Fred Kohler
Biography
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
Steve Norton
The Stampede
Deem Dorn
Stormy
Follansbee
The Thundering Herd
Jack Hall
Cyclone Bliss
Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
Conflict
Buck Mulligan
Underworld
Dick Hardman
Shootin' Irons
Craven
Yellow Men and Gold
Jake Hamby
The Gay Defender
Duffy Thompson
The Quitter
McWilliams
Soldiers of Fortune
Spring
The Flame of Life
Monk
Chinatown Charlie
Fred Kohler
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Prisoner
Hell's Hole
Jess Higgins
The Texas Rangers
Buck Gonzales
Goin' to Town
Sam Horner
Roadhouse Nights
Bauman
The Iron Horse
Big John
Corsair
Captain Gulner
Daughter of Shanghai
Lee Murdock
Fighting Caravans
Winter
The Showdown
Aguilar - the Bandit
The Prairie Pirate
Young Bill Young
Trimmed
Edward P. Riggs
X Marks the Spot
H.W. Stack
The Light of Western Stars
Shanghai Duck
Frisco Kid
Rawhide
Honor of the Range
'Two-finger' Larkin
Fighting Fury
Hank
A Soldier's Plaything
'Wild Bill' Kearney
Hell's Heroes
Sam Hardman
Open Range
Captain Sunday
Sal of Singapore
Perc Gessant
Broadway Babies
Hack Logan
Carnival Boat
General Jason Burr
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Joseph Portugais
The Right of Way
Joe McCaskey
Winds of Chance
Karl Goebbler
Little Man, What Now?
Peter Harkness
The Lash
Sam Gulden
The Last Round-up
Red Moon
The Spieler
Joe Stevens
The Wolf Dog
Haley
Other Men's Women
Matson
Billy The Kid Returns
Capt. Whipple
Perils of the Yukon
Speakeasy Bouncer
The Constant Woman
Pietro
Blockade
Bad Man
Under a Texas Moon
Kruger
Gangs of New York
Polly of the Storm Country
Wolf Morgan
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Self
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Cannon
Tide of Empire
Barton
Heart of the West
Arizona Pete
His Back Against the Wall
Lew Grant
The Rider of Death Valley
Ray Brent
Shadows of the North
The Ice Flood
Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
Thorenson
Men of Action
Captain Blackie
The River of Romance
Tom Jeffries
The Red Warning
Jake - A Teamster
The Plainsman
Bruce Howard
For the Service
Mayor Anse McCloud
The Man from Hell
Barbara's Uncle
The Eleventh Hour
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Say It with Songs
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
'Bad Al' Friedberg
Thunderbolt
Matt Rogan
Forbidden Valley
Chuck Young
Ship of Wanted Men
Gypsy Chief
The Loves of Carmen
The Tough
The Way of All Flesh
First Mate
Partners of the Tide
Armand LeMoir
North of Hudson Bay
Silas Jennings
Call Her Savage
Black Jack Riley
Hard Rock Harrigan
Sawtelle
West of the Pecos
Tom Marsh
Lawless Valley
Sergeant Stanton
The Rough Riders
Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
Queen Christina
Double Deal Decker
Horses' Collars
Second Mate (uncredited)
Old Ironsides
Captain Conyda
Border Brigands
Honest Ben Jones
The Fourth Horseman
Behind the Door
Munther
Under the Tonto Rim
Rand
Wild Horse Mesa
Sheriff Murdock
The Vanishing Pioneer
"Dutch" Meyers
Times Square Lady
Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
The Buccaneer
George Stacey
A Daughter of the Law
Kampen
Woman Hungry
Bull Thompson
Lightning Triggers
Curly-haired Convict
The Accusing Finger
Gunner Gallagher
The City Gone Wild
'Bull' Shotwell
The Tiger's Trail
Brick
Half a Sinner
The Case of Lena Smith
First Mate Fitz
The Blood Ship
Heckla
The Leatherneck
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
Cass Blake
Without Compromise
Hugh Fawcett
Painted Desert
Jepson
Deluge
'Gabby' Steve
The Drag Net
Jim Quade
Three Who Paid
Captain Blackie
Mississippi
Boss Stone
Stairs of Sand
Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Gore Hampton
The Texas Bad Man
Joe Cooper
The Dummy
Joe Leseur
The Country Beyond
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
115
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-04-18
Place of Birth
Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
Fred Kohler Sr.