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