Fred Kohler

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Fred Kohler
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Born	(1888-04-20)April 20, 1888 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Died	October 28, 1938(1938-10-28) (aged 50) Hollywood, California, United States
Spouse	Marjorie Prole
Children	Fred Kohler, Jr.

Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor.

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.

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.

Death

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.

Selected filmography

• Joan the Woman (1916) - L'Oiseleur's henchman (uncredited)
• The Tiger's Trail (1919) - 'Bull' Shotwell
• Soldiers of Fortune (1919) - McWilliams
• 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 (1921) - First Mate
• Thunder Island (1921) - Barney the Mate
• Conflict (1921) - Jevons' foreman (uncredited)
• The Stampede (1921) - Steve Norton
• A Daughter of the Law (1921) - George Stacey
• With Stanley in Africa (1922)
• The Scrapper (1922) - Oleson
• The Milky Way (1922)
• Yellow Men and Gold (1922) - Craven
• His Back Against the Wall (1922) - Arizona Pete
• The Son of the Wolf (1922) - Malemute Kid
• Trimmed (1922) - Young Bill Young
• Perils of the Yukon (1922) - Capt. Whipple
• Without Compromise (1922) - Cass Blake
• Three Who Paid (1923) - Jim Quade
• The Flame of Life (1923) - Spring
• Thru the Flames (1923) - 'Red' Burke
• The Eleventh Hour (1923) - Barbara's Uncle
• Shadows of the North (1923) - Ray Brent
• Hell's Hole (1923) - Prisoner
• North of Hudson Bay (1923) - Armand LeMoir
• Anna Christie (1923) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• The Red Warning (1923) - Tom Jeffries
• The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924) - Slave Auctioneer
• Fighting Fury (1924) - 'Two-finger' Larkin
• The Iron Horse (1924) - Deroux
• Dick Turpin (1925) - Ring Announcer (uncredited)
• The Thundering Herd (1925) - Follansbee
• Riders of the Purple Sage (1925) - Henchman Tom Metzger (uncredited)
• Winds of Chance (1925) - Joe McCaskey
• The Prairie Pirate (1925) - Aguilar - the Bandit
• Danger Quest (1926) - Otto Shugars
• The Bar-C Mystery (1926)
• The Ice Flood (1926)
• Old Ironsides (1926)
• The Way of All Flesh (1927)
• The Blood Ship (1927)
• Shootin' Irons (1927)
• Underworld (1927)
• The Loves of Carmen (1927)
• The Gay Defender (1927)
• The Showdown (1928)
• Chinatown Charlie (1928)
• The Dragnet (1928)
• Sal of Singapore (1928)
• The Spieler (1928)
• Forgotten Faces (1928)
• The Leatherneck (1929)
• The Quitter (1929)
• Tide of Empire (1929)
• Hell's Heroes (1930)
• The Light of Western Stars (1930)
• The Lash (1930)
• Fighting Caravans (1931)
• The Right of Way (1931)
• Woman Hungry (1931)
• X Marks the Spot (1931)
• The Wolf Dog (1933)
• Queen Christina (1933) as Member of Court (uncredited)
• Little Man, What Now? (1934)
• Horses' Collars (1935)
• Hard Rock Harrigan (1935)
• Mississippi (1935)
• The Texas Rangers (1936)
• The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
• Lawless Valley (1938)

External links

• Fred Kohler at IMDb
• Fred Kohler at the Internet Broadway Database
• Fred Kohler at Find a Grave