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