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Personal Info

Birth date

1910-12-13 (114 Years)

Day of death

1971-07-23

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

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).

Filmography

Acting

2019Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress as Self (archive footage)

2016Mahana as Dan Evans (archive footage)

1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage)

1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)

1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)

1971The Last Child as Senator Quincy George

1970Airport as D. O. Guerrero

1969The Big Bounce as Sam Mirakian

1968Certain Honorable Men as Champ Donohue

1968The Ruthless Four as Sam Cooper

1967The Man Outside as Bill MacLean

1966Stagecoach as Marshal Curly Wilcox

1966The Thin Blue Line as Self - Narrator (voice)

1965Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon as Unknown

1965The Teen-Age Revolution as Narrator/Host

1965Once a Thief as Inspector Mike Vido

1965The Greatest Story Ever Told as Bar Amand

1965The Bold Men as Narrator

1963Cry of Battle as Joe Trent

1961Ricochet as Sergeant Paul Maxon

1961The Wastrel as Duncan Bell

1960Under Ten Flags as Captain Bernhard Rogge

1960Five Branded Women as Velko

1959They Came to Cordura as Sgt. John Chawk

1958Tempest as Emelyan Pugachov

1958Gunman's Walk as Lee Hackett

1957The Dark Side of the Earth as Col. Sten

19573:10 to Yuma as Dan Evans

1956Playhouse 90 (1, 1 Episode) as Bill Kilcoyne, Captain

1956Patterns as Fred Staples

1955Count Three and Pray as Luke Fargo

1955Battle Cry as Major Sam Huxley

1954Black Widow as Peter Denver

1954Woman's World as Jerry Talbot

1954A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self

1954The Raid as Maj. Neal Benton

1954Tanganyika as John Gale

1953Wings of the Hawk as Irish Gallager

1953Shane as Joe Starrett

1953The Oscars (2 Episodes) as Self

1953South of Algiers as Nicholas Chapman

1952This Is Your Life (1 Episode) as Self

1952My Son John as Stedman

1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Joseph

1951Week-End with Father as Brad Stubbs

1951The Prowler as Webb Garwood

1951Tomahawk as Bridger

1950What's My Line? (2, 1 Episode) as Self - Mystery Guest, Self - Panelist

1950Robert Montgomery Presents (1 Episode) as Dr. Martin Arrowsmith

1950University U.S.A. as Narrator

1949East Side, West Side as Mark Dwyer

1949Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary

1949Act of Violence as Frank R. Enley

1948The Secret Land as Narrator

1948The Three Musketeers as Athos

1948Tap Roots as Keith Alexander

1948The Ed Sullivan Show (2 Episodes) as Self

1948B.F.'s Daughter as Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett

1947Possessed as David Sutton

1947Green Dolphin Street as Timothy Haslam

1946Till the Clouds Roll By as James I. Hessler

1946The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Sam Masterson

1945Land and Live in the Desert as Narrator (voice)

1944Land and Live in the Jungle as 1st Lieutenant Lynn Harrison

1943Presenting Lily Mars as John Thornway

1942Tennessee Johnson as Andrew Johnson

1942Seven Sweethearts as Henry Taggart

1942Grand Central Murder as 'Rocky' Custer

1942Kid Glove Killer as Gordon McKay

1941Johnny Eager as Jeff Hartnett

1941H.M. Pulham, Esq. as Bill King

1941The Feminine Touch as Elliott Morgan

1940Santa Fe Trail as Rader

1939Back Door to Heaven as John Shelley

1937Saturday's Heroes as Val

1937Annapolis Salute as Clay V. Parker

1937Flight from Glory as George Wilson

1937The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Rev. Samuel Woods

1936A Woman Rebels as Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne