Fred Kohler
Age: N/A | From: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Fred Kohler Sr. , Frederick L. Kohler , Jack Kohler , John Kohler , Fredrick Louis Kohler
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 98
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Queen Christina
(1933) Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
The Plainsman
(1936) Jake - A Teamster
The Iron Horse
(1924) Bauman
Thunderbolt
(1929) 'Bad Al' Friedberg
Half a Sinner
(1934) Brick
Trimmed
(1922) Young Bill Young
The Buccaneer
(1938) Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
Hell's Heroes
(1929) 'Wild Bill' KearneyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Tom Marsh | |
| Matson | ||
| Hugh Fawcett | ||
| Pietro | ||
| Kruger | ||
| Matt Rogan | ||
| Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.) | ||
| 1937 | Captain Gulner | |
| 1936 | Curly-haired Convict | |
| Jake - A Teamster | ||
| Jess Higgins | ||
| General Jason Burr | ||
| Bruce Howard | ||
| Barton | ||
| 1935 | Shanghai Duck | |
| Deem Dorn | ||
| Thorenson | ||
| Black Jack Riley | ||
| Bull Thompson | ||
| Captain Conyda | ||
| Buck Gonzales | ||
| Captain Blackie (as Captain Blackie Jr.) | ||
| "Dutch" Meyers | ||
| Double Deal Decker | ||
| 1934 | Sawtelle | |
| Mayor Anse McCloud | ||
| Karl Goebbler | ||
| Brick | ||
| Sam Gulden | ||
| Rawhide | ||
| 1933 | Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited) | |
| Joe Stevens | ||
| Chuck Young | ||
| Jepson | ||
| Wolf Morgan | ||
| Munther | ||
| Speakeasy Bouncer | ||
| 1932 | Rand | |
| Silas Jennings | ||
| Honest Ben Jones | ||
| Gore Hampton | ||
| Lew Grant | ||
| Hack Logan | ||
| 1931 | Edward P. Riggs | |
| Big John | ||
| Kampen | ||
| Lee Murdock | ||
| Haley | ||
| 1930 | Peter Harkness | |
| Joseph Portugais | ||
| Fred Kohler | ||
| Hank | ||
| Self | ||
| H.W. Stack | ||
| Bad Man | ||
| Sam Horner | ||
| 1929 | 'Wild Bill' Kearney | |
| Fred, Joe's Cellmate | ||
| Perc Gessant | ||
| Captain Blackie | ||
| 'Bad Al' Friedberg | ||
| Boss Stone | ||
| Duffy Thompson | ||
| Cannon | ||
| Joe Cooper | ||
| Heckla | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1928 | Red Moon | |
| Captain Sunday | ||
| Sheriff Murdock | ||
| 'Gabby' Steve | ||
| Monk | ||
| Winter | ||
| 1927 | Jake Hamby | |
| Gunner Gallagher | ||
| Sam Hardman | ||
| Dick Hardman | ||
| The Tough | ||
| Sergeant Stanton | ||
| Gypsy Chief | ||
| 'Buck' Mulligan | ||
| First Mate Fitz | ||
| 1926 | Second Mate (uncredited) | |
| Joe Leseur | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1925 | Aguilar - the Bandit | |
| Joe McCaskey | ||
| Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited) | ||
| Follansbee | ||
| Ring Announcer (uncredited) | ||
| 1924 | 'Two-finger' Larkin | |
| Bauman | ||
| Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market | ||
| 1923 | Tom Jeffries | |
| Armand LeMoir | ||
| Prisoner | ||
| Ray Brent | ||
| Barbara's Uncle | ||
| Spring | ||
| Jim Quade | ||
| 1922 | Cass Blake | |
| Capt. Whipple | ||
| Young Bill Young | ||
| Arizona Pete | ||
| Craven | ||
| 1921 | George Stacey | |
| Jevons' foreman (uncredited) | ||
| Steve Norton | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1920 | N/A | |
| 1919 | N/A | |
| McWilliams | ||
| 'Bull' Shotwell | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
