Birthday
1910/12/13
Day of death
1971/07/23 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Walters, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.
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).
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Rader
(1953) Shane
as Joe Starrett
(1965) The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Bar Amand
(1970) Airport
as D. O. Guerrero
(1947) Possessed
as David Sutton
(1948) Tap Roots
as Keith Alexander
(1951) The Prowler
as Webb Garwood
(1946) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Sam Masterson
(1949) Act of Violence
as Frank R. Enley
(1941) Johnny Eager
as Jeff Hartnett
(1957) 3:10 to Yuma
as Dan Evans
(1965) Once a Thief
as Inspector Mike Vido
(1948) The Three Musketeers
as Athos
(1958) Gunman's Walk
as Lee Hackett
(1943) Presenting Lily Mars
as John Thornway
(1954) Black Widow
as Peter Denver
(1939) Back Door to Heaven
as John Shelley
(1949) Madame Bovary
as Charles Bovary
(1951) Tomahawk
as Bridger
(1966) Stagecoach
as Marshal Curly Wilcox
(1942) Grand Central Murder
as 'Rocky' Custer
(1942) Kid Glove Killer
as Gordon McKay
(1959) They Came to Cordura
as Sgt. John Chawk
(1946) Till the Clouds Roll By
as James I. Hessler
(1968) Certain Honorable Men
as Champ Donohue
(1942) Tennessee Johnson
as Andrew Johnson
(1955) Count Three and Pray
as Luke Fargo
(1955) Battle Cry
as Major Sam Huxley
(1952) My Son John
as Stedman
(1954) The Raid
as Maj. Neal Benton
(1948) B.F.'s Daughter
as Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett
(1965) Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon
as ---
(1968) The Ruthless Four
as Sam Cooper
(1956) Patterns
as Fred Staples
(1941) H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Bill King
(1941) The Feminine Touch
as Elliott Morgan
(1942) Seven Sweethearts
as Henry Taggart
(1949) East Side, West Side
as Mark Dwyer
(1947) Green Dolphin Street
as Timothy Haslam
(1953) South of Algiers
as Nicholas Chapman
(1969) The Big Bounce
as Sam Mirakian
(1960) Five Branded Women
as Velko
(1948) The Secret Land
as Narrator
(1954) Woman's World
as Jerry Talbot
(1960) Under Ten Flags
as Captain Bernhard Rogge
(1963) Cry of Battle
as Joe Trent
(1937) Flight from Glory
as George Wilson
(1937) The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Rev. Samuel Woods
(1951) Week-End with Father
as Brad Stubbs
(1937) Annapolis Salute
as Clay V. Parker
(1937) Saturday's Heroes
as Val
(1958) Tempest
as Emelyan Pugachov
(1971) The Last Child
as Senator Quincy George
(1954) Tanganyika
as John Gale
(1967) The Man Outside
as Bill MacLean
(1961) The Wastrel
as Duncan Bell
(1936) A Woman Rebels
as Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne
(1973) The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) Ricochet
as Sergeant Paul Maxon
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1953) Wings of the Hawk
as Irish Gallager
(1997) Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
(1965) The Teen-Age Revolution
as Narrator/Host
(1965) The Bold Men
as Narrator
(1950) University U.S.A.
as Narrator
(1957) The Dark Side of the Earth
as Col. Sten
(1991) Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
(1954) A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
(1966) The Thin Blue Line
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1944) Land and Live in the Jungle
as 1st Lieutenant Lynn Harrison
(2019) Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1945) Land and Live in the Desert
as Narrator (voice)
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Joseph
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Martin Arrowsmith
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
(1966) Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
as ---