Sign up
Portrait of Fred Essler

Acting

Fred Essler

Career

Active from 1945 to 1964, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Fred Essler Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.6, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      48
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      1960s

      8 titles · average score 58
      The Money Trap
      The Money Trap (1965)
      GoodWatch score 49

      as Mr. Klein

      The Unsinkable Molly Brown
      The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
      GoodWatch score 76

      as Baron Karl Ludwig von Ettenburg

      I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
      I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962)
      GoodWatch score 73

      TV show · as Dr. Leipsig

      Mister Ed
      Mister Ed (1961)
      GoodWatch score 45

      TV show · as Mr. Schultz

      The Dick Powell Show
      The Dick Powell Show (1961)
      GoodWatch score 65

      TV show · as Mr. Potovsky

      Stagecoach West
      Stagecoach West (1960)
      GoodWatch score 70

      TV show · as Adolph Strauss

      G.I. Blues
      G.I. Blues (1960)
      GoodWatch score 32

      as Papa Mueller

      The Brothers Brannagan
      The Brothers Brannagan (1960)

      TV show · as Halder

      1950s

      21 titles · average score 65
      77 Sunset Strip
      77 Sunset Strip (1958)
      GoodWatch score 74

      TV show · as Max, the Bookkeeper / Papa Eros

      Shirley Temple's Storybook
      Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
      GoodWatch score 70

      TV show · as Baltus Van Tassel

      Perry Mason
      Perry Mason (1957)
      GoodWatch score 82

      TV show · as Mr. Kringle

      Maverick
      Maverick (1957)
      GoodWatch score 75

      TV show · as German Jeweler

      My Gun Is Quick
      My Gun Is Quick (1957)
      GoodWatch score 48

      as Ludwig Teller

      Sugarfoot
      Sugarfoot (1957)
      GoodWatch score 62

      TV show · as Amos Lampton

      Hot Rod Girl
      Hot Rod Girl (1956)
      GoodWatch score 34

      as Yo-Yo

      Telephone Time
      Telephone Time (1956)
      GoodWatch score 67

      TV show

      Alfred Hitchcock Presents
      Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
      GoodWatch score 86

      TV show · as Arthur

      Cheyenne
      Cheyenne (1955)
      GoodWatch score 71

      TV show · as Carl Turner

      Public Defender
      Public Defender (1954)

      TV show · as Steiner

      Adventures of Superman
      Adventures of Superman (1952)
      GoodWatch score 70

      TV show · as Scientist Jan Moleska (uncredited)

      1940s

      19 titles · average score 60
      The Lone Ranger
      The Lone Ranger (1949)
      GoodWatch score 48

      TV show · as Otto Heindorf

      Every Girl Should Be Married
      Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
      GoodWatch score 61

      as Pierre

      Riff-Raff
      Riff-Raff (1947)
      GoodWatch score 55

      as Hernandez - Man with Briefcase (uncredited)

      What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
      What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945)
      GoodWatch score 55

      as Marcel Vivin

      Scarlet Street
      Scarlet Street (1945)
      GoodWatch score 89

      as Marchetti (uncredited)

      Saratoga Trunk
      Saratoga Trunk (1945)
      GoodWatch score 59

      as Monsieur Begue (uncredited)

      A Royal Scandal
      A Royal Scandal (1945)
      GoodWatch score 44

      as Stooge (uncredited)

      Passage to Marseille
      Passage to Marseille (1944)
      GoodWatch score 67

      as Prosper (uncredited)

      The Mask of Dimitrios
      The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
      GoodWatch score 78

      as Mr. Bostoff (uncredited)

      Up in Arms
      Up in Arms (1944)
      GoodWatch score 72

      as Head Waiter

      Mission to Moscow
      Mission to Moscow (1943)
      GoodWatch score 43

      as Dutch Banker (uncredited)

      Behind the Rising Sun
      Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
      GoodWatch score 39

      as Takahashi