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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-03-14 (138 years old)

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Charles Reisner

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Charles "Chuck" Reisner (14 March 1887 – 24 September 1962) was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.

He directed over 60 films between 1920 and 1950 and acted in over 20 films between 1916 and 1929. He starred alongside Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life in 1918 and The Kid in 1921.

In 1930 under MGM he directed the film Chasing Rainbows a musical which starred actors Bessie Love and Charles King.

He died of a heart attack in La Jolla, California in 1962.

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Known For

Acting

1959

The Chaplin Revue as Various (archive footage)

1924

All's Swell on the Ocean as Opposition Manager

1923

Hollywood as Charles Reisner
The Pilgrim as Crook

1921

The Kid as Bully (uncredited)

1918

A Dog's Life as Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)

1916

His Lying Heart as The Barber

Directing

1950

1948

In This Corner as Director
The Cobra Strikes as Director

1944

Meet the People as Director
Lost in a Harem as Director

1943

Harrigan's Kid as Director

1942

1941

The Big Store as Director

1940

Alex in Wonderland as Director

1939

Winter Carnival as Director

1936

Everybody Dance as Director

1935

The Winning Ticket as Director
It's in the Air as Director

1934

Hollywood Party as Director
The Show-Off as Director
Student Tour as Director

1933

The Chief as Director
Whistling in the Dark as Co-Director

1932

1931

Flying High as Director
Politics as Director
Stepping Out as Director
Reducing as Director

1930

The March of Time as Director
Love in the Rough as Director
Chasing Rainbows as Director
Caught Short as Director

1929

China Bound as Director

1928

Brotherly Love as Director
Fools for Luck as Director

1927

The Missing Link as Director
The Fortune Hunter as Director

1926

The Better 'Ole as Director
Oh! What a Nurse! as Director

1925

The Man on the Box as Director
The Gold Rush as Assistant Director

1923

The Pilgrim as Assistant Director

1922

Pay Day as Assistant Director

1921

The Kid as Other
Sunless Sunday as Director
The Idle Class as Assistant Director

1918

A Dog's Life as Assistant Director
Shoulder Arms as Assistant Director

Production

1947

Bury Me Dead as Producer
Railroaded! as Producer

1935

The Winning Ticket as Producer

Writing

1931

Flying High as Adaptation

1930

Chasing Rainbows as Dialogue

1927

1926

The Better 'Ole as Screenplay

Sound

1929