Charles R. Bowers

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer

June 7, 1889 — November 26, 1946 (57 years)
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

  • Now You Tell One
    Now You Tell One1926
  • It's a Bird
    It's a Bird1930

Filmography

1930
It's a Bird · as Charley Chucklehead
1928
There It Is · as Charley Macneesha
1926
Now You Tell One · as Mr. Bowers

1981
Scanners · as Sound Editor
1969
The Adding Machine · as Sound Editor