Van Heflin
Acting
Born 1910-12-13
Walters, Oklahoma, USA
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
Popular credits
Shane
Joe Starrett
Airport
D. O. Guerrero
3:10 to Yuma
Dan Evans
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Bar Amand
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Sam Masterson
The Three Musketeers
Athos
Act of Violence
Frank R. Enley
The Prowler
Webb Garwood
Possessed
David Sutton
The Oscars
Self
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
Rader
Gunman's Walk
Lee Hackett
Madame Bovary
Charles Bovary
Patterns
Fred Staples
Black Widow
Peter Denver
Johnny Eager
Jeff Hartnett
Stagecoach
Marshal Curly Wilcox
They Came to Cordura
Sgt. John Chawk
The Raid
Maj. Neal Benton