Edward Van Sloan
| Edward Van Sloan | |
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 Van Sloan in Dracula's Daughter (1936) |
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| Born | November 1, 1882 Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1964 (aged 81) California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1916–1950 |
| Spouse | Myra Jackson (?-1960) (her death) 1 child |
Edward Van Sloan (November 1, 1882, Minnesota – March 6, 1964, California)[1][2][3][4][5] was an American film character actor best remembered for his roles in Universal Studios horror films.
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[edit] Career
Van Sloan's roles date from the 1930s, including Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931) and The Mummy (1932). In the first of these, he played Abraham Van Helsing, the famous vampire-hunter, a role he had first taken in the successful touring production of Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. He played essentially the same role, this time as Dr. Muller, in The Mummy. He again played Van Helsing (inexplicably renamed 'Von Helsing') in the 1936 film Dracula's Daughter. In Frankenstein, he stepped in front of a curtain before the film's opening credits to warn audience members that they now had a chance to escape the theatre if they were too squeamish to endure the film.
[edit] Personal life
Van Sloan had a style of playing horror roles that was unmistakably his, speaking his lines in a slow, exaggerated style of elocution with rolling r 's. His grave is located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania's Boehm Cemetery.
[edit] Partial filmography
- Dracula (1931)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- The Mummy (1932)
- Play-Girl (1932)
- Man Wanted (1932)
- Behind the Mask (1932)
- The Last Mile (1932)
- Murder on the Campus (1933)
- Infernal Machine (1933)
- Goodbye Love (1933)
- The Black Room (1935)
- The Woman in Red (1935)
- A Shot in the Dark (1935)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
- Dracula's Daughter (1936)
- Danger on the Air (1938)
- Valley of Hunted Men (1942)
- Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
[edit] References
- ^ 1885 Minnesota Census, County of Carver, p. 182, line 40.
- ^ 1910 U.S. Census, State of California, County of San Francisco, enumeration district 163, p. 12-A, line 2.
- ^ 1920 U.S. Census, State of New York, County of New York, enumeration district 955, p. 14-B, line 74.
- ^ Edward P. Vansloun, in: California Death Index, 1940-1997.
- ^ Edward Vansloun, in: Social Security Death Index.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Edward Van Sloan |
- Edward Van Sloan at the Internet Movie Database
- Edward Van Sloan at the Internet Broadway Database
- "Edward Van Sloan". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20641. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
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