Edward Van Sloan (1 November 1881–6 March 1964) was an American film character actor remembered for his roles in Universal Studios horror films.
His best-remembered roles were in the Universal horror films of the early 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.