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
Cast Credits
A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
Character:
MOVIE • 2003
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1939
It's a Bird
Character: Charley Chucklehead
MOVIE • 1930
Hop Off
Character:
MOVIE • 1928
Say Ah-h!
Character: The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
MOVIE • 1928
Whoozit
Character:
MOVIE • 1928
There It Is
Character: Charley MacNeesha
MOVIE • 1928
A Wild Roomer
Character:
MOVIE • 1927
Nothing Doing
Character: (as Charley Bowers)
MOVIE • 1927
Many a Slip
Character: Charley (as Charley Bowers)
MOVIE • 1927
Now You Tell One
Character: Mr. Bowers
MOVIE • 1926
Fatal Footsteps
Character: Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
MOVIE • 1926
He Done His Best
Character:
MOVIE • 1926
Egged On
Character:
MOVIE • 1926
Crew
Crew Credits
Scanners
Role: Sound Editor
MOVIE • 1981
The Adding Machine
Role: Sound Editor
MOVIE • 1969
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1941
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1941
A Sleepless Night
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1940
A Sleepless Night
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1940
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
Role: Animation
MOVIE • 1939
The Dumb Cluck
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1937
The Mechanical Handy Man
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1937
The Keeper of the Lions
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1937
Believe it or Don't
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1935
It's a Bird
Role: Special Effects
MOVIE • 1930
Hop Off
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1928
Say Ah-h!
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1928
Say Ah-h!
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1928
Whoozit
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1928
There It Is
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1928
The Globe Trotters
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1927
A Wild Roomer
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1927
A Wild Roomer
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1927