Portrait of Van Heflin

Van Heflin

Acting

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).

Born: December 13, 1910

Place of Birth: Walters, Oklahoma, USA

Filmography

2019
1997
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

1974
That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

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
Once a Thief

as Inspector Mike Vido

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
1959
They Came to Cordura

as Sgt. John Chawk

1958
Tempest

as Emelyan Pugachov

1958
Gunman's Walk

as Lee Hackett

1957
3:10 to Yuma

as Dan Evans

1956
Playhouse 90

as Bill Kilcoyne

1956
Playhouse 90

as Captain

1956
Patterns

as Fred Staples

1955
1955
Battle Cry

as Major Sam Huxley

1954
Black Widow

as Peter Denver

1954
Woman's World

as Jerry Talbot

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
The Oscars

as Self

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
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Dr. Martin Arrowsmith

1949
1949
Madame Bovary

as Charles Bovary

1949
Act of Violence

as Frank R. Enley

1948
The Secret Land

as Narrator

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

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
1939
Back Door to Heaven

as John Shelley

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