Fred Kohler

Acting · 0.5 popularity

Age

138

Movies

126

Born: April 18, 1888 – October 28, 1938
From: Dubuque, Iowa, USA

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.

Works

126 films

Queen Christina

19346.9

The Plainsman

19366.5

Fighting Fury

192410.0

Half a Sinner

19348.0

Thunderbolt

19295.7

The Buccaneer

19386.4

The Texas Rangers

19366.6

The Bar-C Mystery

19268.0

Danger Quest

20268.0

Cyclone Bliss

1921

Times Square Lady

19357.0

Call Her Savage

19325.8

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994

Forbidden Valley

19387.0

Dangerous Intrigue

19367.0

Lightning Triggers

193510.0

The Thundering Herd

19259.0

Trimmed

19227.0

Forgotten Faces

19287.0

The Iron Horse

19256.8

Mississippi

19356.8

The Accusing Finger

19365.8

Hell's Heroes

19297.1

Frisco Kid

19357.0

The Gay Defender

19279.0

Heart of the West

19365.3

The Scrapper

19229.0

Men of Action

19356.0

Other Men's Women

19315.7

The Kentucky Colonel

19208.0

The Clean Up

192310.0

The River of Romance

19295.7

Goin' to Town

19355.6

With Stanley in Africa

19228.0

Underworld

19277.0

Fighting Caravans

19314.9

Daughter of Shanghai

19375.4

Say It with Songs

19295.5

Wilderness Mail

19357.0

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

19304.5

Little Man, What Now?

19346.3

Thru the Flames

1923

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

192410.0

The Wolf Dog

19337.4

The Eleventh Hour

19237.0

The Vigilantes Are Coming

19367.8

Painted Desert

19386.0

Old Ironsides

19266.4

Deluge

19336.0

The Leatherneck

19295.7

Sal of Singapore

19285.7

Blockade

19385.8

Dick Turpin

19255.8

The Ice Flood

19269.0

Horses' Collars

19356.4

The Way of All Flesh

19276.5

The Spieler

19287.8

Winds of Chance

19256.5

The Prairie Pirate

19259.0

For the Service

193610.0

Honor of the Range

19346.3

Lawless Valley

19386.5

The Man from Hell

19345.7

Behind the Door

19197.0

Tide of Empire

19296.3

Chinatown Charlie

19287.0

The Country Beyond

192610.0

The Constant Woman

19335.0

The Last Round-up

19348.0

The Lash

19306.5

Under a Texas Moon

19304.5

The Dummy

19298.0

Carnival Boat

19325.5

The Rough Riders

19277.0

The Vanishing Pioneer

19289.0

The City Gone Wild

192710.0

The Son of the Wolf

19227.0

The Flame of Life

19239.0

The Case of Lena Smith

19296.0

Border Brigands

19357.0

A Daughter of the Law

19217.5

Wild Horse Mesa

193210.0

Shootin' Irons

19278.0

Broadway Babies

19296.2

Polly of the Storm Country

19207.3

Hell's Hole

19239.0

The Stampede

19217.5

North of Hudson Bay

19235.9

The Right of Way

19305.2

Gangs of New York

19385.3

West of the Pecos

19347.0

The Light of Western Stars

19305.2

Conflict

192110.0

Riders of the Purple Sage

19256.1

The Loves of Carmen

19275.5

The Tiger's Trail

19198.0

Partners of the Tide

192110.0

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

1930

Without Compromise

19227.0

Billy The Kid Returns

19384.9

Corsair

19314.4

Roadhouse Nights

19306.0

A Soldier's Plaything

19305.4

Ship of Wanted Men

19333.8

Stormy

19357.0

The Blood Ship

19277.7

The Drag Net

19286.5

Shadows of the North

192310.0

The Texas Bad Man

19325.0

Woman Hungry

193110.0

The Rider of Death Valley

19328.5

Hard Rock Harrigan

19355.0

The Quitter

19298.0

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo

19338.0

Under the Tonto Rim

193310.0

Stairs of Sand

1929

Open Range

192710.0

The Showdown

19288.0

Three Who Paid

19239.0

Yellow Men and Gold

192210.0

The Fourth Horseman

19329.0

The Red Warning

19237.0

Soldiers of Fortune

19197.0

His Back Against the Wall

19228.0

X Marks the Spot

19316.5

Perils of the Yukon

19228.0