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Charles Reisner

Charles Reisner

Born: 1887-03-14 • Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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
The Chaplin Revue poster
The Chaplin Revue
1959 • Various (archive footage)
The Man on the Box poster
The Man on the Box
1925 • Badkoff
Justice of the Far North poster
Justice of the Far North
1925 • Mike Burke
All's Swell on the Ocean poster
All's Swell on the Ocean
1924 • Opposition Manager
No Image
A Self-Made Failure
1924 • Spike Malone
Fight and Win poster
Fight and Win
1924 • Chuck - Opposition Manager
Her Temporary Husband poster
Her Temporary Husband
1923 • Hector
Hollywood poster
Hollywood
1923 • Charles Reisner
The Pilgrim poster
The Pilgrim
1923 • Crook
Grief poster
Grief
1921
The Kid poster
The Kid
1921 • Bully (uncredited)
A Dog's Life poster
A Dog's Life
1918 • Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)
No Image
His Lying Heart
1916 • The Barber