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{{Short description|American actor (1888–1938)}}
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| birth_name = Fredrick Louis Kohler
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| birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], [[United States]]
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| death_place = [[Hollywood]], [[California]], [[United States]]
| death_place = [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]], U.s.
| resting_place = [[Inglewood Park Cemetery]]
| death_cause = [[Myocardial infarction|Heart attack]]
| spouse = Marjorie Prole
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1916–1939
| children = [[Fred Kohler, Jr.]]
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'''Fred Kohler''' (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Fred Kohler|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/38957/Fred-Kohler|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
'''Fredrick Louis Kohler''' (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web| title=Fred Kohler| url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/38957/Fred-Kohler| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211144643/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/38957/Fred-Kohler| url-status=dead| department=Movies & TV Dept.| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=2015| archive-date=2015-02-11}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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.
Fred Kohler was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]<ref name=Ellenburger>{{cite book |last1=Ellenberger |first1=Allan R. |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |date=May 1, 2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5019-0 |page=180 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Fred+Kohler%22+actor&pg=PA180 |access-date=February 14, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> or in [[Dubuque, Iowa]].<ref name="bd">{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=May 20, 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0905-8 |pages=193–194 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Fred+Kohler%22+actor&pg=PA193 |access-date=February 14, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> 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. His son [[Fred Kohler Jr.]] also became an actor.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}


America's budding film industry drew a 20-something Kohler to [[Hollywood]], where he made his start in [[silent film]]s. 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).
America's budding film industry drew a 20-something Kohler to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], where he made his start in [[silent film]]s. 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 (film)|The Iron Horse]]'' (1924) is a notable example. With the advent of the [[sound film|talkies]], Kohler reprised many of his silent roles in remakes with sound, particularly in [[Western (genre)|Western]]s based on novels by [[Zane Grey]].
Kohler's stern features earned him a niche playing villains. His role as Bauman in ''[[The Iron Horse (film)|The Iron Horse]]'' (1924) is a notable example. With the advent of the [[sound film|talkies]], Kohler reprised many of his silent roles in remakes with sound, particularly in [[Western (genre)|Western]]s based on novels by [[Zane Grey]].
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At the beginning of the sound era, he appeared in the [[Allan Dwan]] film ''[[Tide of Empire]]'' (1929) alongside [[Renée Adorée]] and [[Tom Keene (actor)|Tom Keene]].
At the beginning of the sound era, he appeared in the [[Allan Dwan]] film ''[[Tide of Empire]]'' (1929) alongside [[Renée Adorée]] and [[Tom Keene (actor)|Tom Keene]].


==Personal life and death==
==Death==
Kohler was married three times. In 1910 he married Ida Friedman; their son Fred Kohler, Jr., birthname Jesse William Koehler, was born September 4, 1911. In 1921 he was married to actress Marguerite Schweikert. In 1928 he was married to French actress Constance Marjorie Prole.<ref>{{cite news |title=Film Villain Weds Actress in Secret |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44212735/fred_kohler/ |access-date=February 14, 2020 |newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 24, 1928 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fred Kohler, actor, dies in his sleep |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/10/29/archives/fred-kohler-actor-dies-in-his-sleep-veteran-bad-man-of-films-had.html |access-date=June 18, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 29, 1938 |page=19}}</ref> He died of a [[Myocardial infarction|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]].<ref name=Ellenburger/>
Kohler died of a [[Myocardial infarction|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]].{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} His son [[Fred Kohler, Jr.]] (1911–1993) was also an actor in many western films.


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
[[File:The Gay Defender (SAYRE 14137).jpg|thumb|Still from ''The Gay Defender'' (1927). From the left, Kohler, [[Richard Dix]], [[Thelma Todd]]. Kohler's damaged right hand is visible.]]
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* ''[[Joan the Woman]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Tiger's Trail]]'' (1919)
* ''[[Joan the Woman]]'' (1916) - L'Oiseleur's henchman (uncredited)
* ''[[Perils of the Yukon]]'' (1922)
* ''[[The Tiger's Trail]]'' (1919) - 'Bull' Shotwell
* ''[[Soldiers of Fortune (1919 film)|Soldiers of Fortune]]'' (1919) - McWilliams
* ''[[Behind the Door (film)|Behind the Door]]'' (1919) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''Polly of the Storm Country'' (1920)
* ''[[The Kentucky Colonel]]'' (1920) - Jim Britsides
* ''[[A Thousand to One]]'' (1920) - Donnelly
* ''[[Cyclone Bliss]]'' (1921) - Jack Hall
* ''[[Partners of the Tide (film)|Partners of the Tide]]'' (1921) - First Mate
* ''[[Thunder Island (1921 film)|Thunder Island]]'' (1921) - Barney the Mate
* ''[[Conflict (1921 film)|Conflict]]'' (1921) - Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
* ''The Stampede'' (1921) - Steve Norton
* ''[[A Daughter of the Law]]'' (1921) - George Stacey
* ''[[With Stanley in Africa]]'' (1922)
* ''[[With Stanley in Africa]]'' (1922)
* ''[[Trimmed]]'' (1922)
* ''The Scrapper'' (1922) - Oleson
* ''[[The Flame of Life]]'' (1923)
* ''The Milky Way'' (1922)
* ''[[North of Hudson Bay]]'' (1923)
* ''Yellow Men and Gold'' (1922) - Craven
* ''[[Three Who Paid]]'' (1923)
* ''[[His Back Against the Wall]]'' (1922) - Arizona Pete
* ''[[The Iron Horse (film)|The Iron Horse]]'' (1924)
*''[[The Son of the Wolf]]'' (1922) - Malemute Kid
* ''[[Trimmed]]'' (1922) - Young Bill Young
* ''[[The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln]]'' (1924)
* ''[[Dick Turpin (1925 film)|Dick Turpin]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Perils of the Yukon]]'' (1922) - Capt. Whipple
* ''[[Without Compromise]]'' (1922) - Cass Blake
* ''[[The Thundering Herd (1925 film)|The Thundering Herd]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Prairie Pirate]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Three Who Paid]]'' (1923) - Jim Quade
* ''[[The Bar-C Mystery]]'' ([[1926 in film|1926]])
* ''[[The Flame of Life]]'' (1923) - Spring
* ''[[Old Ironsides (film)|Old Ironsides]]'' (1926)
* ''Thru the Flames'' (1923) - 'Red' Burke
* ''[[Underworld (1927 film)|Underworld]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1923 film)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' (1923) - Barbara's Uncle
* ''[[The Blood Ship]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Shadows of the North]]'' (1923) - Ray Brent
* ''[[Hell's Hole]]'' (1923) - Prisoner
* ''[[The Loves of Carmen (1927 film)|The Loves of Carmen]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Showdown (1928 film)|The Showdown]]'' (1928)
* ''[[North of Hudson Bay]]'' (1923) - Armand LeMoir
* ''[[Anna Christie (1923 film)|Anna Christie]]'' (1923) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Chinatown Charlie]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Dragnet]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Red Warning]]'' (1923) - Tom Jeffries
* ''[[Sal of Singapore]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln]]'' (1924) - Slave Auctioneer
* ''[[Fighting Fury]]'' (1924) - 'Two-finger' Larkin
* ''[[Forgotten Faces (1928 film)|Forgotten Faces]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Leatherneck]]'' (1929)
* ''[[The Iron Horse (film)|The Iron Horse]]'' (1924) - Deroux
* ''[[Dick Turpin (1925 film)|Dick Turpin]]'' (1925) - Ring Announcer (uncredited)
* ''[[Tide of Empire]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Hell's Heroes (film)|Hell's Heroes]]'' (1930)
* ''[[The Thundering Herd (1925 film)|The Thundering Herd]]'' (1925) - Follansbee
* ''[[The Light of Western Stars (1930 film)|The Light of Western Stars]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Riders of the Purple Sage (1925 film)|Riders of the Purple Sage]]'' (1925) - Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
* ''[[The Lash (1930 film)|The Lash]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Winds of Chance]]'' (1925) - Joe McCaskey
* ''[[Fighting Caravans]]'' (1931)
* ''[[The Prairie Pirate]]'' (1925) - Aguilar - the Bandit
* ''[[The Right of Way]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Danger Quest]]'' (1926) - Otto Shugars
* ''[[Woman Hungry (film)|Woman Hungry]]'' (1931)
* ''[[The Bar-C Mystery]]'' (1926)
* ''[[X Marks the Spot (1931 film)|X Marks the Spot]]'' (1931)
* ''[[The Ice Flood (1926 film)|The Ice Flood]]'' (1926) - 'Cougar' Kid
* ''[[Queen Christina (film)|Queen Christina]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Country Beyond (1926 film)|The Country Beyond]]'' (1926) - Joe Leseur
* ''[[Little Man, What Now? (film)|Little Man, What Now?]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Old Ironsides (film)|Old Ironsides]]'' (1926) - Second Mate (uncredited)
* ''The Devil's Masterpiece'' (1927) - Reckless Jim Regan
* ''[[Horses' Collars]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Mississippi (film)|Mississippi]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Way of All Flesh (1927 film)|The Way of All Flesh]]'' (1927) - The Tough
* ''[[The Vigilantes Are Coming]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Blood Ship]]'' (1927) - First Mate Fitz
* ''[[Underworld (1927 film)|Underworld]]'' (1927) - 'Buck' Mulligan
* ''[[The Loves of Carmen (1927 film)|The Loves of Carmen]]'' (1927) - Gypsy Chief
* ''[[The Rough Riders (film)|The Rough Riders]]'' (1927) - Sergeant Stanton
* ''[[Shootin' Irons]]'' (1927) - Dick Hardman
* ''[[Open Range (1927 film)|Open Range]]'' (1927) - Sam Hardman
* ''[[The City Gone Wild]]'' (1927) - Gunner Gallagher
* ''[[The Gay Defender]]'' (1927) - Jake Hamby
* ''[[The Showdown (1928 film)|The Showdown]]'' (1928) - Winter
* ''[[Chinatown Charlie]]'' (1928) - Monk
* ''[[The Dragnet]]'' (1928) - 'Gabby' Steve
* ''[[The Vanishing Pioneer]]'' (1928) - Sheriff Murdock
* ''[[Forgotten Faces (1928 film)|Forgotten Faces]]'' (1928) - Spider (Convict Number 1309)
* ''[[Sal of Singapore]]'' (1928) - Captain Sunday
* ''[[The Spieler]]'' (1928) - Red Moon
* ''[[The Case of Lena Smith]]'' (1929) - Stefan
* ''[[The Leatherneck]]'' (1929) - Heckla
* ''[[The Dummy (1929 film)|The Dummy]]'' (1929) - Joe Cooper
* ''[[Tide of Empire]]'' (1929) - Cannon
* ''[[The Quitter (1929 film)|The Quitter]]'' (1929) - Duffy Thompson
* ''[[Stairs of Sand]]'' (1929) - Boss Stone
* ''[[Thunderbolt (1929 film)|Thunderbolt]]'' (1929) - 'Bad Al' Frieberg
* ''[[River of Romance]]'' (1929) - Captain Blackie
* ''[[Broadway Babies]]'' (1929) - Perc Gessant
* ''[[Say It with Songs]]'' (1929) - Fred, Joe's Cellmate
* ''[[Hell's Heroes (film)|Hell's Heroes]]'' (1929) - Wild Bill Kearney
* ''[[Roadhouse Nights]]'' (1930) - Sam Horner
* ''[[Under a Texas Moon]]'' (1930) - Bad Man
* ''[[The Light of Western Stars (1930 film)|The Light of Western Stars]]'' (1930) - H.W. Stack
* ''[[A Soldier's Plaything]]'' (1930) - Hank
* ''[[The Lash (1930 film)|The Lash]]'' (1930) - Peter Harkness
* ''[[Other Men's Women]]'' (1931) - Haley
* ''[[Fighting Caravans]]'' (1931) - Lee Murdock
* ''[[The Right of Way (1931 film)|The Right of Way]]'' (1931) - Joseph Portugais
* ''[[Woman Hungry (film)|Woman Hungry]]'' (1931) - Kampen
* ''[[Corsair (film)|Corsair]]'' (1931) - Big John
* ''[[X Marks the Spot (1931 film)|X Marks the Spot]]'' (1931) - Edward P. Riggs
* ''[[Carnival Boat]]'' (1932) - Hack Logan
* ''[[The Rider of Death Valley]]'' (1932) - Lew Grant
* ''[[The Texas Bad Man]]'' (1932) - Gore Hampton
* ''[[The Fourth Horseman (film)|The Fourth Horseman]]'' (1932) - Honest Ben Jones
* ''[[Call Her Savage]]'' (1932) - Silas Jennings
* ''[[Wild Horse Mesa (1932 film)|Wild Horse Mesa]]'' (1932) - Rand
* ''[[The Constant Woman]]'' (1933) - Speakeasy Bouncer
* ''[[Under the Tonto Rim (1933 film)|Under the Tonto Rim]]'' (1933) - Munther
* ''[[The Fiddlin' Buckaroo]]'' (1933) - Wolf Morgan
* ''[[Deluge (film)|Deluge]]'' (1933) - Jepson
* ''[[Ship of Wanted Men]]'' (1933) - Chuck Young
* ''[[The Wolf Dog]]'' (1933) - Joe Stevens
* ''[[Queen Christina (film)|Queen Christina]]'' (1933) - Member of Court (uncredited)
* ''[[Honor of the Range]]'' (1934) - Rawhide
* ''[[The Last Round-Up (1934 film)|The Last Round-Up]]'' (1934) - Sam Gulden
* ''[[Half a Sinner (1934 film)|Half a Sinner]]'' (1934) - Brick
* ''[[Little Man, What Now? (1934 film)|Little Man, What Now?]]'' (1934) - Karl Goebbler
* ''[[The Man from Hell]]'' (1934) - Mayor Anse McCloud
* ''[[West of the Pecos (1934 film)|West of the Pecos]]'' (1934) - Sawtelle
* ''[[Horses' Collars]]'' (1935, Short) - Double Deal Decker
* ''[[Times Square Lady]]'' (1935) - 'Dutch' Meyers
* ''[[Wilderness Mail]]'' (1935) - Lobo McBain - aka Landau
* ''[[Mississippi (film)|Mississippi]]'' (1935) - Captain Blackie
* ''[[Goin' to Town]]'' (1935) - Buck Gonzales
* ''[[Border Brigands]]'' (1935) - Captain Conyda
* ''[[Hard Rock Harrigan]]'' (1935) - Black Jack Riley
* ''[[Men of Action]]'' (1935) - Thorenson
*''[[Lightning Triggers]]'' (1935) - Bull Thompson
* ''[[Trails End (1935 film)|Trails End]]'' (1935) - Wild Bill Holman
* ''[[Stormy (1935 film)|Stormy]]'' (1935) - Deem Dorn
* ''[[Frisco Kid]]'' (1935) - Shanghai Duck
* ''[[Dangerous Intrigue]]'' (1936) - Brant
* ''It's Up to You'' (1936) - Torchy
* ''[[Heart of the West (film)|Heart of the West]]'' (1936) - Barton
* ''[[For the Service]]'' (1936) - Bruce Howard
* ''[[The Texas Rangers (1936 film)|The Texas Rangers]]'' (1936) - Jess Higgins
* ''[[The Vigilantes Are Coming]]'' (1936, Serial) - General Jason Burr
* ''[[The Plainsman]]'' (1936) - Jake - A Teamster
* ''[[The Accusing Finger]]'' (1936) - Johnson
* ''[[Arizona Mahoney]]'' (1936) - Gil Blair
* ''[[Daughter of Shanghai]]'' (1937) - Captain Gulner
* ''[[The Buccaneer (1938 film)|The Buccaneer]]'' (1938) - Gramby
* ''[[Forbidden Valley (film)|Forbidden Valley]]'' (1938) - Matt Rogan
* ''[[Gangs of New York (1938 film)|Gangs of New York]]'' (1938) - Krueger
* ''[[Blockade (1938 film)|Blockade]]'' (1938) - Pietro
* ''[[Painted Desert (1938 film)|Painted Desert]]'' (1938) - Hugh Fawcett
* ''[[Billy the Kid Returns]]'' (1938) - Matson
* ''[[Lawless Valley (1938 film)|Lawless Valley]]'' (1938) - Tom Marsh
* ''[[Boy Slaves]]'' (1939) - Drift Boss (uncredited) (final film role)
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For other people named Fred Kohler, see Fred Kohler (disambiguation).

Fred Kohler
Kohler in 1920
Born
Fredrick Louis Kohler

(1888-04-20)April 20, 1888
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
DiedOctober 28, 1938(1938-10-28) (aged 50)
Hollywood, California, U.s.
Resting placeInglewood Park Cemetery
OccupationActor
Years active1916–1939
Spouses
Ida Friedman
​
(m. 1910)​
Marguerite Schweikert
​
​
(m. 1921)​
Constance Marjorie Prole
​
​
(m. 1928)​
ChildrenFred Kohler, Jr.

Fredrick Louis Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor.[1]

Career

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Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri[2] or in Dubuque, Iowa.[3] 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. His son Fred Kohler Jr. also became an actor.[citation needed]

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.

Personal life and death

[edit]

Kohler was married three times. In 1910 he married Ida Friedman; their son Fred Kohler, Jr., birthname Jesse William Koehler, was born September 4, 1911. In 1921 he was married to actress Marguerite Schweikert. In 1928 he was married to French actress Constance Marjorie Prole.[4][5] He 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.[2]

Selected filmography

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Still from The Gay Defender (1927). From the left, Kohler, Richard Dix, Thelma Todd. Kohler's damaged right hand is visible.

References

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  1. ^ "Fred Kohler". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Ellenberger, Allan R. (May 1, 2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-7864-5019-0. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Katchmer, George A. (May 20, 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. pp. 193–194. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "Film Villain Weds Actress in Secret". Oakland Tribune. Associated Press. February 24, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved February 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fred Kohler, actor, dies in his sleep". The New York Times. October 29, 1938. p. 19. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
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