Directed credits
22
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Charles R. Bowers
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 22Directed series: 0All crew 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
Frequent jobs
Director (22)Writer (3)Sound Editor (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.
7.5
Pop and Mom in Wild Oysters
Director
1941 Movie
7.0
A Sleepless Night
Director
1940 Movie
5.0
Believe it or Don't
Director
1935 Movie
Hop Off
Director
1928 Movie
7.0
Say Ah-h!
Director
1928 Movie
Whoozit
Director
1928 Movie
6.8
There It Is
Director
1928 Movie
6.4
A Wild Roomer
Director
1927 Movie
6.5
Nothing Doing
Director
1927 Movie
5.8
Many a Slip
Director
1927 Movie
6.3
Now You Tell One
Director
1926 Movie
5.2
Fatal Footsteps
Director
1926 Movie
Mummy O'Mine
Director
1926 Movie
5.2
He Done His Best
Director
1926 Movie
8.0
Dog Gone
Director
1926 Movie
5.8
Playing with Fire
Director
1926 Movie
5.4
Slick Sleuths
Director
1926 Movie
5.0
Westward Whoa
Director
1926 Movie
A Stretch in Time
Director
1926 Movie
'Lots' of Water
Director
1926 Movie
Soda Jerks
Director
1925 Movie
6.3
The Extra-Quick Lunch
Director
1918 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Charles R. Bowers.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Charles R. Bowers.
6.7
Scanners
Sound Editor
1981 Movie
Hop Off
Director
1928 Movie
6.2
Egged On
Producer
1926 Movie
5.2
Fatal Footsteps
Director
1926 Movie
8.0
Dog Gone
Director
1926 Movie
5.5
The Adding Machine
Sound Editor
1969 Movie
6.5
Nothing Doing
Director
1927 Movie
3.0
On Strike
Writer
1920 Movie
5.0
Westward Whoa
Director
1926 Movie
The Keeper of the Lions
Writer
1937 Movie
5.2
He Done His Best
Director
1926 Movie
6.4
A Wild Roomer
Director
1927 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Charles R. Bowers.
6.7
Scanners
Sound Editor
1981 Movie
5.5
The Adding Machine
Sound Editor
1969 Movie
6.5
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
Animation
1939 Movie
The Keeper of the Lions
Writer
1937 Movie
7.1
It's a Bird
Special Effects
1930 Movie
6.2
Egged On
Producer
1926 Movie
3.0
On Strike
Writer
1920 Movie
4.2
A.W.O.L.
Writer
1918 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Charles R. Bowers.
A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
2003 Movie
6.5
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
as Narrator (voice)
1939 Movie
7.1
It's a Bird
as Charley Chucklehead
1930 Movie
Hop Off
1928 Movie
7.0
Say Ah-h!
as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
1928 Movie
Whoozit
1928 Movie
6.8
There It Is
as Charley MacNeesha
1928 Movie
6.4
A Wild Roomer
1927 Movie
6.5
Nothing Doing
as (as Charley Bowers)
1927 Movie
5.8
Many a Slip
as Charley (as Charley Bowers)
1927 Movie
6.3
Now You Tell One
as Mr. Bowers
1926 Movie
5.2
Fatal Footsteps
as Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
1926 Movie