Fred Kohler
Acting
🎂 1888-04-18
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.
Cast credits(116)
Thorenson
1935
Lee Murdock
1931
Captain Blackie
1929
Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
1925
Captain Gulner
1937
Self (archive footage)
1994
Silas Jennings
1932
Karl Goebbler
1934
Jake - A Teamster
1936
Jess Higgins
1936
Speakeasy Bouncer
1933
Rawhide
1934
Fred Kohler
1930
'Bad Al' Friedberg
1929
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
1925
Hugh Fawcett
1938
Buck Mulligan
1927
Curly-haired Convict
1936
Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
1933
H.W. Stack
1930
1926
Shanghai Duck
1935
Lew Grant
1932
"Dutch" Meyers
1935
Matson
1938
Self
1930
Follansbee
1925
1928
Edward P. Riggs
1931
Captain Blackie
1935
Bauman
1925
Second Mate (uncredited)
1926
Cannon
1929
Winter
1928
Deem Dorn
1935
Gunner Gallagher
1927
Kruger
1938
Joseph Portugais
1930
Jake Hamby
1927
Chuck Young
1933
Red Moon
1928
Honest Ben Jones
1932
Hack Logan
1932
Pietro
1938
Barton
1936
Peter Harkness
1930
Heckla
1929
Buck Gonzales
1935
Mayor Anse McCloud
1934
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
1929
Bad Man
1930
First Mate Fitz
1927
Jepson
1933
The Tough
1927
Rand
1932
Wolf Morgan
1933
Black Jack Riley
1935
1929
Brick
1934
Joe Stevens
1933
Big John
1931
Boss Stone
1929
Kampen
1931
1920
Dick Hardman
1927
Double Deal Decker
1935
Perc Gessant
1929
Joe Cooper
1929
Munther
1933
Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
1938
'Wild Bill' Kearney
1929
Joe McCaskey
1925
Sam Gulden
1934
General Jason Burr
1936
'Gabby' Steve
1928
Armand LeMoir
1923
Sam Hardman
1927
Bruce Howard
1936
Tom Marsh
1938
Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
1924
Sam Horner
1930
Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
1921
Jack Hall
1921
Joe Leseur
1926
Spring
1923
Hank
1930
'Bull' Shotwell
1919
Captain Conyda
1935
George Stacey
1921
McWilliams
1919
Gypsy Chief
1927
Haley
1931
Barbara's Uncle
1923
Young Bill Young
1922
Sergeant Stanton
1927
Captain Sunday
1928
Jim Quade
1923
Prisoner
1923
Gore Hampton
1932
Sawtelle
1934
Matt Rogan
1938
Sheriff Murdock
1928
First Mate
1921
1919
Aguilar - the Bandit
1925
Capt. Whipple
1922
Monk
1928
Arizona Pete
1922
Steve Norton
1921
Cass Blake
1922
Bull Thompson
1935
Tom Jeffries
1923
Craven
1922
Duffy Thompson
1929
'Two-finger' Larkin
1924
Ray Brent
1923