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Home/People/Charles Reisner
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Born
Mar 14, 1887Died: Sep 24, 1962
Lived 75 years
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

13
Movies
0
TV Shows
45
Directed
Also Known As
Charles F. Reisner
Charles Francis Riesner
Chuck Reisner
Chas. F. Reisner
Charles 'Chuck' Reisner
+3 more
IMDb Profile

Charles Reisner

Directing

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.
The Chaplin Revue poster

The Chaplin Revue

as Various (archive footage)
1959
The Man on the Box poster

The Man on the Box

as Badkoff
1925
Justice of the Far North poster

Justice of the Far North

as Mike Burke
1925
All's Swell on the Ocean poster

All's Swell on the Ocean

as Opposition Manager
1924
A Self-Made Failure poster

A Self-Made Failure

as Spike Malone
1924
Fight and Win poster

Fight and Win

as Chuck - Opposition Manager
1924
Her Temporary Husband poster

Her Temporary Husband

as Hector
1923
Hollywood poster

Hollywood

as Charles Reisner
1923
The Pilgrim poster

The Pilgrim

as Crook
1923
Grief poster

Grief

Cast
1921
The Kid poster

The Kid

as Bully (uncredited)
1921
A Dog's Life poster

A Dog's Life

as Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)
1918
His Lying Heart poster

His Lying Heart

as The Barber
1916