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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 ...
John Ireland. Actor: All the King's Men. 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.
John Ireland. Actor: All the King's Men. 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 (1945). Ireland was...
John Ireland. Actor: Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment. Born and raised in Modesto, California, John moved to Marin County (north of San Francisco) as a teenager. He served as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives and then attended Georgetown University. After graduating from college, John moved to California's Sacramento valley to teach in special education at a residential treatment ...
Mar 21, 1992 · John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) 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 ...
Mar 23, 1992 · John Ireland, a stage, film and television actor nominated for an Oscar for his role as the reporter in "All the King's Men" in 1949, died on Saturday at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Mar 22, 1992 · Veteran actor and director John Ireland, who appeared in more than 200 movies and was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in "All the King's Men," died Saturday at age 77 at a Santa ...
John Ireland was born in Bowdon, near Manchester, England on 13th August 1879. His parents were literary people and knew many writers of the day, including Emerson. Ireland entered the newly-established Royal College of Music in London at the age of fourteen, lost both his parents shortly after, and had to make his own way as an orphaned teenager, studying piano, organ and composition. The ...
Tall, lean former professional swimmer who appeared on Broadway and toured in Shakespeare in the late 1930s and early 40s before entering film in the mid-40s. A supporting actor in several notable Westerns including "My Darling Clementine" (1946) and "Red River" (1948) and a lead in small noirs...
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