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Van Heflin

Van Heflin

Born: 1910-12-13 • 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).

Filmography
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress poster
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019 • Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line poster
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 • Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire poster
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991 • Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! poster
That's Entertainment!
1974 • (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli poster
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973 • Self (archive footage)
The Last Child poster
The Last Child
1971 • Senator Quincy George
Airport poster
Airport
1970 • D. O. Guerrero
The Big Bounce poster
The Big Bounce
1969 • Sam Mirakian
Certain Honorable Men poster
Certain Honorable Men
1968 • Champ Donohue
No Image
A Case of Libel
1968 • Robert Sloane
The Ruthless Four poster
The Ruthless Four
1968 • Sam Cooper
The Man Outside poster
The Man Outside
1967 • Bill MacLean
Stagecoach poster
Stagecoach
1966 • Marshal Curly Wilcox
The Thin Blue Line poster
The Thin Blue Line
1966 • Self - Narrator (voice)
Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon poster
Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon
1965
No Image
The Teen-Age Revolution
1965 • Narrator/Host
Once a Thief poster
Once a Thief
1965 • Inspector Mike Vido
The Greatest Story Ever Told poster
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 • Bar Amand
The Bold Men poster
The Bold Men
1965 • Narrator
Cry of Battle poster
Cry of Battle
1963 • Joe Trent
Ricochet poster
Ricochet
1961 • Sergeant Paul Maxon
The Wastrel poster
The Wastrel
1961 • Duncan Bell
Under Ten Flags poster
Under Ten Flags
1960 • Captain Bernhard Rogge
Five Branded Women poster
Five Branded Women
1960 • Velko
They Came to Cordura poster
They Came to Cordura
1959 • Sgt. John Chawk
Tempest poster
Tempest
1958 • Emelyan Pugachov
Gunman's Walk poster
Gunman's Walk
1958 • Lee Hackett
The Dark Side of the Earth poster
The Dark Side of the Earth
1957 • Col. Sten
3:10 to Yuma poster
3:10 to Yuma
1957 • Dan Evans
Patterns poster
Patterns
1956 • Fred Staples
Count Three and Pray poster
Count Three and Pray
1955 • Luke Fargo
Battle Cry poster
Battle Cry
1955 • Major Sam Huxley
Black Widow poster
Black Widow
1954 • Peter Denver
Woman's World poster
Woman's World
1954 • Jerry Talbot
A Star Is Born World Premiere poster
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 • Self
The Raid poster
The Raid
1954 • Maj. Neal Benton
Tanganyika poster
Tanganyika
1954 • John Gale
Wings of the Hawk poster
Wings of the Hawk
1953 • Irish Gallager
Shane poster
Shane
1953 • Joe Starrett
South of Algiers poster
South of Algiers
1953 • Nicholas Chapman
My Son John poster
My Son John
1952 • Stedman
Week-End with Father poster
Week-End with Father
1951 • Brad Stubbs
The Prowler poster
The Prowler
1951 • Webb Garwood
Tomahawk poster
Tomahawk
1951 • Bridger
No Image
University U.S.A.
1950 • Narrator
East Side, West Side poster
East Side, West Side
1949 • Mark Dwyer
Madame Bovary poster
Madame Bovary
1949 • Charles Bovary
Act of Violence poster
Act of Violence
1949 • Frank R. Enley
The Secret Land poster
The Secret Land
1948 • Narrator
The Three Musketeers poster
The Three Musketeers
1948 • Athos
Tap Roots poster
Tap Roots
1948 • Keith Alexander
B.F.'s Daughter poster
B.F.'s Daughter
1948 • Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett
Possessed poster
Possessed
1947 • David Sutton
Green Dolphin Street poster
Green Dolphin Street
1947 • Timothy Haslam
Till the Clouds Roll By poster
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 • James I. Hessler
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers poster
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946 • Sam Masterson
Land and Live in the Desert poster
Land and Live in the Desert
1945 • Narrator (voice)
Land and Live in the Jungle poster
Land and Live in the Jungle
1944 • 1st Lieutenant Lynn Harrison
Presenting Lily Mars poster
Presenting Lily Mars
1943 • John Thornway
Tennessee Johnson poster
Tennessee Johnson
1942 • Andrew Johnson
Seven Sweethearts poster
Seven Sweethearts
1942 • Henry Taggart
Grand Central Murder poster
Grand Central Murder
1942 • 'Rocky' Custer
Kid Glove Killer poster
Kid Glove Killer
1942 • Gordon McKay
Johnny Eager poster
Johnny Eager
1941 • Jeff Hartnett
H.M. Pulham, Esq. poster
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941 • Bill King
The Feminine Touch poster
The Feminine Touch
1941 • Elliott Morgan
Santa Fe Trail poster
Santa Fe Trail
1940 • Rader
Back Door to Heaven poster
Back Door to Heaven
1939 • John Shelley
Saturday's Heroes poster
Saturday's Heroes
1937 • Val
Annapolis Salute poster
Annapolis Salute
1937 • Clay V. Parker
Flight from Glory poster
Flight from Glory
1937 • George Wilson
The Outcasts of Poker Flat poster
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937 • Rev. Samuel Woods
A Woman Rebels poster
A Woman Rebels
1936 • Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne