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