1888-04-18 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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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | Self (archive footage) | 1994-08-09 |
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Lawless Valley | Tom Marsh | 1938-11-03 |
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Forbidden Valley | Matt Rogan | 1938-02-13 |
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The Buccaneer | Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.) | 1938-02-04 |
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Gangs of New York | Kruger | 1938-05-23 |
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Billy The Kid Returns | Matson | 1938-09-04 |
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Blockade | Pietro | 1938-06-17 |
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Painted Desert | Hugh Fawcett | 1938-08-12 |
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Daughter of Shanghai | Captain Gulner | 1937-12-17 |
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The Plainsman | Jake - A Teamster | 1936-11-16 |
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For the Service | Bruce Howard | 1936-06-01 |
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Heart of the West | Barton | 1936-02-24 |
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Dangerous Intrigue | Brant | 1936-01-04 |
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The Accusing Finger | Curly-haired Convict | 1936-11-17 |
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The Texas Rangers | Jess Higgins | 1936-08-28 |
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The Vigilantes Are Coming | General Jason Burr | 1936-08-21 |
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Stormy | Deem Dorn | 1935-10-21 |
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Times Square Lady | "Dutch" Meyers | 1935-03-08 |
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Frisco Kid | Shanghai Duck | 1935-11-30 |
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Horses' Collars | Double Deal Decker | 1935-01-10 |
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Wilderness Mail | Lobo McBain / Landau | 1935-09-07 |
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Border Brigands | Captain Conyda | 1935-05-31 |
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Hard Rock Harrigan | Black Jack Riley | 1935-07-01 |
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Men of Action | Thorenson | 1935-07-13 |
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Mississippi | Captain Blackie | 1935-03-22 |
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Lightning Triggers | Bull Thompson | 1935-07-01 |
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Goin' to Town | Buck Gonzales | 1935-04-25 |
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West of the Pecos | Sawtelle | 1934-12-27 |
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Queen Christina | Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited) | 1934-02-09 |
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Little Man, What Now? | Karl Goebbler | 1934-06-04 |
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The Last Round-up | Sam Gulden | 1934-05-01 |
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The Man from Hell | Mayor Anse McCloud | 1934-08-28 |
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Half a Sinner | Brick | 1934-06-01 |
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Honor of the Range | Rawhide | 1934-04-15 |
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Ship of Wanted Men | Chuck Young | 1933-09-08 |
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Under the Tonto Rim | Munther | 1933-04-07 |
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Deluge | Jepson | 1933-08-17 |
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The Fiddlin' Buckaroo | Wolf Morgan | 1933-07-20 |
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The Constant Woman | Speakeasy Bouncer | 1933-03-12 |
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The Wolf Dog | Joe Stevens | 1933-09-29 |
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Call Her Savage | Silas Jennings | 1932-11-24 |
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The Rider of Death Valley | Lew Grant | 1932-04-23 |
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The Fourth Horseman | Honest Ben Jones | 1932-09-25 |
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Carnival Boat | Hack Logan | 1932-03-19 |
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The Texas Bad Man | Gore Hampton | 1932-06-29 |
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Wild Horse Mesa | Rand | 1932-11-25 |
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Corsair | Big John | 1931-11-28 |
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Other Men's Women | Haley | 1931-01-17 |
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Woman Hungry | Kampen | 1931-04-04 |
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Fighting Caravans | Lee Murdock | 1931-02-01 |
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X Marks the Spot | Edward P. Riggs | 1931-12-13 |
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Roadhouse Nights | Sam Horner | 1930-02-15 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 | Fred Kohler | 1930-12-01 |
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
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The Right of Way | Joseph Portugais | 1930-12-11 |
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The Lash | Peter Harkness | 1930-12-14 |
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A Soldier's Plaything | Hank | 1930-10-30 |
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The Light of Western Stars | H.W. Stack | 1930-04-19 |
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Under a Texas Moon | Bad Man | 1930-04-01 |
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The Dummy | Joe Cooper | 1929-03-09 |
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Say It with Songs | Fred, Joe's Cellmate | 1929-08-05 |
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Thunderbolt | 'Bad Al' Friedberg | 1929-06-20 |
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The Case of Lena Smith | Stefan | 1929-01-19 |
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The Leatherneck | Heckla | 1929-02-24 |
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Stairs of Sand | Boss Stone | 1929-06-08 |
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The River of Romance | Captain Blackie | 1929-06-28 |
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The Quitter | Duffy Thompson | 1929-04-01 |
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Broadway Babies | Perc Gessant | 1929-06-30 |
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Tide of Empire | Cannon | 1929-03-23 |
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Hell's Heroes | 'Wild Bill' Kearney | 1929-12-27 |
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The Spieler | Red Moon | 1928-12-20 |
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The Drag Net | 'Gabby' Steve | 1928-05-01 |
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Sal of Singapore | Captain Sunday | 1928-11-04 |
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The Showdown | Winter | 1928-02-25 |
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Forgotten Faces | 1928-08-05 | |
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The Vanishing Pioneer | Sheriff Murdock | 1928-06-23 |
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Chinatown Charlie | Monk | 1928-04-15 |
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Open Range | Sam Hardman | 1927-11-05 |
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The City Gone Wild | Gunner Gallagher | 1927-11-12 |
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The Blood Ship | First Mate Fitz | 1927-07-18 |
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The Rough Riders | Sergeant Stanton | 1927-09-30 |
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The Gay Defender | Jake Hamby | 1927-12-10 |
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Underworld | Buck Mulligan | 1927-08-20 |
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The Way of All Flesh | The Tough | 1927-10-01 |
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The Loves of Carmen | Gypsy Chief | 1927-09-03 |
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Shootin' Irons | Dick Hardman | 1927-10-08 |
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The Bar-C Mystery | 1926-04-25 | |
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The Ice Flood | 1926-10-01 | |
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The Country Beyond | Joe Leseur | 1926-10-17 |
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Old Ironsides | Second Mate (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
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The Thundering Herd | Follansbee | 1925-03-01 |
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Dick Turpin | Ring Announcer (uncredited) | 1925-02-01 |
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The Iron Horse | Bauman | 1925-10-04 |
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Winds of Chance | Joe McCaskey | 1925-08-15 |
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The Prairie Pirate | Aguilar - the Bandit | 1925-10-10 |
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Riders of the Purple Sage | Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market | 1924-02-02 |
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Fighting Fury | 'Two-finger' Larkin | 1924-08-24 |
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Thru the Flames | 'Red' Burke | 1923-05-01 |
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North of Hudson Bay | Armand LeMoir | 1923-11-18 |
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The Clean Up | Jack Wolff | 1923-09-24 |
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Shadows of the North | Ray Brent | 1923-08-27 |
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The Flame of Life | Spring | 1923-02-05 |
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The Red Warning | Tom Jeffries | 1923-12-17 |
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Hell's Hole | Prisoner | 1923-09-23 |
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The Eleventh Hour | Barbara's Uncle | 1923-07-19 |
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Three Who Paid | Jim Quade | 1923-01-07 |
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His Back Against the Wall | Arizona Pete | 1922-05-21 |
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The Scrapper | Oleson | 1922-02-06 |
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With Stanley in Africa | 1922-01-23 | |
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The Son of the Wolf | Malemute Kid | 1922-06-11 |
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Yellow Men and Gold | Craven | 1922-05-20 |
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Without Compromise | Cass Blake | 1922-10-29 |
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Perils of the Yukon | Capt. Whipple | 1922-07-24 |
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Trimmed | Young Bill Young | 1922-07-03 |
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Conflict | Jevons' foreman (uncredited) | 1921-10-23 |
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Partners of the Tide | First Mate | 1921-03-20 |
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The Stampede | Steve Norton | 1921-10-01 |
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A Daughter of the Law | George Stacey | 1921-11-01 |
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Cyclone Bliss | Jack Hall | 1921-01-20 |
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The Kentucky Colonel | Jim Britsides | 1920-09-26 |
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Polly of the Storm Country | 1920-04-04 | |
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Behind the Door | 1919-12-14 | |
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The Tiger's Trail | 'Bull' Shotwell | 1919-04-20 |
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Soldiers of Fortune | McWilliams | 1919-11-22 |
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Danger Quest | Otto Shugars |
