Van Heflin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-12-13
Day of Death
1971-07-23 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Walters, Oklahoma, USA
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
Acting
(2019)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (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)
The Ruthless Four
as Sam Cooper
(1968)
Certain Honorable Men
as Champ Donohue
(1967)
The Man Outside
as Bill MacLean
(1966)
Stagecoach
as Marshal Curly Wilcox
(1966)
The Thin Blue Line
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Bar Amand
(1965)
Once a Thief
as Inspector Mike Vido
(1965)
The Bold Men
as Narrator
(1965)
The Teen-Age Revolution
as Narrator/Host
(1965)
(1963)
Cry of Battle
as Joe Trent
(1961)
Ricochet
as Sergeant Paul Maxon
(1961)
The Wastrel
as Duncan Bell
(1960)
Under Ten Flags
as Captain Bernhard Rogge
(1960)
Five Branded Women
as Velko
(1959)
They Came to Cordura
as Sgt. John Chawk
(1958)
Gunman's Walk
as Lee Hackett
(1958)
Tempest
as Emelyan Pugachov
(1957)
3:10 to Yuma
as Dan Evans
(1957)
The Dark Side of the Earth
as Col. Sten
(1956)
Patterns
as Fred Staples
(1955)
Battle Cry
as Major Sam Huxley
(1955)
Count Three and Pray
as Luke Fargo
(1954)
Black Widow
as Peter Denver
(1954)
Woman's World
as Jerry Talbot
(1954)
The Raid
as Maj. Neal Benton
(1954)
Tanganyika
as John Gale
(1954)
(1953)
Shane
as Joe Starrett
(1953)
Wings of the Hawk
as Irish Gallager
(1953)
South of Algiers
as Nicholas Chapman
(1952)
My Son John
as Stedman
(1951)
The Prowler
as Webb Garwood
(1951)
Tomahawk
as Bridger
(1951)
Week-End with Father
as Brad Stubbs
(1950)
University U.S.A.
as Narrator
(1949)
Madame Bovary
as Charles Bovary
(1949)
Act of Violence
as Frank R. Enley
(1949)
East Side, West Side
as Mark Dwyer
(1948)
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
(1948)
Tap Roots
as Keith Alexander
(1948)
B.F.'s Daughter
as Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett
(1948)
The Secret Land
as Narrator
(1947)
Possessed
as David Sutton
(1947)
Green Dolphin Street
as Timothy Haslam
(1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Sam Masterson
(1946)
Till the Clouds Roll By
as James I. Hessler
(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
(1942)
Grand Central Murder
as 'Rocky' Custer
(1942)
Seven Sweethearts
as Henry Taggart
(1942)
Kid Glove Killer
as Gordon McKay
(1941)
Johnny Eager
as Jeff Hartnett
(1941)
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Bill King
(1941)
The Feminine Touch
as Elliott Morgan
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Rader
(1939)
Back Door to Heaven
as John Shelley
(1937)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Rev. Samuel Woods
(1937)
Annapolis Salute
as Clay V. Parker
(1937)
Flight from Glory
as George Wilson
(1937)
Saturday's Heroes
as Val
(1936)
A Woman Rebels
as Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne