Fred Kohler

Known For: Acting
Born: April 18, 1888
Place of Birth: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Died: October 28, 1938

Fred Kohler

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. W…

Filmography

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994 · Self (archive footage)

Lawless Valley

1938 · Tom Marsh

Billy The Kid Returns

1938 · Matson

Painted Desert

1938 · Hugh Fawcett

Blockade

1938 · Pietro

Gangs of New York

1938 · Kruger

Forbidden Valley

1938 · Matt Rogan

The Buccaneer

1938 · Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)

Daughter of Shanghai

1937 · Captain Gulner

The Accusing Finger

1936 · Curly-haired Convict

The Plainsman

1936 · Jake - A Teamster

The Texas Rangers

1936 · Jess Higgins

The Vigilantes Are Coming

1936 · General Jason Burr

For the Service

1936 · Bruce Howard

Heart of the West

1936 · Barton

Dangerous Intrigue

1936 · Brant

Frisco Kid

1935 · Shanghai Duck

Stormy

1935 · Deem Dorn

Wilderness Mail

Wilderness Mail

1935 · Lobo McBain / Landau

Men of Action

1935 · Thorenson

Hard Rock Harrigan

Hard Rock Harrigan

1935 · Black Jack Riley

Lightning Triggers

1935 · Bull Thompson

Border Brigands

1935 · Captain Conyda

Goin' to Town

1935 · Buck Gonzales

Mississippi

1935 · Captain Blackie

Times Square Lady

1935 · "Dutch" Meyers

Horses' Collars

1935 · Double Deal Decker

West of the Pecos

1934 · Sawtelle

The Man from Hell

1934 · Mayor Anse McCloud

Little Man, What Now?

1934 · Karl Goebbler

Half a Sinner

1934 · Brick

The Last Round-up

1934 · Sam Gulden

Honor of the Range

1934 · Rawhide

Queen Christina

1934 · Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)

The Wolf Dog

1933 · Joe Stevens

Ship of Wanted Men

1933 · Chuck Young

Deluge

1933 · Jepson

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo

1933 · Wolf Morgan

Under the Tonto Rim

1933 · Munther

The Constant Woman

1933 · Speakeasy Bouncer

Wild Horse Mesa

1932 · Rand

Call Her Savage

1932 · Silas Jennings

The Fourth Horseman

1932 · Honest Ben Jones

The Texas Bad Man

1932 · Gore Hampton

The Rider of Death Valley

1932 · Lew Grant

Carnival Boat

1932 · Hack Logan

X Marks the Spot

1931 · Edward P. Riggs

Corsair

1931 · Big John

Woman Hungry

1931 · Kampen

Fighting Caravans

1931 · Lee Murdock

Other Men's Women

1931 · Haley

The Lash

1930 · Peter Harkness

The Right of Way

1930 · Joseph Portugais

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

1930 · Fred Kohler

A Soldier's Plaything

1930 · Hank

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

1930 · Self

The Light of Western Stars

1930 · H.W. Stack

Under a Texas Moon

1930 · Bad Man

Roadhouse Nights

1930 · Sam Horner

Hell's Heroes

1929 · 'Wild Bill' Kearney

Say It with Songs

1929 · Fred, Joe's Cellmate

Broadway Babies

1929 · Perc Gessant

The River of Romance

1929 · Captain Blackie

Thunderbolt

1929 · 'Bad Al' Friedberg

Stairs of Sand

1929 · Boss Stone

The Quitter

1929 · Duffy Thompson

Tide of Empire

1929 · Cannon

The Dummy

1929 · Joe Cooper

The Leatherneck

1929 · Heckla

The Case of Lena Smith

1929 · Stefan

The Spieler

1928 · Red Moon

Sal of Singapore

1928 · Captain Sunday

Forgotten Faces

1928

The Vanishing Pioneer

1928 · Sheriff Murdock

The Drag Net

1928 · 'Gabby' Steve

Chinatown Charlie

1928 · Monk

The Showdown

1928 · Winter

The Gay Defender

1927 · Jake Hamby

The City Gone Wild

1927 · Gunner Gallagher

Open Range

1927 · Sam Hardman

Shootin' Irons

1927 · Dick Hardman

The Way of All Flesh

1927 · The Tough

The Rough Riders

1927 · Sergeant Stanton

The Loves of Carmen

1927 · Gypsy Chief

Underworld

1927 · Buck Mulligan

The Blood Ship

1927 · First Mate Fitz

Old Ironsides

1926 · Second Mate (uncredited)

The Country Beyond

1926 · Joe Leseur

The Ice Flood

1926

The Bar-C Mystery

1926

The Prairie Pirate

1925 · Aguilar - the Bandit

The Iron Horse

1925 · Bauman

Winds of Chance

1925 · Joe McCaskey

Riders of the Purple Sage

1925 · Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)

The Thundering Herd

1925 · Follansbee

Dick Turpin

1925 · Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Fighting Fury

1924 · 'Two-finger' Larkin

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

1924 · Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market

The Red Warning

1923 · Tom Jeffries

North of Hudson Bay

1923 · Armand LeMoir

The Clean Up

1923 · Jack Wolff

Hell's Hole

1923 · Prisoner

Shadows of the North

1923 · Ray Brent

The Eleventh Hour

1923 · Barbara's Uncle

Thru the Flames

1923 · 'Red' Burke

The Flame of Life

1923 · Spring

Three Who Paid

1923 · Jim Quade

Without Compromise

1922 · Cass Blake

Perils of the Yukon

1922 · Capt. Whipple

Trimmed

1922 · Young Bill Young

The Son of the Wolf

1922 · Malemute Kid

His Back Against the Wall

1922 · Arizona Pete

Yellow Men and Gold

1922 · Craven

The Scrapper

1922 · Oleson

With Stanley in Africa

1922

A Daughter of the Law

1921 · George Stacey

Conflict

1921 · Jevons' foreman (uncredited)

The Stampede

1921 · Steve Norton

Partners of the Tide

1921 · First Mate

Cyclone Bliss

1921 · Jack Hall

The Kentucky Colonel

1920 · Jim Britsides

Polly of the Storm Country

1920

Behind the Door

1919

Soldiers of Fortune

1919 · McWilliams

The Tiger's Trail

1919 · 'Bull' Shotwell

Danger Quest

— · Otto Shugars

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