
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
June 7, 1889
Died
November 26, 1946 (age 57)
Place of Birth
Creco, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
Bricolo
Charley Bowers
Charles Raymond Bowers
Charles Bowers
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
Known For

Film
Hop Off
1928

Film
Fatal Footsteps
Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
1926

Film
Egged On
1926

Film
He Done His Best
1926

Film
Nothing Doing
(as Charley Bowers)
1927

Film
A Wild Roomer
1927

Film
Say Ah-h!
The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
1928

Film
It's a Bird
Charley Chucklehead
1930

Film
Whoozit
1928

Film
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins
Narrator (voice)
1939

Film
There It Is
Charley MacNeesha
1928

Film
Many a Slip
Charley (as Charley Bowers)
1927

Film
A la Recherche de Charley Bowers
2003

Film
Now You Tell One
Mr. Bowers
1926
Filmography
2003FilmA la Recherche de Charley Bowers1939FilmPete-Roleum and His Cousinsas Narrator (voice)1930FilmIt's a Birdas Charley Chucklehead1928FilmHop Off1928FilmSay Ah-h!as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man1928FilmWhoozit1928FilmThere It Isas Charley MacNeesha1927FilmA Wild Roomer1927FilmNothing Doingas (as Charley Bowers)1927FilmMany a Slipas Charley (as Charley Bowers)1926FilmNow You Tell Oneas Mr. Bowers1926FilmFatal Footstepsas Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)1926FilmHe Done His Best1926FilmEgged On