Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-12-13

Deathday

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

7.4%

Shane

Apr 23, 1953

6.4%

Airport

Mar 25, 1970

7.2%

3:10 to Yuma

Aug 7, 1957

6.4%

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Apr 9, 1965

7.1%

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Aug 19, 1946

6.7%

The Three Musketeers

Oct 20, 1948

6.9%

Act of Violence

Jan 22, 1949

6.8%

The Prowler

May 25, 1951

6.8%

Possessed

May 29, 1947

6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

7.3%

That's Entertainment!

Jun 21, 1974

6.7%

Gunman's Walk

Jul 1, 1958

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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		Certain Honorable Men as Champ Donohue
1968		The Ruthless Four as Sam Cooper

1967

The Man Outside as Bill MacLean

1966		Stagecoach as Marshal Curly Wilcox
1966		The Thin Blue Line as Self - Narrator (voice)
1966		Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

1965		Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon
1965		The Teen-Age Revolution as Narrator/Host
1965		Once a Thief as Inspector Mike Vido
1965		The Greatest Story Ever Told as Bar Amand
1965		The Bold Men as Narrator

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		Tempest as Emelyan Pugachov
1958		Gunman's Walk as Lee Hackett

1957		The Dark Side of the Earth as Col. Sten
1957		3:10 to Yuma as Dan Evans

1956		Playhouse 90 as Bill Kilcoyne
1956		Playhouse 90 as Captain
1956		Patterns as Fred Staples

1955		Count Three and Pray as Luke Fargo
1955		Battle Cry as Major Sam Huxley

1954		Black Widow as Peter Denver
1954		Woman's World as Jerry Talbot
1954		A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
1954		The Raid as Maj. Neal Benton
1954		Tanganyika as John Gale

1953		Wings of the Hawk as Irish Gallager
1953		Shane as Joe Starrett
1953		The Oscars as Self
1953		South of Algiers as Nicholas Chapman

1952		This Is Your Life as Self
1952		My Son John as Stedman

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Joseph
1951		Week-End with Father as Brad Stubbs
1951		The Prowler as Webb Garwood
1951		Tomahawk as Bridger

1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents as Dr. Martin Arrowsmith
1950		University U.S.A. as Narrator

1949		East Side, West Side as Mark Dwyer
1949		Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary
1949		Act of Violence as Frank R. Enley

1948		The Secret Land as Narrator
1948		The Three Musketeers as Athos
1948		Tap Roots as Keith Alexander
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948		B.F.'s Daughter as Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett

1947		Possessed as David Sutton
1947		Green Dolphin Street as Timothy Haslam

1946		Till the Clouds Roll By as James I. Hessler
1946		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
1942		Seven Sweethearts as Henry Taggart
1942		Grand Central Murder as 'Rocky' Custer
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		Saturday's Heroes as Val
1937		Annapolis Salute as Clay V. Parker
1937		Flight from Glory as George Wilson
1937		The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Rev. Samuel Woods

1936

A Woman Rebels as Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne