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