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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.
Movie | The Buccaneer | Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.) | 1938-02-04 |
Movie | Lawless Valley | Tom Marsh | 1938-11-03 |
Movie | Forbidden Valley | Matt Rogan | 1938-02-13 |
Movie | Gangs of New York | Kruger | 1938-05-23 |
Movie | Billy The Kid Returns | Matson | 1938-09-04 |
Movie | Painted Desert | Hugh Fawcett | 1938-08-12 |
Movie | Blockade | Pietro | 1938-06-17 |
Movie | Daughter of Shanghai | Captain Gulner | 1937-12-17 |
Movie | For the Service | Bruce Howard | 1936-06-01 |
Movie | The Vigilantes Are Coming | General Jason Burr | 1936-08-21 |
Movie | Heart of the West | Barton | 1936-02-24 |
Movie | The Texas Rangers | Jess Higgins | 1936-08-28 |
Movie | The Accusing Finger | Curly-haired Convict | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | The Plainsman | Jake - A Teamster | 1936-11-16 |
Movie | Goin' to Town | Buck Gonzales | 1935-04-25 |
Movie | Mississippi | Captain Blackie (as Captain Blackie Jr.) | 1935-03-22 |
Movie | Horses' Collars | Double Deal Decker | 1935-01-10 |
Movie | Border Brigands | Captain Conyda | 1935-05-31 |
Movie | Times Square Lady | "Dutch" Meyers | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Hard Rock Harrigan | Black Jack Riley | 1935-07-01 |
Movie | Lightning Triggers | Bull Thompson | 1935-07-01 |
Movie | Stormy | Deem Dorn | 1935-10-21 |
Movie | Frisco Kid | Shanghai Duck | 1935-11-30 |
Movie | Men of Action | Thorenson | 1935-07-13 |
Movie | The Last Round-up | Sam Gulden | 1934-05-01 |
Movie | Half a Sinner | Brick | 1934-06-01 |
Movie | Honor of the Range | Rawhide | 1934-04-15 |
Movie | The Man from Hell | Mayor Anse McCloud | 1934-08-28 |
Movie | West of the Pecos | Sawtelle | 1934-12-27 |
Movie | Little Man, What Now? | Karl Goebbler | 1934-06-04 |
Movie | Under the Tonto Rim | Munther | 1933-04-07 |
Movie | The Constant Woman | Speakeasy Bouncer | 1933-03-12 |
Movie | The Fiddlin' Buckaroo | Wolf Morgan | 1933-07-20 |
Movie | Deluge | Jepson | 1933-08-17 |
Movie | Queen Christina | Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited) | 1933-12-26 |
Movie | The Wolf Dog | Joe Stevens | 1933-09-29 |
Movie | Ship of Wanted Men | Chuck Young | 1933-09-08 |
Movie | The Rider of Death Valley | Lew Grant | 1932-04-23 |
Movie | Carnival Boat | Hack Logan | 1932-03-19 |
Movie | The Texas Bad Man | Gore Hampton | 1932-06-29 |
Movie | The Fourth Horseman | Honest Ben Jones | 1932-09-25 |
Movie | Call Her Savage | Silas Jennings | 1932-11-24 |
Movie | Wild Horse Mesa | Rand | 1932-11-25 |
Movie | Fighting Caravans | Lee Murdock | 1931-02-01 |
Movie | Other Men's Women | Haley | 1931-01-17 |
Movie | Woman Hungry | Kampen | 1931-04-04 |
Movie | Corsair | Big John | 1931-11-28 |
Movie | X Marks the Spot | Edward P. Riggs | 1931-12-13 |
Movie | Under a Texas Moon | Bad Man | 1930-04-01 |
Movie | The Light of Western Stars | H.W. Stack | 1930-04-19 |
Movie | Roadhouse Nights | Sam Horner | 1930-02-15 |
Movie | The Lash | Peter Harkness | 1930-12-14 |
Movie | The Right of Way | Joseph Portugais | 1930-12-11 |
Movie | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
Movie | A Soldier's Plaything | Hank | 1930-10-30 |
Movie | The Quitter | Duffy Thompson | 1929-04-01 |
Movie | Tide of Empire | Cannon | 1929-03-23 |
Movie | The Case of Lena Smith | 1929-01-29 | |
Movie | Thunderbolt | 'Bad Al' Friedberg | 1929-06-20 |
Movie | The Leatherneck | Heckla | 1929-02-24 |
Movie | River of Romance | Captain Blackie | 1929-06-28 |
Movie | Hell's Heroes | 'Wild Bill' Kearney | 1929-12-27 |
Movie | Say It with Songs | Fred, Joe's Cellmate | 1929-08-05 |
Movie | Broadway Babies | Perc Gessant | 1929-06-30 |
Movie | Chinatown Charlie | Monk | 1928-04-15 |
Movie | The Showdown | Winter | 1928-02-25 |
Movie | The Dragnet | 1928-05-01 | |
Movie | The Vanishing Pioneer | Sheriff Murdock | 1928-06-23 |
Movie | Sal of Singapore | Captain Sunday | 1928-11-04 |
Movie | The Spieler | Red Moon | 1928-12-20 |
Movie | The Rough Riders | Sergeant Stanton | 1927-09-30 |
Movie | The Blood Ship | First Mate Fitz | 1927-07-18 |
Movie | Underworld | Buck Mulligan | 1927-08-20 |
Movie | The Loves of Carmen | Gypsy Chief | 1927-09-03 |
Movie | The Way of All Flesh | The Tough | 1927-10-01 |
Movie | The Gay Defender | Jake Hamby | 1927-12-10 |
Movie | The City Gone Wild | Gunner Gallagher | 1927-11-12 |
Movie | The Ice Flood | 1926-10-01 | |
Movie | Old Ironsides | Second Mate (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
Movie | Dick Turpin | Ring Announcer (uncredited) | 1925-02-01 |
Movie | Riders of the Purple Sage | Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
Movie | Winds of Chance | Joe McCaskey | 1925-08-15 |
Movie | The Prairie Pirate | Aguilar - the Bandit | 1925-10-10 |
Movie | The Iron Horse | Bauman | 1924-08-24 |
Movie | The Eleventh Hour | Barbara's Uncle | 1923-07-19 |
Movie | The Flame of Life | Spring | 1923-02-05 |
Movie | Shadows of the North | Ray Brent | 1923-08-27 |
Movie | North of Hudson Bay | Armand LeMoir | 1923-11-18 |
Movie | Hell's Hole | Prisoner | 1923-09-23 |
Movie | The Red Warning | Tom Jeffries | 1923-12-17 |
Movie | His Back Against the Wall | Arizona Pete | 1922-05-21 |
Movie | Without Compromise | Cass Blake | 1922-10-29 |
Movie | The Stampede | Steve Norton | 1921-10-01 |
Movie | A Daughter of the Law | George Stacey | 1921-11-01 |
Movie | Conflict | Jevons' foreman (uncredited) | 1921-10-23 |
Movie | Polly of the Storm Country | 1920-04-04 | |
Movie | The Tiger's Trail | 'Bull' Shotwell | 1919-04-20 |
Movie | Behind the Door | 1919-12-14 |