Edward Van Sloan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1882-11-01

Place of Birth

Chaska, Minnesota, USA
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Edward Van Sloan

Biography

Edward Van Sloan (born Edward Paul Van Sloun) was an American screen and stage character actor best remembered for his roles in Universal Studios horror films.

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Acting History

2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Van Helsing (archive footage)
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula as Van Helsing (archive footage)
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
1998
Universal Horror as (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Van Helsing (archive footage)
1963
Dracula as Professor (archive footage)
1950
The Underworld Story as Minister at Funeral (uncredited)
1950
This Side of the Law as Judge (uncredited)
1949
The Phantom Creeps as Jarvis
1948
A Foreign Affair as German (uncredited)
1946
The Mask of Diijon as Sheffield
1944
End of the Road as Judge
1944
The Conspirators as Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)
1944
Captain America as Gregory
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande as Pop Owens
1943
Mission to Moscow as German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)
1942
Valley of Hunted Men as Dr. Heinrich Steiner
1942
Destination Unknown as Holland Legation
1942
A Man's World as Doctor Stone
1941
Love Crazy as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Before I Hang as Dr. Ralph Howard
1940
The Secret Seven as Prof. Holtz
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife as Burkhardt
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Dr. Barrett (uncredited)
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider as Elihu Root, Secretary of State
1939
Honeymoon in Bali as Priest on Bali (uncredited)
1939
The Phantom Creeps as Jarvis
1938
Storm Over Bengal as Maharajah of Lhanapur
1938
Danger on the Air as Leonard Sylvester
1938
That Mothers Might Live as Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
1938
Penitentiary as Dr. Rinewulf
1937
The Man Who Found Himself as Medical Board Doctor
1937
Criminal Lawyer as Bit (uncredited)
1936
Sins of Man as Austrian Army Doctor
1936
Fatal Lady as French Surete (uncredited)
1936
Dracula's Daughter as Professor Van Helsing
1936
Road Gang as Dudley
1935
3 Kids and a Queen as Dr. Gordon
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii as Calvus (uncredited)
1935
The Black Room as Doctor
1935
The Arizonian as Judge Cody
1935
Air Hawks as Schutter
1935
Captain Hurricane as Man at Susan Ann's Bedside
1935
The Woman in Red as Prosecuting Attorney Foxall
1935
A Shot in the Dark as Professor Bostwick
1935
Grand Old Girl as Holland
1934
Mills of the Gods as Komeoski
1934
I'll Fix It as Parkes
1934
The Life of Vergie Winters as Jim Winters
1934
The Scarlet Empress as Herr Wagner (uncredited)
1934
Manhattan Melodrama as Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)
1934
The Crosby Case as Professor Franz Lubeck
1933
Murder on the Campus as Prof. C. Edson Hawley
1933
Deluge as Professor
1933
Baby Face as Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)
1933
It's Great to Be Alive as Dr. Wilton
1933
The Working Man as Mr. Briggs
1933
Trick for Trick as John Russell
1933
Infernal Machine as Professor Gustabve Hoffman
1933
The Billion Dollar Scandal as (as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney Carp
1932
The Mummy as Dr. Muller
1932
The Death Kiss as Tom Avery
1932
Boo as Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")
1932
The Last Mile as Rabbi
1932
Thunder Below as Doctor
1932
Man Wanted as Mr. Walters
1932
Play Girl as Moffatt, the Boss
1932
Behind the Mask as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
1932
Under Eighteen as Assistant to François (uncredited)
1931
Manhattan Parade as The Lawyer
1931
Frankenstein as Doctor Waldman
1931
Dracula as Van Helsing
1916
Slander as Joseph Tremaine