Fred Kohler
Acting
- Born:
- 1888-04-18
- Died:
- 1938-10-28
- Place of birth:
- Dubuque, Iowa, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Lawless Valley
Billy The Kid Returns
Painted Desert
Blockade
Gangs of New York
Forbidden Valley
The Buccaneer
Daughter of Shanghai
The Accusing Finger
The Plainsman
The Texas Rangers
The Vigilantes Are Coming
For the Service
Heart of the West
Dangerous Intrigue
Frisco Kid
Stormy
Wilderness Mail
Men of Action
Hard Rock Harrigan
Lightning Triggers
Border Brigands
Goin' to Town
Mississippi
Times Square Lady
Horses' Collars
West of the Pecos
The Man from Hell
Little Man, What Now?
Half a Sinner
The Last Round-up
Honor of the Range
Queen Christina
The Wolf Dog
Ship of Wanted Men
Deluge
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Under the Tonto Rim
The Constant Woman
Wild Horse Mesa
Call Her Savage
The Fourth Horseman
The Texas Bad Man
The Rider of Death Valley
Carnival Boat
X Marks the Spot
Corsair
Woman Hungry
Fighting Caravans
Other Men's Women
The Lash
The Right of Way
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
A Soldier's Plaything
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
The Light of Western Stars
Under a Texas Moon
Roadhouse Nights
Hell's Heroes
Say It with Songs
Broadway Babies
The River of Romance
Thunderbolt
Stairs of Sand
The Quitter
Tide of Empire
The Dummy
The Leatherneck
The Case of Lena Smith
The Spieler
Sal of Singapore
Forgotten Faces
The Vanishing Pioneer
The Drag Net
Chinatown Charlie
The Showdown
The Gay Defender
The City Gone Wild
Open Range
Shootin' Irons
The Way of All Flesh
The Rough Riders
The Loves of Carmen
Underworld
The Blood Ship
Old Ironsides
The Country Beyond
The Ice Flood
The Bar-C Mystery
The Prairie Pirate
The Iron Horse
Winds of Chance
Riders of the Purple Sage
The Thundering Herd
Dick Turpin
Fighting Fury
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
The Red Warning
North of Hudson Bay
The Clean Up
Hell's Hole
Shadows of the North
The Eleventh Hour
Thru the Flames
The Flame of Life
Three Who Paid
Without Compromise
Perils of the Yukon
Trimmed
The Son of the Wolf
His Back Against the Wall
Yellow Men and Gold
The Scrapper
With Stanley in Africa
A Daughter of the Law
Conflict
The Stampede
Partners of the Tide
Cyclone Bliss
The Kentucky Colonel
Polly of the Storm Country
Behind the Door
Soldiers of Fortune
The Tiger's Trail
Danger Quest