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 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

Known For

It's a Bird

Acting

1928

Say Ah-h!

as

The Ostrich Farm Handy Man

1928

There It Is

as

Charley MacNeesha

1926

Egged On

as

1927

A Wild Roomer

as

1927

Nothing Doing

as

(as Charley Bowers)

1926

Now You Tell One

as

Mr. Bowers

1926

Fatal Footsteps

as

Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)

1927

Many a Slip

as

Charley (as Charley Bowers)

1930

It's a Bird

as

Charley Chucklehead

1939

Pete-Roleum and His Cousins

as

Narrator (voice)

1926

He Done His Best

as

2003

A la Recherche de Charley Bowers

as

1928

Whoozit

as

1928

Hop Off

as

Production

1926

Egged On

as

1926

He Done His Best

as

1927

Nothing Doing

as

1927

A Wild Roomer

as

Crew

1930

It's a Bird

as

Directing

1928

There It Is

as

1918

A.W.O.L.

as

1926

Egged On

as

1926

He Done His Best

as

1927

A Wild Roomer

as

1927

Many a Slip

as

1926

Now You Tell One

as

1927

Nothing Doing

as

1926

Fatal Footsteps

as

1926

Westward Whoa

as

1926

Playing with Fire

as

1918

The Extra-Quick Lunch

as

1940

A Sleepless Night

as

1941

Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters

as

1928

Say Ah-h!

as

1935

Believe it or Don't

as

1926

Slick Sleuths

as

1926

Dog Gone

as

1927

The Globe Trotters

as

1925

Accidents Won't Happen

as

1925

Soda Jerks

as

1925

A Link Missing

as

1925

Where Am I?

as

1920

Mutt and Jeff in the Movies

as

1926

When Hell Freezes Over

as

1926

Ups and Downs

as

1920

On Strike

as

1925

Oceans of Trouble

as

1925

Mixing in Mexico

as

1926

Mummy O'Mine

as

1928

Whoozit

as

1926

'Lots' of Water

as

1928

Hop Off

as

1925

Invisible Revenge

as