Charles R. Bowers
Directing
June 7, 1889
Died November 26, 1946 (57 years old)
Creco, Iowa, USA
14
Acting Credits
37
Directed
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
2003
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
1939
as Narrator (voice)
7.7
It's a Bird
1930
as Charley Chucklehead
7
Say Ah-h!
1928
as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
7.3
There It Is
1928
as Charley MacNeesha
6.9
Whoozit
1928
10
Hop Off
1928
9
A Wild Roomer
1927
6.5
Nothing Doing
1927
as (as Charley Bowers)
7.7
Many a Slip
1927
as Charley (as Charley Bowers)
6.5
Egged On
1926
6.3
Now You Tell One
1926
as Mr. Bowers
6.5
Fatal Footsteps
1926
as Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
5.8
He Done His Best
1926
5.7