Fred Kohler
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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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.506 |
| Birthday | 1888-04-18 |
| Place of Birth | Dubuque, Iowa, USA |
| Also Known As | Fred Kohler Sr., Frederick L. Kohler, Jack Kohler, John Kohler, Fredrick Louis Kohler, |
1921
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5/1
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0/0
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1925
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0/0
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1927
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0/0
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0/0
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0/0
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4.423/13
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1937
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1928
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2/1
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Frisco Kid
6.8/8
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Honor of the Range
5/2
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Fighting Fury
0/0
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4.5/5
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6.8/14
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Open Range
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5/1
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1929
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5.2/4
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5/3
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1936
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5.5/1
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5.2/4
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4.8/2
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6.4/8
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1930
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5.3/3
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1934
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0/0
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The Spieler
8.2/4
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7.8/2
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5.7/18
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4.9/9
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1922
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0/0
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1933
The Constant Woman
5/4
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1938
Blockade
5.6/10
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1930
Under a Texas Moon
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1938
Gangs of New York
4.8/8
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Polly of the Storm Country
7.5/1
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1933
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
0/0
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1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
3.4/4
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1929
Tide of Empire
5.6/6
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1936
Heart of the West
4.5/2
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1922
His Back Against the Wall
0/0
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1932
The Rider of Death Valley
7/1
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The Rider of Death Valley
1923
Shadows of the North
0/0
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Shadows of the North
1926
The Ice Flood
0/0
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The Ice Flood
1925
Riders of the Purple Sage
5.7/9
A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.
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1935
Men of Action
5/1
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Men of Action
1929
The River of Romance
0/0
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1923
The Red Warning
0/0
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The Red Warning
1936
The Plainsman
6.2/30
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The Plainsman
1936
For the Service
0/0
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For the Service
1934
The Man from Hell
4.5/2
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The Man from Hell
1923
The Eleventh Hour
0/0
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The Eleventh Hour
1929
Say It with Songs
5.333/3
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Say It with Songs
1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
0/0
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1929
Thunderbolt
5.68/25
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Thunderbolt
1938
Forbidden Valley
6/1
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Forbidden Valley
1933
Ship of Wanted Men
2/2
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Ship of Wanted Men
1927
The Loves of Carmen
5/5
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The Loves of Carmen
1927
The Way of All Flesh
6.917/6
The story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August Schiller who is happy with both his job and his family. He is...
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The Way of All Flesh
1921
Partners of the Tide
0/0
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Partners of the Tide
1923
North of Hudson Bay
5.5/6
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North of Hudson Bay
1932
Call Her Savage
5.6/15
A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage...
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Call Her Savage
1935
Hard Rock Harrigan
3/1
The plot revolves around a rivalry between sand-hog "Hard Rock" Harrigan (O'Brien) and his foreman Black Jack Riley. At the center of their conflict...
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Hard Rock Harrigan
1934
West of the Pecos
0/0
Richard Dix stars as Pecos Smith, a strong, silent Westerner suspected of cattle rustling.
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West of the Pecos
1938
Lawless Valley
5/1
After doing time for a crime he didn't commit, a cowboy tries to find the men who framed him.
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Lawless Valley
1927
The Rough Riders
4/1
The story of the military unit organized by future U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt and its adventures in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898....
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The Rough Riders
1933
Queen Christina
6.8/121
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Queen Christina
1935
Horses' Collars
6/17
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Horses' Collars
1926
Old Ironsides
6/12
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Old Ironsides
1935
Border Brigands
0/0
Canadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.
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Border Brigands
1932
The Fourth Horseman
0/0
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The Fourth Horseman
1919
Behind the Door
6.875/16
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Behind the Door
1932
Wild Horse Mesa
0/0
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Wild Horse Mesa
1933
Under the Tonto Rim
0/0
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1928
The Vanishing Pioneer
0/0
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The Vanishing Pioneer
1935
Times Square Lady
6/2
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Times Square Lady
1938
The Buccaneer
6.444/9
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1921
A Daughter of the Law
5/1
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A Daughter of the Law
1931
Woman Hungry
0/0
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Woman Hungry
1935
Lightning Triggers
0/0
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Lightning Triggers
1936
The Accusing Finger
4.7/3
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1927
The City Gone Wild
0/0
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The City Gone Wild
1919
The Tiger's Trail
0/0
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The Tiger's Trail
1934
Half a Sinner
0/0
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Half a Sinner
1929
The Case of Lena Smith
5.2/4
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The Case of Lena Smith
1927
The Blood Ship
0/0
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1929
The Leatherneck
5.125/8
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The Leatherneck
1925
Dick Turpin
5.3/3
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1922
Without Compromise
0/0
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Without Compromise
1938
Painted Desert
5.8/4
A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine.
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Painted Desert
1933
Deluge
5.5/13
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Deluge
1928
The Drag Net
6/1
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The Drag Net
1923
Three Who Paid
0/0
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Three Who Paid
1935
Mississippi
6.7/7
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Mississippi
1929
Stairs of Sand
0/0
An outlaw with a Heart of Gold sacrificing his own life for the happiness of two young people in love.
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Stairs of Sand
1924
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
0/0
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1932
The Texas Bad Man
1/1
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The Texas Bad Man
1929
The Dummy
0/0
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The Dummy
1926
The Country Beyond
0/0
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