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