Fred Kohler

Personal Info

Birthday

April 18, 1888

Day of Death

1938-10-28

(50 years old)

Place of Birth

Dubuque, Iowa, USA

Also Known As

Fred Kohler Sr.

Frederick L. Kohler

Jack Kohler

John Kohler

Fredrick Louis Kohler

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.

Known For

The Red Warning

Queen Christina

Thunderbolt

The Iron Horse

Old Ironsides

Fighting Caravans

Call Her Savage

Billy The Kid Returns

Filmography

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