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