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Van Heflin

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Van Heflin

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Also known as Emmett Evan Heflin Jr., Emmett Evan Heflin

American actor (1908–1971)

OverviewAI-generated

Van Heflin (1910–1971) was an American character, stage, and film actor. Born in Walters, Oklahoma, he began his professional work period in 1928. He received an education at the University of Oklahoma and Yale University. During World War II, he participated in the conflict. His acting career included work in the Western genre, and he was recognized with the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Heflin was a male citizen of the United States who had three children. His siblings included Frances Heflin, and he was a relative of Jonathan Kaplan. He died of natural causes due to a myocardial infarction in Hollywood.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1910
Died
1971
Works
3

Top works

  • A view from the bridge
  • A memory of two Mondays
  • The shrike

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Film & TV

Acting · Walters, Oklahoma, USA

Emmett Evan “Van” Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American stage, radio, film, and television actor whose steady craftsmanship and versatility made him a respected character player and occasional leading man across four decades. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Johnny Eager (1942) and is remembered for strong turns in Westerns and noirs such as Shane…

Known for

  • Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line — Self (archive footage)1997
  • Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire — Self (archive footage)1991
  • That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)1974
  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli — Self (archive footage)1973
  • The Last Child — Senator Quincy George1971
  • Airport — D. O. Guerrero1970
  • The Big Bounce — Sam Mirakian1969
  • Certain Honorable Men — Champ Donohue1968
  • The Ruthless Four — Sam Cooper1968

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1770-12-17
Active to
1827-03-26
32 sonatasbeethoven gardinerclassicalclassical periodcompletecomposer

Discography

DiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
11
Total plays
21

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Van+Heflin">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,510x

  2. Densely Connected Convolutional Networks

    · 2017 · cited 33,773x

  3. Molecular dynamics with coupling to an external bath

    · 1984 · cited 28,838x

  4. MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

    · 2012 · cited 24,647x

  5. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

    · 2016 · cited 23,655x

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Key facts

Born
Emmett Evan Heflin Jr. , ( 1908-12-13 ) December 13, 1908, Walters, Oklahoma , U.S.
Died
July 23, 1971 (1971-07-23) (aged 62), Hollywood, California , U.S.
Alma mater
University of Oklahoma , Yale University
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1928–1971
Spouses
Eleanor Scherr (a.k.a. Eleanor Shaw) (1913–2004) ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1934 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1936 ) ​ Frances E. Neal (1920–1988) ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1967 ) ​

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Evan
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Walters
Place of death
Hollywood
Sibling
Frances Heflin
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Genre
Western
Conflict
World War II
Image
Van Heflin - 1941.jpg
Number of children
3
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Commons category
Van Heflin
cause of death
myocardial infarction
date of birth
1908-12-13
date of death
1971-07-23
manner of death
natural causes
Commons gallery
Van Heflin
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
start of work period
1928-00-00
relative
Jonathan Kaplan
name in native language
Van Heflin
end of work period
1971-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – 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 starring roles in the westerns Shane (1953), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), and Gunman's Walk (1958). He portrayed a mentally disturbed airline passenger in the classic disaster film Airport (1970).

Early life

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