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