Fred Essler


Biography

Fred Essler was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Essler began his acting career with roles in such films as the comedic adaptation "Up in Arms" (1944) with Danny Kaye, the Fred MacMurray biopic "Captain Eddie" (1945) and "What Next, Corporal Hargrove?" (1945). He also appeared in "Where Do We Go From Here?" (1945) with Fred MacMurray and "Every Girl Should Be Married" ...

Biography

Fred Essler was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Essler began his acting career with roles in such films as the comedic adaptation "Up in Arms" (1944) with Danny Kaye, the Fred MacMurray biopic "Captain Eddie" (1945) and "What Next, Corporal Hargrove?" (1945). He also appeared in "Where Do We Go From Here?" (1945) with Fred MacMurray and "Every Girl Should Be Married" (1948) with Cary Grant. His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like the adventurous drama "The White Tower" (1950) with Glenn Ford, "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing" (1955) and the action flick "Hot-Rod Girl" (1956) with Lori Nelson. He also appeared in the comedy "The First Traveling Saleslady" (1956) with Ginger Rogers. Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the June Allyson comedy "My Man Godfrey" (1957), the dramatic adaptation "Ten North Frederick" (1958) with Gary Cooper and the Cary Grant comedy "That Touch of Mink" (1962). He also appeared in the Debbie Reynolds comedy adaptation "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (1964). Essler more recently acted in "The Money Trap" (1966). Essler passed away in January 1973 at the age of 78.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Money Trap (1966)
Mr. Klein
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Baron Karl Ludwig von Ettenburg
G.I. Blues (1960)
Papa Mueller
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Hoffman
My Man Godfrey (1957)
Captain
My Gun Is Quick (1957)
Ludwig Teller
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Prof. Schepp
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
Martin Schlessinger
Hot Rod Girl (1956)
Yo-Yo
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
Leopold Borner
Conquest of Space (1955)
Assistant station announcer
The Student Prince (1954)
Maitre d'
Athena (1954)
Mr. Benevuchi
Houdini (1953)
Official looking man
The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
Dutchman
Woman of the North Country (1952)
Austrian gunsmith
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Augie
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Emile
The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Benny
The White Tower (1950)
Knubel
South Sea Sinner (1950)
Police inspector
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
Pierre
Riffraff (1947)
Hernandez
Messenger of Peace (1947)
Hans Dacher
Song of Love (1947)
Mr. Hein
Faithful in My Fashion (1946)
Nikolai
Saratoga Trunk (1946)
Monsieur Begue
Temptation (1946)
Pepito
One More Tomorrow (1946)
Picard
A Royal Scandal (1945)
Stooge
Captain Eddie (1945)
Professor Montagne
What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945)
Marcel Vivin
Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
Dutch councilman
Scarlet Street (1945)
Marchetti
The Song of Bernadette (1945)
Minister of Justice
Hotel Berlin (1945)
Weyhart Wolle
Passage to Marseille (1944)
Mayor
Around the World (1944)
Teuton
The Unwritten Code (1944)
Schultz
Up in Arms (1944)
Head waiter
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Bostoff
Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
Takahashi
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
LeMaire
Wintertime (1943)
Consul
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Dutch banker

Cast (Special)

Shirley Temple's Storybook: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1958)
Baltus Van Tassel

Life Events

Bibliography