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Van Heflin

Van Heflin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

13/12/1910

Day of Death

23/07/1971
(61) years old

Place of Birth

Walters, Oklahoma, USA

Van Heflin

Biography

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

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

The Last Child

Airport

The Big Bounce

Certain Honorable Men

Certain Honorable Men

The Ruthless Four

The Ruthless Four

Filmography

Cast

2019

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progres...

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)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Mi...

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)

1965

Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afterno...

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

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

South of Algiers

as Nicholas Chapman

1952

My Son John

as Stedman

1951

Week-End with Father

as Brad Stubbs

1951

The Prowler

as Webb Garwood

1951

Tomahawk

as Bridger

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

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