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.

Directed

1. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) — Director
2. The Big Store (1941) — Director
3. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) — Director
4. Lost in a Harem (1944) — Director
5. Hollywood Party (1934) — Director
6. The Christmas Party (1931) — Director
7. Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) — Director
8. Reducing (1931) — Director
9. Love in the Rough (1930) — Director
10. The Better 'Ole (1926) — Director
11. Meet the People (1944) — Director
12. Politics (1931) — Director
13. Flying High (1931) — Director
14. The Traveling Saleswoman (1950) — Director
15. Divorce In The Family (1932) — Director
16. The Show-Off (1934) — Director
17. The Winning Ticket (1935) — Director
18. Chasing Rainbows (1930) — Director
19. Stepping Out (1931) — Director
20. Student Tour (1934) — Director
21. Murder Goes to College (1937) — Director
22. It's in the Air (1935) — Director
23. Winter Carnival (1939) — Director
24. The Missing Link (1927) — Director
25. This Time for Keeps (1942) — Director
26. Sophie Lang Goes West (1937) — Director
27. You Can't Buy Everything (1934) — Director
28. The Chief (1933) — Director
29. The Man on the Box (1925) — Director
30. The Cobra Strikes (1948) — Director
31. Everybody Dance (1936) — Director
32. The March of Time (1930) — Director
33. In This Corner (1948) — Director
34. Harrigan's Kid (1943) — Director
35. Caught Short (1930) — Director
36. Brotherly Love (1928) — Director
37. Fools for Luck (1928) — Director
38. China Bound (1929) — Director
39. Oh! What a Nurse! (1926) — Director
40. The Fortune Hunter (1927) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Kid (1921) — Bully (uncredited)
2. A Dog's Life (1918) — Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)
3. The Pilgrim (1923) — Crook
4. The Chaplin Revue (1959) — Various (archive footage)
5. Hollywood (1923) — Charles Reisner
6. The Man on the Box (1925) — Badkoff
7. All's Swell on the Ocean (1924) — Opposition Manager
8. A Self-Made Failure (1924) — Spike Malone
9. Her Temporary Husband (1923) — Hector
10. Fight and Win (1924) — Chuck - Opposition Manager
11. Justice of the Far North (1925) — Mike Burke
12. His Lying Heart (1916) — The Barber
13. Grief (1921)