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

The Mummy

Baby Face

A Foreign Affair

The Last Days of Pompeii

Dracula's Daughter

Captain America

All Movies (76)

• Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies2025 · as Self - (archive footage)
• Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film2014 · as Van Helsing (archive footage)
• The Many Faces of Dracula2000 · as Van Helsing (archive footage)
• Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• Universal Horror1998 · as (archive footage)
• Dracula in the Movies1992 · as (archive footage)
• Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as Van Helsing (archive footage)
• Dracula1963 · as Professor (archive footage)
• The Underworld Story1950 · as Minister at Funeral (uncredited)
• This Side of the Law1950 · as Judge (uncredited)
• The Phantom Creeps1949 · as Jarvis
• A Foreign Affair1948 · as German (uncredited)
• Betty Co-Ed1946 · as A.J.A. Woodruff
• The Mask of Diijon1946 · as Sheffield
• End of the Road1944 · as Judge
• The Conspirators1944 · as Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)
• Captain America1944 · as Gregory
• Riders of the Rio Grande1943 · as Pop Owens
• Mission to Moscow1943 · as German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)
• Valley of Hunted Men1942 · as Dr. Heinrich Steiner
• Destination Unknown1942 · as Holland Legation
• A Man's World1942 · as Doctor Stone
• Love Crazy1941 · as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
• Before I Hang1940 · as Dr. Ralph Howard
• The Secret Seven1940 · as Prof. Holtz
• The Doctor Takes a Wife1940 · as Burkhardt
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois1940 · as Dr. Barrett (uncredited)
• Teddy the Rough Rider1940 · as Elihu Root, Secretary of State
• Honeymoon in Bali1939 · as Priest on Bali (uncredited)
• The Phantom Creeps1939 · as Jarvis
• Storm Over Bengal1938 · as Maharajah of Lhanapur
• Danger on the Air1938 · as Leonard Sylvester
• That Mothers Might Live1938 · as Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
• Penitentiary1938 · as Dr. Rinewulf
• The Man Who Found Himself1937 · as Medical Board Doctor
• Criminal Lawyer1937 · as Bit (uncredited)
• Sins of Man1936 · as Austrian Army Doctor
• Fatal Lady1936 · as French Surete (uncredited)
• Dracula's Daughter1936 · as Professor Van Helsing
• Road Gang1936 · as Dudley
• 3 Kids and a Queen1935 · as Dr. Gordon
• The Last Days of Pompeii1935 · as Calvus (uncredited)
• The Black Room1935 · as Doctor
• The Arizonian1935 · as Judge Cody
• Air Hawks1935 · as Schutter
• Captain Hurricane1935 · as Man at Susan Ann's Bedside
• The Woman in Red1935 · as Prosecuting Attorney Foxall
• A Shot in the Dark1935 · as Professor Bostwick
• Grand Old Girl1935 · as Holland
• Mills of the Gods1934 · as Komeoski
• I'll Fix It1934 · as Parkes
• The Life of Vergie Winters1934 · as Jim Winters
• The Scarlet Empress1934 · as Herr Wagner (uncredited)
• Manhattan Melodrama1934 · as Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)
• The Crosby Case1934 · as Professor Franz Lubeck
• Murder on the Campus1933 · as Prof. C. Edson Hawley
• Deluge1933 · as Professor
• Baby Face1933 · as Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)
• It's Great to Be Alive1933 · as Dr. Wilton
• The Working Man1933 · as Mr. Briggs
• Trick for Trick1933 · as John Russell
• Infernal Machine1933 · as Professor Gustabve Hoffman
• The Billion Dollar Scandal1933 · as (as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney Carp
• The Mummy1932 · as Dr. Muller
• The Death Kiss1932 · as Tom Avery
• Boo1932 · as Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")
• The Last Mile1932 · as Rabbi
• Thunder Below1932 · as Doctor
• Man Wanted1932 · as Mr. Walters
• Play Girl1932 · as Moffatt, the Boss
• Behind the Mask1932 · as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
• Under Eighteen1932 · as Assistant to François (uncredited)
• Manhattan Parade1931 · as The Lawyer
• Frankenstein1931 · as Doctor Waldman
• Dracula1931 · as Van Helsing
• Slander1916 · as Joseph Tremaine