Fred Kohler
Acting • Born 1888-04-18 – Died 1938-10-28
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.
Filmography
124 credits
The Stampede
Movie • 1921
Steve Norton
Stormy
Movie • 1935
Deem Dorn
The Thundering Herd
Movie • 1925
Follansbee
Cyclone Bliss
Movie • 1921
Jack Hall
Conflict
Movie • 1921
Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
Underworld
Movie • 1927
Buck Mulligan
Shootin' Irons
Movie • 1927
Dick Hardman
Yellow Men and Gold
Movie • 1922
Craven
The Gay Defender
Movie • 1927
Jake Hamby
The Quitter
Movie • 1929
Duffy Thompson
Soldiers of Fortune
Movie • 1919
McWilliams
The Flame of Life
Movie • 1923
Spring
Chinatown Charlie
Movie • 1928
Monk
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Movie • 1930
Fred Kohler
Hell's Hole
Movie • 1923
Prisoner
The Texas Rangers
Movie • 1936
Jess Higgins
Goin' to Town
Movie • 1935
Buck Gonzales
Roadhouse Nights
Movie • 1930
Sam Horner
The Iron Horse
Movie • 1925
Bauman
Corsair
Movie • 1931
Big John
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie • 1937
Captain Gulner
Fighting Caravans
Movie • 1931
Lee Murdock
The Showdown
Movie • 1928
Winter
The Prairie Pirate
Movie • 1925
Aguilar - the Bandit
Trimmed
Movie • 1922
Young Bill Young
X Marks the Spot
Movie • 1931
Edward P. Riggs
The Light of Western Stars
Movie • 1930
H.W. Stack
Frisco Kid
Movie • 1935
Shanghai Duck
Honor of the Range
Movie • 1934
Rawhide
Fighting Fury
Movie • 1924
'Two-finger' Larkin
A Soldier's Plaything
Movie • 1930
Hank
Hell's Heroes
Movie • 1929
'Wild Bill' Kearney
Open Range
Movie • 1927
Sam Hardman
Sal of Singapore
Movie • 1928
Captain Sunday
Broadway Babies
Movie • 1929
Perc Gessant
Carnival Boat
Movie • 1932
Hack Logan
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Movie • 1936
General Jason Burr
The Right of Way
Movie • 1930
Joseph Portugais
Winds of Chance
Movie • 1925
Joe McCaskey
Little Man, What Now?
Movie • 1934
Karl Goebbler
The Lash
Movie • 1930
Peter Harkness
The Last Round-up
Movie • 1934
Sam Gulden
The Spieler
Movie • 1928
Red Moon
The Wolf Dog
Movie • 1933
Joe Stevens
Other Men's Women
Movie • 1931
Haley
Billy The Kid Returns
Movie • 1938
Matson
Perils of the Yukon
Movie • 1922
Capt. Whipple
The Constant Woman
Movie • 1933
Speakeasy Bouncer
Blockade
Movie • 1938
Pietro
Under a Texas Moon
Movie • 1930
Bad Man
Gangs of New York
Movie • 1938
Kruger
Polly of the Storm Country
Movie • 1920
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Movie • 1933
Wolf Morgan
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Movie • 1930
Self
Tide of Empire
Movie • 1929
Cannon
Heart of the West
Movie • 1936
Barton
His Back Against the Wall
Movie • 1922
Arizona Pete
The Rider of Death Valley
Movie • 1932
Lew Grant
Shadows of the North
Movie • 1923
Ray Brent
The Ice Flood
Movie • 1926
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie • 1925
Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
Men of Action
Movie • 1935
Thorenson
The River of Romance
Movie • 1929
Captain Blackie
The Red Warning
Movie • 1923
Tom Jeffries
The Plainsman
Movie • 1936
Jake - A Teamster
For the Service
Movie • 1936
Bruce Howard
The Man from Hell
Movie • 1934
Mayor Anse McCloud
The Eleventh Hour
Movie • 1923
Barbara's Uncle
Say It with Songs
Movie • 1929
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Thunderbolt
Movie • 1929
'Bad Al' Friedberg
Forbidden Valley
Movie • 1938
Matt Rogan
Ship of Wanted Men
Movie • 1933
Chuck Young
The Loves of Carmen
Movie • 1927
Gypsy Chief
The Way of All Flesh
Movie • 1927
The Tough
Partners of the Tide
Movie • 1921
First Mate
North of Hudson Bay
Movie • 1923
Armand LeMoir
Call Her Savage
Movie • 1932
Silas Jennings
Hard Rock Harrigan
Movie • 1935
Black Jack Riley
West of the Pecos
Movie • 1934
Sawtelle
Lawless Valley
Movie • 1938
Tom Marsh
The Rough Riders
Movie • 1927
Sergeant Stanton
Queen Christina
Movie • 1934
Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
Horses' Collars
Movie • 1935
Double Deal Decker
Old Ironsides
Movie • 1926
Second Mate (uncredited)
Border Brigands
Movie • 1935
Captain Conyda
The Fourth Horseman
Movie • 1932
Honest Ben Jones
Behind the Door
Movie • 1919
Wild Horse Mesa
Movie • 1932
Rand
Under the Tonto Rim
Movie • 1933
Munther
The Vanishing Pioneer
Movie • 1928
Sheriff Murdock
Times Square Lady
Movie • 1935
"Dutch" Meyers
The Buccaneer
Movie • 1938
Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
A Daughter of the Law
Movie • 1921
George Stacey
Woman Hungry
Movie • 1931
Kampen
Lightning Triggers
Movie • 1935
Bull Thompson
The Accusing Finger
Movie • 1936
Curly-haired Convict
The City Gone Wild
Movie • 1927
Gunner Gallagher
The Tiger's Trail
Movie • 1919
'Bull' Shotwell
Half a Sinner
Movie • 1934
Brick
The Case of Lena Smith
Movie • 1929
Stefan
The Blood Ship
Movie • 1927
First Mate Fitz
The Leatherneck
Movie • 1929
Heckla
Dick Turpin
Movie • 1925
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Without Compromise
Movie • 1922
Cass Blake
Painted Desert
Movie • 1938
Hugh Fawcett
Deluge
Movie • 1933
Jepson
The Drag Net
Movie • 1928
'Gabby' Steve
Three Who Paid
Movie • 1923
Jim Quade
Mississippi
Movie • 1935
Captain Blackie
Stairs of Sand
Movie • 1929
Boss Stone
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Movie • 1924
Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
The Texas Bad Man
Movie • 1932
Gore Hampton
The Dummy
Movie • 1929
Joe Cooper
The Country Beyond
Movie • 1926
Joe Leseur
Forgotten Faces
Movie • 1928
Thru the Flames
Movie • 1923
'Red' Burke
The Bar-C Mystery
Movie • 1926
The Kentucky Colonel
Movie • 1920
Jim Britsides
The Son of the Wolf
Movie • 1922
Malemute Kid
The Clean Up
Movie • 1923
Jack Wolff
The Scrapper
Movie • 1922
Oleson
Dangerous Intrigue
Movie • 1936
Brant
With Stanley in Africa
Movie • 1922