Charles Reisner

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-03-14 (75 years old)

Deathday

1962-09-24

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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.

Acting

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

1924

All's Swell on the Ocean

as Opposition Manager

1924

A Self-Made Failure

as Spike Malone

Production

1928

1941

The Big Store

as Director

1947

Bury Me Dead

as Producer

1947

Railroaded!

as Producer

1927

1927

The Missing Link

as Director

1930

1944

Meet the People

as Director

1944

Lost in a Harem

as Director

1948

In This Corner

as Director

1942

1932

1931

Flying High

as Director

1937

1931

1930

1930

Chasing Rainbows

as Director

1931

Politics

as Director

1943

Harrigan's Kid

as Director

1934

Hollywood Party

as Director

1931

Stepping Out

as Director

1934

The Show-Off

as Director

1926

The Better 'Ole

as Director

1934

Student Tour

as Director

1931

Reducing

as Director

1933

The Chief

as Director

1937

1931

Flying High

as Adaptation

1935

1930

Chasing Rainbows

as Dialogue

1935

1930

Caught Short

as Director

1928

Brotherly Love

as Director

1935

It's in the Air

as Director

1928

Fools for Luck

as Director

1922

Pay Day

as Assistant Director

1926

The Better 'Ole

as Screenplay

1929

China Bound

as Director

1918

A Dog's Life

as Assistant Director

1925

1939

Winter Carnival

as Director

1926

1923

The Pilgrim

as Assistant Director

1927

1948

1918

Shoulder Arms

as Assistant Director

1936

Everybody Dance

as Director

1929

1940

1925

The Gold Rush

as Assistant Director

1921

Sunless Sunday

as Director

1933

Whistling in the Dark

as Co-Director

1921

The Idle Class

as Assistant Director

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