Fred Kohler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1888
- Died
- October 28, 1938 (aged 50)
- Birthplace
- Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor known for his playing heavies. Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. He lost part of his right hand in a mining accident during this time. Eventually he was able to join a touring company, and worked steadily in show business for several years. America's budding film industry drew a 20-something Kohler to Hollywood, where he made his start in silent films. His first role was in the 1911 short The Code of Honor, and he had an uncredited role in Cecil B. DeMille's feature film Joan the Woman (1917), but a steady stream of parts did not begin until The Tiger's Trail (1919). Kohler's stern features earned him a niche playing villains. His role as Bauman in The Iron Horse (1924) is a notable example. With the advent of the talkies, Kohler reprised many of his silent roles in remakes with sound, particularly in Westerns based on novels by Zane Grey. At the beginning of the sound era, he appeared in the Allan Dwan film Tide of Empire (1929) alongside Renée Adorée and Tom Keene. Kohler died of a heart attack on October 28, 1938 at age 50. He was buried in an unmarked grave at Inglewood Park Cemetery in South Los Angeles community of Inglewood, California. His son Fred Kohler, Jr. (1911–1993) was also an actor in many western films.
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Filmography
Danger Quest
Movie · as Otto Shugars
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Billy The Kid Returns
Movie · as Matson
Blockade
Movie · as Pietro
Gangs of New York
Movie · as Kruger
Forbidden Valley
Movie · as Matt Rogan
Lawless Valley
Movie · as Tom Marsh
The Buccaneer
Movie · as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
Painted Desert
Movie · as Hugh Fawcett
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie · as Captain Gulner
The Texas Rangers
Movie · as Jess Higgins
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Movie · as General Jason Burr
Heart of the West
Movie · as Barton
The Plainsman
Movie · as Jake - A Teamster
For the Service
Movie · as Bruce Howard
The Accusing Finger
Movie · as Curly-haired Convict
Dangerous Intrigue
Movie · as Brant
Stormy
Movie · as Deem Dorn
Goin' to Town
Movie · as Buck Gonzales
Frisco Kid
Movie · as Shanghai Duck
Men of Action
Movie · as Thorenson
Hard Rock Harrigan
Movie · as Black Jack Riley
Horses' Collars
Movie · as Double Deal Decker
Border Brigands
Movie · as Captain Conyda
Times Square Lady
Movie · as "Dutch" Meyers
Lightning Triggers
Movie · as Bull Thompson
Mississippi
Movie · as Captain Blackie
Wilderness Mail
Movie · as Lobo McBain / Landau
Honor of the Range
Movie · as Rawhide
Little Man, What Now?
Movie · as Karl Goebbler
The Last Round-up
Movie · as Sam Gulden
The Man from Hell
Movie · as Mayor Anse McCloud
West of the Pecos
Movie · as Sawtelle
Queen Christina
Movie · as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
Half a Sinner
Movie · as Brick
The Wolf Dog
Movie · as Joe Stevens
The Constant Woman
Movie · as Speakeasy Bouncer
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Movie · as Wolf Morgan
Ship of Wanted Men
Movie · as Chuck Young
Under the Tonto Rim
Movie · as Munther
Deluge
Movie · as Jepson
Carnival Boat
Movie · as Hack Logan
The Rider of Death Valley
Movie · as Lew Grant
Call Her Savage
Movie · as Silas Jennings
The Fourth Horseman
Movie · as Honest Ben Jones
Wild Horse Mesa
Movie · as Rand
The Texas Bad Man
Movie · as Gore Hampton
Corsair
Movie · as Big John
Fighting Caravans
Movie · as Lee Murdock
X Marks the Spot
Movie · as Edward P. Riggs
Other Men's Women
Movie · as Haley
Woman Hungry
Movie · as Kampen
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Movie · as Fred Kohler
Roadhouse Nights
Movie · as Sam Horner
The Light of Western Stars
Movie · as H.W. Stack
A Soldier's Plaything
Movie · as Hank
The Right of Way
Movie · as Joseph Portugais
The Lash
Movie · as Peter Harkness
Under a Texas Moon
Movie · as Bad Man
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Movie · as Self
The Quitter
Movie · as Duffy Thompson
Hell's Heroes
Movie · as 'Wild Bill' Kearney
Broadway Babies
Movie · as Perc Gessant
Tide of Empire
Movie · as Cannon
The River of Romance
Movie · as Captain Blackie
Say It with Songs
Movie · as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Thunderbolt
Movie · as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
The Case of Lena Smith
Movie · as Stefan
The Leatherneck
Movie · as Heckla
Stairs of Sand
Movie · as Boss Stone
The Dummy
Movie · as Joe Cooper
Chinatown Charlie
Movie · as Monk
The Showdown
Movie · as Winter
Sal of Singapore
Movie · as Captain Sunday
The Spieler
Movie · as Red Moon
The Vanishing Pioneer
Movie · as Sheriff Murdock
The Drag Net
Movie · as 'Gabby' Steve
Forgotten Faces
Movie
Underworld
Movie · as Buck Mulligan
Shootin' Irons
Movie · as Dick Hardman
The Gay Defender
Movie · as Jake Hamby
Open Range
Movie · as Sam Hardman
The Loves of Carmen
Movie · as Gypsy Chief
The Way of All Flesh
Movie · as The Tough
The Rough Riders
Movie · as Sergeant Stanton
The City Gone Wild
Movie · as Gunner Gallagher
The Blood Ship
Movie · as First Mate Fitz
The Ice Flood
Movie
Old Ironsides
Movie · as Second Mate (uncredited)
The Country Beyond
Movie · as Joe Leseur
The Bar-C Mystery
Movie
The Thundering Herd
Movie · as Follansbee
The Iron Horse
Movie · as Bauman
The Prairie Pirate
Movie · as Aguilar - the Bandit
Winds of Chance
Movie · as Joe McCaskey
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie · as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
Movie · as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Fighting Fury
Movie · as 'Two-finger' Larkin
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Movie · as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
The Flame of Life
Movie · as Spring
Hell's Hole
Movie · as Prisoner
Shadows of the North
Movie · as Ray Brent
The Red Warning
Movie · as Tom Jeffries
The Eleventh Hour
Movie · as Barbara's Uncle
North of Hudson Bay
Movie · as Armand LeMoir
Three Who Paid
Movie · as Jim Quade
Thru the Flames
Movie · as 'Red' Burke
The Clean Up
Movie · as Jack Wolff
Yellow Men and Gold
Movie · as Craven
Trimmed
Movie · as Young Bill Young
Perils of the Yukon
Movie · as Capt. Whipple
His Back Against the Wall
Movie · as Arizona Pete
Without Compromise
Movie · as Cass Blake
The Son of the Wolf
Movie · as Malemute Kid
The Scrapper
Movie · as Oleson
With Stanley in Africa
Movie
The Stampede
Movie · as Steve Norton
Cyclone Bliss
Movie · as Jack Hall
Conflict
Movie · as Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
Partners of the Tide
Movie · as First Mate
A Daughter of the Law
Movie · as George Stacey
Polly of the Storm Country
Movie
The Kentucky Colonel
Movie · as Jim Britsides
Soldiers of Fortune
Movie · as McWilliams
Behind the Door
Movie
The Tiger's Trail
Movie · as 'Bull' Shotwell