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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 13, 1910
Died
July 23, 1971
Place of Birth
Walters, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
- Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.
- ون هفلین
Van Heflin
0.7 Popularity
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
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
5.7
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
7.4
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
7.0
Senator Quincy George
The Last Child
1971
6.5
D. O. Guerrero
Airport
1970
4.9
Sam Mirakian
The Big Bounce
1969
0.0
Champ Donohue
Certain Honorable Men
1968
5.9
Sam Cooper
The Ruthless Four
1968
Credits
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
7.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
5.7
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
7.4
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
0.0
The Last Child
as Senator Quincy George
1971
7.0
Airport
as D. O. Guerrero
1970
6.5
The Big Bounce
as Sam Mirakian
1969
4.9
Certain Honorable Men
as Champ Donohue
1968
0.0
The Ruthless Four
as Sam Cooper
1968
5.9
The Man Outside
as Bill MacLean
1967
6.0
Stagecoach
as Marshal Curly Wilcox
1966
6.0
The Thin Blue Line
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1966
0.0
Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon
1965
0.0
🎬
The Teen-Age Revolution
as Narrator/Host
1965
0.0
Once a Thief
as Inspector Mike Vido
1965
6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Bar Amand
1965
6.4
The Bold Men
as Narrator
1965
0.0
Cry of Battle
as Joe Trent
1963
4.2
Ricochet
as Sergeant Paul Maxon
1961
0.0
The Wastrel
as Duncan Bell
1961
4.3
Under Ten Flags
as Captain Bernhard Rogge
1960
5.4
Five Branded Women
as Velko
1960
6.0
They Came to Cordura
as Sgt. John Chawk
1959
6.6
Tempest
as Emelyan Pugachov
1958
6.0
Gunman's Walk
as Lee Hackett
1958
6.6
The Dark Side of the Earth
as Col. Sten
1957
0.0
3:10 to Yuma
as Dan Evans
1957
7.2
Playhouse 90
as Bill Kilcoyne
1956
7.6
Playhouse 90
as Captain
1956
7.6
Patterns
as Fred Staples
1956
7.2
Count Three and Pray
as Luke Fargo
1955
4.5
Battle Cry
as Major Sam Huxley
1955
5.6
Black Widow
as Peter Denver
1954
6.3
Woman's World
as Jerry Talbot
1954
7.1
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
8.0
The Raid
as Maj. Neal Benton
1954
6.5
Tanganyika
as John Gale
1954
7.5
Wings of the Hawk
as Irish Gallager
1953
5.2
Shane
as Joe Starrett
1953
7.4
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
South of Algiers
as Nicholas Chapman
1953
6.0
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
My Son John
as Stedman
1952
5.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Joseph
1951
8.6
Week-End with Father
as Brad Stubbs
1951
5.8
The Prowler
as Webb Garwood
1951
6.8
Tomahawk
as Bridger
1951
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Martin Arrowsmith
1950
5.6
🎬
University U.S.A.
as Narrator
1950
0.0
East Side, West Side
as Mark Dwyer
1949
6.9
Madame Bovary
as Charles Bovary
1949
6.7
Act of Violence
as Frank R. Enley
1949
6.9
The Secret Land
as Narrator
1948
5.9
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
1948
6.7
Tap Roots
as Keith Alexander
1948
6.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
B.F.'s Daughter
as Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett
1948
6.3
Possessed
as David Sutton
1947
6.9
Green Dolphin Street
as Timothy Haslam
1947
6.1
Till the Clouds Roll By
as James I. Hessler
1946
5.7
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Sam Masterson
1946
7.1
Land and Live in the Desert
as Narrator (voice)
1945
0.0
Land and Live in the Jungle
as 1st Lieutenant Lynn Harrison
1944
8.0
Presenting Lily Mars
as John Thornway
1943
6.3
Tennessee Johnson
as Andrew Johnson
1942
6.1
Seven Sweethearts
as Henry Taggart
1942
6.0
Grand Central Murder
as 'Rocky' Custer
1942
5.7
Kid Glove Killer
as Gordon McKay
1942
6.2
Johnny Eager
as Jeff Hartnett
1941
6.1
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Bill King
1941
7.1
The Feminine Touch
as Elliott Morgan
1941
4.6
Santa Fe Trail
as Rader
1940
5.7
Back Door to Heaven
as John Shelley
1939
3.7
Saturday's Heroes
as Val
1937
7.0
Annapolis Salute
as Clay V. Parker
1937
6.0
Flight from Glory
as George Wilson
1937
5.5
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Rev. Samuel Woods
1937
6.0
A Woman Rebels
as Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne
1936
5.5