Directed credits
26
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Charles R. Bowers
Directing
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Directed movies: 26Directed series: 0All crew credits: 33
TMDB ID: 1067965
IMDb ID: nm0101038
Known for: Directing
Born: June 7, 1889
Died: November 26, 1946
Age: 57
Place of birth: Creco, Iowa, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1918 - 2003
Years active: 86
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q2960077
Also known as
Bricolo • Charley Bowers • Charles Raymond Bowers • Charles Bowers
Frequent jobs
Director (26)Sound Editor (2)Writer (2)Animation (1)Producer (1)Special Effects (1)
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
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Charles R. Bowers.
Director
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
1941 • Movie
Director
A Sleepless Night
1940 • Movie
Director
Believe it or Don't
1935 • Movie
Director
Hop Off
1928 • Movie
Director
Say Ah-h!
1928 • Movie
Director
Whoozit
1928 • Movie
Director
There It Is
1928 • Movie
Director
A Wild Roomer
1927 • Movie
Director
Nothing Doing
1927 • Movie
Director
Many a Slip
1927 • Movie
Director
Now You Tell One
1926 • Movie
Director
Fatal Footsteps
1926 • Movie
Director
Mummy O'Mine
1926 • Movie
Director
He Done His Best
1926 • Movie
Director
The Big Swim
1926 • Movie
Director
Dog Gone
1926 • Movie
Director
Playing with Fire
1926 • Movie
Director
Slick Sleuths
1926 • Movie
Director
Westward Whoa
1926 • Movie
Director
A Stretch in Time
1926 • Movie
Director
'Lots' of Water
1926 • Movie
Director
Bombs and Bums
1926 • Movie
Director
Accidents Won't Happen
1925 • Movie
Director
Soda Jerks
1925 • Movie
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Top Rated Movies
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Charles R. Bowers.
Sound Editor
Scanners
1981 • Movie
Director
Nothing Doing
1927 • Movie
Director
Fatal Footsteps
1926 • Movie
Director
Hop Off
1928 • Movie
Producer
Egged On
1926 • Movie
Director
Dog Gone
1926 • Movie
Director
Now You Tell One
1926 • Movie
Director
A Wild Roomer
1927 • Movie
Director
There It Is
1928 • Movie
Director
He Done His Best
1926 • Movie
Director
Westward Whoa
1926 • Movie
Director
Many a Slip
1927 • Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Charles R. Bowers.
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Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Charles R. Bowers.
A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
2003 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
1939 • Movie
as Charley Chucklehead
It's a Bird
1930 • Movie
Hop Off
1928 • Movie
as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
Say Ah-h!
1928 • Movie
Whoozit
1928 • Movie
as Charley MacNeesha
There It Is
1928 • Movie
A Wild Roomer
1927 • Movie
as (as Charley Bowers)
Nothing Doing
1927 • Movie
as Charley (as Charley Bowers)
Many a Slip
1927 • Movie
as Mr. Bowers
Now You Tell One
1926 • Movie
as Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
Fatal Footsteps
1926 • Movie