Charles R. Bowers

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Charles R. Bowers

Directing June 7, 1889

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 his…

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Scanners

Scanners

6.7 1981 Movie
Egged On

Egged On

6.3 1926 Movie
There It Is

There It Is

6.9 1928 Movie
Now You Tell One

Now You Tell One

6.5 1926 Movie
It's a Bird

It's a Bird

7.0 1930 Movie
Nothing Doing

Nothing Doing

7.7 1927 Movie
Fatal Footsteps

Fatal Footsteps

5.8 1926 Movie
Slick Sleuths

Slick Sleuths

6.0 1926 Movie
On Strike

On Strike

4.3 1920 Movie
Dog Gone

Dog Gone

7.5 1926 Movie
A Wild Roomer

A Wild Roomer

6.5 1927 Movie
Hop Off

Hop Off

9.0 1928 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2003
    A la Recherche de Charley Bowers

    Movie

  2. 1981
    Scanners

    Movie Sound Editor

  3. 1969
    The Adding Machine

    Movie Sound Editor

  4. 1941
    Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters

    Movie Director

  5. 1940
    A Sleepless Night

    Movie Director

  6. 1939
    Pete-Roleum and His Cousins

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  7. 1937
    The Dumb Cluck

    Movie Writer

  8. 1937
    The Mechanical Handy Man

    Movie Writer

  9. 1937
    The Keeper of the Lions

    Movie Writer

  10. 1935
    Believe it or Don't

    Movie Director

  11. 1930
    It's a Bird

    Movie Charley Chucklehead

  12. 1928
    Hop Off

    Movie

  13. 1928
    Say Ah-h!

    Movie The Ostrich Farm Handy Man

  14. 1928
    Whoozit

    Movie

  15. 1928
    There It Is

    Movie Charley MacNeesha

  16. 1927
    The Globe Trotters

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1927
    A Wild Roomer

    Movie

  2. 1927
    Nothing Doing

    Movie (as Charley Bowers)

  3. 1927
    Many a Slip

    Movie Charley (as Charley Bowers)

  4. 1926
    Now You Tell One

    Movie Mr. Bowers

  5. 1926
    Fatal Footsteps

    Movie Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)

  6. 1926
    Mummy O'Mine

    Movie Director

  7. 1926
    He Done His Best

    Movie

  8. 1926
    The Big Swim

    Movie Director

  9. 1926
    Dog Gone

    Movie Director

  10. 1926
    Egged On

    Movie

  11. 1926
    Playing with Fire

    Movie Director

  12. 1926
    Ups and Downs

    Movie Director

  13. 1926
    Slick Sleuths

    Movie Director

  14. 1926
    Westward Whoa

    Movie Director

  15. 1926
    When Hell Freezes Over

    Movie Director

  16. 1926
    A Stretch in Time

    Movie Director

  17. 1926
    'Lots' of Water

    Movie Director

  18. 1926
    Bombs and Bums

    Movie Director

  19. 1925
    A Link Missing

    Movie Director

  20. 1925
    Mixing in Mexico

    Movie Director

  21. 1925
    Oceans of Trouble

    Movie Director

  22. 1925
    Soda Jerks

    Movie Director

  23. 1925
    Accidents Won't Happen

    Movie Director

  24. 1925
    Invisible Revenge

    Movie Director