Fred Essler
Biography
Fred Essler was an American actor whose career took in film, television and the stage. He was born Fritz Essler in Vienna in 1895. He appeared in the original cast of the musical revue From Vienna in 1939 and went on to appear in numerous American television series. His television work included Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1959, Perry Mason and Peter Gunn in 1960, and Mister Ed in 1962, as well as episodes of The Lone Ranger, Adventures of Superman, Cheyenne, Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip. He played Baltus Van Tassel in a 1958 production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow for Shirley Temple's Storybook and appeared in the 1963 episode The Rage of Silence on The Dick Powell Show. He died in 1973.
77years old at death
- Born Vienna
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Fritz Essler and Friedrich Eduard Josef Eßler
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 18 years1947 to 1965
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- The Unsinkable Molly Brown1964 Comedy, Musical, Romance, Westernas Baron Karl Ludwig von Ettenburg
IMDb rating 6.64.7K votes
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Norman TaurogDirector, 1 film, 1960
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Henry KosterDirector, 1 film, 1957
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