Person
Charles R. Bowers
Actor · Director · Writer· Creco, Iowa, USA
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
48 credits across 5 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters | Director | Film |
| 1941 | Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters | Writer | Film |
| 1940 | A Sleepless Night | Director | Film |
| 1939 | Pete-Roleum and His Cousins | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1935 | Believe it or Don't | Director | Film |
| 1930 | It's a Bird | Charley Chucklehead | Film |
| 1928 | There It Is | Charley MacNeesha | Film |
| 1928 | Say Ah-h! | The Ostrich Farm Handy Man | Film |
| 1928 | There It Is | Director | Film |
| 1928 | Say Ah-h! | Director | Film |
| 1928 | Say Ah-h! | Writer | Film |
| 1927 | A Wild Roomer | Film | |
| 1927 | Many a Slip | Charley (as Charley Bowers) | Film |
| 1927 | Nothing Doing | (as Charley Bowers) | Film |
| 1927 | A Wild Roomer | Director | Film |
| 1927 | Many a Slip | Director | Film |
| 1927 | Nothing Doing | Director | Film |
| 1927 | A Wild Roomer | Writer | Film |
| 1927 | Nothing Doing | Writer | Film |
| 1927 | A Wild Roomer | Producer | Film |
| 1927 | Nothing Doing | Producer | Film |
| 1926 | Egged On | Film | |
| 1926 | He Done His Best | Film | |
| 1926 | Fatal Footsteps | Bricolo (as Charley Bowers) | Film |
| 1926 | Now You Tell One | Mr. Bowers | Film |
| 1926 | Egged On | Director | Film |
| 1926 | He Done His Best | Director | Film |
| 1926 | Dog Gone | Director | Film |
| 1926 | Fatal Footsteps | Director | Film |
| 1926 | Now You Tell One | Director | Film |
| 1926 | Slick Sleuths | Director | Film |
| 1926 | Playing with Fire | Director | Film |
| 1926 | Westward Whoa | Director | Film |
| 1926 | Mummy O'Mine | Director | Film |
| 1926 | Bombs and Bums | Director | Film |
| 1926 | He Done His Best | Writer | Film |
| 1926 | Fatal Footsteps | Writer | Film |
| 1926 | Now You Tell One | Writer | Film |
| 1926 | Egged On | Producer | Film |
| 1926 | He Done His Best | Producer | Film |
| 1926 | Now You Tell One | Producer | Film |
| 1925 | Where Am I? | Director | Film |
| 1925 | Mixing in Mexico | Director | Film |
| 1925 | Oceans of Trouble | Director | Film |
| 1925 | Accidents Won't Happen | Director | Film |
| 1918 | The Extra-Quick Lunch | Director | Film |
| 1918 | A.W.O.L. | Director | Film |
| 1918 | A.W.O.L. | Writer | Film |
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