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(115)
Lee Murdock
1931
Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
1933
Bauman
1925
Curly-haired Convict
1936
Jake - A Teamster
1936
Buck Mulligan
1927
Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
1938
Second Mate (uncredited)
1926
Jepson
1933
Buck Gonzales
1935
Captain Blackie
1935
Haley
1931
Captain Blackie
1929
Jess Higgins
1936
The Tough
1927
Shanghai Duck
1935
Big John
1931
'Bad Al' Friedberg
1929
'Wild Bill' Kearney
1929
Pietro
1938
Heckla
1929
Matt Rogan
1938
Captain Gulner
1937
Sam Gulden
1934
Gypsy Chief
1927
1926
'Gabby' Steve
1928
Kampen
1931
Tom Marsh
1938
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
1929
Kruger
1938
Rawhide
1934
Karl Goebbler
1934
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
1925
Honest Ben Jones
1932
Hugh Fawcett
1938
Gore Hampton
1932
Peter Harkness
1930
Perc Gessant
1929
Captain Conyda
1935
Deem Dorn
1935
Matson
1938
1919
Speakeasy Bouncer
1933
First Mate Fitz
1927
Sam Horner
1930
Joe McCaskey
1925
Self (archive footage)
1994
Edward P. Riggs
1931
Silas Jennings
1932
Tom Jeffries
1923
Joseph Portugais
1930
Captain Sunday
1928
Brick
1934
Hack Logan
1932
Self
1930
General Jason Burr
1936
George Stacey
1921
Prisoner
1923
Black Jack Riley
1935
Spring
1923
Cass Blake
1922
Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
1921
Joe Cooper
1929
Sam Hardman
1927
Double Deal Decker
1935
1929
"Dutch" Meyers
1935
Follansbee
1925
Red Moon
1928
Winter
1928
Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
1924
Craven
1922
Thorenson
1935
Barton
1936
Mayor Anse McCloud
1934
Young Bill Young
1922
Cannon
1929
Joe Stevens
1933
'Bull' Shotwell
1919
First Mate
1921
Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
1925
Munther
1933
McWilliams
1919
Arizona Pete
1922
Jake Hamby
1927
H.W. Stack
1930
Sheriff Murdock
1928
Sawtelle
1934
Rand
1932
Sergeant Stanton
1927
Chuck Young
1933
Joe Leseur
1926
Barbara's Uncle
1923
Steve Norton
1921
Duffy Thompson
1929
Hank
1930
Lew Grant
1932
Gunner Gallagher
1927
Aguilar - the Bandit
1925
Monk
1928
1920
Jim Quade
1923
Capt. Whipple
1922
Armand LeMoir
1923
Bull Thompson
1935
'Two-finger' Larkin
1924
Dick Hardman
1927
Ray Brent
1923
Wolf Morgan
1933
Bad Man
1930
Jack Hall
1921
Fred Kohler
1930
Boss Stone
1929
Bruce Howard
1936