Charles R. Bowers
June 7, 1889 (135 years old) in Creco, Iowa, USA
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 Andrรฉ 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
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- 2003 ยทA la Recherche de Charley Bowersas
- 1939 ยทPete-Roleum and His Cousinsas Narrator (voice)
- 1930 ยทIt's a Birdas Charley Chucklehead
- 1928 ยทHop Offas
- 1928 ยทSay Ah-h!as The Ostrich Farm Handy Man
- 1928 ยทWhoozitas
- 1928 ยทThere It Isas Charley MacNeesha
- 1927 ยทA Wild Roomeras
- 1927 ยทNothing Doingas (as Charley Bowers)
- 1927 ยทMany a Slipas Charley (as Charley Bowers)
- 1926 ยทNow You Tell Oneas Mr. Bowers
- 1926 ยทFatal Footstepsas Bricolo (as Charley Bowers)
- 1926 ยทHe Done His Bestas
- 1926 ยทEgged Onas