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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.
Filmography
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Movies 124
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)

Lawless Valley (1938)

Painted Desert (1938)

Blockade (1938)

Forbidden Valley (1938)

The Buccaneer (1938)

Daughter of Shanghai (1937)

The Accusing Finger (1936)

The Plainsman (1936)

The Texas Rangers (1936)

The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)

For the Service (1936)

Frisco Kid (1935)

Stormy (1935)

Wilderness Mail (1935)

Men of Action (1935)

Lightning Triggers (1935)

Hard Rock Harrigan (1935)

Border Brigands (1935)

Goin' to Town (1935)

Mississippi (1935)

Times Square Lady (1935)

Horses' Collars (1935)

West of the Pecos (1934)

The Man from Hell (1934)

Little Man, What Now? (1934)

The Last Round-up (1934)

Queen Christina (1933)

The Wolf Dog (1933)

Ship of Wanted Men (1933)

Deluge (1933)

The Fiddlin' Buckaroo (1933)

The Constant Woman (1933)

Call Her Savage (1932)

The Fourth Horseman (1932)

The Texas Bad Man (1932)

Carnival Boat (1932)

X Marks the Spot (1931)

Corsair (1931)

Woman Hungry (1931)

Fighting Caravans (1931)

The Lash (1930)

The Right of Way (1930)

The Light of Western Stars (1930)

Roadhouse Nights (1930)

Hell's Heroes (1929)

Say It with Songs (1929)

Broadway Babies (1929)

River of Romance (1929)

Thunderbolt (1929)

Stairs of Sand (1929)

The Quitter (1929)

The Dummy (1929)

The Spieler (1928)

Sal of Singapore (1928)

Forgotten Faces (1928)

The Vanishing Pioneer (1928)

The Drag Net (1928)

The Showdown (1928)

The Gay Defender (1927)

The City Gone Wild (1927)

Open Range (1927)

Shootin' Irons (1927)

The Way of All Flesh (1927)

The Rough Riders (1927)

The Loves of Carmen (1927)

Underworld (1927)

The Blood Ship (1927)

Old Ironsides (1926)

The Country Beyond (1926)

The Ice Flood (1926)

The Prairie Pirate (1925)

Winds of Chance (1925)

Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)

The Thundering Herd (1925)

Dick Turpin (1925)

Another Man's Wife (1924)

Fighting Fury (1924)

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)

The Red Warning (1923)

Anna Christie (1923)

North of Hudson Bay (1923)

The Clean Up (1923)

Hell's Hole (1923)

Shadows of the North (1923)

The Eleventh Hour (1923)

Three Who Paid (1923)

Without Compromise (1922)

The Crusader (1922)

Perils of the Yukon (1922)

Trimmed (1922)

His Back Against the Wall (1922)

The Scrapper (1922)

A Daughter of the Law (1921)

Conflict (1921)

The Stampede (1921)

Thunder Island (1921)

Partners of the Tide (1921)

Cyclone Bliss (1921)

Behind the Door (1919)

Soldiers of Fortune (1919)

The Tiger's Trail (1919)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1888-04-20
Deathday1938-10-28 (50 years old)
Birth PlaceKansas City, United States
ChildrenFred Kohler, Jr.
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsFred Kohler Sr., Frederick L. Kohler, Jack Kohler, John Kohler, Fredrick Louis Kohler
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