Van Heflin



First NameVan
Last NameHeflin
Full Name at BirthEmmett Evan Heflin, Jr.
Other NamesVan
Age60 (age at death)
Date of BirthDecember 13, 1910
BirthplaceWalters, Oklahoma
Date of DeathJuly 23, 1971
Location of DeathHollywood, California,
Cause of Deathheart attack
Height6' (183 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorBrown - Light
Star SignSagittarius
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
UniversityUniversity of Oklahoma
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameThe Prowler
FatherDr. Emmett Evan Heflin
MotherFanny Shippey Bleeker
Sister(s)Frances Heflin
Other Family MembersVana O'Brien (daughter)
Cathleen (Kate) Heflin (daughter)
Tracy Helfin (son)
Marta Heflin (niece)
Mady Kaplan (niece)
Jonathan Kaplan (nephew)

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).


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Filmography

Selected Van Heflin film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2003
Himself

1971
The Last Child
Senator Quincy George

1970
D. O. Guerrero

1969
Sam Mirakian

1968
The Ruthless Four
Sam Cooper

1968
A Case of Libel
Robert Sloane

1967
The Man Outside
Bill MacLean

1966
Marshal Curly Wilcox

1965
Inspector Mike Vido SFPD

1963
Joe Trent

1963
The Great Adventure
Narrator 

1961
The Wastrel
Duncan Bell

1960
Velko

1960
Captain Bernhard Rogge

1959
Sgt. John Chawk

1959
Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards

1958
Lee Hackett

1958
Emelyan Pugachov

1957
Dan Evans

1956
Fred Staples

1956
Bill Kilcoyne 

1955
Major Sam Huxley

1955
Luke Fargo

1954
Jerry Talbot

1954
Peter Denver

1954
Neal Swayze, Maj. Neal Benton

1954
John Gale

1953
Joe Starrett

1953
Irish Gallager

1953
Nicholas Chapman

1952
Stedman

1951
Webb Garwood

1951
Bridger

1950
Himself - Guest Panelist 

1949
Mark Dwyer

1949
Charles Bovary

1948
Frank R. Enley

1948
Thomas W. 'Tom' Brett

1948
Keith Alexander

1948
Himself 

1948
Narrator

1947
Timothy Haslam

1947
David Sutton

1946
James I. Hessler

1943
John Thornway

1943
Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform
Himself

1942
'Rocky' Custer

1942
Jeff Hartnett

1942
Gordon McKay

1942
Henry Taggart

1942
Tennessee Johnson
Andrew Johnson

1941
Bill King

1941
Elliott Morgan, Publisher

1940
Carl Rader

1939
Back Door to Heaven
John Shelley, as an adult

1937
George Wilson

1937
Clay V. Parker

1936
Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne