Charles Reisner
Born: 1887-03-14 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died: 1962-09-24
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1959
- The Chaplin Revue as Various (archive footage)
1950
- The Traveling Saleswoman ... (Director)
1948
- The Cobra Strikes ... (Director)
- In This Corner ... (Director)
1947
- Railroaded! ... (Producer)
- Bury Me Dead ... (Producer)
1944
- Meet the People ... (Director)
- Lost in a Harem ... (Director)
1943
- Harrigan's Kid ... (Director)
1942
- Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die ... (Story)
- This Time for Keeps ... (Director)
1941
- The Big Store ... (Director)
1940
- Alex in Wonderland ... (Director)
1939
- Winter Carnival ... (Director)
1937
- Murder Goes to College ... (Director)
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round ... (Director)
- Sophie Lang Goes West ... (Director)
1936
- Everybody Dance ... (Director)
1935
- It's in the Air ... (Director)
- The Winning Ticket ... (Producer)
1934
- Hollywood Party ... (Director)
- Student Tour ... (Director)
- You Can't Buy Everything ... (Director)
- The Show-Off ... (Director)
1933
- The Chief ... (Director)
- Whistling in the Dark ... (Co-Director)
1932
- Divorce In The Family ... (Director)
1931
- The Christmas Party ... (Director)
- Flying High ... (Director)
- Politics ... (Director)
- Stepping Out ... (Director)
- Reducing ... (Director)
1930
- Chasing Rainbows ... (Director)
- The March of Time ... (Director)
- Love in the Rough ... (Director)
- Caught Short ... (Director)
1929
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 ... (Director)
- China Bound ... (Director)
- Manhattan Serenade ... (Songs)
- Noisy Neighbors ... (Director)
1928
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. ... (Director)
- Fools for Luck ... (Director)
- Brotherly Love ... (Director)
1927
- The Missing Link ... (Director)
- The Fortune Hunter ... (Director)
- What Every Girl Should Know ... (Director)
1926
- Oh! What a Nurse! ... (Director)
- The Better 'Ole ... (Director)
1925
- The Gold Rush ... (Assistant Director)
- Justice of the Far North as Mike Burke
- The Man on the Box as Badkoff
1924
- A Self-Made Failure as Spike Malone
- All's Swell on the Ocean as Opposition Manager
- Fight and Win as Chuck - Opposition Manager
1923
- The Pilgrim as Crook
- Hollywood as Charles Reisner
- Her Temporary Husband as Hector
1922
- Pay Day ... (Assistant Director)
1921
- The Kid as Bully (uncredited)
- The Idle Class ... (Assistant Director)
- Grief
- Sunless Sunday ... (Director)
- Happy Daze ... (Director)
1918
- A Dog's Life as Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)
- Shoulder Arms ... (Assistant Director)
1916
- His Lying Heart as The Barber