

Cast & creator
Best known for Bonanza, Murder, She Wrote, Hawaii Five-O
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.
Also known as: John Ireland Jr, John Benjamin Ireland
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film credits
63
television credits
196
1945–2015 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
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Across film & television
Showing 199 of 199 credits

Marshal Will Rimbau
1959
Sheriff Hainer
1984
Phil Coleman
1969
Wyndom Jackson
1980
Frank Carlin
1974
Andrew Metzger
1966
Attorney John Packard
1976
Jerry Driskill
1976
Sheriff Ned Evers
1976
Greg
1954
Kinroy
1962
Hardesty
1984
Carl Barron
1984

Zeke BaIllinger
1979
Hiram Manville
1964
Winch
1959
Frank Trask
1959
Dr. Joseph Merritt
1959
Jed Colby
1959
Mel Wexler
1968
Orrin Lashwell
1963
Bullock
1963
Harry Phillips
1956
Jed Coombs
1955
Parker
1955
Dr. Mason
1965
Jack Guttman
1983
Eddie Wilson
1960
Harv
1988
William 'Scotty' Scott
1963
Captain McCabe
1955
Verne Deamer
1975


Bucky Miller
1983
Cattle Rancher Renger
1965
Ted Evers
1965Milt Shanks
1950Marty
1950
Chris Slade
1959
Arthur Mundy
1972
Cliff Harrison
1959
Pa
1979

Brun
1974
Crixus
1960
Lyman 'Shack' Shackelford
1982

Charles Capstone
1987
Gabriel Franken
1989

John Hunter
1960
Johnny Ringo
1957

Abe Lincoln
1953
Jack Burden
1949
Ballomar
1964
Monroe Stahr
1956
Chief Haliburton
1977
Cliff
1976

Jim Regan
1951
Billy Bob Jackson
1951
Pete Bronson
1951
Andrew Evans
1951
Billy Clanton
1946
Sgt. Harry
1963
Nulty
1975
Cherry Valance
1948

Louis Canetto
1958

Jefferson
1991
Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain
1948
Phil Macy
1961
Hank Walden
1982
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
King Arthur
1992
Client in Barber Shop (uncredited)
1968
Judge
1981
Mr.James Hadley
1970
Zenas Beecham
1988
Hub Fasken
1951
Pfc. Windy Craven
1945
Priest
1985
Thug (voice) (uncredited)
1946
Gen. William Quantrill
1951
Judson Prentiss
1955
Sheriff Duke Bingham
1974
Senator Smedley
1979
John Huston
1980
Bob Ford (archive footage)
2002
Steve Marak
1965
Bitter Creek
1949
Fantail
1948
Narrator (Voice)
1947
Eric Hartman
1974
Frank Webster
1954
Director
1954
Inspector Wald
1969
Al, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"
1954
Eddie Blaine
1954
Capt. Aaron Cartwright
1988
Don Alonso Imolne
1969
Walter
1988
Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
1964
Douglas
1968
George Adams
1985
Captain O’Connor
1967
Marshal Sam Rochelle
1953
Director
1953
Co-Producer
1953
Father Mora
1977
Miles Kornylo
1979

Bob Ford
1949

Frazee
1949
Santillana
1968
Tony Santore
1977
Capt. Jed Calbern
1948
Reno
1948
Tom Horn
1967
Henry 'Early' Byrd
1949
Lt. Gifford
1974
Lucas Johnson
1979
Karty
1947
Bruno Walters
1974
Ben Hammond
1957
Marshall Wayburn
1978
Jonas Bailey
1958
Milton
1976
Lednov
1949
Self
1979
Dave Cole
1979
Ray Reed
1961
Dwight McGowan
1976
Johnny Callum
1950
George Hunter
1980
Jefferson Waring
1951
Howard Williams
1946
Tarpas
1968
Max Hammond
1960
Sgt. Dave Harmon
1965
Narrator (Archive Footage)

Abel Webster
1974
Sheriff B.L.Z. Bubb
1977
Brewer
1985
Mr. Shark
1975
Agent Pierson
1979
Clint McDonald
1954
Der Colonel
1968
Dan Shelby
1968
Owl/Gufo/le Hibou
1968
Cane Miro
1956

Jones/Jonas MacKenna
1970
(archive footage)
2015
Jacob Kagan
1972
Joe Vigil, Sr.
1980
John Howard Barrington
1951
Pel Pelham
1955
Capt. John Merrill
1955
Lance Hayward
1989
John Markham
1983
Benny Smith
1946
Captain
1978
Prison Warden
1963
Duke Martin
1947
Johnny Greco
1959
Keith Slattery
1986
Narrator
1951
Investigator John Williams
1953
Sgt. Turley
1957
Stuart
1968
Richard Salinger
1969
Pete Ferreday
1951
Lt. John Haywood
1951
Hurricane Smith
1952
Oppenheimer
1946Vince Neff
1967
Anderson
1985
Steve Conway
1950
Danny Johnson
1949
Flanaghan
1974
Benny
1977
James Cooper
1967
Dan El/Ralph
1968
Ralph Payne
1954
Griff Parker
1958
Carson
1974
Paul Lester
1948
Dr. McGregor
1991
Lt. Bates
1992
Sgt. Ken 'Fletch' Fletcher
1953
Jeff Saygure
1962
Maj. Bower
1968