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