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Ireland signed with 20th Century Fox and made his screen-debut as Private Windy, the thoughtful letter-writing GI, in the 1945 war film A Walk in the Sun, directed by Lewis Milestone. This was followed by Wake Up and Dream (1946); Behind Green Lights (1946) with Carole Landis ; and It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946), again with Landis.
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 then often featured (mostly as a heavy) in several films.
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John Ireland (1916-) biography on Film Reference. Full name, John Benjamin Ireland; born January 30, 1916, in Victoria, BC, Canada; son of John Benjamin (a rancher) and Katherine (an educator; maiden name, Ferguson) Ireland; married Elaine Sheldon Gudman, 1940 (divorced, 1949); married Joanne Dru (an actress), 1949 (divorced, 1958); married Daphne CameronMyrick, 1962; children: two sons (first ...
Mar 22, 1992 · He made his directing debut in 1953 with the movie “Hannah Lee.” In 1954, he filed a slander suit against a television production company, accusing company officials of falsely identifying him as...
Ridley Scott, widely considered to be one of the greatest directors of all time, didn’t make his feature film debut until age 40. Claire Denis made her feature debut, the now classic Chocolat, when she was 42. Michael Haneke, another indie filmmaking powerhouse, made his first feature film at 47.
A tall, lean former Irish professional swimmer who once performed in a water carnival, he appeared on Broadway and toured in Shakespeare in the late 1930s and early 40s before entering film in the mid-40s. He made his screen debut as Pvt. Windy, the thoughtful letter-writing GI, in the 1945 war film A Walk in the Sun.
Married 1962. 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...
