Van Heflin

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

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

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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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This Is Your Life

Self

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The Oscars

Self

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Playhouse 90

Bill Kilcoyne

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

Joseph

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Shane

Joe Starrett

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

Bar Amand

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3:10 to Yuma

Dan Evans

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Airport

D. O. Guerrero

Credits

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress 2019

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line 1997

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire 1991

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.7
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1985

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 5.6
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

★ 6.4
The Big Bounce 1969

Sam Mirakian

★ 5.2
Certain Honorable Men 1968

Champ Donohue

★ NR
The Ruthless Four 1968

Sam Cooper

★ 6.1
The Man Outside 1967

Bill MacLean

★ 6
Stagecoach 1966

Marshal Curly Wilcox

★ 6.1
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

★ 6.5
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

★ 4.9
Under Ten Flags 1960

Captain Bernhard Rogge

★ 5.4
Five Branded Women 1960

Velko

★ 6
They Came to Cordura 1959

Sgt. John Chawk

★ 6.6
Tempest 1958

Emelyan Pugachov

★ 6
Gunman's Walk 1958

Lee Hackett

★ 6.7
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

★ 4.8
Battle Cry 1955

Major Sam Huxley

★ 5.7
Black Widow 1954

Peter Denver

★ 6.4
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

★ 6.5
My Son John 1952

Stedman

★ 5.2
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

★ 6.6
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

★ 7
Madame Bovary 1949

Charles Bovary

★ 6.8
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

★ 6.4
B.F.'s Daughter 1948

Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett

★ 6.3
Possessed 1947

David Sutton

★ 6.8
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

★ 5.9
Kid Glove Killer 1942

Gordon McKay

★ 6.2
Johnny Eager 1941

Jeff Hartnett

★ 6.1
H.M. Pulham, Esq. 1941

Bill King

★ 6.9
The Feminine Touch 1941

Elliott Morgan

★ 5.1
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

★ 5.8