Van Heflin
American actor (1908-1971) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 62
Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. was an American theatre, radio, and film 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. Heflin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Johnny Eager (1942).
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AirportFilm, D. O. Guerrero1966
StagecoachFilm, Marshal Curly Wilcox1960
Five Branded WomenFilm, Velko1958
Gunman's WalkFilm, Lee Hackett1956
Playhouse 90Series, Bill Kilcoyne
PatternsFilm, 1956Fred Staples1954
Black WidowFilm, Peter Denver1953
The OscarsSeries
ShaneFilm, 1953Joe Starrett1952
This Is Your LifeSeries1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Joseph
The ProwlerFilm, 1951Webb Garwood1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries, Dr. Martin Arrowsmith
What's My Line?Series, 19501948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
Tap RootsFilm, 1948Keith Alexander1946
The Strange Love of Martha IversFilm, Sam Masterson1943Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1942
Grand Central MurderFilm, 'Rocky' Custer1940
Santa Fe TrailFilm, Rader1936
A Woman RebelsFilm, Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne1908Born13 December 1908Known for
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That's Entertainment! 1974
3:10 to Yuma 1957
Shane 1953
Patterns 1956
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946
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Dino De Laurentiis Produced Five Branded Women and Tempest
Pandro S. Berman Produced The Three Musketeers and Madame Bovary
Connie Gilchrist Also in Johnny Eager and Grand Central Murder
Fred Zinnemann Directed Act of Violence and Kid Glove Killer
George Stevens Directed Shane (1953)
Hal B. Wallis Produced The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Johnny Eager and East Side, West Side
Bronisław Kaper Wrote Johnny Eager and Green Dolphin Street
Christy Cabanne Directed Annapolis Salute (1937)
George Sherman Directed Tomahawk and Count Three and Pray
Arthur Space Also in Tomahawk and Tennessee Johnson
Angela Lansbury Also in The Three Musketeers (1948)
Lana Turner Also in Johnny Eager and Green Dolphin Street
Vincente Minnelli Directed Madame Bovary (1949)
José Ferrer Duets: Athos
June Allyson Also in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
King Vidor Directed H. M. Pulham (1941)
Raymond Massey Also in Possessed, Santa Fe Trail and Battle Cry
Tab Hunter Also in Battle Cry and Gunman's Walk
Robert Rossen Directed They Came to Cordura (1959)
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Duets: Athos, also in Five Branded Women (1960)
Alex Nicol Also in Tomahawk and Five Branded Women
Byron Foulger Also in The Three Musketeers (1948)
Bert Roach Duets: Athos
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He also had starring roles in the westerns Shane (1953), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), and Gunman's Walk (1958). He portrayed a mentally disturbed airline passenger in the classic disaster film Airport (1970).
