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