Fred Kohler
Known for: Acting
Born: April 18, 1888
Died: October 28, 1938
Place of birth: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
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.
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Filmography
126 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
6.5
Lawless Valley
1938
4.9
Billy The Kid Returns
1938
6.0
Painted Desert
1938
5.8
Blockade
1938
5.3
Gangs of New York
1938
7.0
Forbidden Valley
1938
6.4
The Buccaneer
1938
5.4
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
5.8
The Accusing Finger
1936
6.5
The Plainsman
1936
6.6
The Texas Rangers
1936
7.8
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
10.0
For the Service
1936
5.3
Heart of the West
1936
7.0
Dangerous Intrigue
1936
7.0
Frisco Kid
1935
7.0
Stormy
19357.0
Wilderness Mail
1935
6.0
Men of Action
19355.0
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
10.0
Lightning Triggers
1935
7.0
Border Brigands
1935
5.6
Goin' to Town
1935
6.8
Mississippi
1935
7.0
Times Square Lady
1935
6.4
Horses' Collars
1935
7.0
West of the Pecos
1934
5.7
The Man from Hell
1934
6.3
Little Man, What Now?
1934
8.0
Half a Sinner
1934
8.0
The Last Round-up
1934
6.3
Honor of the Range
1934
6.9
Queen Christina
1934
7.4
The Wolf Dog
1933
3.8
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
6.0
Deluge
1933
8.0
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
10.0
Under the Tonto Rim
1933
5.0
The Constant Woman
1933
10.0
Wild Horse Mesa
1932
5.8
Call Her Savage
1932
9.0
The Fourth Horseman
1932
5.0
The Texas Bad Man
1932
8.5
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
5.5
Carnival Boat
1932
6.5
X Marks the Spot
1931
4.4
Corsair
1931
10.0
Woman Hungry
1931
5.0
Fighting Caravans
1931
5.7
Other Men's Women
1931
6.5
The Lash
1930
5.2
The Right of Way
1930
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Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
5.4
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
4.5
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
5.2
The Light of Western Stars
1930
4.5
Under a Texas Moon
1930
6.0
Roadhouse Nights
1930
7.1
Hell's Heroes
1929
5.5
Say It with Songs
1929
6.2
Broadway Babies
1929
5.7
The River of Romance
1929
5.7
Thunderbolt
1929
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Stairs of Sand
1929
8.0
The Quitter
1929
6.3
Tide of Empire
1929
8.0
The Dummy
1929
5.7
The Leatherneck
1929
6.0
The Case of Lena Smith
1929
7.8
The Spieler
1928
5.7
Sal of Singapore
1928
7.0
Forgotten Faces
1928
9.0
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
6.5
The Drag Net
1928
7.0
Chinatown Charlie
1928
8.0
The Showdown
1928
9.0
The Gay Defender
1927
10.0
The City Gone Wild
1927
10.0
Open Range
1927
8.0
Shootin' Irons
1927
6.5
The Way of All Flesh
1927
7.0
The Rough Riders
1927
5.5
The Loves of Carmen
1927
7.0
Underworld
1927
7.7
The Blood Ship
1927
6.4
Old Ironsides
1926
10.0
The Country Beyond
19269.0
The Ice Flood
1926
8.0
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
9.0
The Prairie Pirate
1925
6.8
The Iron Horse
1925
6.5
Winds of Chance
1925
6.1
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
9.0
The Thundering Herd
1925
5.6
Dick Turpin
1925
10.0
Fighting Fury
1924
10.0
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
7.0
The Red Warning
1923
5.9
North of Hudson Bay
1923
10.0
The Clean Up
1923
9.0
Hell's Hole
1923
10.0
Shadows of the North
1923
7.0
The Eleventh Hour
1923
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Thru the Flames
1923
9.0
The Flame of Life
19239.0
Three Who Paid
1923
7.0
Without Compromise
1922
8.0
Perils of the Yukon
1922
7.0
Trimmed
1922
7.0
The Son of the Wolf
1922
8.0
His Back Against the Wall
1922
10.0
Yellow Men and Gold
1922
9.0
The Scrapper
1922
8.0
With Stanley in Africa
1922
7.5
A Daughter of the Law
1921
10.0
Conflict
1921
7.5
The Stampede
1921
10.0
Partners of the Tide
1921
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Cyclone Bliss
1921
8.0
The Kentucky Colonel
1920
7.3
Polly of the Storm Country
1920
7.0
Behind the Door
1919
7.0
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
8.0
The Tiger's Trail
19198.0
Danger Quest
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