John Ireland was a Canadian-American actor, nominated for an Oscar for All the King's Men (1949). Ireland was in My Darling Clementine, Red River, Vengeance Valley, and Gunfight at the OK Corral, 55 Days at Peking, The Adventurers, Farewell My Lovely, and Spartacus. TV included The Cheaters, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Quincy ME, and Cassie & Co. He directed 1954's The Fast and the Furious, and 1953's Hannah Lee: An American Primitive. He attracted controversy by dating 16-year-old actress Tuesday Weld when he was 45. Later, he owned a restaurant, Ireland's, in Santa Barbara, where he concocted "Ireland Stew" and greeted patrons. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.