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