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.
Acted in 119
1930s
- 1938
Lawless Valley
Tom Marsh
Painted Desert
Hugh Fawcett
Blockade
Pietro
Gangs of New York
Kruger
Forbidden Valley
Matt Rogan
The Buccaneer
Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
- 1937
Daughter of Shanghai
Captain Gulner
- 1936
The Accusing Finger
Curly-haired Convict
The Vigilantes Are Coming
General Jason Burr
For the Service
Bruce Howard
Heart of the West
Barton
Dangerous Intrigue
Brant
- 1935
Stormy
Deem Dorn
Men of Action
Thorenson
Lightning Triggers
Bull Thompson
Border Brigands
Captain Conyda
Goin' to Town
Buck Gonzales
Mississippi
Captain Blackie
Times Square Lady
"Dutch" Meyers
Horses' Collars
Double Deal Decker
- 1934
West of the Pecos
Sawtelle
Little Man, What Now?
Karl Goebbler
Half a Sinner
Brick
The Last Round-up
Sam Gulden
Honor of the Range
Rawhide
Queen Christina
Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
- 1933
The Wolf Dog
Joe Stevens
Ship of Wanted Men
Chuck Young
Deluge
Jepson
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Wolf Morgan
Under the Tonto Rim
Munther
The Constant Woman
Speakeasy Bouncer
- 1932
Wild Horse Mesa
Rand
Call Her Savage
Silas Jennings
The Fourth Horseman
Honest Ben Jones
The Texas Bad Man
Gore Hampton
The Rider of Death Valley
Lew Grant
Carnival Boat
Hack Logan
- 1931
X Marks the Spot
Edward P. Riggs
Corsair
Big John
Woman Hungry
Kampen
Other Men's Women
Haley
- 1930
The Lash
Peter Harkness
The Right of Way
Joseph Portugais
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Fred Kohler
A Soldier's Plaything
Hank
The Light of Western Stars
H.W. Stack
Under a Texas Moon
Bad Man
Roadhouse Nights
Sam Horner
1920s
- 1929
Say It with Songs
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Broadway Babies
Perc Gessant
The River of Romance
Captain Blackie
Thunderbolt
'Bad Al' Friedberg
Stairs of Sand
Boss Stone
The Quitter
Duffy Thompson
Tide of Empire
Cannon
The Dummy
Joe Cooper
The Leatherneck
Heckla
The Case of Lena Smith
Stefan
- 1928
The Spieler
Red Moon
Sal of Singapore
Captain Sunday
Forgotten Faces
Movie
The Drag Net
'Gabby' Steve
Chinatown Charlie
Monk
The Showdown
Winter
- 1927
The Gay Defender
Jake Hamby
The City Gone Wild
Gunner Gallagher
Open Range
Sam Hardman
Shootin' Irons
Dick Hardman
The Way of All Flesh
The Tough
The Rough Riders
Sergeant Stanton
The Loves of Carmen
Gypsy Chief
Underworld
Buck Mulligan
The Blood Ship
First Mate Fitz
- 1926
Old Ironsides
Second Mate (uncredited)
The Country Beyond
Joe Leseur
The Bar-C Mystery
Movie
- 1925
The Prairie Pirate
Aguilar - the Bandit
Winds of Chance
Joe McCaskey
Riders of the Purple Sage
Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
The Thundering Herd
Follansbee
Dick Turpin
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
- 1924
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
- 1923
The Red Warning
Tom Jeffries
North of Hudson Bay
Armand LeMoir
The Clean Up
Jack Wolff
Hell's Hole
Prisoner
Shadows of the North
Ray Brent
The Eleventh Hour
Barbara's Uncle
Thru the Flames
'Red' Burke
The Flame of Life
Spring
- 1922
Without Compromise
Cass Blake
Perils of the Yukon
Capt. Whipple
Trimmed
Young Bill Young
The Son of the Wolf
Malemute Kid
His Back Against the Wall
Arizona Pete
Yellow Men and Gold
Craven
The Scrapper
Oleson
With Stanley in Africa
Movie
- 1921
A Daughter of the Law
George Stacey
Conflict
Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
The Stampede
Steve Norton
Partners of the Tide
First Mate
Cyclone Bliss
Jack Hall
- 1920
Polly of the Storm Country
Movie
1910s
- 1919
Behind the Door
Movie
Soldiers of Fortune
McWilliams
The Tiger's Trail
'Bull' Shotwell
Appearances2
1990s
- 1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
1930s
- 1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self