Van Heflin

Van Heflin
Heflin in 1941
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) ​ ​ (m. 1934; div. 1936)​ Frances E. Neal ​ ​ (m. 1942; div. 1967)​
Children	3

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.