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

Baby Face
1933
Dracula
1931
The Mummy
1932
Frankenstein
1931
Dracula's Daughter
1936
A Foreign Affair
1948
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Captain America
1944
The Scarlet Empress
1934
The Black Room
1935
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Infernal Machine
1933

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
76
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)
1992
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Van Helsing (archive footage)
1950
This Side of the Law
as Judge (uncredited)
1950
The Underworld Story
as Minister at Funeral (uncredited)
1949
The Phantom Creeps
as Jarvis
1948
A Foreign Affair
as German (uncredited)
1946
The Mask of Diijon
as Sheffield
1946
Betty Co-Ed
as A.J.A. Woodruff
1944
End of the Road
as Judge
1944
Captain America
as Gregory
1944
The Conspirators
as Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Pop Owens
1943
Mission to Moscow
as German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)
1943
Hitler's Children
as Trial Judge
1942
Valley of Hunted Men
as Dr. Heinrich Steiner
1942
Destination Unknown
as Holland Legation
1942
A Man's World
as Doctor Stone
1941
Love Crazy
as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
1940
The Secret Seven
as Prof. Holtz
1940
Before I Hang
as Dr. Ralph Howard
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider
as Elihu Root, Secretary of State
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Dr. Barrett (uncredited)
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Burkhardt
1939
The Phantom Creeps
as Jarvis
1939
Honeymoon in Bali
as Priest on Bali (uncredited)
1938
Danger on the Air
as Leonard Sylvester
1938
That Mothers Might Live
as Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
1938
Storm Over Bengal
as Maharajah of Lhanapur
1938
Penitentiary
as Dr. Rinewulf
1937
Criminal Lawyer
as Bit (uncredited)
1937
The Man Who Found Himself
as Medical Board Doctor
1936
Dracula's Daughter
as Professor Van Helsing
1936
Road Gang
as Dudley
1936
Fatal Lady
as French Surete (uncredited)
1936
Sins of Man
as Austrian Army Doctor
1935
A Shot in the Dark
as Professor Bostwick
1935
Air Hawks
as Schutter
1935
Grand Old Girl
as Holland
1935
The Woman in Red
as Prosecuting Attorney Foxall
1935
Captain Hurricane
as Man at Susan Ann's Bedside
1935
The Arizonian
as Judge Cody
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Calvus (uncredited)
1935
3 Kids and a Queen
as Dr. Gordon
1935
The Black Room
as Doctor
1934
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Jim Winters
1934
The Scarlet Empress
as Herr Wagner (uncredited)
1934
The Crosby Case
as Professor Franz Lubeck
1934
Mills of the Gods
as Komeoski
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)
1934
I'll Fix It
as Parkes
1933
The Working Man
as Mr. Briggs
1933
Murder on the Campus
as Prof. C. Edson Hawley
1933
Trick for Trick
as John Russell
1933
Infernal Machine
as Professor Gustabve Hoffman
1933
It's Great to Be Alive
as Dr. Wilton
1933
Baby Face
as Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)
1933
The Billion Dollar Scandal
as (as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney Carp
1933
Deluge
as Professor
1932
The Mummy
as Dr. Muller
1932
The Death Kiss
as Tom Avery
1932
Under Eighteen
as Assistant to François (uncredited)
1932
Play Girl
as Moffatt, the Boss
1932
Thunder Below
as Doctor
1932
Boo
as Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")
1932
Behind the Mask
as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
1932
The Last Mile
as Rabbi
1932
Man Wanted
as Mr. Walters
1931
Dracula
as Van Helsing
1931
Frankenstein
as Doctor Waldman
1931
Manhattan Parade
as The Lawyer
1916
Slander
as Joseph Tremaine