Van Heflin

Dec 13, 1910 - Jul 23, 1971 (60 years old) in Walters, Oklahoma, USA

Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr. 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

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The Prowler

Webb Garwood

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Robert Montgomery Presents

Dr. Martin Arrowsmith

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What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

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The Oscars

Self

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Madame Bovary

Charles Bovary

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This Is Your Life

Self

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Black Widow

Peter Denver

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3:10 to Yuma

Dan Evans

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The Ruthless Four

Sam Cooper

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Stagecoach

Marshal Curly Wilcox

Credits

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress 2019

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line 1997

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire 1991

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.7
That's Entertainment! 1974

(archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli 1973

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
The Last Child 1971

Senator Quincy George

★ 7
Airport 1970

D. O. Guerrero

★ 6.5
The Big Bounce 1969

Sam Mirakian

★ 4.9
Certain Honorable Men 1968

Champ Donohue

★ NR
The Ruthless Four 1968

Sam Cooper

★ 5.9
The Man Outside 1967

Bill MacLean

★ 6
Stagecoach 1966

Marshal Curly Wilcox

★ 6
The Thin Blue Line 1966

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon 1965

★ NR
The Teen-Age Revolution 1965

Narrator/Host

★ NR
Once a Thief 1965

Inspector Mike Vido

★ 6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965

Bar Amand

★ 6.4
The Bold Men 1965

Narrator

★ NR
Cry of Battle 1963

Joe Trent

★ 4.2
Ricochet 1961

Sergeant Paul Maxon

★ NR
The Wastrel 1961

Duncan Bell

★ 4.3
Under Ten Flags 1960

Captain Bernhard Rogge

★ 5.4
Five Branded Women 1960

Velko

★ 6
They Came to Cordura 1959

Sgt. John Chawk

★ 6.7
Tempest 1958

Emelyan Pugachov

★ 6
Gunman's Walk 1958

Lee Hackett

★ 6.6
The Dark Side of the Earth 1957

Col. Sten

★ NR
3:10 to Yuma 1957

Dan Evans

★ 7.2
Playhouse 90 1956

Bill Kilcoyne

★ 7.6
Patterns 1956

Fred Staples

★ 7.2
Count Three and Pray 1955

Luke Fargo

★ 4.5
Battle Cry 1955

Major Sam Huxley

★ 5.6
Black Widow 1954

Peter Denver

★ 6.3
Woman's World 1954

Jerry Talbot

★ 7.1
A Star Is Born World Premiere 1954

Self

★ 8
The Raid 1954

Maj. Neal Benton

★ 6.5
Tanganyika 1954

John Gale

★ 7.5
Wings of the Hawk 1953

Irish Gallager

★ 5.2
Shane 1953

Joe Starrett

★ 7.4
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 7
South of Algiers 1953

Nicholas Chapman

★ 6
This Is Your Life 1952

Self

★ 6.4
My Son John 1952

Stedman

★ 5.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Joseph

★ 8.6
Week-End with Father 1951

Brad Stubbs

★ 5.8
The Prowler 1951

Webb Garwood

★ 6.8
Tomahawk 1951

Bridger

★ 6.9
What's My Line? 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

★ 6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950

Dr. Martin Arrowsmith

★ 5.6
University U.S.A. 1950

Narrator

★ NR
East Side, West Side 1949

Mark Dwyer

★ 6.9
Madame Bovary 1949

Charles Bovary

★ 6.7
Act of Violence 1949

Frank R. Enley

★ 6.9
The Secret Land 1948

Narrator

★ 5.9
The Three Musketeers 1948

Athos

★ 6.7
Tap Roots 1948

Keith Alexander

★ 6.7
B.F.'s Daughter 1948

Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett

★ 6.3
Possessed 1947

David Sutton

★ 6.9
Green Dolphin Street 1947

Timothy Haslam

★ 6.1
Till the Clouds Roll By 1946

James I. Hessler

★ 5.7
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946

Sam Masterson

★ 7.1
Land and Live in the Desert 1945

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Land and Live in the Jungle 1944

1st Lieutenant Lynn Harrison

★ 8
Presenting Lily Mars 1943

John Thornway

★ 6.3
Tennessee Johnson 1942

Andrew Johnson

★ 6.1
Seven Sweethearts 1942

Henry Taggart

★ 6
Grand Central Murder 1942

'Rocky' Custer

★ 5.7
Kid Glove Killer 1942

Gordon McKay

★ 6.2
Johnny Eager 1941

Jeff Hartnett

★ 6.1
H.M. Pulham, Esq. 1941

Bill King

★ 7.1
The Feminine Touch 1941

Elliott Morgan

★ 4.6
Santa Fe Trail 1940

Rader

★ 5.7
Back Door to Heaven 1939

John Shelley

★ 3.7
Saturday's Heroes 1937

Val

★ 7
Annapolis Salute 1937

Clay V. Parker

★ 6
Flight from Glory 1937

George Wilson

★ 5.5
The Outcasts of Poker Flat 1937

Rev. Samuel Woods

★ 6
A Woman Rebels 1936

Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne

★ 5.5

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