Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

1942

Van Heflin 

as

Jeff Hartnett

Johnny Eager

Van Heflin (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American theater, 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. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Johnny Eager (1942)