Fred Kohler
Known for Acting · 126 credits
- Born
- 1888-04-18
- Died
- 1938-10-28
- Place of birth
- Dubuque, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Fred Kohler Sr. · Frederick L. Kohler · Jack Kohler · John Kohler · Fredrick Louis 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
Movies (126)
Queen Christina
1934
as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
The Way of All Flesh
1927
as The Tough
Deluge
1933
as Jepson
The Eleventh Hour
1923
as Barbara's Uncle
Frisco Kid
1935
as Shanghai Duck
The Iron Horse
1925
as Bauman
The Plainsman
1936
as Jake - A Teamster
Thunderbolt
1929
as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
The Texas Rangers
1936
as Jess Higgins
Mississippi
1935
as Captain Blackie
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Curly-haired Convict
Underworld
1927
as Buck Mulligan
The Buccaneer
1938
as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
Corsair
1931
as Big John
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Tide of Empire
1929
as Cannon
Old Ironsides
1926
as Second Mate (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
1932
as Silas Jennings
Little Man, What Now?
1934
as Karl Goebbler
West of the Pecos
1934
as Sawtelle
Honor of the Range
1934
as Rawhide
Other Men's Women
1931
as Haley
Under the Tonto Rim
1933
as Munther
Hell's Heroes
1929
as 'Wild Bill' Kearney
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
as General Jason Burr
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
as Lew Grant
Wild Horse Mesa
1932
as Rand
The Loves of Carmen
1927
as Gypsy Chief
Under a Texas Moon
1930
as Bad Man
Blockade
1938
as Pietro
Gangs of New York
1938
as Kruger
Woman Hungry
1931
as Kampen
Broadway Babies
1929
as Perc Gessant
Half a Sinner
1934
as Brick
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Captain Gulner
Say It with Songs
1929
as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
The Light of Western Stars
1930
as H.W. Stack
The Wolf Dog
1933
as Joe Stevens
Without Compromise
1922
as Cass Blake
The Showdown
1928
as Winter
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
as Wolf Morgan
The Lash
1930
as Peter Harkness
The Last Round-up
1934
as Sam Gulden
Roadhouse Nights
1930
as Sam Horner
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Behind the Door
1919
Heart of the West
1936
as Barton
Goin' to Town
1935
as Buck Gonzales
Carnival Boat
1932
as Hack Logan
Billy The Kid Returns
1938
as Matson
Winds of Chance
1925
as Joe McCaskey
The Leatherneck
1929
as Heckla
The Blood Ship
1927
as First Mate Fitz
Lawless Valley
1938
as Tom Marsh
The Case of Lena Smith
1929
as Stefan
The Thundering Herd
1925
as Follansbee
The Fourth Horseman
1932
as Honest Ben Jones
Dick Turpin
1925
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
North of Hudson Bay
1923
as Armand LeMoir
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
as Fred Kohler
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
as Sheriff Murdock
Open Range
1927
as Sam Hardman
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
as Hank
Stormy
1935
as Deem Dorn
Chinatown Charlie
1928
as Monk
The City Gone Wild
1927
as Gunner Gallagher
Horses' Collars
1935
as Double Deal Decker
Fighting Fury
1924
as 'Two-finger' Larkin
The Right of Way
1930
as Joseph Portugais
Fighting Caravans
1931
as Lee Murdock
The Dummy
1929
as Joe Cooper
Wilderness Mail
1935
as Lobo McBain / Landau
Forbidden Valley
1938
as Matt Rogan
Sal of Singapore
1928
as Captain Sunday
Thru the Flames
1923
as 'Red' Burke
Dangerous Intrigue
1936
as Brant
The Rough Riders
1927
as Sergeant Stanton
Painted Desert
1938
as Hugh Fawcett
The Ice Flood
1926
Polly of the Storm Country
1920
The Stampede
1921
as Steve Norton
Trimmed
1922
as Young Bill Young
Hell's Hole
1923
as Prisoner
The Spieler
1928
as Red Moon
Border Brigands
1935
as Captain Conyda
The Country Beyond
1926
as Joe Leseur
The Flame of Life
1923
as Spring
The Son of the Wolf
1922
as Malemute Kid
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as McWilliams
X Marks the Spot
1931
as Edward P. Riggs
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
as Chuck Young
Times Square Lady
1935
as "Dutch" Meyers
Cyclone Bliss
1921
as Jack Hall
The Tiger's Trail
1919
as 'Bull' Shotwell
The Red Warning
1923
as Tom Jeffries
His Back Against the Wall
1922
as Arizona Pete
The Scrapper
1922
as Oleson
The Gay Defender
1927
as Jake Hamby
Men of Action
1935
as Thorenson
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
as Black Jack Riley
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
Three Who Paid
1923
as Jim Quade
Lightning Triggers
1935
as Bull Thompson
Yellow Men and Gold
1922
as Craven
The Drag Net
1928
as 'Gabby' Steve
A Daughter of the Law
1921
as George Stacey
The Prairie Pirate
1925
as Aguilar - the Bandit
Conflict
1921
as Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
Stairs of Sand
1929
as Boss Stone
Shadows of the North
1923
as Ray Brent
Forgotten Faces
1928
The Clean Up
1923
as Jack Wolff
The Constant Woman
1933
as Speakeasy Bouncer
The River of Romance
1929
as Captain Blackie
Perils of the Yukon
1922
as Capt. Whipple
For the Service
1936
as Bruce Howard
The Man from Hell
1934
as Mayor Anse McCloud
The Quitter
1929
as Duffy Thompson
About Fred Kohler
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.… With 126 credits spanning from 1919 to 1994, Fred Kohler has appeared in 126 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Queen Christina (1934) — as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
- The Way of All Flesh (1927) — as The Tough
- Deluge (1933) — as Jepson
- The Eleventh Hour (1923) — as Barbara's Uncle
- Frisco Kid (1935) — as Shanghai Duck
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