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Fred Kohler
Born · April 18, 1888
Died · October 28, 1938 (50 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Bio
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.
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1994
Lawless Valley
Tom Marsh
5.0
1938
Billy The Kid Returns
Matson
4.9
1938
Painted Desert
Hugh Fawcett
5.8
1938
Blockade
Pietro
5.6
1938
Gangs of New York
Kruger
4.8
1938
Forbidden Valley
Matt Rogan
6.0
1938
The Buccaneer
Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
6.4
1938
Daughter of Shanghai
Captain Gulner
5.4
1937
The Accusing Finger
Curly-haired Convict
4.7
1936
The Plainsman
Jake - A Teamster
6.3
1936
The Texas Rangers
Jess Higgins
6.4
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming
General Jason Burr
5.5
1936
For the Service
Bruce Howard
0.0
1936
Heart of the West
Barton
4.5
1936
Frisco Kid
Shanghai Duck
6.8
1935
Stormy
Deem Dorn
0.0
1935
Men of Action
Thorenson
5.0
1935
Hard Rock Harrigan
Black Jack Riley
3.0
1935
Lightning Triggers
Bull Thompson
0.0
1935
Border Brigands
Captain Conyda
0.0
1935
Goin' to Town
Buck Gonzales
5.3
1935
Mississippi
Captain Blackie
6.7
1935
Times Square Lady
"Dutch" Meyers
6.0
1935
Horses' Collars
Double Deal Decker
6.0
1935
West of the Pecos
Sawtelle
0.0
1934
The Man from Hell
Mayor Anse McCloud
4.5
1934
Little Man, What Now?
Karl Goebbler
6.4
1934
Half a Sinner
Brick
0.0
1934
The Last Round-up
Sam Gulden
0.0
1934
Honor of the Range
Rawhide
5.0
1934
Queen Christina
Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
6.8
1933
The Wolf Dog
Joe Stevens
7.8
1933
Ship of Wanted Men
Chuck Young
2.0
1933
Deluge
Jepson
5.5
1933
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Wolf Morgan
0.0
1933
Under the Tonto Rim
Munther
0.0
1933
The Constant Woman
Speakeasy Bouncer
5.0
1933
Wild Horse Mesa
Rand
0.0
1932
Call Her Savage
Silas Jennings
5.8
1932
The Fourth Horseman
Honest Ben Jones
0.0
1932
The Texas Bad Man
Gore Hampton
1.0
1932
The Rider of Death Valley
Lew Grant
7.0
1932
Carnival Boat
Hack Logan
5.0
1932
X Marks the Spot
Edward P. Riggs
6.0
1931
Corsair
Big John
4.4
1931
Woman Hungry
Kampen
0.0
1931
Fighting Caravans
Lee Murdock
5.3
1931
Other Men's Women
Haley
5.7
1931
The Lash
Peter Harkness
5.3
1930
The Right of Way
Joseph Portugais
5.2
1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Fred Kohler
0.0
1930
A Soldier's Plaything
Hank
4.5
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
3.4
1930
The Light of Western Stars
H.W. Stack
2.0
1930
Under a Texas Moon
Bad Man
1.0
1930
Roadhouse Nights
Sam Horner
4.5
1930
Hell's Heroes
'Wild Bill' Kearney
6.9
1929
Say It with Songs
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
5.3
1929
Broadway Babies
Perc Gessant
5.2
1929
The River of Romance
Captain Blackie
0.0
1929
Thunderbolt
'Bad Al' Friedberg
5.8
1929
Stairs of Sand
Boss Stone
0.0
1929
The Quitter
Duffy Thompson
0.0
1929
Tide of Empire
Cannon
5.6
1929
The Dummy
Joe Cooper
0.0
1929
The Leatherneck
Heckla
5.1
1929
The Case of Lena Smith
5.2
1929
The Spieler
Red Moon
8.2
1928
Sal of Singapore
Captain Sunday
5.0
1928
The Vanishing Pioneer
Sheriff Murdock
0.0
1928
The Drag Net
'Gabby' Steve
6.0
1928
Chinatown Charlie
Monk
0.0
1928
The Showdown
Winter
0.0
1928
The Gay Defender
Jake Hamby
0.0
1927
The City Gone Wild
Gunner Gallagher
0.0
1927
Open Range
Sam Hardman
0.0
1927
Shootin' Irons
Dick Hardman
0.0
1927
The Way of All Flesh
The Tough
6.9
1927
The Rough Riders
Sergeant Stanton
4.0
1927
The Loves of Carmen
Gypsy Chief
5.0
1927
Underworld
Buck Mulligan
7.0
1927
The Blood Ship
First Mate Fitz
0.0
1927
Old Ironsides
Second Mate (uncredited)
6.0
1926
The Country Beyond
Joe Leseur
0.0
1926
The Ice Flood
0.0
1926
The Prairie Pirate
Aguilar - the Bandit
0.0
1925
Winds of Chance
Joe McCaskey
4.8
1925
Riders of the Purple Sage
Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
5.7
1925
The Thundering Herd
Follansbee
0.0
1925
Dick Turpin
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
5.3
1925
The Iron Horse
Bauman
6.7
1924
Fighting Fury
'Two-finger' Larkin
0.0
1924
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
0.0
1924
The Red Warning
Tom Jeffries
0.0
1923
North of Hudson Bay
Armand LeMoir
5.6
1923
Hell's Hole
Prisoner
0.0
1923
Shadows of the North
Ray Brent
0.0
1923
The Eleventh Hour
Barbara's Uncle
0.0
1923
The Flame of Life
Spring
0.0
1923
Three Who Paid
Jim Quade
0.0
1923
Without Compromise
Cass Blake
0.0
1922
Perils of the Yukon
Capt. Whipple
0.0
1922
Trimmed
Young Bill Young
0.0
1922
His Back Against the Wall
Arizona Pete
0.0
1922
Yellow Men and Gold
Craven
0.0
1922
A Daughter of the Law
George Stacey
5.0
1921
Conflict
Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
0.0
1921
The Stampede
Steve Norton
5.0
1921
Partners of the Tide
First Mate
0.0
1921
Cyclone Bliss
Jack Hall
0.0
1921
Polly of the Storm Country
7.5
1920
Behind the Door
6.9
1919
Soldiers of Fortune
McWilliams
0.0
1919
The Tiger's Trail
'Bull' Shotwell
0.0
1919