Edward Van Sloan: Edward Van Sloan. Actor: Frankenstein. US character actor; he of the close-cropped gray hair, thick spectacles and clipped, ominous tones who would serve most memorably as the nemesis of evil-doers and monsters in 30's and 40's horror movies and suspensers, antagonizing first the likes of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff and then, years later, Erich von Stroheim.
Known For: Frankenstein (Doctor Waldman), Dracula (Van Helsing), The Mummy (Doctor Muller), Dracula's Daughter (Professor Von Helsing)