
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. 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.
126 acting credits
Acting · 126

Queen Christina
1934

Frisco Kid
1935

The Iron Horse
1925

The Way of All Flesh
1927

Corsair
1931

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930

The Plainsman
1936

The Buccaneer
1938

Deluge
1933

Mississippi
1935

Underworld
1927

The Eleventh Hour
1923

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994

The Texas Rangers
1936

Say It with Songs
1929

Other Men's Women
1931

Hell's Heroes
1929

Thunderbolt
1929

Lawless Valley
1938

The Leatherneck
1929

The Accusing Finger
1936

Woman Hungry
1931

Little Man, What Now?
1934

The Loves of Carmen
1927

Under the Tonto Rim
1933

Without Compromise
1922

Broadway Babies
1929

North of Hudson Bay
1923

Call Her Savage
1932

The Rider of Death Valley
1932

Old Ironsides
1926

Tide of Empire
1929

Under a Texas Moon
1930

The Lash
1930

Dick Turpin
1925

The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936

Gangs of New York
1938

Half a Sinner
1934

Daughter of Shanghai
1937

Painted Desert
1938

Carnival Boat
1932

The Thundering Herd
1925

The Bar-C Mystery
1926

West of the Pecos
1934

The Scrapper
1922

The Wolf Dog
1933

Wild Horse Mesa
1932

Blockade
1938

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933

The Last Round-up
1934

Heart of the West
1936

Fighting Caravans
1931

Honor of the Range
1934

Border Brigands
1935

Goin' to Town
1935

Roadhouse Nights
1930

A Soldier's Plaything
1930

The Light of Western Stars
1930

Forgotten Faces
1928

Winds of Chance
1925

The Dummy
1929

Chinatown Charlie
1928

The Case of Lena Smith
1929

Yellow Men and Gold
1922

The River of Romance
1929

Ship of Wanted Men
1933

Fighting Fury
1924

Horses' Collars
1935

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924

The Country Beyond
1926

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930

Dangerous Intrigue
1936

Stormy
1935

Billy The Kid Returns
1938

The Fourth Horseman
1932

The Vanishing Pioneer
1928

The Red Warning
1923
The Ice Flood
1926

The Tiger's Trail
1919

Thru the Flames
1923

Sal of Singapore
1928

Soldiers of Fortune
1919

The Stampede
1921

Polly of the Storm Country
1920

Forbidden Valley
1938

Behind the Door
1919
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935

The Right of Way
1930

Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
Wilderness Mail
1935

The Blood Ship
1927

Cyclone Bliss
1921

The Showdown
1928

Hell's Hole
1923

Stairs of Sand
1929

The Man from Hell
1934

Lightning Triggers
1935

His Back Against the Wall
1922
Three Who Paid
1923

X Marks the Spot
1931

The Flame of Life
1923

Trimmed
1922

Open Range
1927

Men of Action
1935

Times Square Lady
1935

The Constant Woman
1933

The Spieler
1928

The Rough Riders
1927

The Drag Net
1928

The Gay Defender
1927

The City Gone Wild
1927

Shootin' Irons
1927

Shadows of the North
1923

The Prairie Pirate
1925

The Son of the Wolf
1922

Partners of the Tide
1921

The Texas Bad Man
1932

Perils of the Yukon
1922

For the Service
1936

A Daughter of the Law
1921
Danger Quest
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The Clean Up
1923

Conflict
1921

With Stanley in Africa
1922

The Quitter
1929

The Kentucky Colonel
1920