Charles R. Bowers
Directing • Born 1889-06-07 – Died 1946-11-26
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
Filmography
14 credits
Say Ah-h!
Movie • 1928
The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
There It Is
Movie • 1928
Charley MacNeesha
Egged On
Movie • 1926
A Wild Roomer
Movie • 1927
Fatal Footsteps
Movie • 1926
Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
Now You Tell One
Movie • 1926
Mr. Bowers
Many a Slip
Movie • 1927
Charley (as Charley Bowers)
Nothing Doing
Movie • 1927
(as Charley Bowers)
It's a Bird
Movie • 1930
Charley Chucklehead
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
Movie • 1939
Narrator (voice)
He Done His Best
Movie • 1926
A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
Movie • 2003
Whoozit
Movie • 1928
Hop Off
Movie • 1928