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