Edward Van Sloan
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.
Frankenstein
as Doctor WaldmanTampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a...
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Dracula
as Professor Abraham Van HelsingBritish estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who...
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Baby Face
as Jameson - Bank Director (uncredited)A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon...
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The Mummy
as Dr. MullerAn ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his...
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Dracula's Daughter
as Prof. Van HelsingA countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
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The Scarlet Empress
as Herr Wagner (uncredited)During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine...
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A Foreign Affair
as German (uncredited)In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US...
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The Black Room
as DoctorIn a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there...
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Manhattan Melodrama
as Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law...
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Captain America
as GregorySuperhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who...
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Love Crazy
as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of...
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Mission to Moscow
as German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns...
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This Side of the Law
as Judge (uncredited)A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment....
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The Phantom Creeps
as JarvisA mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Dr. Barrett (uncredited)Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...
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Before I Hang
as Dr. Ralph HowardA physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a...
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The Last Days of Pompeii
as Calvus (uncredited)In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator,...
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Criminal Lawyer
as Bit (uncredited)Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client,...
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The Woman in Red
as Prosecuting Attorney FoxallA professional jockey struggles to fit in with her new husband's upper-crust family in this...
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Deluge
as ProfessorA massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a...
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A Shot in the Dark
as Professor BostwickAn amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college.
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The Underworld Story
as Minister at Funeral (uncredited)A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a...
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The Conspirators
as Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
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The Mask of Diijon
as SheffieldA stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.
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Murder on the Campus
as Prof. C. Edson HawleyA popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the...
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The Life of Vergie Winters
as Jim WintersA small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another...
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The Man Who Found Himself
as Medical Board DoctorYoung Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his...
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Under Eighteen
as Assistant to François (uncredited)Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during...
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The Death Kiss
as Tom AveryWhen a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin...
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Thunder Below
as DoctorStory of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored...
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Road Gang
as DudleyA crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed...
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Mills of the Gods
as KomeoskiFay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by...
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Sins of Man
as Austrian Army DoctorAustrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche)...
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Danger on the Air
as Leonard SylvesterTrouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio...
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Boo
as Dr. Waldman (edited from "Frankenstein")A wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula.
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The Last Mile
as RabbiRichard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives...
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Behind the Mask
as Dr. August Steiner / Dr. Alec Munsell / Mr. XA Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.
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Universal Horror
as (archive footage)A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during...
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The Many Faces of Dracula
as Van Helsing (archive footage)Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed...
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Fatal Lady
as French Surete (uncredited)On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the...
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The Arizonian
as Judge CodyClay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness...
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Honeymoon in Bali
as Priest on Bali (uncredited)Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen,...
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Air Hawks
as SchutterA small, independent air delivery service is menaced by a mad scientist with a death ray...
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The Phantom Creeps
as JarvisAn edited version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by...
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Teddy the Rough Rider
as Elihu Root, Secretary of StateThis short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was...
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Manhattan Parade
as The LawyerDirector Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on...
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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf...
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Man Wanted
as Mr. WaltersA female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
as BurkhardtA best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual...
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That Mothers Might Live
as Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited)That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The...
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I'll Fix It
as ParkesA power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has...
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Penitentiary
as Dr. RinewulfThe story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he...
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Infernal Machine
as Professor Gustabve HoffmanThis pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who...
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Slander
as Joseph TremaineThe wife of attorney John Blair (T. Jerome Lawler), heroine Helene (Kalich) finds herself in an...
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Grand Old Girl
as HollandAn elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
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Destination Unknown
as Holland LegationForeign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking.
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It's Great to Be Alive
as Dr. WiltonAn aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is...
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Dracula
as Professor (archive footage)8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."
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Storm Over Bengal
as Maharajah of LhanapurThis being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed...
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3 Kids and a Queen
as Dr. GordonAn eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She...
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Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Van Helsing (archive footage)Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat,...
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Play Girl
as Moffatt, the BossA young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Van Helsing (archive footage)A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
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The Billion Dollar Scandal
as (as Ed Van Sloan) Attorney CarpAn ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes...
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The Secret Seven
as Prof. HoltzScientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve...
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Valley of Hunted Men
as Dr. Heinrich SteinerFugitive Nazis threaten to take over the Wyoming range in this Three Mesqueteers outing, which...
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The Working Man
as Mr. BriggsA successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children...
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The Crosby Case
as Professor Franz LubeckFormer lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
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End of the Road
as JudgeA crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious "Flower Shop Murder"...
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A Man's World
as Doctor StoneSomewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions,...
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Captain Hurricane
as Man at Susan Ann's BedsideZenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature,...
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Riders of the Rio Grande
as Pop OwensA banker struggles to keep his bank solvent and his town from going bankrupt after the bank is...
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