Fred Kohler
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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.
Acting
Movie
Queen Christina
as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Underworld
as Buck Mulligan
1927
Movie
The Iron Horse
as Bauman
1925
Movie
The Plainsman
as Jake - A Teamster
1936
Movie
Thunderbolt
as 'Bad Al' Friedberg
1929
Movie
Other Men's Women
as Haley
1931
Movie
Call Her Savage
as Silas Jennings
1932
Movie
The Texas Rangers
as Jess Higgins
1936
Movie
Goin' to Town
as Buck Gonzales
1935
Movie
Hell's Heroes
as 'Wild Bill' Kearney
1929
Movie
Deluge
as Jepson
1933
Movie
Horses' Collars
as Double Deal Decker
1935
Movie
Fighting Caravans
as Lee Murdock
1931
Movie
Behind the Door
1919
Movie
Daughter of Shanghai
as Captain Gulner
1937
Movie
Little Man, What Now?
as Karl Goebbler
1934
Movie
Old Ironsides
as Second Mate (uncredited)
1926
Movie
Corsair
as Big John
1931
Movie
Blockade
as Pietro
1938
Movie
The Buccaneer
as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
1938
Movie
Billy The Kid Returns
as Matson
1938
Movie
The Leatherneck
as Heckla
1929
Movie
Gangs of New York
as Kruger
1938
Movie
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
1925