Fred Kohler
Acting
1888-04-18 · 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.
Filmography
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 · Movie
Lawless Valley
1938 · Movie
Billy The Kid Returns
1938 · Movie
Painted Desert
1938 · Movie
Blockade
1938 · Movie
Gangs of New York
1938 · Movie
Forbidden Valley
1938 · Movie
The Buccaneer
1938 · Movie
Daughter of Shanghai
1937 · Movie
The Accusing Finger
1936 · Movie
The Plainsman
1936 · Movie
The Texas Rangers
1936 · Movie
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936 · Movie
For the Service
1936 · Movie
Heart of the West
1936 · Movie
Dangerous Intrigue
1936 · Movie
Frisco Kid
1935 · Movie
Stormy
1935 · Movie
Wilderness Mail
1935 · Movie
Men of Action
1935 · Movie
Lightning Triggers
1935 · Movie
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935 · Movie
Border Brigands
1935 · Movie
Goin' to Town
1935 · Movie
Mississippi
1935 · Movie
Times Square Lady
1935 · Movie
Horses' Collars
1935 · Movie
West of the Pecos
1934 · Movie
The Man from Hell
1934 · Movie
Little Man, What Now?
1934 · Movie
Half a Sinner
1934 · Movie
The Last Round-up
1934 · Movie
Honor of the Range
1934 · Movie
Queen Christina
1934 · Movie
The Wolf Dog
1933 · Movie
Ship of Wanted Men
1933 · Movie
Deluge
1933 · Movie
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933 · Movie
Under the Tonto Rim
1933 · Movie
The Constant Woman
1933 · Movie
Wild Horse Mesa
1932 · Movie
Call Her Savage
1932 · Movie
The Fourth Horseman
1932 · Movie
The Texas Bad Man
1932 · Movie
The Rider of Death Valley
1932 · Movie
Carnival Boat
1932 · Movie
X Marks the Spot
1931 · Movie
Corsair
1931 · Movie
Woman Hungry
1931 · Movie
Fighting Caravans
1931 · Movie
Other Men's Women
1931 · Movie
The Lash
1930 · Movie
The Right of Way
1930 · Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930 · Movie
A Soldier's Plaything
1930 · Movie
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930 · Movie
The Light of Western Stars
1930 · Movie
Under a Texas Moon
1930 · Movie
Roadhouse Nights
1930 · Movie
Hell's Heroes
1929 · Movie
Say It with Songs
1929 · Movie
Broadway Babies
1929 · Movie
The River of Romance
1929 · Movie
Thunderbolt
1929 · Movie
Stairs of Sand
1929 · Movie
The Quitter
1929 · Movie
Tide of Empire
1929 · Movie
The Dummy
1929 · Movie
The Leatherneck
1929 · Movie
The Case of Lena Smith
1929 · Movie
The Spieler
1928 · Movie
Sal of Singapore
1928 · Movie
Forgotten Faces
1928 · Movie
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928 · Movie
The Drag Net
1928 · Movie
Chinatown Charlie
1928 · Movie
The Showdown
1928 · Movie
The Gay Defender
1927 · Movie
The City Gone Wild
1927 · Movie
Open Range
1927 · Movie
Shootin' Irons
1927 · Movie
The Way of All Flesh
1927 · Movie
The Rough Riders
1927 · Movie
The Loves of Carmen
1927 · Movie
Underworld
1927 · Movie
The Blood Ship
1927 · Movie
Old Ironsides
1926 · Movie
The Country Beyond
1926 · Movie
The Ice Flood
1926 · Movie
The Bar-C Mystery
1926 · Movie
The Prairie Pirate
1925 · Movie
The Iron Horse
1925 · Movie
Winds of Chance
1925 · Movie
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925 · Movie
The Thundering Herd
1925 · Movie
Dick Turpin
1925 · Movie
Fighting Fury
1924 · Movie
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924 · Movie
The Red Warning
1923 · Movie
North of Hudson Bay
1923 · Movie
The Clean Up
1923 · Movie
Hell's Hole
1923 · Movie
Shadows of the North
1923 · Movie
The Eleventh Hour
1923 · Movie
Thru the Flames
1923 · Movie
The Flame of Life
1923 · Movie
Three Who Paid
1923 · Movie
Without Compromise
1922 · Movie
Perils of the Yukon
1922 · Movie
Trimmed
1922 · Movie
The Son of the Wolf
1922 · Movie
His Back Against the Wall
1922 · Movie
Yellow Men and Gold
1922 · Movie
The Scrapper
1922 · Movie
With Stanley in Africa
1922 · Movie
A Daughter of the Law
1921 · Movie
Conflict
1921 · Movie
The Stampede
1921 · Movie
Partners of the Tide
1921 · Movie
Cyclone Bliss
1921 · Movie
The Kentucky Colonel
1920 · Movie
Polly of the Storm Country
1920 · Movie
Behind the Door
1919 · Movie
Soldiers of Fortune
1919 · Movie
The Tiger's Trail
1919 · Movie
Danger Quest
Movie