Fred Kohler
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-04-18
Day of Death
1938-10-28 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Fred Kohler
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.
Known For
Acting
(1994)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
(1938)
Billy The Kid Returns
as Matson
(1938)
Gangs of New York
as Kruger
(1938)
Blockade
as Pietro
(1938)
The Buccaneer
as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
(1938)
Lawless Valley
as Tom Marsh
(1938)
Forbidden Valley
as Matt Rogan
(1938)
Painted Desert
as Hugh Fawcett
(1937)
Daughter of Shanghai
as Captain Gulner
(1936)
The Texas Rangers
as Jess Higgins
(1936)
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as General Jason Burr
(1936)
The Accusing Finger
as Curly-haired Convict
(1936)
For the Service
as Bruce Howard
(1936)
The Plainsman
as Jake - A Teamster
(1936)
Heart of the West
as Barton
(1935)
Hard Rock Harrigan
as Black Jack Riley
(1935)
Stormy
as Deem Dorn
(1935)
Frisco Kid
as Shanghai Duck
(1935)
Horses' Collars
as Double Deal Decker
(1935)
Border Brigands
as Captain Conyda
(1935)
Mississippi
as Captain Blackie
(1935)
Times Square Lady
as "Dutch" Meyers
(1935)
Goin' to Town
as Buck Gonzales
(1935)
Men of Action
as Thorenson
(1935)
Lightning Triggers
as Bull Thompson
(1934)
Little Man, What Now?
as Karl Goebbler
(1934)
The Man from Hell
as Mayor Anse McCloud
(1934)
Honor of the Range
as Rawhide
(1934)
Half a Sinner
as Brick
(1934)
The Last Round-up
as Sam Gulden
(1934)
West of the Pecos
as Sawtelle
(1933)
Deluge
as Jepson
(1933)
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
as Wolf Morgan
(1933)
The Wolf Dog
as Joe Stevens
(1933)
Queen Christina
as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
(1933)
The Constant Woman
as Speakeasy Bouncer
(1933)
Under the Tonto Rim
as Munther
(1933)
Ship of Wanted Men
as Chuck Young
(1932)
The Texas Bad Man
as Gore Hampton
(1932)
The Fourth Horseman
as Honest Ben Jones
(1932)
Wild Horse Mesa
as Rand
(1932)
Carnival Boat
as Hack Logan
(1932)
Call Her Savage
as Silas Jennings
(1932)
The Rider of Death Valley
as Lew Grant
(1931)
X Marks the Spot
as Edward P. Riggs
(1931)
Fighting Caravans
as Lee Murdock
(1931)
Woman Hungry
as Kampen
(1931)
Other Men's Women
as Haley
(1931)
Corsair
as Big John
(1930)
(1930)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Fred Kohler
(1930)
The Right of Way
as Joseph Portugais
(1930)
Under a Texas Moon
as Bad Man
(1930)
Roadhouse Nights
as Sam Horner
(1930)
The Light of Western Stars
as H.W. Stack
(1930)
A Soldier's Plaything
as Hank
(1930)
The Lash
as Peter Harkness
(1929)
The Case of Lena Smith
as Stefan
(1929)
Hell's Heroes
as 'Wild Bill' Kearney
(1929)
Broadway Babies
as Perc Gessant
(1929)
Tide of Empire
as Cannon
(1929)
Stairs of Sand
as Boss Stone
(1929)
The Quitter
as Duffy Thompson
(1929)
The Dummy
as Joe Cooper
(1929)
The Leatherneck
as Heckla
(1929)
The River of Romance
as Captain Blackie
(1929)
Thunderbolt
as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
(1929)
Say It with Songs
as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
(1928)
Chinatown Charlie
as Monk
(1928)
The Showdown
as Winter
(1928)
The Drag Net
as 'Gabby' Steve
(1928)
(1928)
The Spieler
as Red Moon
(1928)
Sal of Singapore
as Captain Sunday
(1928)
The Vanishing Pioneer
as Sheriff Murdock
(1927)
The Loves of Carmen
as Gypsy Chief
(1927)
Shootin' Irons
as Dick Hardman
(1927)
Underworld
as Buck Mulligan
(1927)
The Rough Riders
as Sergeant Stanton
(1927)
The Gay Defender
as Jake Hamby
(1927)
The Blood Ship
as First Mate Fitz
(1927)
The City Gone Wild
as Gunner Gallagher
(1927)
The Way of All Flesh
as The Tough
(1927)
Open Range
as Sam Hardman
(1926)
The Country Beyond
as Joe Leseur
(1926)
Old Ironsides
as Second Mate (uncredited)
(1926)
(1925)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
(1925)
The Iron Horse
as Bauman
(1925)
The Thundering Herd
as Follansbee
(1925)
Winds of Chance
as Joe McCaskey
(1925)
The Prairie Pirate
as Aguilar - the Bandit
(1925)
Dick Turpin
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
(1924)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
(1924)
Fighting Fury
as 'Two-finger' Larkin
(1923)
The Red Warning
as Tom Jeffries
(1923)
The Flame of Life
as Spring
(1923)
North of Hudson Bay
as Armand LeMoir
(1923)
Hell's Hole
as Prisoner
(1923)
The Eleventh Hour
as Barbara's Uncle
(1923)
Shadows of the North
as Ray Brent
(1923)
Thru the Flames
as 'Red' Burke
(1923)
Three Who Paid
as Jim Quade
(1922)
His Back Against the Wall
as Arizona Pete
(1922)
Perils of the Yukon
as Capt. Whipple
(1922)
Yellow Men and Gold
as Craven
(1922)
Trimmed
as Young Bill Young
(1922)
Without Compromise
as Cass Blake
(1921)
Conflict
as Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
(1921)
Partners of the Tide
as First Mate
(1921)
A Daughter of the Law
as George Stacey
(1921)
Cyclone Bliss
as Jack Hall
(1921)
The Stampede
as Steve Norton
(1920)
(1919)
The Tiger's Trail
as 'Bull' Shotwell
(1919)
(1919)
Soldiers of Fortune
as McWilliams