Fred Kohler
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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.
Acted in
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Lawless Valley
1938
as Tom Marsh
Billy The Kid Returns
1938
as Matson
Painted Desert
1938
as Hugh Fawcett
Blockade
1938
as Pietro
Gangs of New York
1938
as Kruger
Forbidden Valley
1938
as Matt Rogan
The Buccaneer
1938
as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Captain Gulner
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Curly-haired Convict
The Plainsman
1936
as Jake - A Teamster
The Texas Rangers
1936
as Jess Higgins
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
as General Jason Burr
For the Service
1936
as Bruce Howard
Heart of the West
1936
as Barton
Frisco Kid
1935
as Shanghai Duck
Stormy
1935
as Deem Dorn
Men of Action
1935
as Thorenson
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
as Black Jack Riley
Lightning Triggers
1935
as Bull Thompson
Border Brigands
1935
as Captain Conyda
Goin' to Town
1935
as Buck Gonzales
Mississippi
1935
as Captain Blackie
Times Square Lady
1935
as "Dutch" Meyers
Horses' Collars
1935
as Double Deal Decker
West of the Pecos
1934
as Sawtelle
The Man from Hell
1934
as Mayor Anse McCloud
Little Man, What Now?
1934
as Karl Goebbler
Half a Sinner
1934
as Brick
The Last Round-up
1934
as Sam Gulden
Honor of the Range
1934
as Rawhide
Queen Christina
1933
as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
The Wolf Dog
1933
as Joe Stevens
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
as Chuck Young
Deluge
1933
as Jepson
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
as Wolf Morgan
Under the Tonto Rim
1933
as Munther
The Constant Woman
1933
as Speakeasy Bouncer
Wild Horse Mesa
1932
as Rand
Call Her Savage
1932
as Silas Jennings
The Fourth Horseman
1932
as Honest Ben Jones
The Texas Bad Man
1932
as Gore Hampton
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
as Lew Grant
Carnival Boat
1932
as Hack Logan
X Marks the Spot
1931
as Edward P. Riggs
Corsair
1931
as Big John
Woman Hungry
1931
as Kampen
Fighting Caravans
1931
as Lee Murdock
Other Men's Women
1931
as Haley
The Lash
1930
as Peter Harkness
The Right of Way
1930
as Joseph Portugais
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
as Fred Kohler
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
as Hank
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
The Light of Western Stars
1930
as H.W. Stack
Under a Texas Moon
1930
as Bad Man
Roadhouse Nights
1930
as Sam Horner
Hell's Heroes
1929
as 'Wild Bill' Kearney
Say It with Songs
1929
as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Broadway Babies
1929
as Perc Gessant
The River of Romance
1929
as Captain Blackie
Thunderbolt
1929
as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
Stairs of Sand
1929
as Boss Stone
The Quitter
1929
as Duffy Thompson
Tide of Empire
1929
as Cannon
The Dummy
1929
as Joe Cooper
The Leatherneck
1929
as Heckla
The Case of Lena Smith
1929
The Spieler
1928
as Red Moon
Sal of Singapore
1928
as Captain Sunday
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
as Sheriff Murdock
The Drag Net
1928
as 'Gabby' Steve
Chinatown Charlie
1928
as Monk
The Showdown
1928
as Winter
The Gay Defender
1927
as Jake Hamby
The City Gone Wild
1927
as Gunner Gallagher
Open Range
1927
as Sam Hardman
Shootin' Irons
1927
as Dick Hardman
The Way of All Flesh
1927
as The Tough
The Rough Riders
1927
as Sergeant Stanton
The Loves of Carmen
1927
as Gypsy Chief
Underworld
1927
as Buck Mulligan
The Blood Ship
1927
as First Mate Fitz
Old Ironsides
1926
as Second Mate (uncredited)
The Country Beyond
1926
as Joe Leseur
The Ice Flood
1926
The Prairie Pirate
1925
as Aguilar - the Bandit
Winds of Chance
1925
as Joe McCaskey
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
The Thundering Herd
1925
as Follansbee
Dick Turpin
1925
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
The Iron Horse
1924
as Bauman
Fighting Fury
1924
as 'Two-finger' Larkin
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
The Red Warning
1923
as Tom Jeffries
North of Hudson Bay
1923
as Armand LeMoir
Hell's Hole
1923
as Prisoner
Shadows of the North
1923
as Ray Brent
The Eleventh Hour
1923
as Barbara's Uncle
The Flame of Life
1923
as Spring
Three Who Paid
1923
as Jim Quade
Without Compromise
1922
as Cass Blake
Perils of the Yukon
1922
as Capt. Whipple
Trimmed
1922
as Young Bill Young
His Back Against the Wall
1922
as Arizona Pete
Yellow Men and Gold
1922
as Craven
A Daughter of the Law
1921
as George Stacey
Conflict
1921
as Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
The Stampede
1921
as Steve Norton
Partners of the Tide
1921
as First Mate
Cyclone Bliss
1921
as Jack Hall
Polly of the Storm Country
1920
Behind the Door
1919
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as McWilliams
The Tiger's Trail
1919
as 'Bull' Shotwell