Van Heflin

Van Heflin
Heflin in 1941
Born
Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.

(1908-12-13)December 13, 1908
DiedJuly 23, 1971(1971-07-23) (aged 62)
Alma materUniversity of Oklahoma
Yale University
OccupationActor
Years active1928–1971
Spouses
Eleanor Scherr (a.k.a. Eleanor Shaw)
(m. 1934; div. 1936)
Frances E. Neal
(m. 1942; div. 1967)
Children3

Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908[1] – July 23, 1971) 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). He also had memorable roles in westerns such as Shane (1953), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), and Gunman's Walk (1958), and as a bomb man in the disaster film Airport (1970), his last screen role.

  1. ^ Everett, Dianna. "Heflin, Emmett Evan (1908–1971)". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved June 28, 2015.