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