Biography
John Benjamin Ireland was a Canadian-born American actor and film director. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in New York City, he came to prominence with film audiences for his supporting roles in several high-profile Western films, including My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948), Vengeance Valley (1951), and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jack Burden in All the King's Men (1949), making him the first British Columbia-born actor to receive an Oscar nomination.
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1950 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Hammer Down
Little House on the Prairie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Airwolf
Mission: Impossible
Murder, She Wrote
Quincy, M.E.
Dead for a Dollar
Spartacus
Bonanza
My Darling Clementine
Magnum, P.I.
The Littlest Hobo
A Taste of Death
Red River
Hawaii Five-O
Rawhide
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Police Story
Daniel Boone
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
All the King's Men
Go For Broke
55 Days at Peking
55 Days at Peking
Hart to Hart
Party Girl
This Is Korea!
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Mr. Soft Touch
Thriller
Gunsmoke
Red Mountain
Lux Video Theatre
Raw Deal
Railroaded!
Farewell, My Lovely
Hardcastle and McCormick
Ransom
Run, Man, Run
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Virginian
I Love Trouble
Martin's Day
One on Top of the Other
The Good Die Young
Hurricane Smith
Villa Rides
Queen Bee
Southwest Passage