- Acting films
- 41
- Acting avg
- 6.40
- Peak run
- 1931’33
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Edward by the numbers
Average
6.40
18 rated films
Vote weighted
6.52
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.81
rating spread
Career
20y
1931 to 1950
Total votes
5.42K
across every film
Best
7.5
Frankenstein
Worst
6.7
The Mummy
Newest first
Filmography
| 1950 |  The Underworld Story | Minister at Funeral (uncredited) | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1950 |  This Side of the Law | Judge (uncredited) | · | 16 |
| 1948 |  A Foreign Affair | German (uncredited) | 7.1 | 167 |
| 1946 |  The Mask of Diijon | Sheffield | · | 17 |
| 1944 |  The Conspirators | Dutch Underground Leader (uncredited) | · | 16 |
| 1944 |  Captain America | Gregory | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1943 |  Mission to Moscow | German Diplomat in Berlin (uncredited) | · | 21 |
| 1943 |  Hitler's Children | Trial Judge | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1941 |  Love Crazy | Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited) | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1940 |  Before I Hang | Dr. Ralph Howard | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Burkhardt | · | 10 |
| 1940 | Teddy the Rough Rider | Elihu Root, Secretary of State | · | 13 |
| 1940 |  Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Dr. Barrett (uncredited) | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1939 | Honeymoon in Bali | Priest on Bali (uncredited) | · | 3 |
| 1939 |  The Phantom Creeps | Jarvis | 4.5 | 25 |
| 1938 | Storm Over Bengal | Maharajah of Lhanapur | · | 7 |
| 1938 | Danger on the Air | Leonard Sylvester | · | 6 |
| 1938 | That Mothers Might Live | Hospital Chief of Staff (uncredited) | · | 12 |
| 1937 | The Man Who Found Himself | Medical Board Doctor | · | 2 |
| 1936 |  Dracula's Daughter | Professor Van Helsing | 5.9 | 232 |
Better together?
Edward Van Sloan's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Boris Karloff and Edward Van Sloan movies
Takes