Fred Kohler
Acting
Born April 18, 1888 · Dubuque, Iowa, USA
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.
Films (124)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Lawless Valley
1938
Billy The Kid Returns
1938
Painted Desert
1938
Blockade
1938
Gangs of New York
1938
Forbidden Valley
1938
The Buccaneer
1938
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
The Accusing Finger
1936
The Plainsman
1936
The Texas Rangers
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
For the Service
1936
Heart of the West
1936
Dangerous Intrigue
1936
Frisco Kid
1935
Stormy
1935
Men of Action
1935
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
Lightning Triggers
1935
Border Brigands
1935
Goin' to Town
1935
Mississippi
1935
Times Square Lady
1935
Horses' Collars
1935
West of the Pecos
1934
The Man from Hell
1934
Little Man, What Now?
1934
Half a Sinner
1934
The Last Round-up
1934
Honor of the Range
1934
Queen Christina
1934
The Wolf Dog
1933
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
Deluge
1933
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
Under the Tonto Rim
1933
The Constant Woman
1933
Wild Horse Mesa
1932
Call Her Savage
1932
The Fourth Horseman
1932
The Texas Bad Man
1932
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
Carnival Boat
1932
X Marks the Spot
1931
Corsair
1931
Woman Hungry
1931
Fighting Caravans
1931
Other Men's Women
1931
The Lash
1930
The Right of Way
1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
The Light of Western Stars
1930
Under a Texas Moon
1930
Roadhouse Nights
1930
Hell's Heroes
1929
Say It with Songs
1929
Broadway Babies
1929
The River of Romance
1929
Thunderbolt
1929
Stairs of Sand
1929
The Quitter
1929
Tide of Empire
1929
The Dummy
1929
The Leatherneck
1929
The Case of Lena Smith
1929
The Spieler
1928
Sal of Singapore
1928
Forgotten Faces
1928
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
The Drag Net
1928
Chinatown Charlie
1928
The Showdown
1928
The Gay Defender
1927
The City Gone Wild
1927
Open Range
1927
Shootin' Irons
1927
The Way of All Flesh
1927
The Rough Riders
1927
The Loves of Carmen
1927
Underworld
1927
The Blood Ship
1927
Old Ironsides
1926
The Country Beyond
1926
The Ice Flood
1926
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
The Prairie Pirate
1925
The Iron Horse
1925
Winds of Chance
1925
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
The Thundering Herd
1925
Dick Turpin
1925
Fighting Fury
1924
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
The Red Warning
1923
North of Hudson Bay
1923
The Clean Up
1923
Hell's Hole
1923
Shadows of the North
1923
The Eleventh Hour
1923
Thru the Flames
1923
The Flame of Life
1923
Three Who Paid
1923
Without Compromise
1922
Perils of the Yukon
1922
Trimmed
1922
The Son of the Wolf
1922
His Back Against the Wall
1922
Yellow Men and Gold
1922
The Scrapper
1922
With Stanley in Africa
1922
A Daughter of the Law
1921
Conflict
1921
The Stampede
1921
Partners of the Tide
1921
Cyclone Bliss
1921
The Kentucky Colonel
1920
Polly of the Storm Country
1920
Behind the Door
1919
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
The Tiger's Trail
1919