Charles R. Bowers
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-06-07
Day of Death
1946-11-26 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Creco, Iowa, USA
Charles R. Bowers
Biography
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
Acting
(2003)
(1939)
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
as Narrator (voice)
(1930)
It's a Bird
as Charley Chucklehead
(1928)
Say Ah-h!
as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
(1928)
There It Is
as Charley MacNeesha
(1928)
(1928)
(1927)
(1927)
Nothing Doing
as (as Charley Bowers)
(1927)
Many a Slip
as Charley (as Charley Bowers)
(1926)
(1926)
Fatal Footsteps
as Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
(1926)
Now You Tell One
as Mr. Bowers
(1926)
Crew
(1981)
Scanners
Sound Editor
(1969)
The Adding Machine
Sound Editor
(1941)
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
Director, Writer
(1940)
A Sleepless Night
Director, Screenplay
(1939)
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
Animation
(1937)
The Dumb Cluck
Writer
(1937)
The Keeper of the Lions
Writer
(1937)
The Mechanical Handy Man
Writer
(1935)
Believe it or Don't
Director
(1930)
It's a Bird
Special Effects
(1928)
There It Is
Director
(1928)
Say Ah-h!
Director, Writer
(1928)
Whoozit
Director
(1928)
Hop Off
Director
(1927)
A Wild Roomer
Director, Writer, Producer
(1927)
Nothing Doing
Director, Producer, Writer
(1927)
Many a Slip
Director
(1927)
The Globe Trotters
Director
(1926)
Egged On
Producer, Director
(1926)
He Done His Best
Director, Writer, Producer
(1926)
Fatal Footsteps
Director, Writer
(1926)
Now You Tell One
Director
(1926)
Westward Whoa
Director
(1926)
Playing with Fire
Director
(1926)
Slick Sleuths
Director
(1926)
Dog Gone
Director
(1926)
Ups and Downs
Director
(1926)
When Hell Freezes Over
Director
(1926)
Mummy O'Mine
Director
(1926)
'Lots' of Water
Director
(1925)
Soda Jerks
Director
(1925)
Accidents Won't Happen
Director
(1925)
A Link Missing
Director
(1925)
Where Am I?
Director
(1925)
Mixing in Mexico
Director
(1925)
Oceans of Trouble
Director
(1925)
Invisible Revenge
Director
(1920)
Mutt and Jeff in the Movies
Director
(1920)
On Strike
Writer, Director
(1918)
A.W.O.L.
Director, Writer
(1918)
The Extra-Quick Lunch
Director