Fred Kohler

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-04-18 (50 years old)

Deathday

1938-10-28

Place of Birth

Dubuque, Iowa, USA

Fred Kohler

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. ...

Acting

1921

The Stampede

as Steve Norton

1935

Stormy

as Deem Dorn

1925

The Thundering Herd

as Follansbee

1921

Cyclone Bliss

as Jack Hall

1921

Conflict

as Jevons' foreman (uncredited)

1927

Underworld

as Buck Mulligan

1927

Shootin' Irons

as Dick Hardman

1922

1927

The Gay Defender

as Jake Hamby

1929

The Quitter

as Duffy Thompson

1919

Soldiers of Fortune

as McWilliams

1923

1923

Hell's Hole

as Prisoner

1936

The Texas Rangers

as Jess Higgins

1935

Goin' to Town

as Buck Gonzales

1930

Roadhouse Nights

as Sam Horner

1925

1931

Corsair

as Big John

1937

Daughter of Shanghai

as Captain Gulner

1931

Fighting Caravans

as Lee Murdock

1928

The Showdown

as Winter

1925

The Prairie Pirate

as Aguilar - the Bandit

1922

Trimmed

as Young Bill Young

1931

X Marks the Spot

as Edward P. Riggs

1935

Frisco Kid

as Shanghai Duck

1934

1924

Fighting Fury

as 'Two-finger' Larkin

1929

Hell's Heroes

as 'Wild Bill' Kearney

1927

Open Range

as Sam Hardman

1928

Sal of Singapore

as Captain Sunday

1929

Broadway Babies

as Perc Gessant

1932

Carnival Boat

as Hack Logan

1936

The Vigilantes Are Coming

as General Jason Burr

1930

The Right of Way

as Joseph Portugais

1925

Winds of Chance

as Joe McCaskey

1934

Little Man, What Now?

as Karl Goebbler

1930

The Lash

as Peter Harkness

1934

The Last Round-up

as Sam Gulden

1928

The Spieler

as Red Moon

1933

The Wolf Dog

as Joe Stevens

1931

1922

Perils of the Yukon

as Capt. Whipple

1933

The Constant Woman

as Speakeasy Bouncer

1938

Blockade

as Pietro

1930

1938

1933

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo

as Wolf Morgan

1929

1936

1922

1923

1925

Riders of the Purple Sage

as Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)

1935

Men of Action

as Thorenson

1929

The River of Romance

as Captain Blackie

1923

The Red Warning

as Tom Jeffries

1936

The Plainsman

as Jake - A Teamster

1936

For the Service

as Bruce Howard

1934

The Man from Hell

as Mayor Anse McCloud

1923

The Eleventh Hour

as Barbara's Uncle

1929

Say It with Songs

as Fred, Joe's Cellmate

1994

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as Self (archive footage)

1929

Thunderbolt

as 'Bad Al' Friedberg

1938

Forbidden Valley

as Matt Rogan

1933

Ship of Wanted Men

as Chuck Young

1927

The Loves of Carmen

as Gypsy Chief

1927

1921

1923

North of Hudson Bay

as Armand LeMoir

1932

Call Her Savage

as Silas Jennings

1935

Hard Rock Harrigan

as Black Jack Riley

1934

1938

Lawless Valley

as Tom Marsh

1927

The Rough Riders

as Sergeant Stanton

1933

Queen Christina

as Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)

1935

Horses' Collars

as Double Deal Decker

1926

Old Ironsides

as Second Mate (uncredited)

1935

Border Brigands

as Captain Conyda

1932

The Fourth Horseman

as Honest Ben Jones

1933

1932

1928

The Vanishing Pioneer

as Sheriff Murdock

1935

Times Square Lady

as "Dutch" Meyers

1938

The Buccaneer

as Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)

1921

A Daughter of the Law

as George Stacey

1931

Woman Hungry

as Kampen

1935

Lightning Triggers

as Bull Thompson

1936

The Accusing Finger

as Curly-haired Convict

1927

The City Gone Wild

as Gunner Gallagher

1919

The Tiger's Trail

as 'Bull' Shotwell

1934

1927

The Blood Ship

as First Mate Fitz

1929

1925

Dick Turpin

as Ring Announcer (uncredited)

1922

Without Compromise

as Cass Blake

1938

Painted Desert

as Hugh Fawcett

1933

Deluge

as Jepson

1928

The Drag Net

as 'Gabby' Steve

1923

Three Who Paid

as Jim Quade

1935

Mississippi

as Captain Blackie

1929

Stairs of Sand

as Boss Stone

1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market

1932

The Texas Bad Man

as Gore Hampton

1929

The Dummy

as Joe Cooper

1926

The Country Beyond

as Joe Leseur

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