Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1889-06-07
Day of Death
1946-11-26
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 AndrΓ© 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)
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Role:
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A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
2003
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Role:
Narrator (voice)
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
1939
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Role:
Charley Chucklehead
It's a Bird
1930
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Role:
Unknown
Hop Off
1928
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Role:
The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
Say Ah-h!
1928
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Role:
Unknown
Whoozit
1928
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Role:
Charley MacNeesha
There It Is
1928
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Role:
Unknown
A Wild Roomer
1927
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Role:
(as Charley Bowers)
Nothing Doing
1927
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Role:
Charley (as Charley Bowers)
Many a Slip
1927
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Role:
Mr. Bowers
Now You Tell One
1926
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Role:
Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
Fatal Footsteps
1926
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Role:
Unknown
He Done His Best
1926
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Role:
Unknown