scotty” Scott (1 episode)
- Burke's Law as Orrin Lashwell/Bullock (2 episodes)
- Mr Broadway as Jimmy King (1 episode)
- Branded (1965) as Cattle Rancher Ranger/Ted Evers (2 episodes)
- A Man Called Shenandoah Sheriff Vernon Cole (1 episode)
- Run For Your Life as Dr. Mason (1 episode)
- The Man Who Never Was as Cesare (1 episode)
- Gunsmoke as Jed Coombs/Parker (2 episodes)
- Iron Horse as Carl Mobley (1 episode)
- Bonanza as Marshall Will Rimbeau (1 episode)
- Daniel Boone as Hiram Manville (1 episode)
- The Name Of The Game as Mel Wexler (1 episode)
- The Virginian as Kinroy (1 episode)
- Assignment Vienna as Harry Duncan (1 episode)
- Mission: Impossible as Andrew Metzger (1 episode)
- Circle Of Fear as Arthur Mundy (1 episode)
- Planet of the Apes as Brun (1 episode)
- Police Story (1973) as Capt. Lowen (1 episode)
- The Quest as Jack Bell (1 episode)
- The Blue Knight as Phil Reese (1 episode)
- Little House on the Prairie as Wendell Loudy/Frank Carlin (2 episodes)
- Switch (1975) as Verne Deamer (1 episode)
- Quincy, M.E. as Attorney John Packard/Sheriff Ned Evers/Jerry Driskill (3 episodes)
- Hawaii Five-O as Phil Coleman (1 episode)
- Salvage 1 as Carson (1 episode)
- Matt And Jenny as Pete Sherwood (1 episode)
- Hagen as James Lee King (1 episode)
- Hart to Hart as Zeke Ballinger (1 episode)
- Magnum, P.I. as Wyndom Jackson (1 episode)
- The Littlest Hobo as Pa (1 episode)
- Cassie And Co as Lyman “Shack” Shackleford
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Bucky Miller (1 episode)
- Santa Barbara as John Ireland
- The New Mike Hammer as Vincent Randolph (1 episode)
- Airwolf as Carl Barron (1 episode)
- The Hitchhiker as Jack Guttman (1 episode)
- The Fall Guy as Nick Spiros (1 episode)
- Seeing Things as Vic Bayers (2 episodes)
- Philip Marlowe Private Eye as Sen. Courtway (1 episode)
- JJ Starbuck as Charles Capstone (1 episode)
- Buck James as Hank Rhymes (1 episode)
- War of the Worlds (1988) as Harv (1 episode)
- Snoops as Gabriel Franken (1 episode)
- Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Hainer (1 episode)
