Fred Essler (born Fritz Essler; 13 February 1895 – 17 January 1973) was an American actor. He worked film, television and on stage.

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

The following is a partial list of his film work:^[1] Some of the trailers for the movies are also available for viewing on-line.^[2]

• 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)

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 (1959) (Season 4 Episode 26: "Cheap Is Cheap") as 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)

From Vienna, 1939, Original Cast, Musical Revue^[3]

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