Charles R. Bowers
Age: N/A | From: Creco, Iowa, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Bricolo , Charley Bowers , Charles Raymond Bowers , Charles Bowers
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Creco, Iowa, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 55
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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
Most Famous Work
Scanners
(1981) Sound Editor
There It Is
(1928) Director
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
(1939) Animation
The Adding Machine
(1969) Sound Editor
Now You Tell One
(1926) Director
Playing with Fire
(1926) Director
Egged On
(1926) Producer
Mutt and Jeff in the Movies
(1920) DirectorActing
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| 1939 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1930 | Charley Chucklehead | |
| 1928 | N/A | |
| Charley MacNeesha | ||
| 1927 | N/A | |
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| Charley (as Charley Bowers) | ||
| 1926 | Mr. Bowers | |
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| 1925 | The Ostrich Farm Handy Man | |
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Sound
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| 1981 | Sound Editor | |
| 1969 | Sound Editor | |
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Directing
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Writing
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Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1939 | Animation | |
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Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1930 | Special Effects | |
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Production
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| 1927 | Producer | |
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