Charles R. 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

Most Known For

Egged On

Hop Off

Fatal Footsteps

as Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)

Nothing Doing

as (as Charley Bowers)

There It Is

as Charley MacNeesha

Say Ah-h!

as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man

Whoozit

A Wild Roomer

Pete-Roleum and His Cousins

as Narrator (voice)

He Done His Best

It's a Bird

as Charley Chucklehead

A la Recherche de Charley Bowers

Many a Slip

as Charley (as Charley Bowers)

Now You Tell One

as Mr. Bowers