Van Heflin

Personal Info

Birthday

December 13, 1910

Day of Death

1971-07-23

(60 years old)

Place of Birth

Walters, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As

Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.

ون هفلین

Van Heflin

Biography

Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr. (December 13, 1910 – July 23, 1971) was an American film and theatre actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Johnny Eager (1942).

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

Playhouse 90

Shane

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Greatest Story Ever Told

3:10 to Yuma

Patterns

Woman's World

Filmography

2019
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Mahana
as Dan Evans (archive footage)
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1971
The Last Child
as Senator Quincy George
1970
Airport
as D. O. Guerrero
1969
The Big Bounce
as Sam Mirakian
1968
Certain Honorable Men
as Champ Donohue
The Ruthless Four
as Sam Cooper
1967
The Man Outside
as Bill MacLean
1966
Stagecoach
as Marshal Curly Wilcox
The Thin Blue Line
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1965
The Teen-Age Revolution
as Narrator/Host
Once a Thief
as Inspector Mike Vido
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Bar Amand
The Bold Men
as Narrator
1963
Cry of Battle
as Joe Trent
1961
Ricochet
as Sergeant Paul Maxon
The Wastrel
as Duncan Bell
1960
Under Ten Flags
as Captain Bernhard Rogge
Five Branded Women
as Velko
1959
They Came to Cordura
as Sgt. John Chawk
1958
Tempest
as Emelyan Pugachov
Gunman's Walk
as Lee Hackett
1957
The Dark Side of the Earth
as Col. Sten
3:10 to Yuma
as Dan Evans
1956
Patterns
as Fred Staples
1955
Count Three and Pray
as Luke Fargo
Battle Cry
as Major Sam Huxley
1954
Black Widow
as Peter Denver
Woman's World
as Jerry Talbot
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
The Raid
as Maj. Neal Benton
Tanganyika
as John Gale
1953
Wings of the Hawk
as Irish Gallager
Shane
as Joe Starrett
South of Algiers
as Nicholas Chapman
1952
My Son John
as Stedman
1951
Week-End with Father
as Brad Stubbs
The Prowler
as Webb Garwood
Tomahawk
as Bridger
1950
University U.S.A.
as Narrator
1949
East Side, West Side
as Mark Dwyer
Madame Bovary
as Charles Bovary
Act of Violence
as Frank R. Enley
1948
The Secret Land
as Narrator
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
Tap Roots
as Keith Alexander
B.F.'s Daughter
as Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett
1947
Possessed
as David Sutton
Green Dolphin Street
as Timothy Haslam
1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
as James I. Hessler
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Sam Masterson
1945
Land and Live in the Desert
as Narrator (voice)
1944
Land and Live in the Jungle
as 1st Lieutenant Lynn Harrison
1943
Presenting Lily Mars
as John Thornway
1942
Tennessee Johnson
as Andrew Johnson
Seven Sweethearts
as Henry Taggart
Grand Central Murder
as 'Rocky' Custer
Kid Glove Killer
as Gordon McKay
1941
Johnny Eager
as Jeff Hartnett
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Bill King
The Feminine Touch
as Elliott Morgan
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Rader
1939
Back Door to Heaven
as John Shelley
1937
Saturday's Heroes
as Val
Annapolis Salute
as Clay V. Parker
Flight from Glory
as George Wilson
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Rev. Samuel Woods
1936
A Woman Rebels
as Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne