Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
March 14, 1887
Died
September 24, 1962 (age 75)
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
Charles F. Reisner
Charles Francis Riesner
Chuck Reisner
Chas. F. Reisner
Charles 'Chuck' Reisner
Charles Reisner
Biography
Charles "Chuck" Reisner (14 March 1887 – 24 September 1962) was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
He directed over 60 films between 1920 and 1950 and acted in over 20 films between 1916 and 1929. He starred alongside Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life in 1918 and The Kid in 1921.
In 1930 under MGM he directed the film Chasing Rainbows a musical which starred actors Bessie Love and Charles King.
He died of a heart attack in La Jolla, California in 1962.
Known For
Film
The Kid
Bully (uncredited)
1921
Film
The Pilgrim
Crook
1923
Film
A Dog's Life
Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)
1918
Film
Hollywood
Charles Reisner
1923
Film
The Chaplin Revue
Various (archive footage)
1959
Film
All's Swell on the Ocean
Opposition Manager
1924
Film
A Self-Made Failure
Spike Malone
1924
Film
The Man on the Box
Badkoff
1925
Film
Grief
1921
Film
Fight and Win
Chuck - Opposition Manager
1924
Film
Her Temporary Husband
Hector
1923
Film
Justice of the Far North
Mike Burke
1925
Film
His Lying Heart
The Barber
1916
Filmography
1959FilmThe Chaplin Revueas Various (archive footage)1925FilmThe Man on the Boxas Badkoff1925FilmJustice of the Far Northas Mike Burke1924FilmAll's Swell on the Oceanas Opposition Manager1924FilmA Self-Made Failureas Spike Malone1924FilmFight and Winas Chuck - Opposition Manager1923FilmHer Temporary Husbandas Hector1923FilmHollywoodas Charles Reisner1923FilmThe Pilgrimas Crook1921FilmGrief1921FilmThe Kidas Bully (uncredited)1918FilmA Dog's Lifeas Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)1916FilmHis Lying Heartas The Barber