Fred Kohler

Acting · 0.7 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

Fighting Fury

192410.0

The Plainsman

19366.5

Half a Sinner

19348.0

The Buccaneer

19386.4

Thunderbolt

19295.7

Call Her Savage

19325.8

The Bar-C Mystery

19268.0

Trimmed

19227.0

The Texas Rangers

19366.6

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994

Danger Quest

20268.0

Times Square Lady

19357.0

Underworld

19277.0

The Accusing Finger

19365.8

The Iron Horse

19256.8

Other Men's Women

19315.7

Lightning Triggers

193510.0

Frisco Kid

19357.0

Dangerous Intrigue

19367.0

Cyclone Bliss

1921

Hell's Heroes

19297.1

The City Gone Wild

192710.0

The Thundering Herd

19259.0

Forgotten Faces

19287.0

Forbidden Valley

19387.0

The Gay Defender

19279.0

Little Man, What Now?

19346.3

Mississippi

19356.8

The Scrapper

19229.0

Fighting Caravans

19314.9

Say It with Songs

19295.5

Daughter of Shanghai

19375.4

Heart of the West

19365.3

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

19304.5

The Vigilantes Are Coming

19367.8

Men of Action

19356.0

The Kentucky Colonel

19208.0

Thru the Flames

1923

The River of Romance

19295.7

The Clean Up

192310.0

Horses' Collars

19356.4

Old Ironsides

19266.4

The Way of All Flesh

19276.5

With Stanley in Africa

19228.0

Wilderness Mail

19357.0

Goin' to Town

19355.6

Dick Turpin

19255.8

Deluge

19336.0

The Constant Woman

19335.0

West of the Pecos

19347.0

Blockade

19385.8

Painted Desert

19386.0

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

192410.0

The Light of Western Stars

19305.2

The Man from Hell

19345.7

Stairs of Sand

1929

Shootin' Irons

19278.0

Broadway Babies

19296.2

The Last Round-up

19348.0

The Country Beyond

192610.0

The Dummy

19298.0

The Right of Way

19305.2

Sal of Singapore

19285.7

The Vanishing Pioneer

19289.0

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo

19338.0

Under a Texas Moon

19304.5

Lawless Valley

19386.5

The Eleventh Hour

19237.0

The Wolf Dog

19337.4

Corsair

19314.4

The Rough Riders

19277.0

A Soldier's Plaything

19305.4

A Daughter of the Law

19217.5

The Lash

19306.5

Gangs of New York

19385.3

Honor of the Range

19346.3

The Leatherneck

19295.7

The Son of the Wolf

19227.0

Chinatown Charlie

19287.0

The Showdown

19288.0

The Spieler

19287.8

The Ice Flood

19269.0

Riders of the Purple Sage

19256.1

Stormy

19357.0

The Flame of Life

19239.0

Winds of Chance

19256.5

The Blood Ship

19277.7

The Prairie Pirate

19259.0

Partners of the Tide

192110.0

Behind the Door

19197.0

For the Service

193610.0

Billy The Kid Returns

19384.9

The Case of Lena Smith

19296.0

The Tiger's Trail

19198.0

Ship of Wanted Men

19333.8

Without Compromise

19227.0

Tide of Empire

19296.3

North of Hudson Bay

19235.9

Under the Tonto Rim

193310.0

Shadows of the North

192310.0

Conflict

192110.0

The Rider of Death Valley

19328.5

Polly of the Storm Country

19207.3

Border Brigands

19357.0

Woman Hungry

193110.0

Open Range

192710.0

The Loves of Carmen

19275.5

Roadhouse Nights

19306.0

The Drag Net

19286.5

The Quitter

19298.0

The Fourth Horseman

19329.0

Wild Horse Mesa

193210.0

Hell's Hole

19239.0

Carnival Boat

19325.5

The Red Warning

19237.0

Hard Rock Harrigan

19355.0

Soldiers of Fortune

19197.0

The Stampede

19217.5

X Marks the Spot

19316.5

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

1930

The Texas Bad Man

19325.0

His Back Against the Wall

19228.0

Three Who Paid

19239.0

Perils of the Yukon

19228.0

Yellow Men and Gold

192210.0