Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 07, 1889
Died
Nov 26, 1946
Place of Birth
Creco, Iowa, USA
Credits
45 titles
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
Known For
Filmography
A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
Scanners
Sound Editor
The Adding Machine
Sound Editor
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
Director
A Sleepless Night
Director
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
Narrator (voice)
The Dumb Cluck
Writer
The Mechanical Handy Man
Writer
The Keeper of the Lions
Writer
Believe it or Don't
Director
It's a Bird
Charley Chucklehead
Hop Off
Say Ah-h!
The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
Whoozit
There It Is
Charley MacNeesha
The Globe Trotters
Director
A Wild Roomer
Nothing Doing
(as Charley Bowers)
Many a Slip
Charley (as Charley Bowers)
Now You Tell One
Mr. Bowers
Fatal Footsteps
Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
Mummy O'Mine
Director
He Done His Best
The Big Swim
Director
Dog Gone
Director
Egged On
Playing with Fire
Director
Ups and Downs
Director
Westward Whoa
Director
Slick Sleuths
Director
When Hell Freezes Over
Director
A Stretch in Time
Director
'Lots' of Water
Director
Bombs and Bums
Director
A Link Missing
Director
Mixing in Mexico
Director
Oceans of Trouble
Director
Soda Jerks
Director
Accidents Won't Happen
Director
Invisible Revenge
Director
Where Am I?
Director
On Strike
Writer
Mutt and Jeff in the Movies
Director
The Extra-Quick Lunch
Director
A.W.O.L.
Director