Van Heflin
Department: 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).
Known For
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Shane
1953
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Airport
1970
Possessed
1947
Tap Roots
1948
The Prowler
1951
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
Act of Violence
1949
Johnny Eager
1941
3:10 to Yuma
1957
Once a Thief
1965
The Three Musketeers
1948
Gunman's Walk
1958
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
Black Widow
1954
Back Door to Heaven
1939
Madame Bovary
1949
Tomahawk
1951
Stagecoach
1966
Grand Central Murder
1942
Kid Glove Killer
1942
They Came to Cordura
1959
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Certain Honorable Men
1968
Tennessee Johnson
1942
Count Three and Pray
1955
Battle Cry
1955
My Son John
1952
The Raid
1954
B.F.'s Daughter
1948
Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon
1965
The Ruthless Four
1968
Patterns
1956
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
The Feminine Touch
1941
Seven Sweethearts
1942
East Side, West Side
1949
Green Dolphin Street
1947
South of Algiers
1953
The Big Bounce
1969
Five Branded Women
1960
The Secret Land
1948
Woman's World
1954
Under Ten Flags
1960
Cry of Battle
1963
Flight from Glory
1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
Week-End with Father
1951
Annapolis Salute
1937
Saturday's Heroes
1937
Tempest
1958
The Last Child
1971
Tanganyika
1954
The Man Outside
1967
The Wastrel
1961
A Woman Rebels
1936
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Ricochet
1961
That's Entertainment!
1974
Wings of the Hawk
1953
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
The Teen-Age Revolution
1965
The Bold Men
1965
University U.S.A.
1950
The Dark Side of the Earth
1957
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
The Thin Blue Line
1966
Land and Live in the Jungle
1944
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
Land and Live in the Desert
1945
A Case of Libel
1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Oscars
1953
This Is Your Life
1952
What's My Line?
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Playhouse 90
1956
Playhouse 90
1956