John Ireland Western Movies to Watch Free.
John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian actor and film director. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada he lived in New York City from the age of 18. He started out in minor stage roles on Broadway. A tall, lean former professional swimmer who once performed in a water carnival, he appeared on Broadway and toured in Shakespeare in the late 1930s and early 1940s before entering film in the mid-1940s.
He made his screen-debut as Private Windy, the thoughtful letter-writing GI, in the 1945 war film A Walk in the Sun. This was followed by Wake Up and Dream in 1946. A supporting actor in several notable Westerns including John Ford’s My Darling Clementine (1946) and Howard Hawks’ 1948 film Red River (the scene between Ireland and Montgomery Clift, where they compare guns and take each other’s measure by “walking” a can across the ground with their revolver shots, is a film classic).
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Having a lead in small noirs like Railroaded! (1947), Ireland was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his forceful performance as Jack Burden, the hard-boiled newspaper reporter who evolves from devotee to cynical denouncer of demagogue Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) in All the King’s Men (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Academy Award nomination.
During McCarthyism in the early 50s, he successfully sued two television producers for breach of contract and slander, claiming that they reneged on roles promised to him due to his perceived political undesirability. He received an undisclosed but “substantial” cash settlement.
A prolific performer in films and early television, Ireland had made the transition to supporting roles by the mid-1950s, playing cynical villains in films like Vengeance Valley (1951), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). He had a large supporting part in 55 Days at Peking (1963) under Charlton Heston. He also starred as an innocent man-on-the-run in the 1955 original The Fast and the Furious and had a key role as the gladiator Crixus in the Stanley Kubrick 1960 spectacle Spartacus, co-starring with Kirk Douglas.
In 1959, Ireland appeared as Chris Slade, with Karl Swenson as Ansel Torgin, in the episode “The Fight Back” of the NBC western series, Riverboat. In the storyline, Tom Fowler (Tom Laughlin), the boss of the corrupt river town of Hampton near Vicksburg, Mississippi, blocks farmers from shipping their crops to market. In a dispute over a wedding held on the Enterprise, a lynch-mob led by Fowler comes after series lead-character Grey Holden (Darren McGavin). Karl Swenson also was cast in this episode.
In 1960, Ireland starred as Winch in the CBS western series, Rawhide episode “Incident of the Garden of Eden”. In 1962, he portrayed the character Frank Trask in the episode “Incident of the Portrait” on CBS’s Rawhide.
From 1960–1962 he starred in the British television series The Cheaters, playing John Hunter, a claims investigator for an insurance company who tracked down cases of fraud. By the mid-1960s, he was seen as the star of B-movies such as I Saw What You Did, In 1965, he played role of Jed Colby, a trail scout in Rawhide on American television. This was the last season for Rawhide.
In 1967, he appeared on NBC’s Bonanza with Michael Landon in the episode “Judgement at Red Creek”. A few years later he again appeared with Landon on Little House on the Prairie as a drunk who saves Carrie Ingalls, who had fallen down an abandoned mine shaft.
Ireland regularly returned to the stage throughout his career and co-directed two features in the 1950s: the acclaimed Western drama Hannah Lee (1953) and the carjacking B-movie The Fast and the Furious (1955).
Acting credits
1992 Hammer Down
Lt. Bates
1992 Waxwork II: Lost in Time
King Arthur
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)
1989 Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Jefferson
1988 War of the Worlds (TV Series)
Harv
– Eye for an Eye (1988) … Harv
1988 Messenger of Death
Zenas Beecham
1988 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (TV Movie)
Walter
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 Terror Night
Lance Hayward
1987 Airwolf (TV Series)
Hardesty
– Rogue Warrior (1987) … Hardesty
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 The Treasure of the Amazon
Priest
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 Deadly Nightmares (TV Series)
Jack Guttman
– A Time for Rifles (1985) … Jack Guttman
1985 Martin’s Day
Brewer
1985 Airwolf (TV Series)
Carl Barron
– Santini’s Millions (1985) … Carl Barron
1985 Miami Golem
Anderson
1984 The New Mike Hammer (TV Series)
Vincent Randolph
– A Death in the Family (1984) … Vincent Randolph
1984 Santa Barbara (TV Series)
John Ireland
– Episode #1.77 (1984) … John Ireland
1984 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series)
Bucky Miller
– The Homecoming: Part 1 (1984) … Bucky Miller
1983 A Matter of Cunning (TV Movie)
John Markham
1983 Trauma Center (TV Series)
– Trail’s End (1983)
1982 Cassie & Co. (TV Series)
Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– A Ring Ain’t Always a Circle (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– Lover Come Back (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– One Less Vote (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– Fade Out (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– There Went the Bride (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– Friend in Need (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– Man Overboard (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– Anything for a Friend (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– One Thief Too Many (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– Dark Side of the Moon (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– Gorky’s Army (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– Replay (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
– The Golden Silence (1982) … Lyman ‘Shack’ Shackelford
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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)
Jerry Driskill / Sheriff Ned Evers / Attorney John Packard
– 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 Marilyn: The Untold Story (TV Movie)
John Huston
1980 Tourist (TV Movie)
Joe Virgil Sr.
1980 Hagen (TV Series)
James Lee King
– King of the Hill … James Lee King
1980 Matt and Jenny (TV Series)
Pete Sherwood
– Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again: Part 1 (1980) … Pete Sherwood
– Sport of Kings (1980) … Pete Sherwood
1980 The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (TV Movie)
George Hunter
1979 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)
Phil Coleman
– A Shallow Grave (1979) … Phil Coleman
1979 On the Air Live with Captain Midnight
Agent Pierson
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 Sex Diary
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 moon and a murmur
1977 The Perfect Killer
Benny
1977 The Ransom
Chief Haliburton
1977 Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
Tony Santore
1977 Mission to Glory: A True Story
Father Mora
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 Salon Kitty
Cliff
1976 The Swiss Conspiracy
Dwight McGowan
1975 Noi non siamo angeli
Mr. Shark
1975 Farewell, My Lovely
Det. Lt. Nulty
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 Phantom of Hollywood (TV Movie)
Lt. Gifford
1974 The House of Seven Corpses
Eric Hartman
1972 Northeast of Seoul
Flanaghan
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)
1970 The Virginian (TV Series)
Kinroy
– Jenny (1970) … Kinroy
1970 The Adventurers
Mr.James Hadley
1970 La sfida dei MacKenna
Jones
1969 I diavoli della guerra
Capt. Jennings
1969 The Name of the Game (TV Series)
Mel Wexler
– The Power (1969) … Mel Wexler
1969 Zenabel
Don Alonso Imolne
1969 One on Top of the Other
Inspector Wald
1969 Carnal Circuit
Richard Salinger
1968 Bloody Che Contra
Stuart
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 Pistol for a Hundred Coffins
Douglas
1968 Trusting Is Good… Shooting Is Better
The Colonel
1968 Villa Rides
Barbershop Client (uncredited)
1968 All Out
Owl
1968 Arizona Bushwhackers
Dan Shelby
1967 Caxambu!
Vince Neff
1966-1967 Gunsmoke (TV Series)
Parker / Jed Coombs
– Vengeance: Part 2 (1967) … Parker
– Vengeance: Part 1 (1967) … Parker
– Stage Stop (1966) … Jed Coombs
1967 Fort Utah
Tom Horn
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 Dirty Heroes
Capt. O’Connor
1966 Huyendo del halcón
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)
Ted Evers / Renger
– 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
1965 Day of the Nightmare
Detective Sgt. Dave Harmon
1960-1965 Rawhide (TV Series)
Jed Colby / Dr. Joseph Merritt / Frank Trask / …
– The Testing Post (1965) … Jed Colby
– Brush War at Buford (1965) … Jed Colby
– Duel at Daybreak (1965) … Jed Colby
– The Pursuit (1965) … Jed Colby
– The Vasquez Woman (1965) … Jed Colby
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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
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
– The Hands of Adrian (1962) … John Hunter
– Green for Danger (1962) … John Hunter
– The Case of George Peterson (1962) … John Hunter
– Legs, £50,000 Each (1962) … John Hunter
– The Dashing Major (1962) … John Hunter
– Time to Kill (1962) … John Hunter
– The Hair of the Dog (1962) … John Hunter
– A Hood from Canada (1962) … John Hunter
– The Bite (1962) … John Hunter
– Affairs of the Heart (1962) … John Hunter
– Single or Double Indemnity (1962) … John Hunter
– A Flash in the Sky (1962) … John Hunter
– The Safe Way (1962) … John Hunter
– Murder Fugue (1962) … John Hunter
– Killian’s Cut (1962) … John Hunter
– A Tale of Two Ships (1962) … John Hunter
– The Mighty Warrior (1962) … John Hunter
– The Slope of Death (1962) … John Hunter
– A Case of Larceny (1962) … John Hunter
– Washday S.O.S. (1962) … John Hunter
– Lamb to the Slaughter (1961) … John Hunter
– An Obituary for a Champion (1961) … John Hunter
– Fire! (1961) … John Hunter
– A Question of Murder (1961) … John Hunter
– The Schemers (1961) … John Hunter
– Libel (1961) … John Hunter
– The Man Who Wouldn’t Be Paid (1961) … John Hunter
– For the Price of Two (1961) … John Hunter
– The Legacy (1961) … John Hunter
– The Authentic McCoy (1961) … John Hunter
– The Man with the Ticking Head (1961) … John Hunter
– The Weasel (1960) … John Hunter
– Intent to Defraud (1960) … John Hunter
– The Fine Print (1960) … John Hunter
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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 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)
1958 Mann of Action (TV Movie)
Rocky Mann
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
Ben Hammond / Sgt. Turley
– A Sound of Different Drummers (1957) … Ben Hammond
– Without Incident (1957) … Sgt. Turley
1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Johnny Ringo
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)
Wade Harlan
– This Land Is Mine (1956) … Wade Harlan
– The Lonely Man (1956)
– Waterhole (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)
– Ride to the West (1955)
– Murder in Paradise (1955)
– Reunion at Steepler’s Hill (1954) … Billy Bob Jackson
– Prisoner in the Town (1954) … Jim Regan
– The Last Kiss (1953)
– The Man That I Marry (1952)
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1956 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Abe Lincoln
– Prologue to Glory (1956) … Abe Lincoln
1955 Hell’s Horizon
Capt. John Merrill
1955 Queen Bee
Jud Prentiss
1955 Damon Runyon Theater (TV Series)
Chopper Keeley
– There’s No Forever (1955) … Chopper Keeley
1955 The Fast and the Furious
Frank Webster
1955 The Glass Tomb
Pel Pelham
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV Series)
Maj. Marshall
– The Bridge (1955) … Maj. Marshall
1954 The Whistler (TV Series)
– The Big Jump (1954)
1954 The Steel Cage
Al, a Ringleader (segment “The Hostages”)
1951-1954 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series)
– Time Bomb (1954)
– Confession (1951)
1954 Security Risk
Ralph Payne
1954 Southwest Passage
Clint McDonald
1954 The Good Die Young
Eddie Blaine
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 All the King’s Men
Jack Burden
1949 Mr. Soft Touch
Henry ‘Early’ Byrd
1949 Anna Lucasta
Danny Johnson
1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma
Bitter Creek
1949 Roughshod
Lednov
1949 The Undercover Man
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1949 The Walking Hills
Frazee
1949 I Shot Jesse James
Bob Ford
1948 Joan of Arc
Capt. Jean de la Boussac (St. Severe)
1948 Red River
Cherry Valance
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 My Darling Clementine
Billy Clanton
1946 It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog
Benny Smith
1946 Somewhere in the Night (voice, uncredited)
1946 Behind Green Lights
Det. Oppenheimer
1945 A Walk in the Sun
Pfc. Windy Craven