Fred Kohler
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.
Acting (115 movies)
The Stampede
1921
Stormy
1935
The Thundering Herd
1925
Cyclone Bliss
1921
Conflict
1921
Underworld
1927
Shootin' Irons
1927
Yellow Men and Gold
1922
The Gay Defender
1927
The Quitter
1929
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
The Flame of Life
1923
Chinatown Charlie
1928
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
Hell's Hole
1923
The Texas Rangers
1936
Goin' to Town
1935
Roadhouse Nights
1930
The Iron Horse
1925
Corsair
1931
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
Fighting Caravans
1931
The Showdown
1928
The Prairie Pirate
1925
Trimmed
1922
X Marks the Spot
1931
The Light of Western Stars
1930
Frisco Kid
1935
Honor of the Range
1934
Fighting Fury
1924
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
Hell's Heroes
1929
Open Range
1927
Sal of Singapore
1928
Broadway Babies
1929
Carnival Boat
1932
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
The Right of Way
1930
Winds of Chance
1925
Little Man, What Now?
1934
The Lash
1930
The Last Round-up
1934
The Spieler
1928
The Wolf Dog
1933
Other Men's Women
1931
Billy The Kid Returns
1938
Perils of the Yukon
1922
The Constant Woman
1933
Blockade
1938
Under a Texas Moon
1930
Gangs of New York
1938
Polly of the Storm Country
1920
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
Tide of Empire
1929
Heart of the West
1936
His Back Against the Wall
1922
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
Shadows of the North
1923
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
Men of Action
1935
The River of Romance
1929
The Red Warning
1923
The Plainsman
1936
For the Service
1936
The Man from Hell
1934
The Eleventh Hour
1923
Say It with Songs
1929
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Thunderbolt
1929
Forbidden Valley
1938
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
The Loves of Carmen
1927
The Way of All Flesh
1927
Partners of the Tide
1921
North of Hudson Bay
1923
Call Her Savage
1932
West of the Pecos
1934
Lawless Valley
1938
The Rough Riders
1927
Queen Christina
1934
Horses' Collars
1935
Old Ironsides
1926
Border Brigands
1935
The Fourth Horseman
1932
Behind the Door
1919
Under the Tonto Rim
1933
Wild Horse Mesa
1932
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
Times Square Lady
1935
The Buccaneer
1938
A Daughter of the Law
1921
Woman Hungry
1931
Lightning Triggers
1935
The Accusing Finger
1936
The City Gone Wild
1927
The Tiger's Trail
1919
Half a Sinner
1934
The Case of Lena Smith
1929
The Blood Ship
1927
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