Acting · Dubuque, Iowa, USA · Born April 18, 1888
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.
MovieMae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLawless Valley
1938
as Tom Marsh
MovieBilly The Kid Returns
1938
as Matson
MoviePainted Desert
1938
as Hugh Fawcett
MovieBlockade
1938
as Pietro
MovieGangs of New York
1938
as Kruger
MovieForbidden Valley
1938
as Matt Rogan
MovieThe Buccaneer
1938
as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
MovieDaughter of Shanghai
1937
as Captain Gulner
MovieThe Accusing Finger
1936
as Curly-haired Convict
MovieThe Plainsman
1936
as Jake - A Teamster
MovieThe Texas Rangers
1936
as Jess Higgins
MovieThe Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
as General Jason Burr
MovieFor the Service
1936
as Bruce Howard
MovieHeart of the West
1936
as Barton
MovieDangerous Intrigue
1936
as Brant
MovieFrisco Kid
1935
as Shanghai Duck
MovieStormy
1935
as Deem Dorn
Wilderness Mail
1935
as Lobo McBain / Landau
MovieMen of Action
1935
as Thorenson
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
as Black Jack Riley
MovieLightning Triggers
1935
as Bull Thompson
MovieBorder Brigands
1935
as Captain Conyda
MovieGoin' to Town
1935
as Buck Gonzales
MovieMississippi
1935
as Captain Blackie
MovieTimes Square Lady
1935
as "Dutch" Meyers
MovieHorses' Collars
1935
as Double Deal Decker
MovieWest of the Pecos
1934
as Sawtelle
MovieThe Man from Hell
1934
as Mayor Anse McCloud
MovieLittle Man, What Now?
1934
as Karl Goebbler
MovieHalf a Sinner
1934
as Brick
MovieThe Last Round-up
1934
as Sam Gulden
MovieHonor of the Range
1934
as Rawhide
MovieQueen Christina
1934
as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
MovieThe Wolf Dog
1933
as Joe Stevens
MovieShip of Wanted Men
1933
as Chuck Young
MovieDeluge
1933
as Jepson
MovieThe Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
as Wolf Morgan
MovieUnder the Tonto Rim
1933
as Munther
MovieThe Constant Woman
1933
as Speakeasy Bouncer
MovieWild Horse Mesa
1932
as Rand
MovieCall Her Savage
1932
as Silas Jennings
MovieThe Fourth Horseman
1932
as Honest Ben Jones
MovieThe Texas Bad Man
1932
as Gore Hampton
MovieThe Rider of Death Valley
1932
as Lew Grant
MovieCarnival Boat
1932
as Hack Logan
MovieX Marks the Spot
1931
as Edward P. Riggs
MovieCorsair
1931
as Big John
MovieWoman Hungry
1931
as Kampen
MovieFighting Caravans
1931
as Lee Murdock
MovieOther Men's Women
1931
as Haley
MovieThe Lash
1930
as Peter Harkness
MovieThe Right of Way
1930
as Joseph Portugais
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
as Fred Kohler
MovieA Soldier's Plaything
1930
as Hank
MovieAn Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
MovieThe Light of Western Stars
1930
as H.W. Stack
MovieUnder a Texas Moon
1930
as Bad Man
MovieRoadhouse Nights
1930
as Sam Horner
MovieHell's Heroes
1929
as 'Wild Bill' Kearney
MovieSay It with Songs
1929
as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
MovieBroadway Babies
1929
as Perc Gessant
MovieThe River of Romance
1929
as Captain Blackie
MovieThunderbolt
1929
as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
MovieStairs of Sand
1929
as Boss Stone
MovieThe Quitter
1929
as Duffy Thompson
MovieTide of Empire
1929
as Cannon
MovieThe Dummy
1929
as Joe Cooper
MovieThe Leatherneck
1929
as Heckla
MovieThe Case of Lena Smith
1929
as Stefan
MovieThe Spieler
1928
as Red Moon
MovieSal of Singapore
1928
as Captain Sunday
MovieForgotten Faces
1928
MovieThe Vanishing Pioneer
1928
as Sheriff Murdock
MovieThe Drag Net
1928
as 'Gabby' Steve
MovieChinatown Charlie
1928
as Monk
MovieThe Showdown
1928
as Winter
MovieThe Gay Defender
1927
as Jake Hamby
MovieThe City Gone Wild
1927
as Gunner Gallagher
MovieOpen Range
1927
as Sam Hardman
MovieShootin' Irons
1927
as Dick Hardman
MovieThe Way of All Flesh
1927
as The Tough
MovieThe Rough Riders
1927
as Sergeant Stanton
MovieThe Loves of Carmen
1927
as Gypsy Chief
MovieUnderworld
1927
as Buck Mulligan
MovieThe Blood Ship
1927
as First Mate Fitz
MovieOld Ironsides
1926
as Second Mate (uncredited)
MovieThe Country Beyond
1926
as Joe Leseur
The Ice Flood
1926
MovieThe Bar-C Mystery
1926
MovieThe Prairie Pirate
1925
as Aguilar - the Bandit
MovieThe Iron Horse
1925
as Bauman
MovieWinds of Chance
1925
as Joe McCaskey
MovieRiders of the Purple Sage
1925
as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
MovieThe Thundering Herd
1925
as Follansbee
MovieDick Turpin
1925
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
MovieFighting Fury
1924
as 'Two-finger' Larkin
MovieThe Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
MovieThe Red Warning
1923
as Tom Jeffries
MovieNorth of Hudson Bay
1923
as Armand LeMoir
MovieThe Clean Up
1923
as Jack Wolff
MovieHell's Hole
1923
as Prisoner
MovieShadows of the North
1923
as Ray Brent
MovieThe Eleventh Hour
1923
as Barbara's Uncle
MovieThru the Flames
1923
as 'Red' Burke
MovieThe Flame of Life
1923
as Spring
Three Who Paid
1923
as Jim Quade
MovieWithout Compromise
1922
as Cass Blake
MoviePerils of the Yukon
1922
as Capt. Whipple
MovieTrimmed
1922
as Young Bill Young
MovieThe Son of the Wolf
1922
as Malemute Kid
MovieHis Back Against the Wall
1922
as Arizona Pete
MovieYellow Men and Gold
1922
as Craven
MovieThe Scrapper
1922
as Oleson
MovieWith Stanley in Africa
1922
MovieA Daughter of the Law
1921
as George Stacey
MovieConflict
1921
as Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
MovieThe Stampede
1921
as Steve Norton
MoviePartners of the Tide
1921
as First Mate
MovieCyclone Bliss
1921
as Jack Hall
MovieThe Kentucky Colonel
1920
as Jim Britsides
MoviePolly of the Storm Country
1920
MovieBehind the Door
1919
MovieSoldiers of Fortune
1919
as McWilliams
MovieThe Tiger's Trail
1919
as 'Bull' Shotwell
Danger Quest
as Otto Shugars
