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