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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 18, 1888
Died
October 28, 1938
Place of Birth
Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
- Fred Kohler Sr.
- Frederick L. Kohler
- Jack Kohler
- John Kohler
- Fredrick Louis Kohler
Fred Kohler
0.1 Popularity
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
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Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
5.0
Tom Marsh
Lawless Valley
1938
4.5
Matson
Billy The Kid Returns
1938
5.8
Hugh Fawcett
Painted Desert
1938
5.6
Pietro
Blockade
1938
4.9
Kruger
Gangs of New York
1938
6.0
Matt Rogan
Forbidden Valley
1938
6.4
Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
The Buccaneer
1938
5.4
Captain Gulner
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
4.7
Curly-haired Convict
The Accusing Finger
1936
Credits
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
1994
0.0
Lawless Valley
as Tom Marsh
1938
5.0
Billy The Kid Returns
as Matson
1938
4.5
Painted Desert
as Hugh Fawcett
1938
5.8
Blockade
as Pietro
1938
5.6
Gangs of New York
as Kruger
1938
4.9
Forbidden Valley
as Matt Rogan
1938
6.0
The Buccaneer
as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
1938
6.4
Daughter of Shanghai
as Captain Gulner
1937
5.4
The Accusing Finger
as Curly-haired Convict
1936
4.7
The Plainsman
as Jake - A Teamster
1936
6.3
The Texas Rangers
as Jess Higgins
1936
6.4
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as General Jason Burr
1936
5.5
For the Service
as Bruce Howard
1936
0.0
Heart of the West
as Barton
1936
4.5
Frisco Kid
as Shanghai Duck
1935
6.8
Stormy
as Deem Dorn
1935
0.0
Men of Action
as Thorenson
1935
5.0
Lightning Triggers
as Bull Thompson
1935
0.0
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Hard Rock Harrigan
as Black Jack Riley
1935
3.0
Border Brigands
as Captain Conyda
1935
0.0
Goin' to Town
as Buck Gonzales
1935
5.3
Mississippi
as Captain Blackie
1935
6.7
Times Square Lady
as "Dutch" Meyers
1935
6.0
Horses' Collars
as Double Deal Decker
1935
6.0
West of the Pecos
as Sawtelle
1934
0.0
The Man from Hell
as Mayor Anse McCloud
1934
4.5
Little Man, What Now?
as Karl Goebbler
1934
6.3
Half a Sinner
as Brick
1934
0.0
The Last Round-up
as Sam Gulden
1934
0.0
Honor of the Range
as Rawhide
1934
5.0
Queen Christina
as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
1933
6.8
The Wolf Dog
as Joe Stevens
1933
7.8
Ship of Wanted Men
as Chuck Young
1933
2.0
Deluge
as Jepson
1933
5.6
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
as Wolf Morgan
1933
0.0
Under the Tonto Rim
as Munther
1933
0.0
The Constant Woman
as Speakeasy Bouncer
1933
5.0
Wild Horse Mesa
as Rand
1932
0.0
Call Her Savage
as Silas Jennings
1932
5.9
The Fourth Horseman
as Honest Ben Jones
1932
0.0
The Texas Bad Man
as Gore Hampton
1932
1.0
The Rider of Death Valley
as Lew Grant
1932
7.0
Carnival Boat
as Hack Logan
1932
5.0
X Marks the Spot
as Edward P. Riggs
1931
6.0
Corsair
as Big John
1931
4.4
Woman Hungry
as Kampen
1931
0.0
Fighting Caravans
as Lee Murdock
1931
5.0
Other Men's Women
as Haley
1931
5.7
The Lash
as Peter Harkness
1930
5.3
The Right of Way
as Joseph Portugais
1930
5.2
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Fred Kohler
1930
0.0
A Soldier's Plaything
as Hank
1930
4.5
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
1930
3.4
The Light of Western Stars
as H.W. Stack
1930
2.8
Under a Texas Moon
as Bad Man
1930
1.0
Roadhouse Nights
as Sam Horner
1930
4.5
Hell's Heroes
as 'Wild Bill' Kearney
1929
7.0
Say It with Songs
as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
1929
5.3
Broadway Babies
as Perc Gessant
1929
5.2
The River of Romance
as Captain Blackie
1929
0.0
Thunderbolt
as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
1929
5.8
Stairs of Sand
as Boss Stone
1929
0.0
The Quitter
as Duffy Thompson
1929
0.0
Tide of Empire
as Cannon
1929
5.9
The Dummy
as Joe Cooper
1929
0.0
The Leatherneck
as Heckla
1929
5.3
The Case of Lena Smith
1929
5.2
The Spieler
as Red Moon
1928
8.2
Sal of Singapore
as Captain Sunday
1928
5.0
The Vanishing Pioneer
as Sheriff Murdock
1928
0.0
The Drag Net
as 'Gabby' Steve
1928
6.0
Chinatown Charlie
as Monk
1928
0.0
The Showdown
as Winter
1928
0.0
The Gay Defender
as Jake Hamby
1927
0.0
The City Gone Wild
as Gunner Gallagher
1927
0.0
Open Range
as Sam Hardman
1927
0.0
Shootin' Irons
as Dick Hardman
1927
0.0
The Way of All Flesh
as The Tough
1927
6.9
The Rough Riders
as Sergeant Stanton
1927
4.0
The Loves of Carmen
as Gypsy Chief
1927
5.2
Underworld
as Buck Mulligan
1927
7.0
The Blood Ship
as First Mate Fitz
1927
7.0
Old Ironsides
as Second Mate (uncredited)
1926
6.2
The Country Beyond
as Joe Leseur
1926
0.0
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The Ice Flood
1926
0.0
The Prairie Pirate
as Aguilar - the Bandit
1925
0.0
The Iron Horse
as Bauman
1925
6.6
Winds of Chance
as Joe McCaskey
1925
4.8
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
1925
5.7
The Thundering Herd
as Follansbee
1925
0.0
Dick Turpin
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
1925
5.3
Fighting Fury
as 'Two-finger' Larkin
1924
0.0
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
1924
0.0
The Red Warning
as Tom Jeffries
1923
0.0
North of Hudson Bay
as Armand LeMoir
1923
5.6
Hell's Hole
as Prisoner
1923
0.0
Shadows of the North
as Ray Brent
1923
0.0
The Eleventh Hour
as Barbara's Uncle
1923
0.0
The Flame of Life
as Spring
1923
0.0
🎬
Three Who Paid
as Jim Quade
1923
0.0
Without Compromise
as Cass Blake
1922
0.0
Perils of the Yukon
as Capt. Whipple
1922
0.0
Trimmed
as Young Bill Young
1922
0.0
His Back Against the Wall
as Arizona Pete
1922
0.0
Yellow Men and Gold
as Craven
1922
0.0
A Daughter of the Law
as George Stacey
1921
5.0
Conflict
as Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
1921
0.0
The Stampede
as Steve Norton
1921
5.0
Partners of the Tide
as First Mate
1921
0.0
Cyclone Bliss
as Jack Hall
1921
0.0
Polly of the Storm Country
1920
7.5
Behind the Door
1919
6.9
Soldiers of Fortune
as McWilliams
1919
0.0
The Tiger's Trail
as 'Bull' Shotwell
1919
0.0