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Known credits:
115
Birthday:
1888-04-18
Place of birth:
Dubuque, Iowa, USA
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Fred Kohler

Overview

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

Acting
1994 Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1938 Lawless Valley Actor Tom Marsh 58
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1938 Billy The Kid Returns Actor Matson 58
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1938 Painted Desert Actor Hugh Fawcett 59
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1938 Blockade Actor Pietro 58
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1938 Gangs of New York Actor Kruger 58
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1938 Forbidden Valley Actor Matt Rogan 59
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1938 The Buccaneer Actor Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.) 58
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1937 Daughter of Shanghai Actor Captain Gulner 58
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1936 The Accusing Finger Actor Curly-haired Convict 58
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1936 The Plainsman Actor Jake - A Teamster 59
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1936 The Texas Rangers Actor Jess Higgins 59
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1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming Actor General Jason Burr 58
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1936 For the Service Actor Bruce Howard N/A
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1936 Heart of the West Actor Barton 59
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1935 Frisco Kid Actor Shanghai Duck 59
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1935 Stormy Actor Deem Dorn N/A
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1935 Men of Action Actor Thorenson 59
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1935 Hard Rock Harrigan Actor Black Jack Riley 58
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1935 Lightning Triggers Actor Bull Thompson N/A
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1935 Border Brigands Actor Captain Conyda N/A
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1935 Goin' to Town Actor Buck Gonzales 58
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1935 Mississippi Actor Captain Blackie 59
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1935 Times Square Lady Actor "Dutch" Meyers 59
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1935 Horses' Collars Actor Double Deal Decker 58
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1934 West of the Pecos Actor Sawtelle N/A
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1934 The Man from Hell Actor Mayor Anse McCloud 58
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1934 Little Man, What Now? Actor Karl Goebbler 58
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1934 Half a Sinner Actor Brick N/A
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1934 The Last Round-up Actor Sam Gulden N/A
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1934 Honor of the Range Actor Rawhide 59
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1933 Queen Christina Actor Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited) 60
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1933 The Wolf Dog Actor Joe Stevens 59
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1933 Ship of Wanted Men Actor Chuck Young 58
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1933 Deluge Actor Jepson 58
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1933 The Fiddlin' Buckaroo Actor Wolf Morgan N/A
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1933 Under the Tonto Rim Actor Munther N/A
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1933 The Constant Woman Actor Speakeasy Bouncer 58
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1932 Wild Horse Mesa Actor Rand N/A
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1932 Call Her Savage Actor Silas Jennings 58
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1932 The Fourth Horseman Actor Honest Ben Jones N/A
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1932 The Texas Bad Man Actor Gore Hampton 58
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1932 The Rider of Death Valley Actor Lew Grant 59
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1932 Carnival Boat Actor Hack Logan 58
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1931 X Marks the Spot Actor Edward P. Riggs 59
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1931 Corsair Actor Big John 58
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1931 Woman Hungry Actor Kampen N/A
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1931 Fighting Caravans Actor Lee Murdock 58
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1931 Other Men's Women Actor Haley 59
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1930 The Lash Actor Peter Harkness 59
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1930 The Right of Way Actor Joseph Portugais 58
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1930 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 Actor Fred Kohler N/A
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1930 A Soldier's Plaything Actor Hank 58
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1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee Actor Self 59
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1930 The Light of Western Stars Actor H.W. Stack 58
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1930 Under a Texas Moon Actor Bad Man 58
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1930 Roadhouse Nights Actor Sam Horner 59
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1929 Hell's Heroes Actor 'Wild Bill' Kearney 59
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1929 Say It with Songs Actor Fred, Joe's Cellmate 58
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1929 Broadway Babies Actor Perc Gessant 58
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1929 The River of Romance Actor Captain Blackie N/A
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1929 Thunderbolt Actor 'Bad Al' Friedberg 58
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1929 Stairs of Sand Actor Boss Stone N/A
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1929 The Quitter Actor Duffy Thompson N/A
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1929 Tide of Empire Actor Cannon 58
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1929 The Dummy Actor Joe Cooper N/A
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1929 The Leatherneck Actor Heckla 59
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1929 The Case of Lena Smith Actor 58
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1928 The Spieler Actor Red Moon 59
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1928 Sal of Singapore Actor Captain Sunday N/A
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1928 The Vanishing Pioneer Actor Sheriff Murdock N/A
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1928 The Drag Net Actor 'Gabby' Steve 59
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1928 Chinatown Charlie Actor Monk N/A
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1928 The Showdown Actor Winter N/A
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1927 The Gay Defender Actor Jake Hamby N/A
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1927 The City Gone Wild Actor Gunner Gallagher N/A
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1927 Open Range Actor Sam Hardman N/A
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1927 Shootin' Irons Actor Dick Hardman N/A
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1927 The Way of All Flesh Actor The Tough 59
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1927 The Rough Riders Actor Sergeant Stanton 58
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1927 The Loves of Carmen Actor Gypsy Chief 58
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1927 Underworld Actor Buck Mulligan 60
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1927 The Blood Ship Actor First Mate Fitz N/A
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1926 Old Ironsides Actor Second Mate (uncredited) 58
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1926 The Country Beyond Actor Joe Leseur N/A
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1926 The Ice Flood Actor N/A
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1925 The Prairie Pirate Actor Aguilar - the Bandit N/A
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1925 The Iron Horse Actor Bauman 59
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1925 Winds of Chance Actor Joe McCaskey 59
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1925 Riders of the Purple Sage Actor Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited) 59
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1925 The Thundering Herd Actor Follansbee N/A
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1925 Dick Turpin Actor Ring Announcer (uncredited) 59
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1924 Fighting Fury Actor 'Two-finger' Larkin N/A
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1924 The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln Actor Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market N/A
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1923 The Red Warning Actor Tom Jeffries N/A
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1923 North of Hudson Bay Actor Armand LeMoir 58
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1923 Hell's Hole Actor Prisoner N/A
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1923 Shadows of the North Actor Ray Brent N/A
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1923 The Eleventh Hour Actor Barbara's Uncle N/A
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1923 The Flame of Life Actor Spring N/A
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1923 Three Who Paid Actor Jim Quade N/A
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1922 Without Compromise Actor Cass Blake N/A
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1922 Perils of the Yukon Actor Capt. Whipple N/A
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1922 Trimmed Actor Young Bill Young N/A
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1922 His Back Against the Wall Actor Arizona Pete N/A
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1922 Yellow Men and Gold Actor Craven N/A
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1921 A Daughter of the Law Actor George Stacey 58
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1921 Conflict Actor Jevons' foreman (uncredited) N/A
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1921 The Stampede Actor Steve Norton 59
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1921 Partners of the Tide Actor First Mate N/A
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1921 Cyclone Bliss Actor Jack Hall N/A
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1920 Polly of the Storm Country Actor 59
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1919 Behind the Door Actor 59
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1919 Soldiers of Fortune Actor McWilliams N/A
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1919 The Tiger's Trail Actor 'Bull' Shotwell N/A
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