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.
The Stampede
(Steve Norton)
Stormy
(Deem Dorn)
The Thundering Herd
(Follansbee)
Cyclone Bliss
Conflict
(Jevons' foreman (uncredited))
Underworld
(Buck Mulligan)
Shootin' Irons
(Dick Hardman)
Yellow Men and Gold
(Craven)
The Gay Defender
(Jake Hamby)
The Quitter
(Duffy Thompson)
Soldiers of Fortune
(McWilliams)
The Flame of Life
(Spring)
Chinatown Charlie
(Monk)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
(Fred Kohler)
Hell's Hole
(Prisoner)
The Texas Rangers
(Jess Higgins)
Goin' to Town
(Buck Gonzales)
Roadhouse Nights
(Sam Horner)
The Iron Horse
(Bauman)
Corsair
(Big John)
Daughter of Shanghai
(Captain Gulner)
Fighting Caravans
(Lee Murdock)
The Showdown
(Winter)
The Prairie Pirate
(Aguilar - the Bandit)
Trimmed
(Young Bill Young)
X Marks the Spot
(Edward P. Riggs)
The Light of Western Stars
(H.W. Stack)
Frisco Kid
(Shanghai Duck)
Honor of the Range
(Rawhide)
Fighting Fury
('Two-finger' Larkin)
A Soldier's Plaything
(Hank)
Hell's Heroes
('Wild Bill' Kearney)
Open Range
(Sam Hardman)
Sal of Singapore
(Captain Sunday)
Broadway Babies
(Perc Gessant)
Carnival Boat
(Hack Logan)
The Vigilantes Are Coming
(General Jason Burr)
The Right of Way
(Joseph Portugais)
Winds of Chance
(Joe McCaskey)
Little Man, What Now?
(Karl Goebbler)
The Lash
(Peter Harkness)
The Last Round-up
(Sam Gulden)
The Spieler
(Red Moon)
The Wolf Dog
(Joe Stevens)
Other Men's Women
(Haley)
Billy The Kid Returns
(Matson)
Perils of the Yukon
(Capt. Whipple)
The Constant Woman
(Speakeasy Bouncer)
Blockade
(Pietro)
Under a Texas Moon
(Bad Man)
Gangs of New York
(Kruger)
Polly of the Storm Country
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
(Wolf Morgan)
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
(Self)
Tide of Empire
(Cannon)
Heart of the West
(Barton)
His Back Against the Wall
(Arizona Pete)
The Rider of Death Valley
(Lew Grant)
Shadows of the North
(Ray Brent)
The Ice Flood
Riders of the Purple Sage
(Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited))
Men of Action
(Thorenson)
River of Romance
(Captain Blackie)
The Red Warning
(Tom Jeffries)
The Plainsman
(Jake - A Teamster)
For the Service
(Bruce Howard)
The Man from Hell
(Mayor Anse McCloud)
The Eleventh Hour
(Barbara's Uncle)
Say It with Songs
(Fred, Joe's Cellmate)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
(Self (archive footage))
Thunderbolt
('Bad Al' Friedberg)
Forbidden Valley
(Matt Rogan)
Ship of Wanted Men
(Chuck Young)
The Loves of Carmen
(Gypsy Chief)
The Way of All Flesh
(The Tough)
Partners of the Tide
(First Mate)
North of Hudson Bay
(Armand LeMoir)
Call Her Savage
(Silas Jennings)
Hard Rock Harrigan
(Black Jack Riley)
West of the Pecos
(Sawtelle)
Lawless Valley
(Tom Marsh)
The Rough Riders
(Sergeant Stanton)
Queen Christina
(Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited))
Horses' Collars
(Double Deal Decker)
Old Ironsides
(Second Mate (uncredited))
Border Brigands
(Captain Conyda)
The Fourth Horseman
(Honest Ben Jones)
Behind the Door
Under the Tonto Rim
(Munther)
Wild Horse Mesa
(Rand)
The Vanishing Pioneer
(Sheriff Murdock)
Times Square Lady
("Dutch" Meyers)
The Buccaneer
(Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.))
A Daughter of the Law
(George Stacey)
Woman Hungry
(Kampen)
Lightning Triggers
(Bull Thompson)
The Accusing Finger
(Curly-haired Convict)
The City Gone Wild
(Gunner Gallagher)
The Tiger's Trail
('Bull' Shotwell)
Half a Sinner
(Brick)
The Case of Lena Smith
The Blood Ship
(First Mate Fitz)
The Leatherneck
(Heckla)
Dick Turpin
(Ring Announcer (uncredited))
Without Compromise
(Cass Blake)
Painted Desert
(Hugh Fawcett)
Deluge
(Jepson)
The Drag Net
('Gabby' Steve)
Three Who Paid
(Jim Quade)
Mississippi
(Captain Blackie (as Captain Blackie Jr.))
Stairs of Sand
(Boss Stone)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
(Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market)
The Texas Bad Man
(Gore Hampton)
The Dummy
(Joe Cooper)
The Country Beyond
(Joe Leseur)