Van Heflin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-12-13 (61 years old)

Deathday

1971-07-23

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).

Acting

1940

1953

Shane

as Joe Starrett

1970

Airport

as D. O. Guerrero

1947

Possessed

as David Sutton

1948

Tap Roots

as Keith Alexander

1951

The Prowler

as Webb Garwood

1949

Act of Violence

as Frank R. Enley

1941

Johnny Eager

as Jeff Hartnett

1965

Once a Thief

as Inspector Mike Vido

1957

3:10 to Yuma

as Dan Evans

1958

Gunman's Walk

as Lee Hackett

1943

Presenting Lily Mars

as John Thornway

1954

Black Widow

as Peter Denver

1939

Back Door to Heaven

as John Shelley

1949

Madame Bovary

as Charles Bovary

1951

Tomahawk

as Bridger

1966

Stagecoach

as Marshal Curly Wilcox

1942

Grand Central Murder

as 'Rocky' Custer

1942

Kid Glove Killer

as Gordon McKay

1959

They Came to Cordura

as Sgt. John Chawk

1946

Till the Clouds Roll By

as James I. Hessler

1968

Certain Honorable Men

as Champ Donohue

1942

Tennessee Johnson

as Andrew Johnson

1955

1955

Battle Cry

as Major Sam Huxley

1952

My Son John

as Stedman

1954

The Raid

as Maj. Neal Benton

1948

B.F.'s Daughter

as Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett

1968

The Ruthless Four

as Sam Cooper

1956

Patterns

as Fred Staples

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Bill King

1941

The Feminine Touch

as Elliott Morgan

1942

Seven Sweethearts

as Henry Taggart

1949

1947

Green Dolphin Street

as Timothy Haslam

1953

South of Algiers

as Nicholas Chapman

1969

The Big Bounce

as Sam Mirakian

1960

1948

The Secret Land

as Narrator

1954

Woman's World

as Jerry Talbot

1960

Under Ten Flags

as Captain Bernhard Rogge

1963

Cry of Battle

as Joe Trent

1937

Flight from Glory

as George Wilson

1937

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

as Rev. Samuel Woods

1951

Week-End with Father

as Brad Stubbs

1937

Annapolis Salute

as Clay V. Parker

1958

Tempest

as Emelyan Pugachov

1971

The Last Child

as Senator Quincy George

1954

Tanganyika

as John Gale

1967

The Man Outside

as Bill MacLean

1961

The Wastrel

as Duncan Bell

1936

A Woman Rebels

as Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne

1961

Ricochet

as Sergeant Paul Maxon

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1953

Wings of the Hawk

as Irish Gallager

1997

1965

The Teen-Age Revolution

as Narrator/Host

1965

The Bold Men

as Narrator

1950

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

1966

The Thin Blue Line

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1944

Land and Live in the Jungle

as 1st Lieutenant Lynn Harrison

2019

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1945

Land and Live in the Desert

as Narrator (voice)

2016

Mahana

as Dan Evans (archive footage)

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