Fred Kohler
Acting
Born 1888-04-18
Died 1938-10-28
Dubuque, Iowa, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
57 credits
Queen Christina
Danger Quest
The Plainsman
Thunderbolt
Fighting Fury
Forbidden Valley
The Scrapper
The Texas Rangers
Half a Sinner
The Buccaneer
The Iron Horse
Trimmed
Frisco Kid
Dangerous Intrigue
Heart of the West
Cyclone Bliss
Times Square Lady
Mississippi
Call Her Savage
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Lightning Triggers
Hell's Heroes
Fighting Caravans
Underworld
Other Men's Women
Little Man, What Now?
The River of Romance
The Accusing Finger
The Gay Defender
Winds of Chance
The City Gone Wild
Thru the Flames
Deluge
Wilderness Mail
Broadway Babies
Old Ironsides
The Thundering Herd
The Light of Western Stars
Daughter of Shanghai
Gangs of New York
Sal of Singapore
The Rough Riders
The Kentucky Colonel
Goin' to Town
Men of Action
The Man from Hell
The Lash
The Drag Net
The Showdown
Honor of the Range
Blockade
Corsair
Tide of Empire
Partners of the Tide
Stairs of Sand
The Leatherneck
Dick Turpin
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