Charles Reisner

ActorDirectorProducerWriterDirecting Mar 14 (died age 75) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 1916–1959 (43 year career)

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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)

Film

The Gold Rush

Assistant Director

Film

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Director

Film

A Dog's Life

Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)

Film

Shoulder Arms

Assistant Director

Film

Pay Day

Assistant Director

Film

The Pilgrim

Crook

Film

The Idle Class

Assistant Director

Filmography

Acting (13)

Movies (13)

The Chaplin Revue

1959

as Various (archive footage)

7.4

The Man on the Box

1925

as Badkoff

4.5

Justice of the Far North

1925

as Mike Burke

All's Swell on the Ocean

1924

as Opposition Manager

A Self-Made Failure

1924

as Spike Malone

Fight and Win

1924

as Chuck - Opposition Manager

Hollywood

as Charles Reisner

The Pilgrim

as Crook

Her Temporary Husband

1923

as Hector

The Kid

1921

as Bully (uncredited)

8.1

Grief

1921

A Dog's Life

1918

as Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)

7.3

His Lying Heart

1916

as The Barber

Crew (61)

Movies (61)

The Traveling Saleswoman

Director

The Cobra Strikes

Director

In This Corner

Director

Railroaded!

Producer

Bury Me Dead

Producer

Lost in a Harem

Director

Meet the People

Director

Harrigan's Kid

Director

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

Story

This Time for Keeps

Director

The Big Store

Director

Alex in Wonderland

Director

Winter Carnival

1939

Director

6.0

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

1937

Director

6.0

Sophie Lang Goes West

1937

Director

6.0

Murder Goes to College

Director

Everybody Dance

Director

The Winning Ticket

Director

The Winning Ticket

Producer

It's in the Air

Director

Hollywood Party

Director

The Show-Off

Director

You Can't Buy Everything

Director

Student Tour

Director

Whistling in the Dark

Co-Director

The Chief

Director

Divorce In The Family

Director

Reducing

Director

Flying High

Adaptation

Flying High

Director

Politics

Director

Stepping Out

Director

The Christmas Party

Director

Caught Short

Director

Love in the Rough

Director

Chasing Rainbows

Dialogue

Chasing Rainbows

Director

The March of Time

Director

China Bound

1929

Director

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Director

Manhattan Serenade

Songs

Noisy Neighbors

Director

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928

Director

7.6

Brotherly Love

1928

Director

Fools for Luck

1928

Director

What Every Girl Should Know

1927

Director

The Fortune Hunter

1927

Director

The Missing Link

Director

The Missing Link

Story

The Better 'Ole

Director

The Better 'Ole

Screenplay

Oh! What a Nurse!

Director

The Gold Rush

Assistant Director

The Man on the Box

Director

The Pilgrim

Assistant Director

Pay Day

Assistant Director

The Idle Class

Assistant Director

Sunless Sunday

Director

Grief

1921

Director

Shoulder Arms

Assistant Director

A Dog's Life

Assistant Director