Edward Van Sloan
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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
Credits
Baby Face (1933)
as Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)
Dracula (1931)
as Van Helsing
The Mummy (1932)
as Dr. Muller
Frankenstein (1931)
as Doctor Waldman
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Black Room (1935)
as Doctor
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
as Herr Wagner (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
as Professor Van Helsing
Captain America (1944)
as Gregory
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
as Medical Board Doctor
A Foreign Affair (1948)
as German (uncredited)
Mills of the Gods (1934)
as Komeoski
Infernal Machine (1933)
as Professor Gustabve Hoffman
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
as Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Captain Hurricane (1935)
as Man at Susan Ann's Bedside
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Love Crazy (1941)
as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
The Underworld Story (1950)
as Minister at Funeral (uncredited)
The Woman in Red (1935)
as Prosecuting Attorney Foxall
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
as Calvus (uncredited)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
as Van Helsing (archive footage)
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
as Dr. Gordon
The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)
as (as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney Carp
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
as Burkhardt
Road Gang (1936)
as Dudley
Before I Hang (1940)
as Dr. Ralph Howard
A Man's World (1942)
as Doctor Stone
The Conspirators (1944)
as Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)
This Side of the Law (1950)
as Judge (uncredited)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Van Helsing (archive footage)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Dr. Barrett (uncredited)
Danger on the Air (1938)
as Leonard Sylvester
Man Wanted (1932)
as Mr. Walters
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Van Helsing (archive footage)
Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)
as Elihu Root, Secretary of State
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
as Jarvis
End of the Road (1944)
as Judge
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
as Jim Winters
I'll Fix It (1934)
as Parkes
Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
as Pop Owens
Murder on the Campus (1933)
as Prof. C. Edson Hawley
Valley of Hunted Men (1942)
as Dr. Heinrich Steiner
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
as Bit (uncredited)
The Death Kiss (1932)
as Tom Avery
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
as Professor Bostwick
The Phantom Creeps (1949)
as Jarvis
The Working Man (1933)
as Mr. Briggs
It's Great to Be Alive (1933)
as Dr. Wilton
The Last Mile (1932)
as Rabbi
Universal Horror (1998)
as (archive footage)
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
as Sheffield
Deluge (1933)
as Professor
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
as Priest on Bali (uncredited)
Under Eighteen (1932)
as Assistant to François (uncredited)
Slander (1916)
as Joseph Tremaine
Manhattan Parade (1931)
as The Lawyer
Hitler's Children (1943)
as Trial Judge
The Crosby Case (1934)
as Professor Franz Lubeck
Fatal Lady (1936)
as French Surete (uncredited)
Penitentiary (1938)
as Dr. Rinewulf
Grand Old Girl (1935)
as Holland
Destination Unknown (1942)
as Holland Legation
The Secret Seven (1940)
as Prof. Holtz
Sins of Man (1936)
as Austrian Army Doctor
Air Hawks (1935)
as Schutter
Storm Over Bengal (1938)
as Maharajah of Lhanapur
Thunder Below (1932)
as Doctor
Behind the Mask (1932)
as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
The Arizonian (1935)
as Judge Cody
Play Girl (1932)
as Moffatt, the Boss
Trick for Trick (1933)
as John Russell
Boo (1932)
as Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")
Betty Co-Ed (1946)
as A.J.A. Woodruff