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Van Heflin on TV This Week
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Wed 16
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers — Van Heflin
In a small town, a ruthless wealthy woman with an alcoholic weakling of a husband (Kirk Douglas in his film debut) may be harboring a dark, horrible secret that binds three people together in this tale of murder, passion and violence. John Patrick received an Oscar-nomination for Best Original Story.
Air Time & Details for Van Heflin, Wed 16, 3:00 pm -
Thu 17
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers — Van Heflin
In a small town, a ruthless wealthy woman with an alcoholic weakling of a husband (Kirk Douglas in his film debut) may be harboring a dark, horrible secret that binds three people together in this tale of murder, passion and violence. John Patrick received an Oscar-nomination for Best Original Story.
Air Time & Details for Van Heflin, Thu 17, 4:00 am -
Sat 19
Gunman's Walk — Van Heflin
The son of gunslinger-turned-land baron scares everyone in town with his violent behavior, but he eventually crosses the line and forces his father to make a grim decision.
Air Time & Details for Van Heflin, Sat 19, 8:00 pm -
Sun 20
Gunman's Walk — Van Heflin
The son of gunslinger-turned-land baron scares everyone in town with his violent behavior, but he eventually crosses the line and forces his father to make a grim decision.
Air Time & Details for Van Heflin, Sun 20, 8:15 am
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Biography
About Van Heflin
The son of an Oklahoma dentist, Van Heflin moved to California after his parents separated. Drawn to a life on the sea, Heflin shipped out on a tramp steamer upon graduating from high school, returning after a year to attend the University of Oklahoma in pursuit of a law degree. Two years into his studies, Heflin was back on the ocean.
Having entertained thoughts of a theatrical career since childhood, Heflin made his Broadway bow in Channing Pollock's Mister Moneypenny; when the play folded after 61 performances, Heflin once more retreated to the sea, sailing up and down the Pacific for nearly three years. He revitalized his acting career in 1931, appearing in one short-lived production after another until landing a long-running assignment in S. N.
Behrmann's 1936 Broadway offering End of Summer. This led to his film bow in Katharine Hepburn's A Woman Rebels (1936), as well as a brief contract with RKO Radio. Katharine Hepburn requested Heflin's services once more for her Broadway play The Philadelphia Story, and while the 1940 MGM film version of that play cast James Stewart in Heflin's role, the studio thought enough of Heflin to sign him to a contract.
One of his MGM roles, that of the alcoholic, Shakespeare-spouting best friend of Robert Taylor in Johnny Eager (1942), won Heflin a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar. After serving in various Army film units in World War II, Heflin resumed his film career, and also for a short while was heard on radio as Raymond Chandler's philosophical private eye Philip Marlowe. He worked in both Hollywood and Europe throughout the 1950s.
In 1963, he was engaged to narrate the prestigious TV anthology The Great Adventure. He was forced to pull out of this assignment when cast as the Louis Nizer character in the Broadway play A Case of Libel. Heflin's final film appearance was in the made-for-TV speculative drama The Last Child; he died of a heart attack at the age of 61.
Van Heflin was married twice, first to silent film star Esther Ralston, then to RKO contract player Frances Neal (who should not be confused with Heflin's actress sister Frances Heflin).