Edward Van Sloan

Personal Info

Birthday

November 1, 1882

Day of Death

1964-03-06

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Chaska, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As

Edward Paul Van Sloun

Edward Van Sloun

Ed. Van Sloan

Ed Van Sloan

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

The Mummy

Frankenstein

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Baby Face

The Woman in Red

The Mask of Diijon

The Scarlet Empress

Filmography

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)
1950
The Underworld Story
as Minister at Funeral (uncredited)
This Side of the Law
as Judge (uncredited)
1948
A Foreign Affair
as German (uncredited)
1946
The Mask of Diijon
as Sheffield
1944
End of the Road
as Judge
The Conspirators
as Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)
Captain America
as Gregory
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
The Secret Seven
as Prof. Holtz
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Burkhardt
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Dr. Barrett (uncredited)
Teddy the Rough Rider
as Elihu Root, Secretary of State
1939
Honeymoon in Bali
as Priest on Bali (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps
as Jarvis
1938
Storm Over Bengal
as Maharajah of Lhanapur
Danger on the Air
as Leonard Sylvester
That Mothers Might Live
as Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Penitentiary
as Dr. Rinewulf
1937
The Man Who Found Himself
as Medical Board Doctor
Criminal Lawyer
as Bit (uncredited)
1936
Sins of Man
as Austrian Army Doctor
Fatal Lady
as French Surete (uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter
as Professor Van Helsing
Road Gang
as Dudley
1935
3 Kids and a Queen
as Dr. Gordon
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Calvus (uncredited)
The Black Room
as Doctor
The Arizonian
as Judge Cody
Air Hawks
as Schutter
Captain Hurricane
as Man at Susan Ann's Bedside
The Woman in Red
as Prosecuting Attorney Foxall
A Shot in the Dark
as Professor Bostwick
Grand Old Girl
as Holland
1934
Mills of the Gods
as Komeoski
I'll Fix It
as Parkes
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Jim Winters
The Scarlet Empress
as Herr Wagner (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)
The Crosby Case
as Professor Franz Lubeck
1933
Murder on the Campus
as Prof. C. Edson Hawley
Deluge
as Professor
Baby Face
as Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)
It's Great to Be Alive
as Dr. Wilton
The Working Man
as Mr. Briggs
Trick for Trick
as John Russell
Infernal Machine
as Professor Gustabve Hoffman
The Billion Dollar Scandal
as (as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney Carp
1932
The Mummy
as Dr. Muller
The Death Kiss
as Tom Avery
Boo
as Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")
The Last Mile
as Rabbi
Thunder Below
as Doctor
Man Wanted
as Mr. Walters
Play Girl
as Moffatt, the Boss
Behind the Mask
as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
Under Eighteen
as Assistant to François (uncredited)
1931
Manhattan Parade
as The Lawyer
Frankenstein
as Doctor Waldman
Dracula
as Van Helsing
1916
Slander
as Joseph Tremaine