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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), Vengeance Valley (1951), and Gunfight at the O.K ...
Dru married popular vocalist and actor Dick Haymes in 1941. The couple had three children. [6] Divorced from Haymes in 1949, Dru married Red River and All the King's Men co-star John Ireland less than a month later. The pair divorced in 1957. She had no children from her marriage to Ireland or two subsequent marriages. [citation needed]
Rossen originally offered the starring role to John Wayne, who found the proposed film script unpatriotic and indignantly refused the part. Broderick Crawford, who eventually took the role, won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Actor, beating out Wayne, who had been nominated for his role in Sands of Iwo Jima.
Born in Bellingham, Washington, [2] Noonan was the younger half-brother of actor John Ireland. [2] His father, Michael Joseph Noone, was an Irish vaudeville comedian and a native of Dunmore, County Galway, and his mother, Gracie Ferguson, was a Scottish piano teacher from Glasgow, Lanarkshire. [2] He attended New York University. [3]
Gunslinger is a 1956 American Western film directed by Roger Corman and starring John Ireland, Beverly Garland and Allison Hayes. The screenplay was written by Mark Hanna and Charles B. Griffith . The film began production in February 1956, as director Corman wanted to shoot one final film in six days before a change in union contracts meant ...
John Ireland (1914–1992) was a Canadian-American actor and film director. John Ireland may also refer to: John de Courcy Ireland (1911–2006), Irish historian and activist; John Ireland (bishop) (1838–1918), Irish-born American Catholic bishop; John Ireland (composer) (1879–1962), English composer
Gossip magazine (1960) with a story about Weld and John Ireland. Weld's mother was scandalized by her teen daughter's love affairs with older men, such as actor John Ireland, but Weld resisted, saying, " 'If you don't leave me alone, I'll quit being an actress—which means there ain't gonna be no more money for you, Mama'. Finally, when I was ...
John Saxon (born Carmine Orrico; August 5, 1936 – July 25, 2020) was an American actor who worked on more than 200 film and television projects during a span of 60 years. He was known for his work in Westerns and horror films , often playing police officers and detectives.