Van Heflin

How tall was Van Heflin?

Van Heflin is commonly listed at 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Van Heflin’s 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 78 in 100 US men are shorter.

Van Heflin is taller than the average US woman by 8 in (19.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Van Heflin: 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Van Heflin is taller than the average US man by 2.5 in (5.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Van Heflin is taller than the average US woman by 8 in (19.8 cm).Van Heflin is taller than the average US woman by 8 in (19.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Van Heflin: 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Van Heflin is taller than the average US man by 2.5 in (5.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Van Heflin is taller than the average US woman by 8 in (19.8 cm).

Van Heflin beside others

Van Heflin is one of the taller actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 9.5 in (55 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 3.5 in (99.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 11.5 in: Alex Pettyfer.

  • Jake Gyllenhaal: 5 ft 11.5 in (181.6 cm), 0.2 in (0.6 cm) taller than Van Heflin.
  • Hannah Waddingham: 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm), 0.3 in (0.7 cm) shorter than Van Heflin.

More actors, most looked up first

Where this height comes from

5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: Clarence Sinclair Bull, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

Compared with Van Heflin

Browse people for more comparisons.

Cite this page
APAHeightvs. (2026, November 3). Van Heflin height: 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm), drawn beside you. https://heightvs.com/how-tall/van-heflin
MLA“Van Heflin Height: 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm), Drawn Beside You.” Heightvs, 3 Nov. 2026, heightvs.com/how-tall/van-heflin.
Chicago“Van Heflin Height: 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm), Drawn Beside You.” Heightvs. Last modified November 3, 2026. https://heightvs.com/how-tall/van-heflin.
Link<a href="https://heightvs.com/how-tall/van-heflin">Van Heflin height: 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm), drawn beside you (Heightvs)</a>

Draw yourself beside Van Heflin

Type your height once: you stand beside Van Heflin on one baseline, and every page on this site remembers it in this browser.

Open the full chart with me in it Save this picture

Van Heflin, 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)