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style="display:inline" class="nickname">Edward Paul Van Sloun</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1882-11-01</span>)</span>November 1, 1882<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/New_Trier,_Minnesota" title="New Trier, Minnesota">New Trier, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 6, 1964<span style="display:none">(1964-03-06)</span> (aged 81)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1916–1950</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Myra Jackson (1911–1960; her death)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dracula_1931_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Dracula_1931_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="259" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Edward Van Sloan and <a href="/wiki/Bela_Lugosi" title="Bela Lugosi">Bela Lugosi</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film)" title="Dracula (1931 English-language film)">Dracula</a></i> (1931) </figcaption></figure> <p><b>Edward Van Sloan</b> (born <b>Edward Paul Van Sloun</b>; November 1, 1882 – March 6, 1964)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American character actor best remembered for his roles in the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Horror" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Horror">Universal Studios horror films</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film)" title="Dracula (1931 English-language film)">Dracula</a></i> (1931), <i><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein_(1931_film)" title="Frankenstein (1931 film)">Frankenstein</a></i> (1931), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mummy_(1932_film)" title="The Mummy (1932 film)">The Mummy</a></i> (1932). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Van_Sloan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edward Paul Van Sloun was of Dutch and German descent<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was born in <a href="/wiki/New_Trier,_Minnesota" title="New Trier, Minnesota">New Trier, Minnesota</a>, on November 1, 1882<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of Martinus Van Sloun and Theresa (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> Breher) Van Sloun. He was living in San Francisco by 1900 with his aunt Mary (<i>née</i> Breher) Baumann and her daughter Alma.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother settled in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, where young Edward resided with his siblings (the artist Frank J., Mary D., Leonora M., Alma K., Josephine) and mother as he launched his acting career in theaters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Van_Sloan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1915, Van Sloan was the leading man with the Forsberg Players, based at the <a href="/wiki/Fulton_Opera_House" title="Fulton Opera House">Fulton Opera House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Sloan's roles in Universal's films date from the 1930s, including <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film)" title="Dracula (1931 English-language film)">Dracula</a></i> (1931),<sup id="cite_ref-rtd_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtd-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein_(1931_film)" title="Frankenstein (1931 film)">Frankenstein</a></i> (1931), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mummy_(1932_film)" title="The Mummy (1932 film)">The Mummy</a></i> (1932).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first of these, he played <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Van_Helsing" title="Abraham Van Helsing">Professor Van Helsing</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-rtd_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtd-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the famous <a href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">vampire</a>-hunter, a role he had first taken in the successful touring production of <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula_(1924_play)" title="Dracula (1924 play)">Dracula</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Deane" title="Hamilton Deane">Hamilton Deane</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_L._Balderston" title="John L. Balderston">John L. Balderston</a>. He played essentially the same role, this time as Dr. Muller, an occultist, in <i>The Mummy</i>. He again played Van Helsing in the 1936 film <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula%27s_Daughter" title="Dracula's Daughter">Dracula's Daughter</a></i>. In <i>Frankenstein</i>, he played the character of <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Waldman" title="Doctor Waldman">Dr. Waldman</a>, and he also stepped in front of a curtain before the film's <a href="/wiki/Opening_credits" title="Opening credits">opening credits</a> to warn audience members that they now had a chance to escape the theatre if they were too squeamish to endure the film. </p><p>On Broadway, Van Sloan's credits included <i>The Vigil</i> (1948), <i>Remote Control</i> (1929), <i>Dracula</i> (1927), <i>Lost</i> (1927), <i>Juarez and Maximilian</i> (1926), <i>Schweiger</i> (1926), <i>Morals</i> (1925), <i>Polly Preferred</i> (1923), and <i>The Unknown Purple</i> (1919).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Van_Sloan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1910, Van Sloan acted in Pinero, in Montreal, Canada, where he married the leading lady Myra Jackson,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with whom he had one child, Paul (born February 21, 1911, in Pennsylvania). During the 1920s, Van Sloan appeared in several plays at the 48th Street Theater on Broadway, including the <a href="/wiki/Dracula_(1924_play)" title="Dracula (1924 play)">1924 stage adaptation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dracula_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dracula (novel)"><i>Dracula</i></a> before accepting an offer in late 1930 (at age 48) for a part in the acclaimed <a href="/wiki/Tod_Browning" title="Tod Browning">Tod Browning</a>-directed screen production of <i>Dracula</i>. He died in 1964 at age 81. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Van_Sloan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:264px;max-width:264px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:262px;max-width:262px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dracula1931BelaLugosiColorCrop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Dracula1931BelaLugosiColorCrop.jpg/260px-Dracula1931BelaLugosiColorCrop.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Dracula1931BelaLugosiColorCrop.jpg/390px-Dracula1931BelaLugosiColorCrop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Dracula1931BelaLugosiColorCrop.jpg/520px-Dracula1931BelaLugosiColorCrop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="510" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:262px;max-width:262px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dracula1931BelaLugosiColor.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Dracula1931BelaLugosiColor.png/260px-Dracula1931BelaLugosiColor.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Dracula1931BelaLugosiColor.png/390px-Dracula1931BelaLugosiColor.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Dracula1931BelaLugosiColor.png/520px-Dracula1931BelaLugosiColor.png 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="510" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Edward Van Sloan confronts <a href="/wiki/Bela_Lugosi" title="Bela Lugosi">Bela Lugosi</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film)" title="Dracula (1931 English-language film)">Dracula</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal</a>, 1931).</div></div></div></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Slander_(1916_film)" title="Slander (1916 film)">Slander</a></i> (1916) – Joseph Tremaine (film debut)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film)" title="Dracula (1931 English-language film)">Dracula</a></i> (1931) – <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Van_Helsing" title="Abraham Van Helsing">Professor Van Helsing</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein_(1931_film)" title="Frankenstein (1931 film)">Frankenstein</a></i> (1931) – <a href="/wiki/Dr._Waldman" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Waldman">Dr. Waldman</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Under_Eighteen" title="Under Eighteen">Under Eighteen</a></i> (1931) – Assistant to François (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Parade" title="Manhattan Parade">Manhattan Parade</a></i> (1931) – The Lawyer (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Mask_(1932_film)" title="Behind the Mask (1932 film)">Behind the Mask</a></i> (1932) – Dr. August Steiner</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Play_Girl_(1932_film)" title="Play Girl (1932 film)">Play Girl</a></i> (1932) – Moffatt, the Boss</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Man_Wanted_(1932_film)" title="Man Wanted (1932 film)">Man Wanted</a></i> (1932) – Mr. Walters</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forgotten_Commandments" title="Forgotten Commandments">Forgotten Commandments</a></i> (1932) – Doctor (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Below" title="Thunder Below">Thunder Below</a></i> (1932) – Doctor (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Mile_(1932_film)" title="The Last Mile (1932 film)">The Last Mile</a></i> (1932) – Rabbi</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Death_Kiss" title="The Death Kiss">The Death Kiss</a></i> (1932) – Tom Avery</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mummy_(1932_film)" title="The Mummy (1932 film)">The Mummy</a></i> (1932) – Dr. Muller</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Billion_Dollar_Scandal" title="The Billion Dollar Scandal">The Billion Dollar Scandal</a></i> (1933) – Attorney Carp</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Infernal_Machine_(film)" title="Infernal Machine (film)">Infernal Machine</a></i> (1933) – Professor Gustabve Hoffman</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Gone_Mad" title="The World Gone Mad">The World Gone Mad</a></i> (1933) – (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Working_Man" title="The Working Man">The Working Man</a></i> (1933) – Mr. Briggs</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trick_for_Trick_(film)" title="Trick for Trick (film)">Trick for Trick</a></i> (1933) – John Russell</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Silk_Express" title="The Silk Express">The Silk Express</a></i> (1933) – Mill Owner in Association (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Great_to_Be_Alive_(film)" title="It's Great to Be Alive (film)">It's Great to Be Alive</a></i> (1933) – Dr. Wilton</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baby_Face_(film)" title="Baby Face (film)">Baby Face</a></i> (1933) – Jameson – Bank Director (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deluge_(film)" title="Deluge (film)">Deluge</a></i> (1933) – Professor Carlysle</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Campus" title="Murder on the Campus">Murder on the Campus</a></i> (1933) – Prof. C. Edson Hawley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goodbye_Love_(film)" title="Goodbye Love (film)">Goodbye Love</a></i> (1933) – Judge</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Money_(1933_film)" title="Blood Money (1933 film)">Blood Money</a></i> (1933) – Jordan - Department Store Manager (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crosby_Case" title="The Crosby Case">The Crosby Case</a></i> (1934) – Professor Franz Lubeck</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Melodrama" title="Manhattan Melodrama">Manhattan Melodrama</a></i> (1934) – Yacht Capt. Swenson (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scarlet_Empress" title="The Scarlet Empress">The Scarlet Empress</a></i> (1934) – Herr Wagner (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_of_Vergie_Winters" title="The Life of Vergie Winters">The Life of Vergie Winters</a></i> (1934) – Jim Winters</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Fix_It" title="I'll Fix It">I'll Fix It</a></i> (1934) – Parkes</li> <li><i>Mills of the Gods</i> (1934) – Komeoski</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Reclaimed_His_Head" title="The Man Who Reclaimed His Head">The Man Who Reclaimed His Head</a></i> (1934) – Board Director (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Old_Girl" title="Grand Old Girl">Grand Old Girl</a></i> (1935) – Holland</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Shot_in_the_Dark_(1935_film)" title="A Shot in the Dark (1935 film)">A Shot in the Dark</a></i> (1935) – Prof. Bostwick</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Woman_in_Red_(1935_film)" title="The Woman in Red (1935 film)">The Woman in Red</a></i> (1935) – Foxall - Prosecuting Attorney</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_Flies_East" title="Death Flies East">Death Flies East</a></i> (1935) – Dr. O'Neill (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Hurricane" title="Captain Hurricane">Captain Hurricane</a></i> (1935) – Man at Susan Ann's Bedside (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Air_Hawks" title="Air Hawks">Air Hawks</a></i> (1935) – Prof. Schulter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Arizonian" title="The Arizonian">The Arizonian</a></i> (1935) – Judge Cody (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Room_(1935_film)" title="The Black Room (1935 film)">The Black Room</a></i> (1935) – Doctor (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Pompeii_(1935_film)" title="The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)">The Last Days of Pompeii</a></i> (1935) – Calvus</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Kids_and_a_Queen" title="Three Kids and a Queen">Three Kids and a Queen</a></i> (1935) – Dr. Gordon</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Exit" title="Grand Exit">Grand Exit</a></i> (1935) – Klorer (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Louis_Pasteur" title="The Story of Louis Pasteur">The Story of Louis Pasteur</a></i> (1936) – Chairman at Medical Society (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Road_Gang" title="Road Gang">Road Gang</a></i> (1936) – Mr. Dudley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dracula%27s_Daughter" title="Dracula's Daughter">Dracula's Daughter</a></i> (1936) – <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Van_Helsing" title="Abraham Van Helsing">Professor Von Helsing</a>  [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>]</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fatal_Lady" title="Fatal Lady">Fatal Lady</a></i> (1936) – French Surete (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sins_of_Man" title="Sins of Man">Sins of Man</a></i> (1936) – Austrian Army Doctor</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Found_Himself" title="The Man Who Found Himself">The Man Who Found Himself</a></i> (1937) – Medical Board Doctor (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Road_Back_(film)" title="The Road Back (film)">The Road Back</a></i> (1937) – President (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Souls_at_Sea" title="Souls at Sea">Souls at Sea</a></i> (1937) – Ship's Officer (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Penitentiary_(1938_film)" title="Penitentiary (1938 film)">Penitentiary</a></i> (1938) – Dr. Rinewulf (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Toy_Wife" title="The Toy Wife">The Toy Wife</a></i> (1938) – Older Man (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Danger_on_the_Air" title="Danger on the Air">Danger on the Air</a></i> (1938) – Dr. Leonard Sylvester</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Campus_Confessions" title="Campus Confessions">Campus Confessions</a></i> (1938) – Professor (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Storm_Over_Bengal" title="Storm Over Bengal">Storm Over Bengal</a></i> (1938) – Maharajah of Lhanapur</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Phantom_Creeps" title="The Phantom Creeps">The Phantom Creeps</a></i> (1939, Serial) – Jarvis [Chs. 2-12]</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Honeymoon_in_Bali" title="Honeymoon in Bali">Honeymoon in Bali</a></i> (1939) – Priest on Bali (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abe_Lincoln_in_Illinois_(film)" title="Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)">Abe Lincoln in Illinois</a></i> (1940) – Dr. Barrett (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Teddy,_the_Rough_Rider" title="Teddy, the Rough Rider">Teddy, the Rough Rider</a></i> (1940, Short) – <a href="/wiki/Elihu_Root" title="Elihu Root">Elihu Root</a> (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Doctor_Takes_a_Wife" title="The Doctor Takes a Wife">The Doctor Takes a Wife</a></i> (1940) – Burkhardt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Seven_(film)" title="The Secret Seven (film)">The Secret Seven</a></i> (1940) – Prof. Holtz</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Before_I_Hang" title="Before I Hang">Before I Hang</a></i> (1940) – Dr. Ralph Howard</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virginia_(1941_film)" title="Virginia (1941 film)">Virginia</a></i> (1941) – Minister (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Monster_and_the_Girl" title="The Monster and the Girl">The Monster and the Girl</a></i> (1941) – Dave – the Warden (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Crazy_(1941_film)" title="Love Crazy (1941 film)">Love Crazy</a></i> (1941) – Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Men_in_Her_Life" title="The Men in Her Life">The Men in Her Life</a></i> (1941) – First Doctor (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Man%27s_World_(1942_film)" title="A Man's World (1942 film)">A Man's World</a></i> (1942) – Doc Stone</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destination_Unknown_(1942_film)" title="Destination Unknown (1942 film)">Destination Unknown</a></i> (1942) – Holland Legation (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valley_of_Hunted_Men" title="Valley of Hunted Men">Valley of Hunted Men</a></i> (1942) – Dr. Heinrich Steiner</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hitler%27s_Children_(1943_film)" title="Hitler's Children (1943 film)">Hitler's Children</a></i> (1943) – Chief Tribunal Judge (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Submarine_Alert" title="Submarine Alert">Submarine Alert</a></i> (1943) – Dr. Johann Bergstrom (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mission_to_Moscow" title="Mission to Moscow">Mission to Moscow</a></i> (1943) – German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Riders_of_the_Rio_Grande" title="Riders of the Rio Grande">Riders of the Rio Grande</a></i> (1943, Serial) – Pop Owens</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Masked_Marvel" title="The Masked Marvel">The Masked Marvel</a></i> (1943, Serial) – Prof. A.M. MacRae (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Song_of_Bernadette_(film)" title="The Song of Bernadette (film)">The Song of Bernadette</a></i> (1943) – Doctor (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_America_(serial)" title="Captain America (serial)">Captain America</a></i> (1944) – Gregory-Lyman's Aide [Chs. 1-2] (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wing_and_a_Prayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing and a Prayer">Wing and a Prayer</a></i> (1944) – Admiral (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Conspirators_(1944_film)" title="The Conspirators (1944 film)">The Conspirators</a></i> (1944) – Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/End_of_the_Road_(1944_film)" title="End of the Road (1944 film)">End of the Road</a></i> (1944) – Judge</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Remember_April_(1945_film)" title="I'll Remember April (1945 film)">I'll Remember April</a></i> (1945) – Board Member (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mask_of_Diijon" title="The Mask of Diijon">The Mask of Diijon</a></i> (1946) – Sheffield</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Betty_Co-Ed" title="Betty Co-Ed">Betty Co-Ed</a></i> (1946) – A.J.A. 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