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A prolific performer in films and early TV, Ireland had made the transition to supporting roles by the mid-50s, playing cynical villains in films like Vengeance Valley ( 1951 ), Gunfight at the O. K.

Corral ( 1957 ) and 55 Days at Peking ( 1962 ).

He also starred as an innocent man on the run in the 1955 original Fast And The Furious and had a key role as the gladiator Crixus in the Stanley Kubrick 1960 spectacle Spartacus, co-starring with Kirk Douglas.

In 1960 he starred as Winch in the Rawhide episode " Incident of the Garden of Eden ".

From 1960 – 1962 he starred in the British television series The Cheaters, playing John Hunter, a claims investigator for an insurance company who tracked down cases of fraud.

By the mid-60s, he was turning up as the star of B-movies such as I Saw What You Did.

In 1965 he replaced Eric Fleming as the trail boss and older man character in Rawhide on American T. V.

This was the last season for Rawhide.