Edward Van Sloan

AKA: Edward Paul Van Sloun, Edward Van Sloun, Ed. Van Sloan

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1882-11-01

Chaska, Minnesota, USA

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.

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Van Helsing

1931-02-12 7.158

Dracula

British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, ...

Genre :Horror, Fantasy, Romance

Doctor Waldman

1931-11-21 7.467

Frankenstein

Henry 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 to a world t ...

Genre :Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

Prof. Holtz

1940-08-15 0

The Secret Seven

Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a series of murders. ...

Genre :Crime

Professor Van Helsing

1936-05-11 5.94

Dracula's Daughter

A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings. ...

Genre :Horror

Judge

1944-11-10 5.2

End of the Road

A crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious "Flower Shop Murder" is innocent of the crime. He believes he knows who the actual culprit is, and sets out to befriend the m ...

Genre :Crime

Dr. Ralph Howard

1940-09-17 6.157

Before I Hang

Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics ...

Genre :Crime, Horror, Science Fiction

Joseph Tremaine

1916-04-09 2.333

Slander

The wife of attorney John Blair (T. Jerome Lawler), heroine Helene (Kalich) finds herself in an untenable position when two of Blair's clients, Harry Carson (Robert Rendel)) and Richard Tremaine (Euge ...

Genre :Drama

Dr. Muller

1932-12-22 6.758

The Mummy

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes ...

Genre :Horror, Fantasy, Romance

Jarvis

1939-01-07 4.2

The Phantom Creeps

A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Horror

Judge (uncredited)

1950-06-17 4.5

This Side of the Law

A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment. Told in flashback, we witness his chance encounter with a nefarious lawyer who persuades him to impersona ...

Genre :Crime

Sheffield

1946-03-11 4.625

The Mask of Diijon

A stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt. ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Mr. Briggs

1933-04-20 6.6

The Working Man

A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Tom Avery

1932-12-05 5.1

The Death Kiss

When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the ki ...

Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Horror

Elihu Root, Secretary of State

1940-02-21 6.7

Teddy the Rough Rider

This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. ...

Genre :Drama, History, Documentary

Assistant to François (uncredited)

1932-01-02 6.154

Under Eighteen

Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial b ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Bit (uncredited)

1937-01-29 5.9

Criminal Lawyer

Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole group ...

Genre :Action, Romance, Drama, Crime

Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)

1944-10-24 6

The Conspirators

A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

Van Helsing (archive footage)

1991-01-01 10

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods. ...

Genre :Documentary, Horror

Van Helsing (archive footage)

2000-01-01 3.5

The Many Faces of Dracula

Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years. ...

Genre :Documentary, Horror

Prof. C. Edson Hawley

1933-12-26 5.5

Murder on the Campus

Genre :Mystery

Professor Bostwick

1935-01-31 5.3

A Shot in the Dark

An amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college. ...

Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Schutter

1935-05-07 6.125

Air Hawks

A small, independent air delivery service is menaced by a mad scientist with a death ray machine that blows up planes in mid-flight. ...

Genre :Action, Romance, Mystery, Drama

Dudley

1936-03-28 6.5

Road Gang

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

German (uncredited)

1948-08-20 7.1

A Foreign Affair

In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Van Helsing (archive footage)

2014-08-01 7.5

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure ...

Genre :Documentary, Horror

Moffatt, the Boss

1932-03-12 4.5

Play Girl

A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler. ...

Genre :Drama

Leonard Sylvester

1938-06-30 5.9

Danger on the Air

Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the murder. ...

Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Drama

Jim Winters

1934-06-14 5.2

The Life of Vergie Winters

A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues the relationship with his true love. ...

Genre :Drama

Doctor

1932-06-17 0

Thunder Below

Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan falls in love with Walt's good friend Ken but keeps her husband in the dark about her feelings... unt ...

Genre :Drama

Herr Wagner (uncredited)

1934-05-09 6.8

The Scarlet Empress

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Thei ...

Genre :Drama, History, Romance

Medical Board Doctor

1937-04-02 7

The Man Who Found Himself

Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane t ...

Genre :Drama

French Surete (uncredited)

1936-05-15 0

Fatal Lady

On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses ...

Genre :Mystery

The Lawyer

1931-12-24 1.8

Manhattan Parade

Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop. ...

Genre :Comedy

Holland

1935-01-15 6.5

Grand Old Girl

An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)

1938-04-30 6.1

That Mothers Might Live

That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanline ...

Genre :Drama

Priest on Bali (uncredited)

1939-09-29 6.2

Honeymoon in Bali

Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill p ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")

1932-12-01 5.1

Boo

A wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula. ...

Genre :Horror, Comedy

Professor (archive footage)

1963-01-01 1.5

Dracula

8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula." ...

Genre :Horror

Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)

1941-05-23 6.743

Love Crazy

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Austrian Army Doctor

1936-06-19 0

Sins of Man

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI b ...

Genre :Drama

John Russell

1933-04-20 0

Trick for Trick

Six months after the unsolved murder of a young woman who had been his assistant magician Azrah arranges a seance that will be attended by his former partner La Tour, as well by detectives and interes ...

Genre :Mystery

Dr. Barrett (uncredited)

1940-02-22 6.8

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States. ...

Genre :Drama, History

Prosecuting Attorney Foxall

1935-02-16 6

The Woman in Red

A professional equestrian marries a polo player from a once-wealthy family, only to face the scorn of his snobbish relatives. When she becomes entangled in a murder trial, she must choose between prot ...

Genre :Drama

Dr. Heinrich Steiner

1942-11-13 0

Valley of Hunted Men

Fugitive Nazis threaten to take over the Wyoming range in this Three Mesqueteers outing, which also warns about the danger of blithely assuming that every German-American is a fifth columnist. Which i ...

Genre :Western

Pop Owens

1943-05-21 0

Riders of the Rio Grande

A banker struggles to keep his bank solvent and his town from going bankrupt after the bank is robbed and all its money taken. The Three Mesquiteers ride into town and set out to help. ...

Genre :Western

Man at Susan Ann's Bedside

1935-03-01 4.5

Captain Hurricane

Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten with neighbor Abbie Howland, ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Judge Cody

1935-06-27 0

The Arizonian

Clay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness and disorder, unscrupulous politicians, outlaws galore and brow-beaten citizens. He accepts the position ...

Genre :Western, Adventure, Music, Romance

Burkhardt

1940-04-25 6.4

The Doctor Takes a Wife

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. X

1932-02-25 5.8

Behind the Mask

A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets. ...

Genre :Crime, Horror, Thriller

Rabbi

1932-08-17 5.5

The Last Mile

Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets cau ...

Genre :Drama

Maharajah of Lhanapur

1938-11-14 5.3

Storm Over Bengal

This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its concise 65 minutes, the film manages to accommodat ...

Genre :Adventure

Professor Gustabve Hoffman

1933-04-08 0

Infernal Machine

This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris. After their first encounter, Holden's attempt to ret ...

Genre :Comedy

Dr. Wilton

1933-07-08 5

It's Great to Be Alive

An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus. ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, Science Fiction

Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)

1933-07-13 7.224

Baby Face

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness. ...

Genre :Drama

Holland Legation

1942-10-09 6

Destination Unknown

Foreign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking. ...

Genre :War, Drama, Romance

Minister at Funeral (uncredited)

1950-07-26 6.1

The Underworld Story

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Professor Franz Lubeck

1934-03-05 4.4

The Crosby Case

Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder. ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery

Komeoski

1934-12-15 0

Mills of the Gods

Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading ...

Genre :Drama

Calvus (uncredited)

1935-10-18 5.6

The Last Days of Pompeii

In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuviu ...

Genre :Drama, Adventure

German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)

1943-04-29 5.3

Mission to Moscow

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism. ...

Genre :War, Drama, History

Dr. Gordon

1935-10-21 6

3 Kids and a Queen

An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecu ...

Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

Mr. Walters

1932-04-23 5.091

Man Wanted

A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

(as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney Carp

1933-01-06 0

The Billion Dollar Scandal

An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)

1934-05-04 6.961

Manhattan Melodrama

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Parkes

1934-11-10 0

I'll Fix It

A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in which ever way is best for his needs. But when he t ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Doctor Stone

1942-09-17 6

A Man's World

Somewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, women reveal no past and spies neither receive nor expect any mercy, a giant Chromite plant is working f ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama

Professor

1933-08-17 5.722

Deluge

A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well. ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

Jarvis

1949-06-06 3.8

The Phantom Creeps

The truncated feature version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. ...

Genre :Action, Science Fiction, TV Movie, Horror

Gregory

1944-02-05 5.4

Captain America

Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations. ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Dr. Rinewulf

1938-02-05 0

Penitentiary

The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted. ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Romance

Doctor

1935-07-15 6.483

The Black Room

In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the pop ...

Genre :Horror, Crime

Self (archive footage)

1999-01-01 6.9

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker expl ...

Genre :Documentary

(archive footage)

1998-10-08 7.1

Universal Horror

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s. ...

Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Self - (archive footage)

2025-11-21 0

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Dive into 60 minutes of blood, bravado and brilliant scares as we trace the evolution of horror cinema from Dracula (1931) to today. ...