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Edward Van Sloan

Actor

Edward Van Sloan

Born November 1, 1882 in Chaska, Minnesota, USADied March 6, 196468 films

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.

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Frankenstein posterFirst watchFrankenstein19317.5as Doctor WaldmanHenry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage…View film

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Dracula poster7.2Dracula1931The Mummy poster6.7The Mummy1932Baby Face poster7.2Baby Face1933A Foreign Affair poster7.1A Foreign Affair1948The Scarlet Empress poster6.9The Scarlet Empress1934Dracula's Daughter poster5.9Dracula's Daughter1936Manhattan Melodrama poster7.0Manhattan Melodrama1934The Black Room poster6.5The Black Room1935

Filmography

68 films as actor
  1. 1950The Underworld StoryMinister at Funeral (uncredited)
  2. 1950This Side of the LawJudge (uncredited)
  3. 1949The Phantom CreepsJarvis
  4. 1948A Foreign AffairGerman (uncredited)
  5. 1946Betty Co-EdA.J.A. Woodruff
  6. 1946The Mask of DiijonSheffield
  7. 1944End of the RoadJudge
  8. 1944The ConspiratorsDutch Underground Leader (uncredited)
  9. 1944Captain AmericaGregory
  10. 1943Riders of the Rio GrandePop Owens
  11. 1943Mission to MoscowGerman Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)
  12. 1943Hitler's ChildrenTrial Judge
  13. 1942Valley of Hunted MenDr. Heinrich Steiner
  14. 1942Destination UnknownHolland Legation
  15. 1942A Man's WorldDoctor Stone
  16. 1941Love CrazySanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
  17. 1940Before I HangDr. Ralph Howard
  18. 1940The Secret SevenProf. Holtz
  19. 1940The Doctor Takes a WifeBurkhardt
  20. 1940Abe Lincoln in IllinoisDr. Barrett (uncredited)
  21. 1939Honeymoon in BaliPriest on Bali (uncredited)
  22. 1939The Phantom CreepsJarvis
  23. 1938Storm Over BengalMaharajah of Lhanapur
  24. 1938Danger on the AirLeonard Sylvester
  25. 1938That Mothers Might LiveHospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)
  26. 1938PenitentiaryDr. Rinewulf
  27. 1937The Man Who Found HimselfMedical Board Doctor
  28. 1937Criminal LawyerBit (uncredited)
  29. 1936Sins of ManAustrian Army Doctor
  30. 1936Fatal LadyFrench Surete (uncredited)
  31. 1936Dracula's DaughterProfessor Van Helsing
  32. 1936Road GangDudley
  33. 19353 Kids and a QueenDr. Gordon
  34. 1935The Last Days of PompeiiCalvus (uncredited)
  35. 1935The Black RoomDoctor
  36. 1935The ArizonianJudge Cody
  37. 1935Air HawksSchutter
  38. 1935Captain HurricaneMan at Susan Ann's Bedside
  39. 1935The Woman in RedProsecuting Attorney Foxall
  40. 1935A Shot in the DarkProfessor Bostwick
  41. 1935Grand Old GirlHolland
  42. 1934Mills of the GodsKomeoski
  43. 1934I'll Fix ItParkes
  44. 1934The Life of Vergie WintersJim Winters
  45. 1934The Scarlet EmpressHerr Wagner (uncredited)
  46. 1934Manhattan MelodramaYacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)
  47. 1934The Crosby CaseProfessor Franz Lubeck
  48. 1933Murder on the CampusProf. C. Edson Hawley
  49. 1933DelugeProfessor
  50. 1933Baby FaceJameson - Bank Director (uncredited)
  51. 1933It's Great to Be AliveDr. Wilton
  52. 1933The Working ManMr. Briggs
  53. 1933Trick for TrickJohn Russell
  54. 1933Infernal MachineProfessor Gustabve Hoffman
  55. 1933The Billion Dollar Scandal(as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney Carp
  56. 1932The MummyDr. Muller
  57. 1932The Death KissTom Avery
  58. 1932BooDr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")
  59. 1932The Last MileRabbi
  60. 1932Thunder BelowDoctor
  61. 1932Man WantedMr. Walters
  62. 1932Play GirlMoffatt, the Boss
  63. 1932Behind the MaskDr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X
  64. 1932Under EighteenAssistant to François (uncredited)
  65. 1931Manhattan ParadeThe Lawyer
  66. 1931FrankensteinDoctor Waldman
  67. 1931DraculaVan Helsing
  68. 1916SlanderJoseph Tremaine