Charles R. Bowers


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Actor | Director | Writer | Screenplay | Producer

Charles R. Bowers was a cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Silent Era, although his work was enthusiastically reviewed by André Breton and a number of his contemporaries. As his surviving films were rediscovery he has been one of the greats of the silent film era; along with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd

Place of Birth: Creco, Iowa, United States of America

Date of Birth: Jun 7, 1889

Date of Death: Nov 26, 1946


Filmography

Actor (6 Known Credits)


It's a Bird

Charley Chucklehead

There It Is

Charley MacNeesha

Bricolo Inventeur

Charley (as Charley Bowers)

Fatal Footsteps

Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)

Now You Tell One

Mr. Bowers

Narrator(voice)
It's a Bird (1930)
Charley Chucklehead
There It Is (1928)
Charley MacNeesha
Charley (as Charley Bowers)
Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
Mr. Bowers

Director (28 Known Credits)


Wild Oysters (1941)
Director
Director
Director
There It Is (1928)
Director
Whoozit (1928)
Director
Director
Director
Nothing Doing (1927)
Director
Egged On (1926)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Slick Sleuths (1926)
Director
Westward Whoa (1926)
Director
Director
Dog Gone (1926)
Director
Director
Ups and Downs (1926)
Director
Director
Mummy O'Mine (1926)
Director
Say Ah-h! (1925)
Director
Soda Jerks (1925)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
A.W.O.L. (1918)
Director
Director

Writer (5 Known Credits)


Screenplay (1 Known Credits)


A Sleepless Night

Screenplay

Screenplay

Producer (2 Known Credits)


Sound Editor (2 Known Credits)


Scanners

Sound Editor

The Adding Machine

Sound Editor

Scanners (1981)
Sound Editor
Sound Editor

Animation (1 Known Credits)


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