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.

Known For

Dracula

Frankenstein

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

A Foreign Affair

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Love Crazy

Baby Face

Universal Horror

Acting

1931

Dracula

as

Van Helsing

1931

Frankenstein

as

Doctor Waldman

1940

The Secret Seven

as

Prof. Holtz

1936

Dracula's Daughter

as

Professor Van Helsing

1944

End of the Road

as

Judge

1940

Before I Hang

as

Dr. Ralph Howard

1916

Slander

as

Joseph Tremaine

1932

The Mummy

as

Dr. Muller

1939

The Phantom Creeps

as

Jarvis

1950

This Side of the Law

as

Judge (uncredited)

1946

The Mask of Diijon

as

Sheffield

1933

The Working Man

as

Mr. Briggs

1932

The Death Kiss

as

Tom Avery

1940

Teddy the Rough Rider

as

Elihu Root, Secretary of State

1932

Under Eighteen

as

Assistant to François (uncredited)

1937

Criminal Lawyer

as

Bit (uncredited)

1944

The Conspirators

as

Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as

Van Helsing (archive footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

as

Van Helsing (archive footage)

1933

Murder on the Campus

as

Prof. C. Edson Hawley

1935

A Shot in the Dark

as

Professor Bostwick

1935

Air Hawks

as

Schutter

1936

Road Gang

as

Dudley

1948

A Foreign Affair

as

German (uncredited)

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

as

Van Helsing (archive footage)

1932

Play Girl

as

Moffatt, the Boss

1938

Danger on the Air

as

Leonard Sylvester

1934

The Life of Vergie Winters

as

Jim Winters

1932

Thunder Below

as

Doctor

1934

The Scarlet Empress

as

Herr Wagner (uncredited)

1937

The Man Who Found Himself

as

Medical Board Doctor

1936

Fatal Lady

as

French Surete (uncredited)

1931

Manhattan Parade

as

The Lawyer

1935

Grand Old Girl

as

Holland

1938

That Mothers Might Live

as

Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)

1939

Honeymoon in Bali

as

Priest on Bali (uncredited)

1932

Boo

as

Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")

1963

Dracula

as

Professor (archive footage)

1941

Love Crazy

as

Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)

1936

Sins of Man

as

Austrian Army Doctor

1933

Trick for Trick

as

John Russell

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as

Dr. Barrett (uncredited)

1935

The Woman in Red

as

Prosecuting Attorney Foxall

1943

Riders of the Rio Grande

as

Pop Owens

1942

Valley of Hunted Men

as

Dr. Heinrich Steiner

1935

Captain Hurricane

as

Man at Susan Ann's Bedside

1935

The Arizonian

as

Judge Cody

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as

Burkhardt

1932

Behind the Mask

as

Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X

1932

The Last Mile

as

Rabbi

1938

Storm Over Bengal

as

Maharajah of Lhanapur

1933

Infernal Machine

as

Professor Gustabve Hoffman

1933

It's Great to Be Alive

as

Dr. Wilton

1933

Baby Face

as

Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)

1942

Destination Unknown

as

Holland Legation

1950

The Underworld Story

as

Minister at Funeral (uncredited)

1934

The Crosby Case

as

Professor Franz Lubeck

1934

Mills of the Gods

as

Komeoski

1935

The Last Days of Pompeii

as

Calvus (uncredited)

1943

Mission to Moscow

as

German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)

1935

3 Kids and a Queen

as

Dr. Gordon

1932

Man Wanted

as

Mr. Walters

1933

The Billion Dollar Scandal

as

(as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney Carp

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

as

Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)

1934

I'll Fix It

as

Parkes

1942

A Man's World

as

Doctor Stone

1933

Deluge

as

Professor

1949

The Phantom Creeps

as

Jarvis

1944

Captain America

as

Gregory

1938

Penitentiary

as

Dr. Rinewulf

1935

The Black Room

as

Doctor

1999

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

as

Self (archive footage)

1998

Universal Horror

as

(archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing