An American actor who was born in Walters, Oklahoma, on December 13, 1910. He received an Academy Award in 1943, and two stars on the Walk of Fame in 1960 for his work in film and television. He is famous for acting in: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), and Madame Bovary (1949). Van Heflin enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. His debut was through the movie Mister Moneypenny (1928). He did not achieve success, so he returned to the theater with the play The Bride if Torozko (1934). He signed with MGM and Warner Brothers, then joined the Film Academy with the aim of learning film-making. Van Heflin died on July 23, 1971 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack that led to his death after a 17-day coma.