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Van Heflin was an American actor who had a successful career in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was nominated for three Academy Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Johnny Eager (1942). He also starred in films such as Shane (1953), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). Heflin was born in Walters, Oklahoma, on December 13, 1908. He began his acting career in the 1930s, appearing in Broadway plays and in films such as The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936). Heflin's first major role was in the 1939 film Stagecoach, which starred John Wayne. Heflin went on to appear in over 100 films, including The Three Musketeers (1948), The Big Country (1958), and The Unforgiven (1960). Heflin was married twice, first to actress Eleanor Shaw from 1936 to 1945, and then to actress Frances Neal from 1945 until his death in 1971. He had two children with Shaw and one with Neal. Heflin died of a heart attack on July 23, 1971, in Hollywood, California. He was 62 years old.

Popular As Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.
Occupation actor,soundtrack
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 13 December, 1908
Birthday 13 December
Birthplace Walters, Oklahoma, USA
Date of death 23 July, 1971
Died Place Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Van Heflin Height, Weight & Measurements

At 63 years old, Van Heflin height is 5' 11¾" (1.82 m) .

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Height 5' 11¾" (1.82 m)
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Who Is Van Heflin's Wife?

His wife is Frances E. Neal (16 May 1942 - 1967) ( divorced) ( 3 children), Eleanor Shaw (20 July 1934 - 8 October 1936) ( divorced)

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Wife Frances E. Neal (16 May 1942 - 1967) ( divorced) ( 3 children), Eleanor Shaw (20 July 1934 - 8 October 1936) ( divorced)
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Van Heflin Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Van Heflin worth at the age of 63 years old? Van Heflin’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Van Heflin's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Timeline

2018

Appears in the trailer for Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018) in clips from The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946).

2000

His deep, rich speaking voice didn't go unnoticed by radio producers, and in between movie roles early in his career he worked steadily on a variety of radio soap operas, dramas, action shows, etc., eventually turning in more than 2000 performances.

1970

One of his last performances was as the deranged bomber in Airport (1970).

1965

He appeared in the calamitous flop The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and the equally disastrous Stagecoach (1966) remake.

1963

His final curtain call on stage was as Robert Sloane in "A Case of Libel" (1963-64) on Broadway. Unlike many of his peers, Van shunned the limelight and was never a part of the Hollywood glamour set.

1960

With the possible exception of his sympathetic German captain of a World War II surface raider in the offbeat international co-production Under Ten Flags (1960) (aka "Under Ten Flags"), Heflin had few roles of note in the 1960s.

1959

Turned down the role of Elliot Ness on The Untouchables (1959) TV series.

1956

Apart from the big-business drama Patterns (1956), he is best remembered in this decade for his portrayal of western characters with integrity and singularity of purpose: as the struggling homesteader at the mercy of a ruthless cattle baron who befriends Shane (1953); the desperate, single-minded rancher trying to get a captured outlaw on the 3:10 to Yuma (1957); and the tough, uncompromisingly stern father forced to kill his errant son in Gunman's Walk (1958).

1950

The 1950s saw Van's progression from leading man to star character actor.

1949

Having left MGM in 1949, he was signed in this capacity to several short-term contracts by Universal (1951-54), 20th Century Fox (1954), Columbia (1957-59) and Paramount (1959-60).

1947

Van put his tough-guy screen persona to good use in enacting Raymond Chandler's wisecracking gumshoe Philip Marlowe on NBC radio from June 1947, with 19 real-life Los Angeles detectives among the live audience. During the next few years the versatile Heflin dealt capably with a wide variety of assignments.

He appeared as a jilted lover in the expensively-produced costume drama Green Dolphin Street (1947); he was Athos, one of The Three Musketeers (1948) and an ex-GI on the trail of a psychopathic prison camp informer in Fred Zinnemann's Act of Violence (1948); poignant as the unloved Monsieur Bovary in Madame Bovary (1949); an ex-cop in love with a high-flying socialite in the melodrama East Side, West Side (1949); and a cop whose affair with a married woman leads to a plot to kill her husband in The Prowler (1951).

1943

Heflin, in a full-bodied, carefully delineated portrait of a passionate man, gives decisive proof that his talents have thus far been haphazardly used" (January 13, 1943).

In between wartime service and two musicals, Presenting Lily Mars (1943) and the Jerome Kern biopic Till The Clouds Roll By (1946), Van appeared in the excellent film noir The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck (as the inevitable femme fatale) and Kirk Douglas (as an alcoholic district attorney). As the sympathetic gambler Sam who returns to his home town, ostensibly to expose the dirty secrets of the main protagonists, Van had more on-screen time than his illustrious co-stars and some good lines to boot.

1942

For his role as the heavy-drinking, Shakespeare-quoting mobster with a conscience, Van got the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor in 1942.

He was immediately cast in the leading role as a forensically-minded detective in Kid Glove Killer (1942), a film which marked the debut of Fred Zinnemann as a feature director.

This was in turn followed by another B-movie whodunit, Grand Central Murder (1942).

The prestigious--but not always accurate--historical drama Tennessee Johnson (1942) saw Van playing Andrew Johnson, the 17th US president. While the film was a critical success, it did less well at the box office. The New York Times commented on the "sincerity and strength" of his performance, adding "Mr.

1941

On the strength of these performances, Van was signed to a contract at MGM, where he remained for eight years (1941-49). His tenure was interrupted only by two years of wartime service as a combat photographer with the U. S. 9th Air Force, First Motion Picture Unit, which produced training and morale-boosting short films.

Back at MGM, his third assignment at the studio, Johnny Eager (1941), had proved an excellent showcase for his acting skills. He played Jeff Hartnett, right-hand man of the titular crime figure (Robert Taylor), a complex, sardonic character, at once loyal soldier yet abjectly self-loathing.

1940

The hit play, which also starred Vera Allen, Shirley Booth and Joseph Cotten, ran for 417 performances, closing in March 1940.

That same year he appeared for Warner Brothers in the entertaining but historically inaccurate western Santa Fe Trail (1940), Bosley Crowther describing his performance, above other cast members, as containing "the sharpest punch" (New York Times, December 21 1940).

1939

By 1939 Van was back on stage, rather more successfully, in "The Philadelphia Story" at the Shubert Theatre.

1937

Van spent a year at RKO in forgettable films, with roles ranging from a reverend in The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) to a top-billed part as a burnt-out quarterback in Saturday's Heroes (1937).

1936

His big break came in 1936, when he landed a good leading role as a radical leftist at odds with the established elite in the S. N. Behrman comedy of manners, "End of Summer" at the Guild Theatre.

Critic Brooks Atkinson, praising the play and the actors, commended the "sparkling dialogue" and "fluent and sunny performance" (New York Times, February 18 1936). Katharine Hepburn, who saw him on stage, then persuaded Van to take a swing at film acting and finagled a role for him alongside her in the Pandro S.

Berman production A Woman Rebels (1936).

1934

In 1934 he returned to the stage in the plays "The Bride of Torozko" and "The Night Remembers", both outright disasters.

1928

His first foray into theatre was the comedy "Mister Moneypenny" (1928) (credited as "Evan Heflin"). It was indifferently received and Van went back to sea, this time for three years.

1910

His year of birth is often incorrectly given as 1910. The 1908 year is proven through the Social Security Index. There is however no record of any Emmett Evan Heflin to have been born in Oklahoma in 1910, but there is one found to have been born in 1908.

1908

Craggy-faced, dependable star character actor Van Heflin never quite made the Hollywood "A" list, but made up for what he lacked in appearance with hard work, charisma and solid acting performances. He was born Emmett Evan Heflin in Oklahoma in December 1908, the son of Fanny Bleecker (Shippey) and Emmett Evan Heflin, a dental surgeon. When his parents separated his brother and sister stayed with his mother, while he was farmed out to his grandmother in California. He was never quite settled and his restless spirit led him to ship out on a tramp steamer after graduating from school. After a year at sea he studied for a law degree at the University of Oklahoma, but after two years he decided he had enough and went back to sailing the Pacific. When he returned he decided to try his hand at acting and enrolled at the prestigious Yale School of Drama.

1849

His grandfather Alexander A. Heflin (1849-1940) joined Roddey's Escort, Alabama Cavalry, at age 14 or 15 and served in the Confederate army during the American Civil War, along with his brothers James, William C., Hugh, John and Thomas.