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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.
In 1953 he played the taciturn Joe Starrett in the Alan Ladd movie Shane. Heflin won an Academy Award as Best Actor in a Supporting Role for 1942's Johnny Eager. British Academy Awards nominated him for Best Foreign Actor for his performance in Shane.
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- February 9, 1879
- July 20, 1941
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.
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Legendary actor, Van Heflin, was born Emmett Evan Heflin Jr. on Dec 13, 1910 in Walters, Oklahoma. Heflin appeared in over 65 film and TV roles. His best known films include A Woman Rebels (film debut 1936), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Johnny Eager (1942), Shane (1953), 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and Stagecoach (1966).
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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.
