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Van Heflin

1908 - 1971

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Van Heflin has received more than 1,938,310 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Van Heflin is the 1,554th most popular actor (down from 1,308th in 2019), the 2,607th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,301st in 2019) and the 730th most popular American Actor.

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  • 55.96

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Van Heflin ranks 1,554 out of 13,578. Before him are Jennifer Coolidge, Ned Beatty, Melissa Leo, Anthony Steffen, Samantha Fox, and Andrew Lincoln. After him are Maria Cebotari, Melvyn Douglas, Mercedes McCambridge, Hugh Fraser, Werner Krauss, and Barry Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Van Heflin ranks 105. Before him are Eduard Roschmann, Fyodor Okhlopkov, Ahmad Shukeiri, Jacques Massu, Bruno Lüdke, and Edgar Faure. After him are Lew Ayres, Sergei Sobolev, Arturo Frondizi, Vazgen I, Harold Holt, and Sarit Thanarat. Among people deceased in 1971, Van Heflin ranks 64. Before him are Broncho Billy Anderson, Dita Parlo, Pedro Rodríguez, Philo Farnsworth, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, and Princess Anna of Montenegro. After him are Paul Lukas, Yrjö Väisälä, Hermann Ehrhardt, József Zakariás, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, and Edie Sedgwick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Van Heflin ranks 2,607 out of 20,380. Before him are Ned Beatty (1937), Marc Anthony (1968), Melissa Leo (1960), Mike Markkula (1942), Bill Hewlett (1913), and Frank Marshall (1877). After him are Melvyn Douglas (1901), John C. Woods (1911), Mercedes McCambridge (1916), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), and Barry Nelson (1917).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Van Heflin ranks 730. Before him are Ben Johnson (1918), John Glover (1944), Alicia Rhett (1915), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Ned Beatty (1937), and Melissa Leo (1960). After him are Melvyn Douglas (1901), Mercedes McCambridge (1916), Barry Nelson (1917), Tod Browning (1880), Lew Ayres (1908), and Drew Barrymore (1975).

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