Fred Kohler

Known for ActingBorn 1888-04-18Died 1938-10-28Dubuque, 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.Read more

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For the Service

Lightning Triggers

Under the Tonto Rim

Wild Horse Mesa

Woman Hungry

Open Range

The City Gone Wild

The Country Beyond

Fighting Fury

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

Shadows of the North

The Clean Up

Yellow Men and Gold

Conflict

Partners of the Tide

The Fourth Horseman

The Vanishing Pioneer

The Gay Defender

The Ice Flood

The Thundering Herd

The Prairie Pirate

The Flame of Life

Hell's Hole

Three Who Paid

The Scrapper

The Rider of Death Valley

The Wolf Dog

The Spieler

The Last Round-up

Half a Sinner

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo

The Quitter

The Dummy

The Showdown

Shootin' Irons

The Bar-C Mystery

Perils of the Yukon

His Back Against the Wall

With Stanley in Africa

The Kentucky Colonel

The Tiger's Trail

The Vigilantes Are Coming

The Blood Ship

The Stampede

A Daughter of the Law

Frisco Kid

Polly of the Storm Country

Hell's Heroes