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