Actor

Charles R. Bowers

Directing

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TMDB popularity

1.4

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Movies: 31Series: 0Crew credits: 30

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: 6.56

Wikidata: Q2960077

Also known as

Bricolo • Charley Bowers • Charles Raymond Bowers • Charles Bowers

Other jobs

Director (22)Writer (3)Sound Editor (2)Animation (1)Producer (1)Special Effects (1)

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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

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