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John Ireland (I) (1914–1992)


Born in Canada, John Ireland was raised in New York. Performing as a swimmer in a water carnival, he moved into the legitimate theater, often appearing in minor roles in Broadway plays. His first big break in pictures came in 1945 when he appeared as Windy the introspective letter-writing G.I. in the classic war epic A Walk in the Sun... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1992 Hammer Down
Lt. Bates
 
1991 The Graveyard Story
Dr. McGregor
 
1991 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Sheriff Hainer
Murder, Plain and Simple (1991) … Sheriff Hainer
 
1990 Christine Cromwell (TV series)
In Vino Veritas (1990)
 
1988 War of the Worlds (TV series)
Harv
Eye for an Eye (1988) … Harv
 
1988 Messenger of Death
Zenas Beecham
 
1988 Buck James (TV series)
Hank Rhymes
Quality of Life (1988) … Hank Rhymes
 
1988 Bonanza: The Next Generation (TV movie)
Capt. Aaron Cartwright
 
1988 J.J. Starbuck (TV series)
Charles Capstone
A Song from the Sequel (1988) … Charles Capstone
 
1987 Airwolf (TV series)
Hardesty
Rogue Warrior (1987) … Hardesty
 
1987 Terror Night
Lance Hayward
 
1986 Thunder Run
George Adams
 
1986 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV series)
Sen. Courtway
Guns at Cyrano's (1986) … Sen. Courtway
 
1986 Seasons in the Sun (TV movie)
Keith Slattery
 
1985 Seeing Things (TV series)
Vic Bayers
Eye in the Sky: Part 2 (1985) … Vic Bayers
Eye in the Sky: Part 1 (1985) … Vic Bayers
 
1985 The Fall Guy (TV series)
Nick Spiros
The Skip Family Robinson (1985) … Nick Spiros
 
1985 The Hitchhiker (TV series)
Jack Guttman
A Time for Rifles (1985) … Jack Guttman
 
1985 Airwolf (TV series)
Carl Barron
Santini's Millions (1985) … Carl Barron
 
1985 Miami Golem
Anderson
 
1984 Santa Barbara (TV series)
John Ireland
 
1984 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
Vincent Randolph
A Death in the Family (1984) … Vincent Randolph
 
1984 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV series)
Bucky Miller
The Homecoming: Part 1 (1984) … Bucky Miller
 
1983 Trauma Center (TV series)
Trail's End (1983)
 
1983 A Matter of Cunning (TV movie)
John Markham
 
1982 The Incubus
Hank Walden
 
1981 The Littlest Hobo (TV series)
Pa
Wolf Hunt (1981) … Pa
 
1981 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Wyndom Jackson
The Black Orchid (1981) … Wyndom Jackson
 
1977-1981 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Attorney John Packard / Jerry Driskill / Sheriff Ned Evers
To Kill in Plain Sight (1981) … Jerry Driskill
Murder by S.O.P. (1979) … Sheriff Ned Evers
Let Me Light the Way (1977) … Attorney John Packard
 
1981 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Zeke BaIllinger
Murder in the Saddle (1981) … Zeke BaIllinger
 
1981 Bordello
Judge
 
1980 Tourist (TV movie)
Joe Virgil Sr.
 
1980 Hagen (TV series)
James Lee King
King of the Hill … James Lee King
 
1980 The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (TV movie)
George Hunter
 
1979 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Phil 'Buzz' Coleman
A Shallow Grave (1979) … Phil 'Buzz' Coleman
 
1979 Matt and Jenny (TV series)
Pete Sherwood
Episode #1.18 … Pete Sherwood
 
1979 Delta Fox
Lucas Johnson
 
1979 Guyana: Cult of the Damned
Dave Cole
 
1979 Crossbar (TV movie)
Miles Kornylo
 
1979 The Shape of Things to Come
Sen. Smedley
 
1979 Salvage 1 (TV series)
Carson
Round Up (1979) … Carson
 
1978 The Millionaire (TV movie)
Marshall Wayburn
 
1978 Il letto in piazza
Milton
 
1976-1978 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Frank Carlin / Wendell Loudy
The Winoka Warriors (1978) … Frank Carlin
Little Girl Lost (1976) … Wendell Loudy
 
1978 Tomorrow Never Comes
Captain
 
1977 The Perfect Killer
Benny
 
1977 The Ransom
Chief Haliburton
 
1977 Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
Tony Santore
 
1977 Satan's Cheerleaders
The Sheriff
 
1977 Switch (TV series)
Verne Deamer
Whatever Happened to Carol Harmony? (1977) … Verne Deamer
 
1976 The Quest (TV series)
Jack Bell
Portrait of a Gunfighter (1976) … Jack Bell
 
1976 The Swiss Conspiracy
Dwight McGowan
 
1976 Salon Kitty
Cliff
 
1975 Noi non siamo angeli
Mr. Shark
 
1975 Police Story (TV series)
Capt. Lowen
The Man in the Shadows (1975) … Capt. Lowen
 
1975 Khan! (TV series)
Khan (1975)
 
1974 Sierra (TV series)
Carson
The Rangers (1974) … Carson
 
1974 Planet of the Apes (TV series)
Brun
The Liberator (1974) … Brun
 
1974 Blood River
Abel Webster
 
1974 Welcome to Arrow Beach
Sheriff Duke Bingham
 
1974 The Girl on the Late, Late Show (TV movie)
Bruno Walters
 
1974 The House of Seven Corpses
Eric Hartman
 
1974 The Phantom of Hollywood (TV movie)
Lt. Gifford
 
1972 Circle of Fear (TV series)
Arthur Mundy
Creatures of the Canyon (1972) … Arthur Mundy
 
1972 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Andrew Metzger
Kidnap (1972) … Andrew Metzger
 
1972 Escape to the Sun
Jacob Kagan
 
1972 Assignment Vienna (TV series)
Hot Potato (1972)
 
1972 Northeast of Seoul
Flanaghan
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Kinroy
Jenny (1970) … Kinroy
 
1970 La sfida dei MacKenna
Jones
 
1969 I diavoli della guerra
Capt. Jennings
 
1969 Zenabel
Don Alonso Imolne
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Mel Wexler
The Power (1969) … Mel Wexler
 
1969 The Adventurers
Mr.James Hadley
 
1969 One on Top of the Other
Inspector Wald
 
1969 Femmine insaziabili
Richard Salinger
 
1968 Damned Hot Day of Fire
Tarpas
 
1968 Revenge for Revenge
Maj. Bower
 
1968 Cost of Dying
Dan El
 
1968 Run, Man, Run
Santillana
 
1968 Villa Rides
Barbershop Client (uncredited)
 
1968 Arizona Bushwhackers
Dan Shelby
 
1968 All Out
Owl
 
1968 Bloody Che Contra
Stuart
 
1966-1967 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Parker / Jed Coombs
Vengeance: Part 2 (1967) … Parker
Vengeance: Part 1 (1967) … Parker
Stage Stop (1966) … Jed Coombs
 
1967 Hate for Hate
James Cooper
 
1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Hiram Manville
The Fallow Land (1967) … Hiram Manville
 
1967 Bonanza (TV series)
Marshal Will Rimbau
Judgement at Red Creek (1967) … Marshal Will Rimbau
 
1967 Iron Horse (TV series)
Carl Mobley
Appointment with an Epitaph (1967) … Carl Mobley
 
1967 Caxambu!
Vince Neff
 
1967 Dirty Heroes
Capt. O'Connor
 
1966 The Man Who Never Was (TV series)
Cesare
Game of Death (1966) … Cesare
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Dr. Mason
The Day Time Stopped (1966) … Dr. Mason
 
1965-1966 Branded (TV series)
Renger / Ted Evers
Cowards Die Many Times (1966) … Ted Evers
Leap Upon Mountains.... (1965) … Renger
 
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
Sheriff Vernon Cole
Marlee (1966) … Sheriff Vernon Cole
 
1960-1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Jed Colby / Dr. Joseph Merritt / Frank Trask / …
The Testing Post (1965) … Jed Colby
Duel at Daybreak (1965) … Jed Colby
The Pursuit (1965) … Jed Colby
The Vasquez Woman (1965) … Jed Colby
 
1965 I Saw What You Did
Steve Marak
 
1963-1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Bullock / Orrin Lashwell
Who Killed the Rabbit's Husband? (1965) … Bullock
Who Killed Alex Debbs? (1963) … Orrin Lashwell
 
1965 Day of the Nightmare
Detective Sgt. Dave Harmon
 
1964 Mr. Broadway (TV series)
Jimmy King
Pay Now, Die Later (1964) … Jimmy King
 
1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire
Ballomar
 
1963 The Ceremony
Prison Warden
 
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
William 'Scotty' Scott
A Hero for Our Times (1963) … William 'Scotty' Scott
 
1963 55 Days at Peking
Sgt. Harry
 
1960-1962 The Cheaters (TV series)
John Hunter
Diamond Studded Malaria (1962) … John Hunter
Knight of the Road (1962) … John Hunter
Carnival Case (1962) … John Hunter
The Broker (1962) … John Hunter
The Back of Beyond (1962) … John Hunter
 
1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Capain McCabe
The Matched Pearl (1962) … Capain McCabe
 
1962 Brushfire
Jeff Saygure
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Earl Green
Obituary for Mr. X (1962) … Earl Green
 
1961 The Foxes (TV movie)
 
1961 Wild in the Country
Phil Macy
 
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)
Richie Ashmond
The Last Way Out (1961) … Richie Ashmond
 
1961 Thriller (TV series)
Eddie Wilson
Papa Benjamin (1961) … Eddie Wilson
 
1961 Return of a Stranger
Ray Reed
 
1960 Faces in the Dark
Max Hammond
 
1960 Spartacus
Crixus
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Cliff Harriston
Closed Set (1960) … Cliff Harriston
 
1959 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Monroe Stahr
The Last Tycoon (1959) … Monroe Stahr
 
1959 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Buck Carpenter
Sweet Poison (1959) … Buck Carpenter
 
1959 Riverboat (TV series)
Chris Slade
The Fight Back (1959) … Chris Slade
 
1959 No Time to Kill
Johnny Greco
 
1958 Party Girl
Louis 'Lucky Louie' Canetto
 
1958 No Place to Land
Jonas Bailey
 
1958 Black Tide
Griff Parker
 
1958 Target (TV series)
Tom Durfee
Payment in Full (1958) … Tom Durfee
 
1958 Suspicion (TV series)
End in Violence (1958)
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Ben Hammond / Sgt. Turley
A Sound of Different Drummers (1957) … Ben Hammond
Without Incident (1957) … Sgt. Turley
 
1957 Climax! (TV series)
Greg
Avalanche at Devil's Pass (1957) … Greg
 
1955-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Marty / Milt Shanks
The Black Angel (1957) … Marty
The Copperhead (1955) … Milt Shanks
 
1956 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Marshal Harry Phillips
Return to Nowhere (1956) … Marshal Harry Phillips
 
1955-1956 Studio 57 (TV series)
This Land Is Mine (1956)
Waterhole (1955)
The Lonely Man (1955)
 
1956 Gunslinger
Cane Miro
 
1956 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Wade Harlan
This Land Is Mine (1956) … Wade Harlan
 
1952-1956 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Andrew Evans / Billy Bob Jackson / Jim Regan
Ordeal (1956) … Andrew Evans
Dealer's Choice (1956)
Murder in Paradise (1955)
Reunion at Steepler's Hill (1954) … Billy Bob Jackson
 
1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Abe Lincoln
 
1955 Hell's Horizon
Capt. John Merrill
 
1955 Queen Bee
Judson Prentiss
 
1955 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
Chopper Keeley
There's No Forever (1955) … Chopper Keeley
 
1955 The Glass Tomb
Pel Pelham
 
1955 The Fast and the Furious
Frank Webster
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Maj. Marshall
The Bridge (1955) … Maj. Marshall
 
1954 The Steel Cage
Al, a Ringleader (segment "The Hostages")
 
1954 The Whistler (TV series)
The Big Jump (1954)
 
1951-1954 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Time Bomb (1954)
Confession (1951)
 
1954 Security Risk
Ralph Payne
 
1954 Southwest Passage
Clint McDonald
 
1953 Combat Squad
Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher
 
1953 The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV series)
Heads or Tails (1953)
 
1953 Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Marshal Sam Rochelle
 
1953 The 49th Man
Investigator John Williams
 
1952 Hurricane Smith
Hurricane Smith
 
1951 Red Mountain
Gen. William Quantrill
 
1951 The Bushwhackers
Jefferson Waring
 
1951 The Basketball Fix
Pete Ferreday
 
1951 Little Big Horn
Lt. John Haywood
 
1951 The Scarf
John Howard Barrington
 
1951 Vengeance Valley
Hub Fasken
 
1951 Saturday Night Revue (TV series)
Guest Perofrmer
Episode dated 13 January 1951 (1951) … Guest Perofrmer
 
1950 The Return of Jesse James
Johnny Callum
 
1950 Starlight Theatre (TV series)
The Last Kiss (1950)
 
1950 Cargo to Capetown
Steve Conway
 
1949 Mr. Soft Touch
Henry 'Early' Byrd
 
1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma
Bitter Creek
 
1949 Roughshod
Lednov
 
1949 The Undercover Man
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1949 The Walking Hills
Frazee
 
1948 Joan of Arc
Capt. Jean de la Boussac (St. Severe)
 
1948 A Southern Yankee
Capt. Jed Calbern
 
1948 Raw Deal
Fantail
 
1948 Open Secret
Paul Lester
 
1948 I Love Trouble
Reno
 
1947 The Gangster
Frank Karty
 
1947 Railroaded!
Duke Martin
 
1947 Repeat Performance
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1946 Wake Up and Dream
Howard Williams
 
1946 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Benny Smith
 
1946 Somewhere in the Night (voice - uncredited)
 
1946 Behind Green Lights
Det. Oppenheimer
 
1946 Backfire
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1973 Baffled! (TV movie) (dubbing editor)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1953 Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (co-producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
1979 When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 The Alan Hamel Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 March 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1971 Mantrap (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 September 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1964 Time to Remember (TV series)
Narrator / Himself-narrator
1944-1945: The Last Winter (1964) … Himself-narrator
The Tough Guys (1964) … Narrator
1924: A Trip to Europe … Narrator
 
1962 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself
Bess Myerson vs. John Ireland (1962) … Himself
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Himself - Guest Actor
Episode #3.12 (1952) … Himself - Guest Actor
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Meet Mr. Rhythm, Frankie Laine (documentary short)
Himself
 
1951 This Is Korea! (documentary)
Narrator
 
1951 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.19 (1951) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (TV documentary)
Bob Ford
 
1992 Gunfighters of the Old West (video documentary)
Bob Ford/Clanton (uncredited)
 
1991 The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (documentary)
Officer (uncredited)
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Cherry Valance (uncredited)
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (uncredited)
 
1956 Screen Snapshots 8859: Mr. Rhythm's Holiday (documentary short)
Himself
 

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(1943) Stage: Appeared (as "First Murderer") in "King Richard III" on Broadway. Historical drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Scenic Design by Motley. Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal. Directed by George Coulouris. Forrest Theatre: 24 Mar 1943-3 Apr 1943 (11 performances)... See more »

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Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Personal Quote:

[At age 45, on his affair with 16-year-old Tuesday Weld] If there wasn't such a difference in our ages I'd ask her to marry me. That and her mother are the only things that stop me. See more »

Trivia:

He was better known in Hollywood for his wild exploits as a lothario than his work in films. Howard Hawks even included a scene with Ireland and Montgomery Clift in Red River where they compare the size of their guns, allegedly a wink to Ireland's infamous physical endowments. See more »

Trademark:

Often played attractive and sly but often unreliable or dangerous characters See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius