Charles R. Bowers
Directing
Born June 7, 1889 in 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
A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
Scanners
The Adding Machine
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
A Sleepless Night
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
Narrator (voice)
The Keeper of the Lions
Believe it or Don't
It's a Bird
Charley Chucklehead
Hop Off
Say Ah-h!
The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
Whoozit
There It Is
Charley MacNeesha
A Wild Roomer
Nothing Doing
(as Charley Bowers)
Many a Slip
Charley (as Charley Bowers)
Now You Tell One
Mr. Bowers
Fatal Footsteps
Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
Mummy O'Mine
He Done His Best
The Big Swim
Dog Gone
Egged On
Playing with Fire
Westward Whoa
Slick Sleuths
A Stretch in Time
'Lots' of Water
Bombs and Bums
Soda Jerks
Accidents Won't Happen
On Strike
The Extra-Quick Lunch
A.W.O.L.