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.
Movie | The Buccaneer | Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.) | 1938-02-04 |
Movie | Lawless Valley | Tom Marsh | 1938-11-03 |
Movie | Gangs of New York | Kruger | 1938-05-23 |
Movie | Forbidden Valley | Matt Rogan | 1938-02-13 |
Movie | Painted Desert | Hugh Fawcett | 1938-08-12 |
Movie | Billy The Kid Returns | Matson | 1938-09-04 |
Movie | Blockade | Pietro | 1938-06-17 |
Movie | Daughter of Shanghai | Captain Gulner | 1937-12-17 |
Movie | For the Service | Bruce Howard | 1936-06-01 |
Movie | Heart of the West | Barton | 1936-02-24 |
Movie | The Vigilantes Are Coming | General Jason Burr | 1936-08-21 |
Movie | The Accusing Finger | Curly-haired Convict | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | The Texas Rangers | Jess Higgins | 1936-08-28 |
Movie | The Plainsman | Jake - A Teamster | 1936-11-16 |
Movie | Mississippi | Captain Blackie (as Captain Blackie Jr.) | 1935-03-22 |
Movie | Times Square Lady | "Dutch" Meyers | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Goin' to Town | Buck Gonzales | 1935-04-25 |
Movie | Horses' Collars | Double Deal Decker | 1935-01-10 |
Movie | Border Brigands | Captain Conyda | 1935-05-31 |
Movie | Frisco Kid | Shanghai Duck | 1935-11-30 |
Movie | Men of Action | Thorenson | 1935-07-13 |
Movie | Hard Rock Harrigan | Black Jack Riley | 1935-07-01 |
Movie | Honor of the Range | Rawhide | 1934-04-15 |
Movie | The Last Round-up | Sam Gulden | 1934-05-01 |
Movie | Little Man, What Now? | Karl Goebbler | 1934-06-04 |
Movie | The Man from Hell | Mayor Anse McCloud | 1934-08-28 |
Movie | West of the Pecos | Sawtelle | 1934-12-27 |
Movie | Under the Tonto Rim | Munther | 1933-04-07 |
Movie | The Constant Woman | Speakeasy Bouncer | 1933-03-12 |
Movie | The Fiddlin' Buckaroo | Wolf Morgan | 1933-07-20 |
Movie | Queen Christina | Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited) | 1933-12-26 |
Movie | Deluge | Jepson | 1933-08-17 |
Movie | The Wolf Dog | Joe Stevens | 1933-09-29 |
Movie | Ship of Wanted Men | Chuck Young | 1933-09-08 |
Movie | The Rider of Death Valley | Lew Grant | 1932-04-23 |
Movie | The Texas Bad Man | Gore Hampton | 1932-06-29 |
Movie | Carnival Boat | Hack Logan | 1932-03-19 |
Movie | The Fourth Horseman | Honest Ben Jones | 1932-09-25 |
Movie | Wild Horse Mesa | Rand | 1932-11-25 |
Movie | Call Her Savage | Silas Jennings | 1932-11-24 |
Movie | Fighting Caravans | Lee Murdock | 1931-02-01 |
Movie | Corsair | Big John | 1931-11-28 |
Movie | X Marks the Spot | Edward P. Riggs | 1931-12-13 |
Movie | Under a Texas Moon | Bad Man | 1930-04-01 |
Movie | Roadhouse Nights | Sam Horner | 1930-02-15 |
Movie | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
Movie | The Light of Western Stars | H.W. Stack | 1930-04-19 |
Movie | The Lash | Peter Harkness | 1930-12-14 |
Movie | The Right of Way | Joseph Portugais | 1930-12-11 |
Movie | A Soldier's Plaything | Hank | 1930-10-30 |
Movie | Thunderbolt | 'Bad Al' Friedberg | 1929-06-20 |
Movie | Tide of Empire | Cannon | 1929-03-23 |
Movie | River of Romance | Captain Blackie | 1929-06-28 |
Movie | Broadway Babies | Perc Gessant | 1929-06-30 |
Movie | Hell's Heroes | 'Wild Bill' Kearney | 1929-12-27 |
Movie | Say It with Songs | Fred, Joe's Cellmate | 1929-08-05 |
Movie | The Drag Net | 'Gabby' Steve | 1928-05-01 |
Movie | The Showdown | Winter | 1928-02-25 |
Movie | Sal of Singapore | Captain Sunday | 1928-11-04 |
Movie | The Vanishing Pioneer | Sheriff Murdock | 1928-06-23 |
Movie | The Spieler | Red Moon | 1928-12-20 |
Movie | The Blood Ship | First Mate Fitz | 1927-07-18 |
Movie | The Loves of Carmen | Gypsy Chief | 1927-09-03 |
Movie | The Way of All Flesh | The Tough | 1927-10-01 |
Movie | The Rough Riders | Sergeant Stanton | 1927-09-30 |
Movie | The Ice Flood | 1926-10-01 | |
Movie | Old Ironsides | Second Mate (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
Movie | Riders of the Purple Sage | Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
Movie | Dick Turpin | Ring Announcer (uncredited) | 1925-02-01 |
Movie | Winds of Chance | Joe McCaskey | 1925-08-15 |
Movie | The Prairie Pirate | Aguilar - the Bandit | 1925-10-10 |
Movie | The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market | 1924-02-02 |
Movie | The Iron Horse | Bauman | 1924-08-24 |
Movie | The Eleventh Hour | Barbara's Uncle | 1923-07-19 |
Movie | Shadows of the North | Ray Brent | 1923-08-27 |
Movie | North of Hudson Bay | Armand LeMoir | 1923-11-18 |
Movie | The Red Warning | Tom Jeffries | 1923-12-17 |
Movie | His Back Against the Wall | Arizona Pete | 1922-05-21 |
Movie | Behind the Door | 1919-12-14 |
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