Name
Charles Reisner
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1887-03-14
Deathday
1962-09-24 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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
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The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his ...
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A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a departm...
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The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city....
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An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission b...
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Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strun...
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The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church....
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An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players....
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Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of hi...
- 1923 Hollywood as Charles Reisner
- 1916 His Lying Heart as The Barber
- 1921 The Kid as Bully (uncredited)
- 1923 The Pilgrim as Crook
- 1959 The Chaplin Revue as Various (archive footage)
- 1918 A Dog's Life as Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)
- 1921 Grief
- 1924 All's Swell on the Ocean as Opposition Manager
- 1924 A Self-Made Failure as Spike Malone
- 1923 Her Temporary Husband as Hector
- 1924 Fight and Win as Chuck - Opposition Manager
- 1925 The Man on the Box as Badkoff
- 1925 Justice of the Far North as Mike Burke
