Biography
Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr. (December 13, 1910 β 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
all 81
Movies 74
self 12
Narrator 7
TV Shows 7
Self (archive footage)

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

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

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

That's Entertainment! (1974)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
Movie
Senator Quincy George

The Last Child (1971)
Movie
D.O. Guerrero

Airport (1970)
Movie
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Sam Mirakian

The Big Bounce (1969)
Movie
Champ Donohue

Certain Honorable Men (1968)
Movie
Sam Cooper

The Ruthless Four (1968)
Movie
Bill MacLean

The Man Outside (1967)
Movie
Marshal Curly Wilcox

Stagecoach (1966)
Movie
Narrator

The Thin Blue Line (1966)
Movie
Inspector Mike Vido

Once a Thief (1965)
Movie
Narrator

The Bold Men (1965)
Movie
Joe Trent

Cry of Battle (1963)
Movie
Self - Narrator

The Great Adventure (1963)
TV
Sergeant Paul Maxon

Ricochet (1961)
Movie
Duncan Bell

The Wastrel (1961)
Movie
Il capitano Bernhard Rogge

Under Ten Flags (1960)
Movie
Sgt. John Chawk

They Came to Cordura (1959)
Movie
Emelyan Pugachov

Tempest (1958)
Movie
Lee Hackett

Gunman's Walk (1958)
Movie
Dan Evans

3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Movie
6
Fred Staples

Patterns (1956)
Movie
Luke Fargo

Count Three and Pray (1955)
Movie
Major Sam Huxley

Battle Cry (1955)
Movie
10
Peter Denver

Black Widow (1954)
Movie
Jerry Talbot

Woman's World (1954)
Movie
Maj. Neal Benton

The Raid (1954)
Movie
John Gale

Tanganyika (1954)
Movie
Irish Gallager

Wings of the Hawk (1953)
Movie
Joe Starrett

Shane (1953)
Movie
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Nicholas Chapman

South of Algiers (1953)
Movie
Stedman

My Son John (1952)
Movie
Brad Stubbs

Week-End with Father (1951)
Movie
Webb Garwood

The Prowler (1951)
Movie
Bridger

Tomahawk (1951)
Movie
Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist

What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Dr. Martin Arrowsmith

Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
TV
Narrator

University U.S.A. (1950)
Movie
Mark Dwyer

East Side, West Side (1949)
Movie
6
Charles Bovary

Madame Bovary (1949)
Movie
Frank R. Enley

Act of Violence (1949)
Movie
Narrator

The Secret Land (1948)
Movie
Keith Alexander

Tap Roots (1948)
Movie
Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett

B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
Movie
David Sutton

Possessed (1947)
Movie
Timothy Haslam

Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Movie
James I. Hessler

Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Movie
Sam Masterson

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Movie
1st Lieutenant Lynn Harrison

Land and Live in the Jungle (1944)
Movie
John Thornway

Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Movie
Andrew Johnson

Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Movie
Henry Taggart

Seven Sweethearts (1942)
Movie
'Rocky' Custer

Grand Central Murder (1942)
Movie
Gordon McKay

Kid Glove Killer (1942)
Movie
Jeff Hartnett

Johnny Eager (1941)
Movie
Bill King

H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
Movie
Elliott Morgan

The Feminine Touch (1941)
Movie
John Shelley

Back Door to Heaven (1939)
Movie
Val Webster

Saturday's Heroes (1937)
Movie
Clay V. Parker

Annapolis Salute (1937)
Movie
George Wilson

Flight from Glory (1937)
Movie
Reverend Samuel Woods

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
Movie
Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne

A Woman Rebels (1936)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1908-12-13
Deathday1971-07-23 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceWalters, United States
SiblingsFrances Heflin
RelativesJonathan Kaplan
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsEmmett Evan Heflin Jr.
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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