JOHN IRELAND

ACTING

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), Vengeance Valley (1951), and Gunfight at the O.K.