Had two roles in Frankenstein (1931). He played Dr. Waldman and was the man who came out in the prologue to warn movie-goers that the film might be too much.
Stage: Played Van Helsing in the 1927 Broadway production of
"Dracula", with Bela Lugosi playing the Count.
Profiled in "Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960" by Laurence Raw (2012).
His wife and son predeceased him.
The 1910 U.S. Census and his California death certificate both say that
Van Sloan was born in Minnesota.