
Director
Charles Reisner
13 movies as actor · 46 as director
Born Mar 14, 1887 – Sep 24, 1962 (aged 75)From Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAAlso known as Charles F. Reisner, Charles Francis Riesner, Chuck Reisner
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.
Known for

The Kid
1921 · Comedy, Drama

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928 · Comedy, Romance

A Dog's Life
1918 · Comedy

The Pilgrim
1923 · Comedy, Western

The Big Store
1941 · Comedy, Music

The Chaplin Revue
1959 · Comedy

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Comedy, Music

Lost in a Harem
1944 · Comedy

Hollywood Party
1934 · Comedy, Music

The Christmas Party
1931 · Family

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937 · Music, Comedy

Reducing
1931 · Comedy
Movies directed by Charles Reisner

The Traveling Saleswoman
1950

In This Corner
1948

The Cobra Strikes
1948

Lost in a Harem
1944

Meet the People
1944

Harrigan's Kid
1943

This Time for Keeps
1942

The Big Store
1941

Alex in Wonderland
1940

Winter Carnival
1939

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937

Sophie Lang Goes West
1937

Murder Goes to College
1937

Everybody Dance
1936

It's in the Air
1935

The Winning Ticket
1935

Student Tour
1934

Hollywood Party
1934

The Show-Off
1934

You Can't Buy Everything
1934

The Chief
1933

Divorce In The Family
1932

The Christmas Party
1931

Flying High
1931

Stepping Out
1931

Politics
1931

Reducing
1931

Love in the Rough
1930

The March of Time
1930

Caught Short
1930

Chasing Rainbows
1930

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
China Bound
China Bound
1929

Noisy Neighbors
1929

Brotherly Love
1928

Fools for Luck
1928

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928

The Missing Link
1927

What Every Girl Should Know
1927

The Fortune Hunter
1927

The Better 'Ole
1926

Oh! What a Nurse!
1926

The Man on the Box
1925

Sunless Sunday
1921

Grief
1921
Happy Daze
Happy Daze
1921
Charles Reisner as actor

The Chaplin Revue
1959 · Various (archive footage)

The Man on the Box
1925 · Badkoff

Justice of the Far North
1925 · Mike Burke

All's Swell on the Ocean
1924 · Opposition Manager
A Self-Made Failure
A Self-Made Failure
1924 · Spike Malone

Fight and Win
1924 · Chuck - Opposition Manager

Her Temporary Husband
1923 · Hector

Hollywood
1923 · Charles Reisner

The Pilgrim
1923 · Crook

Grief
1921

The Kid
1921 · Bully (uncredited)

A Dog's Life
1918 · Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)
His Lying Heart
His Lying Heart
1916 · The Barber
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