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Charles Bowers

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Also known as Charles R. Bowers

American cartoonist and actor

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Mental illness as a social phenomenon

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Film & TV

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 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;…

Known for

  • A la Recherche de Charley Bowers2003
  • Pete-Roleum and His Cousins — Narrator (voice)1939
  • It's a Bird — Charley Chucklehead1930
  • Say Ah-h! — The Ostrich Farm Handy Man1928
  • There It Is — Charley MacNeesha1928
  • Whoozit1928
  • Hop Off1928
  • A Wild Roomer1927
  • Nothing Doing — (as Charley Bowers)1927
  • Many a Slip — Charley (as Charley Bowers)1927

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1989-04-05

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Raymond
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Cresco
Place of death
New Jersey
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Harvard Theatre Collection - Charles Bowers TCS 1.3351.jpg
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date of birth
1889-00-00
date of death
1945-11-25
Commons category
Charley Bowers
writing language
English language
birth name
Charles Raymond Bowers
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