Fred Kohler
124 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 18, 1888
- Died
- Oct 28, 1938 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- Dubuque, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Fred Kohler Sr. · Frederick L. Kohler · Jack Kohler · John Kohler
Biography
From Wikipedia
Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor known for his playing heavies.
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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.
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Fred Kohler: movies and TV shows
Acting (124)
- Upcoming Danger Quest
as Otto Shugars
- 1938 Lawless Valley
as Tom Marsh
- 1938 Billy The Kid Returns
as Matson
- 1938 Painted Desert
as Hugh Fawcett
- 1938 Blockade
as Pietro
- 1938 Gangs of New York
as Kruger
- 1938 Forbidden Valley
as Matt Rogan
- 1938 The Buccaneer
as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
- 1937 Daughter of Shanghai
as Captain Gulner
- 1936 The Accusing Finger
as Curly-haired Convict
- 1936 The Plainsman
as Jake - A Teamster
- 1936 The Texas Rangers
as Jess Higgins
- 1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming
as General Jason Burr
- 1936 For the Service
as Bruce Howard
- 1936 Heart of the West
as Barton
- 1936 Dangerous Intrigue
as Brant
- 1935 Frisco Kid
as Shanghai Duck
- 1935 Stormy
as Deem Dorn
- 1935 Wilderness Mail
as Lobo McBain / Landau
- 1935 Men of Action
as Thorenson
- 1935 Hard Rock Harrigan
as Black Jack Riley
- 1935 Lightning Triggers
as Bull Thompson
- 1935 Border Brigands
as Captain Conyda
- 1935 Goin' to Town
as Buck Gonzales
- 1935 Mississippi
as Captain Blackie
- 1935 Times Square Lady
as "Dutch" Meyers
- 1935 Horses' Collars
as Double Deal Decker
- 1934 West of the Pecos
as Sawtelle
- 1934 The Man from Hell
as Mayor Anse McCloud
- 1934 Little Man, What Now?
as Karl Goebbler
- 1934 Half a Sinner
as Brick
- 1934 The Last Round-up
as Sam Gulden
- 1934 Honor of the Range
as Rawhide
- 1934 Queen Christina
as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
- 1933 The Wolf Dog
as Joe Stevens
- 1933 Ship of Wanted Men
as Chuck Young
- 1933 Deluge
as Jepson
- 1933 The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
as Wolf Morgan
- 1933 Under the Tonto Rim
as Munther
- 1933 The Constant Woman
as Speakeasy Bouncer
- 1932 Wild Horse Mesa
as Rand
- 1932 Call Her Savage
as Silas Jennings
- 1932 The Fourth Horseman
as Honest Ben Jones
- 1932 The Texas Bad Man
as Gore Hampton
- 1932 The Rider of Death Valley
as Lew Grant
- 1932 Carnival Boat
as Hack Logan
- 1931 X Marks the Spot
as Edward P. Riggs
- 1931 Corsair
as Big John
- 1931 Woman Hungry
as Kampen
- 1931 Fighting Caravans
as Lee Murdock
- 1931 Other Men's Women
as Haley
- 1930 The Lash
as Peter Harkness
- 1930 The Right of Way
as Joseph Portugais
- 1930 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Fred Kohler
- 1930 A Soldier's Plaything
as Hank
- 1930 The Light of Western Stars
as H.W. Stack
- 1930 Under a Texas Moon
as Bad Man
- 1930 Roadhouse Nights
as Sam Horner
- 1929 Hell's Heroes
as 'Wild Bill' Kearney
- 1929 Say It with Songs
as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
- 1929 Broadway Babies
as Perc Gessant
- 1929 The River of Romance
as Captain Blackie
- 1929 Thunderbolt
as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
- 1929 Stairs of Sand
as Boss Stone
- 1929 The Quitter
as Duffy Thompson
- 1929 Tide of Empire
as Cannon
- 1929 The Dummy
as Joe Cooper
- 1929 The Leatherneck
as Heckla
- 1929 The Case of Lena Smith
as Stefan
- 1928 The Spieler
as Red Moon
- 1928 Sal of Singapore
as Captain Sunday
- 1928
- 1928 The Vanishing Pioneer
as Sheriff Murdock
- 1928 The Drag Net
as 'Gabby' Steve
- 1928 Chinatown Charlie
as Monk
- 1928 The Showdown
as Winter
- 1927 The Gay Defender
as Jake Hamby
- 1927 The City Gone Wild
as Gunner Gallagher
- 1927 Open Range
as Sam Hardman
- 1927 Shootin' Irons
as Dick Hardman
- 1927 The Way of All Flesh
as The Tough
- 1927 The Rough Riders
as Sergeant Stanton
- 1927 The Loves of Carmen
as Gypsy Chief
- 1927 Underworld
as Buck Mulligan
- 1927 The Blood Ship
as First Mate Fitz
- 1926 Old Ironsides
as Second Mate (uncredited)
- 1926 The Country Beyond
as Joe Leseur
- 1926
- 1926
- 1925 The Prairie Pirate
as Aguilar - the Bandit
- 1925 The Iron Horse
as Bauman
- 1925 Winds of Chance
as Joe McCaskey
- 1925 Riders of the Purple Sage
as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
- 1925 The Thundering Herd
as Follansbee
- 1925 Dick Turpin
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
- 1924 Fighting Fury
as 'Two-finger' Larkin
- 1924 The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
- 1923 The Red Warning
as Tom Jeffries
- 1923 North of Hudson Bay
as Armand LeMoir
- 1923 The Clean Up
as Jack Wolff
- 1923 Hell's Hole
as Prisoner
- 1923 Shadows of the North
as Ray Brent
- 1923 The Eleventh Hour
as Barbara's Uncle
- 1923 Thru the Flames
as 'Red' Burke
- 1923 The Flame of Life
as Spring
- 1923 Three Who Paid
as Jim Quade
- 1922 Without Compromise
as Cass Blake
- 1922 Perils of the Yukon
as Capt. Whipple
- 1922 Trimmed
as Young Bill Young
- 1922 The Son of the Wolf
as Malemute Kid
- 1922 His Back Against the Wall
as Arizona Pete
- 1922 Yellow Men and Gold
as Craven
- 1922 The Scrapper
as Oleson
- 1922
- 1921 A Daughter of the Law
as George Stacey
- 1921 Conflict
as Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
- 1921 The Stampede
as Steve Norton
- 1921 Partners of the Tide
as First Mate
- 1921 Cyclone Bliss
as Jack Hall
- 1920 The Kentucky Colonel
as Jim Britsides
- 1920
- 1919
- 1919 Soldiers of Fortune
as McWilliams
- 1919 The Tiger's Trail
as 'Bull' Shotwell
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1994
- 1930