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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-06-07 (135 years old)

Place of Birth

Creco, Iowa, USA

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

Acting

2003

1939

Pete-Roleum and His Cousins as Narrator (voice)

1930

It's a Bird as Charley Chucklehead

1928

Say Ah-h! as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
There It Is as Charley MacNeesha

1927

Nothing Doing as (as Charley Bowers)
Many a Slip as Charley (as Charley Bowers)

1926

Fatal Footsteps as Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
Now You Tell One as Mr. Bowers

Production

1927

Nothing Doing as Producer
A Wild Roomer as Producer

1926

Egged On as Producer
He Done His Best as Producer

Directing

1940

A Sleepless Night as Director

1935

1928

There It Is as Director
Say Ah-h! as Director
Whoozit as Director
Hop Off as Director

1927

A Wild Roomer as Director
Nothing Doing as Director
Many a Slip as Director
The Globe Trotters as Director

1926

Egged On as Director
He Done His Best as Director
Fatal Footsteps as Director
Now You Tell One as Director
Westward Whoa as Director
Playing with Fire as Director
Slick Sleuths as Director
Dog Gone as Director
Ups and Downs as Director
Mummy O'Mine as Director
'Lots' of Water as Director

1925

Soda Jerks as Director
A Link Missing as Director
Where Am I? as Director
Mixing in Mexico as Director
Oceans of Trouble as Director
Invisible Revenge as Director

1920

On Strike as Director

1918

A.W.O.L. as Director

Writing

1940

A Sleepless Night as Screenplay

1928

Say Ah-h! as Writer

1927

Nothing Doing as Writer
A Wild Roomer as Writer

1926

Fatal Footsteps as Writer

1920

On Strike as Writer

1918

A.W.O.L. as Writer

Sound

1981

Scanners as Sound Editor

1969

The Adding Machine as Sound Editor

Visual Effects

Crew

1930

It's a Bird as Special Effects