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)
Frisco Kid
1935
as Shanghai Duck
The Buccaneer
1938
as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
The Plainsman
1936
as Jake - A Teamster
Thunderbolt
1929
as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
The Leatherneck
1929
as Heckla
Mississippi
1935
as Captain Blackie
Corsair
1931
as Big John
Woman Hungry
1931
as Kampen
The Lash
1930
as Peter Harkness
Deluge
1933
as Jepson
Fighting Caravans
1931
as Lee Murdock
The Dummy
1929
as Joe Cooper
Cyclone Bliss
1921
as Jack Hall
Honor of the Range
1934
as Rawhide
Under the Tonto Rim
1933
as Munther
The Gay Defender
1927
as Jake Hamby
Under a Texas Moon
1930
as Bad Man
Without Compromise
1922
as Cass Blake
Blockade
1938
as Pietro
Underworld
1927
as Buck Mulligan
Gangs of New York
1938
as Kruger
Goin' to Town
1935
as Buck Gonzales
Queen Christina
1934
as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
Shootin' Irons
1927
as Dick Hardman
The Iron Horse
1925
as Bauman
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Captain Gulner
Horses' Collars
1935
as Double Deal Decker
Little Man, What Now?
1934
as Karl Goebbler
Chinatown Charlie
1928
as Monk
The Texas Rangers
1936
as Jess Higgins
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Curly-haired Convict
The Rough Riders
1927
as Sergeant Stanton
Forbidden Valley
1938
as Matt Rogan
Dangerous Intrigue
1936
as Brant
The Right of Way
1930
as Joseph Portugais
The Way of All Flesh
1927
as The Tough
Sal of Singapore
1928
as Captain Sunday
Dick Turpin
1925
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
1932
as Silas Jennings
Border Brigands
1935
as Captain Conyda
Old Ironsides
1926
as Second Mate (uncredited)
Forgotten Faces
1928
The Man from Hell
1934
as Mayor Anse McCloud
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
For the Service
1936
as Bruce Howard
Hell's Heroes
1929
as 'Wild Bill' Kearney
The River of Romance
1929
as Captain Blackie
Other Men's Women
1931
as Haley
Men of Action
1935
as Thorenson
The Eleventh Hour
1923
as Barbara's Uncle
Times Square Lady
1935
as "Dutch" Meyers
The Flame of Life
1923
as Spring
Hell's Hole
1923
as Prisoner
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
as Sheriff Murdock
Conflict
1921
as Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
Half a Sinner
1934
as Brick
Lawless Valley
1938
as Tom Marsh
The Scrapper
1922
as Oleson
West of the Pecos
1934
as Sawtelle
Stormy
1935
as Deem Dorn
North of Hudson Bay
1923
as Armand LeMoir
The Tiger's Trail
1919
as 'Bull' Shotwell
Wild Horse Mesa
1932
as Rand
Stairs of Sand
1929
as Boss Stone
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
as Wolf Morgan
Lightning Triggers
1935
as Bull Thompson
Broadway Babies
1929
as Perc Gessant
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
as Hank
The Loves of Carmen
1927
as Gypsy Chief
Wilderness Mail
1935
as Lobo McBain / Landau
His Back Against the Wall
1922
as Arizona Pete
The Wolf Dog
1933
as Joe Stevens
The Fourth Horseman
1932
as Honest Ben Jones
The Last Round-up
1934
as Sam Gulden
The Thundering Herd
1925
as Follansbee
The Case of Lena Smith
1929
as Stefan
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
The Ice Flood
1926
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
The Constant Woman
1933
as Speakeasy Bouncer
Trimmed
1922
as Young Bill Young
Heart of the West
1936
as Barton
Roadhouse Nights
1930
as Sam Horner
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as McWilliams
Fighting Fury
1924
as 'Two-finger' Larkin
Open Range
1927
as Sam Hardman
The Prairie Pirate
1925
as Aguilar - the Bandit
X Marks the Spot
1931
as Edward P. Riggs
Three Who Paid
1923
as Jim Quade
Say It with Songs
1929
as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
The Drag Net
1928
as 'Gabby' Steve
The Texas Bad Man
1932
as Gore Hampton
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
as Chuck Young
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
The Clean Up
1923
as Jack Wolff
The Light of Western Stars
1930
as H.W. Stack
The Showdown
1928
as Winter
The Country Beyond
1926
as Joe Leseur
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
as Lew Grant
The Red Warning
1923
as Tom Jeffries
Tide of Empire
1929
as Cannon
Shadows of the North
1923
as Ray Brent
Carnival Boat
1932
as Hack Logan
Billy The Kid Returns
1938
as Matson
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
as Black Jack Riley
Winds of Chance
1925
as Joe McCaskey
Danger Quest
as Otto Shugars
Behind the Door
1919
The Spieler
1928
as Red Moon
Polly of the Storm Country
1920
The City Gone Wild
1927
as Gunner Gallagher
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
as General Jason Burr
Painted Desert
1938
as Hugh Fawcett
The Kentucky Colonel
1920
as Jim Britsides
The Stampede
1921
as Steve Norton
The Blood Ship
1927
as First Mate Fitz
A Daughter of the Law
1921
as George Stacey
Thru the Flames
1923
as 'Red' Burke
Partners of the Tide
1921
as First Mate
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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- Frisco Kid (1935) — as Shanghai Duck
- The Buccaneer (1938) — as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
- The Plainsman (1936) — as Jake - A Teamster
- Thunderbolt (1929) — as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
- The Leatherneck (1929) — as Heckla
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