Fred Kohler
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieMae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieLawless Valley
1938
Tom Marsh
moviePainted Desert
1938
Hugh Fawcett
movieBlockade
1938
Pietro
movieForbidden Valley
1938
Matt Rogan
movieThe Buccaneer
1938
Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
movieDaughter of Shanghai
1937
Captain Gulner
movieThe Accusing Finger
1936
Curly-haired Convict
movieThe Plainsman
1936
Jake - A Teamster
movieThe Texas Rangers
1936
Jess Higgins
movieThe Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
General Jason Burr
movieFor the Service
1936
Bruce Howard
movieFrisco Kid
1935
Shanghai Duck
movieStormy
1935
Deem Dorn
Wilderness Mail
1935
Lobo McBain / Landau
movieMen of Action
1935
Thorenson
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
Black Jack Riley
movieLightning Triggers
1935
Bull Thompson
movieBorder Brigands
1935
Captain Conyda
movieGoin' to Town
1935
Buck Gonzales
movieMississippi
1935
Captain Blackie
movieTimes Square Lady
1935
"Dutch" Meyers
movieHorses' Collars
1935
Double Deal Decker
movieWest of the Pecos
1934
Sawtelle
movieThe Man from Hell
1934
Mayor Anse McCloud
movieLittle Man, What Now?
1934
Karl Goebbler
movieThe Last Round-up
1934
Sam Gulden
movieHonor of the Range
1934
Rawhide
movieQueen Christina
1934
Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
movieThe Wolf Dog
1933
Joe Stevens
movieShip of Wanted Men
1933
Chuck Young
movieDeluge
1933
Jepson
movieThe Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
Wolf Morgan
movieUnder the Tonto Rim
1933
Munther
movieThe Constant Woman
1933
Speakeasy Bouncer
movieCall Her Savage
1932
Silas Jennings
movieThe Fourth Horseman
1932
Honest Ben Jones
movieThe Texas Bad Man
1932
Gore Hampton
movieThe Rider of Death Valley
1932
Lew Grant
movieCarnival Boat
1932
Hack Logan
movieX Marks the Spot
1931
Edward P. Riggs
movieCorsair
1931
Big John
movieWoman Hungry
1931
Kampen
movieFighting Caravans
1931
Lee Murdock
movieThe Lash
1930
Peter Harkness
movieThe Right of Way
1930
Joseph Portugais
movieScreen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
Fred Kohler
movieThe Light of Western Stars
1930
H.W. Stack
movieUnder a Texas Moon
1930
Bad Man
movieRoadhouse Nights
1930
Sam Horner
movieHell's Heroes
1929
'Wild Bill' Kearney
movieSay It with Songs
1929
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
movieBroadway Babies
1929
Perc Gessant
movieThe River of Romance
1929
Captain Blackie
movieThunderbolt
1929
'Bad Al' Friedberg
movieStairs of Sand
1929
Boss Stone
movieThe Quitter
1929
Duffy Thompson
movieTide of Empire
1929
Cannon
movieThe Dummy
1929
Joe Cooper
movieThe Leatherneck
1929
Heckla
movieThe Spieler
1928
Red Moon
movieSal of Singapore
1928
Captain Sunday
movieThe Vanishing Pioneer
1928
Sheriff Murdock
movieThe Drag Net
1928
'Gabby' Steve
movieThe Showdown
1928
Winter
movieThe Gay Defender
1927
Jake Hamby
movieThe City Gone Wild
1927
Gunner Gallagher
movieOpen Range
1927
Sam Hardman
movieShootin' Irons
1927
Dick Hardman
movieThe Way of All Flesh
1927
The Tough
movieThe Rough Riders
1927
Sergeant Stanton
movieThe Loves of Carmen
1927
Gypsy Chief
movieUnderworld
1927
Buck Mulligan
movieThe Blood Ship
1927
First Mate Fitz
movieOld Ironsides
1926
Second Mate (uncredited)
movieThe Country Beyond
1926
Joe Leseur
movieThe Prairie Pirate
1925
Aguilar - the Bandit
movieThe Iron Horse
1925
Bauman
movieWinds of Chance
1925
Joe McCaskey
movieRiders of the Purple Sage
1925
Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
movieThe Thundering Herd
1925
Follansbee
movieDick Turpin
1925
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
movieFighting Fury
1924
'Two-finger' Larkin
movieThe Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
movieThe Red Warning
1923
Tom Jeffries
movieNorth of Hudson Bay
1923
Armand LeMoir
movieThe Clean Up
1923
Jack Wolff
movieHell's Hole
1923
Prisoner
movieShadows of the North
1923
Ray Brent
movieThe Eleventh Hour
1923
Barbara's Uncle
movieThru the Flames
1923
'Red' Burke
movieWithout Compromise
1922
Cass Blake
moviePerils of the Yukon
1922
Capt. Whipple
movieTrimmed
1922
Young Bill Young
movieThe Son of the Wolf
1922
Malemute Kid
movieHis Back Against the Wall
1922
Arizona Pete
movieThe Scrapper
1922
Oleson
movieA Daughter of the Law
1921
George Stacey
movieConflict
1921
Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
movieThe Stampede
1921
Steve Norton
moviePartners of the Tide
1921
First Mate
movieCyclone Bliss
1921
Jack Hall
movieThe Kentucky Colonel
1920
Jim Britsides
movieSoldiers of Fortune
1919
McWilliams
movieThe Tiger's Trail
1919
'Bull' Shotwell
Danger Quest
Otto Shugars