
Charles R. Bowers
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 45
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- June 7, 1889
- Died
- November 26, 1946
- Place of birth
- Creco, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- BricoloCharley BowersCharles Raymond BowersCharles 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
Popular
Filmography
Directing
37 titles1928
1927
Writing
18 titles1937
Acting
14 titles1928
1927