John Ireland

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John Ireland
Ireland in 1960
Born	John Benjamin Ireland (1914-01-30)January 30, 1914 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died	March 21, 1992(1992-03-21) (aged 78) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Resting place	Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor film director
Years active	1932–1992
Spouses	Elaine Sheldon Rosen ​ ​ (m. 1940; div. 1948)​ Joanne Dru ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1957)​ Daphne Myrick Cameron ​ ​ (m. 1962; died 1992)​
Children	4
Relatives	Tommy Noonan (half-brother)

John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian-American actor and film director.^[1] 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.^[2]

Ireland's other film roles include A Walk in the Sun (1945), Joan Of Arc (1948), Spartacus (1960), 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), The Adventurers (1970), and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). He also appeared in many television series, notably The Cheaters (1960–62). In the late 1960s and 1970s, he worked in Italian cinema, including the Spaghetti Westerns Run, Man, Run (1968), the giallo One on Top of the Other (1969), and the controversial war drama Salon Kitty (1976).

In 1960, Ireland was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the television industry.