Edward Van Sloan (1 November 1881–6 March 1964) was an American film character actor remembered for his roles in Universal Studios horror films. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American
His best-remembered roles were in the Universal horror films of the early 1930s, including Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931) and The Mummy (1932). Universal Horror is the name given to the distinctive series of Horror films made by Universal Studios in California Dracula is a classic 1931 Horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Béla Lugosi as the title character Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frankenstein is a Horror film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and very loosely based on the novel of the same name Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Mummy is a 1932 horror classic from Universal Pictures directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff as a Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 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. Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living Dracula is a 1924 stage play adapted by Hamilton Deane from the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker, and subsequently revised by John John L Balderston ( October 22, 1889 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania - March 8, 1954 Los Angeles California) was an American He played essentially the same role as Professor Muller in the The Mummy. He again played Van Helsing in the 1936 film Dracula's Daughter. Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 Horror film, a sequel to the 1931 film Dracula.