Fred Essler

Fred Essler
Essler in The Admiral Was a Lady, 1950
Born	Fritz Essler (1895-02-13)February 13, 1895 Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Died	January 17, 1973(1973-01-17) (aged 77) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation(s)	Actor: Film and television
Years active	1930’s to 1970’s

Fred Essler (1895–1973) was an American actor. He worked film, television and on stage.

He was born Fritz Essler, on February 13, 1895 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, (now Austria); and, died on, January 17, 1973 (age 77) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

The following is a partial list of his film work: Some of the trailers for the movies are also available for viewing on-line.

• The Money Trap (1966), Mr. Klein
• The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Baron Karl Ludwig von Ettenburg
• G.I. Blues (1960) Papa Mueller
• My Man Godfrey (1957), Captain
• My Gun Is Quick (1957), Ludwig Teller
• Hot Rod Girl (1956), Yo-Yo
• The Benny Goodman Story (1956), Professor Schoepp
• The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) Martin Schlessinger
• The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), Leopold Borner (uncredited)
• Conquest of Space (1955), Assistant Station Announcer (uncredited)
• Houdini (1953), Officious Man (uncredited)
• The Admiral Was a Lady (1950), Benny
• The White Tower (1950), Knubel
• Every Girl Should Be Married (1948), Pierre
• Messenger of Peace (1947), Hans Dacher
• Faithful in My Fashion (1946), Nikolai
• Scarlet Street (1946), Marchetti (uncredited)
• The Song of Bernadette (1943), Minister of Justice (uncredited)

Fred Essler and Lori Nelson (1956), in Hot Rod Girl

Selected Television Credits

The following is a partial list of his television work:

• I'm Dickens, He's Fenster; Is There a Doctor in the House? (1963), Dr. Leipsig
• The Dick Powell Show; The Rage of Silence (1963) … Mr. Potovsky
• 77 Sunset Strip; The Catspaw Caper (1962); Papa E; The Reluctant Spy (1962), Max
• Cheyenne; Man Alone (1962), Carl Turner
• Mister Ed; The Contest (1962), Mr. Schultz
• Pete and Gladys; The Great Stone Face (1961), Otto Inglehoffer
• Stagecoach West; Three Wise Men (1960), Adolph Strauss
• Perry Mason; The Case of the Nine Dolls (1960), Mr. Kringle
• Peter Gunn; The Dummy (1960), Mr. Ulrich
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Cheap Is Cheap, Arthur
• Maverick; Game of Chance (1959), Jeweller
• Shirley Temple's Storybook; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1958), Baltus Van Tassel
• My Little Margie; Switzerland Story (1954)
• The Adventures of Falcon; A Drug on the Market (1954), Adolph Beimer
• The Lone Ranger; Trouble in Town (1953), Otto Heindorf
• Adventures of Superman; The Monkey Mystery (1952), Scientist Jan Moleska (uncredited)
• Sky King; Formula for Fear (1952), Dr. Roy Urban
• Dangerous Assignment; The Black Hood Story (1952), Poppa Schlager
• Racket Squad (1951-2), Karl Muller
• The Stu Erwin Show (1951)

Stage

From Vienna, 1939, Original Cast, Musical Revue

External links

• Fred Essler at IMDb
• Fred Essler at Find a Grave
• Fred Essler, partial list of videos available, for free download, at Internet Archive