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