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
Acting
1921
asSteve Norton
1935
asDeem Dorn
1925
asFollansbee
1921
asJack Hall
1921
asJevons' foreman (uncredited)
1927
asBuck Mulligan
1927
asDick Hardman
1922
asCraven
1927
asJake Hamby
1929
asDuffy Thompson
1919
asMcWilliams
1923
asSpring
1928
asMonk
1930
asFred Kohler
1923
asPrisoner
1936
asJess Higgins
1935
asBuck Gonzales
1930
asSam Horner
1925
asBauman
1931
asBig John
1937
asCaptain Gulner
1931
asLee Murdock
1928
asWinter
1925
asAguilar - the Bandit
1922
asYoung Bill Young
1931
asEdward P. Riggs
1930
asH.W. Stack
1935
asShanghai Duck
1934
asRawhide
1924
as'Two-finger' Larkin
1930
asHank
1929
as'Wild Bill' Kearney
1927
asSam Hardman
1928
asCaptain Sunday
1929
asPerc Gessant
1932
asHack Logan
1936
asGeneral Jason Burr
1930
asJoseph Portugais
1925
asJoe McCaskey
1934
asKarl Goebbler
1930
asPeter Harkness
1934
asSam Gulden
1928
asRed Moon
1933
asJoe Stevens
1931
asHaley
1938
asMatson
1922
asCapt. Whipple
1933
asSpeakeasy Bouncer
1938
asPietro
1930
asBad Man
1938
asKruger
1920
as
1933
asWolf Morgan
1930
asSelf
1929
asCannon
1936
asBarton
1922
asArizona Pete
1932
asLew Grant
1923
asRay Brent
1926
as
1925
asHenchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
1935
asThorenson
1929
asCaptain Blackie
1923
asTom Jeffries
1936
asJake - A Teamster
1936
asBruce Howard
1934
asMayor Anse McCloud
1923
asBarbara's Uncle
1929
asFred, Joe's Cellmate
1994
asSelf (archive footage)
1929
as'Bad Al' Friedberg
1938
asMatt Rogan
1933
asChuck Young
1927
asGypsy Chief
1927
asThe Tough
1921
asFirst Mate
1923
asArmand LeMoir
1932
asSilas Jennings
1935
asBlack Jack Riley
1934
asSawtelle
1938
asTom Marsh
1927
asSergeant Stanton
1934
asMember of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
1935
asDouble Deal Decker
1926
asSecond Mate (uncredited)
1935
asCaptain Conyda
1932
asHonest Ben Jones
1919
as
1932
asRand
1933
asMunther
1928
asSheriff Murdock
1935
as"Dutch" Meyers
1938
asGramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
1921
asGeorge Stacey
1931
asKampen
1935
asBull Thompson
1936
asCurly-haired Convict
1927
asGunner Gallagher
1919
as'Bull' Shotwell
1934
asBrick
1929
asStefan
1927
asFirst Mate Fitz
1929
asHeckla
1925
asRing Announcer (uncredited)
1922
asCass Blake
1938
asHugh Fawcett
1933
asJepson
1928
as'Gabby' Steve
1923
asJim Quade
1935
asCaptain Blackie
1929
asBoss Stone
1924
asAuctioneer at New Orleans slave market
1932
asGore Hampton
1929
asJoe Cooper
1926
asJoe Leseur
1928
as
1923
as'Red' Burke
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