Edward Van Sloan
Acting1882Chaska, Minnesota, USA
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
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)
This Side of the Law
as Judge (uncredited)
1949
The Phantom Creeps
as Jarvis
1948
A Foreign Affair
as German (uncredited)
1946
Betty Co-Ed
as A.J.A. Woodruff
The Mask of Diijon
as Sheffield
1944
End of the Road
as Judge
Captain America
as Gregory
The Conspirators
as Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Pop Owens
Mission to Moscow
as German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)
1942
Valley of Hunted Men
as Dr. Heinrich Steiner
Destination Unknown
as Holland Legation
A Man's World
as Doctor Stone
1941
Love Crazy
as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Before I Hang
as Dr. Ralph Howard
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Dr. Barrett (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Burkhardt
Teddy the Rough Rider
as Elihu Root, Secretary of State
The Secret Seven
as Prof. Holtz
1939
Honeymoon in Bali
as Priest on Bali (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps
as Jarvis
1938
Penitentiary
as Dr. Rinewulf
Storm Over Bengal
as Maharajah of Lhanapur
That Mothers Might Live
as Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Danger on the Air
as Leonard Sylvester
1937
Criminal Lawyer
as Bit (uncredited)
The Man Who Found Himself
as Medical Board Doctor
1936
Dracula's Daughter
as Professor Van Helsing
Road Gang
as Dudley
Fatal Lady
as French Surete (uncredited)
Sins of Man
as Austrian Army Doctor
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Calvus (uncredited)
Air Hawks
as Schutter
The Black Room
as Doctor
3 Kids and a Queen
as Dr. Gordon
The Woman in Red
as Prosecuting Attorney Foxall
Grand Old Girl
as Holland
The Arizonian
as Judge Cody
A Shot in the Dark
as Professor Bostwick
Captain Hurricane
as Man at Susan Ann's Bedside
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)
The Scarlet Empress
as Herr Wagner (uncredited)
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Jim Winters
Mills of the Gods
as Komeoski
The Crosby Case
as Professor Franz Lubeck
I'll Fix It
as Parkes
1933
Murder on the Campus
as Prof. C. Edson Hawley
Baby Face
as Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)
Deluge
as Professor
The Working Man
as Mr. Briggs
Trick for Trick
as John Russell
Infernal Machine
as Professor Gustabve Hoffman
It's Great to Be Alive
as Dr. Wilton
The Billion Dollar Scandal
as (as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney Carp
1932
Thunder Below
as Doctor
The Death Kiss
as Tom Avery
Under Eighteen
as Assistant to François (uncredited)
Behind the Mask
as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
The Last Mile
as Rabbi
The Mummy
as Dr. Muller
Boo
as Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")
Man Wanted
as Mr. Walters
Play Girl
as Moffatt, the Boss
1931
1916
Slander
as Joseph Tremaine