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
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Also Known As
Movies (43)
A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
2003
Scanners
Sound Editor (Sound)
1981
The Adding Machine
Sound Editor (Sound)
1969
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
Director (Directing)
1941
A Sleepless Night
Director (Directing)
1940
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
as Narrator (voice)
1939
The Dumb Cluck
Writer (Writing)
1937
The Mechanical Handy Man
Writer (Writing)
1937
The Keeper of the Lions
Writer (Writing)
1937
Believe it or Don't
Director (Directing)
1935
It's a Bird
as Charley Chucklehead
1930
Hop Off
1928
Say Ah-h!
as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
1928
Whoozit
1928
There It Is
as Charley MacNeesha
1928
The Globe Trotters
Director (Directing)
1927
A Wild Roomer
1927
Nothing Doing
as (as Charley Bowers)
1927
Many a Slip
as Charley (as Charley Bowers)
1927
Now You Tell One
as Mr. Bowers
1926
Fatal Footsteps
as Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
1926
Mummy O'Mine
Director (Directing)
1926
He Done His Best
1926
Dog Gone
Director (Directing)
1926
Egged On
1926
Playing with Fire
Director (Directing)
1926
Ups and Downs
Director (Directing)
1926
Westward Whoa
Director (Directing)
1926
Slick Sleuths
Director (Directing)
1926
When Hell Freezes Over
Director (Directing)
1926
A Stretch in Time
Director (Directing)
1926
'Lots' of Water
Director (Directing)
1926
A Link Missing
Director (Directing)
1925
Mixing in Mexico
Director (Directing)
1925
Oceans of Trouble
Director (Directing)
1925
Soda Jerks
Director (Directing)
1925
Accidents Won't Happen
Director (Directing)
1925
Where Am I?
Director (Directing)
1925
Invisible Revenge
Director (Directing)
1925
On Strike
Writer (Writing)
1920
Mutt and Jeff in the Movies
Director (Directing)
1920
The Extra-Quick Lunch
Director (Directing)
1918
A.W.O.L.
Director (Directing)
1918