Professor Van Helsing — Dracula's Daughter Character Profile

About Professor Van Helsing

A renowned vampire hunter and mentor to Dr. Garth, arrested after staking Dracula but later cleared.

Professor Van Helsing — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Vampire hunting, Occult knowledge, Medical expertise, Leadership

• Strength: 5/10
• Intelligence: 9.5/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 8/10

Quick Facts about Professor Van Helsing

Occupation

scientist, physician, vampire hunter

Eye Color

Blue

Hair Color

Red hair

Nationality

[[Dutch people

Professor Van Helsing's Known Relations

• John Seward — Student
• Count Dracula — Enemy

Professor Van Helsing appears in 12 titles

• Dracula (1931) — character page
• Dracula's Daughter (1936)
• Dracula (1958) — character page
• The Brides of Dracula (1960) — character page
• Count Dracula (1970) — character page
• Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) — character page
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) — character page
• The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) — character page
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) — character page
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) — character page
• Dracula 2000 (2000) — character page
• Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Edward Van Sloan

Appears in

Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Professor Van Helsing — Conflict Supernatural Adversaries — Sandor (Irving Pichel)

  Van Helsing helps oppose Sandor's final attack and the wider vampiric threat.

  Van Helsing follows Garth from London to Castle Dracula and is present when Sandor threatens Garth after the female vampire's destruction.

• Professor Van Helsing — Conflict Arresting Officer — Sergeant Wilkes (E. E. Clive)

  Wilkes initially treats Van Helsing as a suspect in a murder investigation.

  Sergeant Wilkes and Constable Albert arrest Van Helsing after finding Dracula's body and the corpse in the cellar of Carfax Abbey.

• Professor Van Helsing — Professional Official Interrogator — Sir Basil Humphrey (Gilbert Emery)

  Sir Basil oversees the legal inquiry into Van Helsing's actions.

  After Van Helsing is arrested, he is taken to Scotland Yard, where he explains the destruction of Dracula to Sir Basil Humphrey.

• Professor Van Helsing — Professional Mentor And Former Student — Jeffrey Garth (Otto Kruger)

  Van Helsing is Garth's former mentor, and Garth becomes the specialist who assists him.

  The plot identifies Jeffrey Garth as Van Helsing's former star student. Van Helsing later enlists Garth's psychiatric help after his arrest.

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• Jeffrey Garth (Otto Kruger)
• Countess Marya Zaleska (Dracula's Daughter) (Gloria Holden)
• Janet (Marguerite Churchill)
• Sir Aubrey (Claud Allister)
• Sir Basil Humphrey (Gilbert Emery)
• Sergeant Wilkes (E. E. Clive)
• Transylvania Innkeeper (uncredited) (Paul Weigel)
• Sandor (Irving Pichel)
• Hobbs (Edgar Norton)
• Squires (uncredited) (Vernon Steele)
• Dr. Townsend (uncredited) (Douglas Wood)
• Miss Peabody (uncredited) (Eily Malyon)