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