# Charles Kerr (screenwriter)

Charles Kerr (April 6, 1892 – February 14, 1954) was an American assistant director who worked in both the silent and sound film eras. While he never was the main individual behind the helm, Kerr was an assistant director on over fifty feature films, and a production manager on several more. He was also involved in the creation of five screenplays, co-authoring three of them.
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 6, 1892, he would break into the film industry as an assistant director on the 1925 film Three Wise Crooks. Initially, he would work almost exclusively with the director James Leo Meehan at FBO Pictures, and would continue on at RKO Radio Pictures after its creation by merging FBO with the KAO theater chain, under RCA. He would remain at RKO until 1937, when he moved over to United Artists. His career would begin to dwindle during the 1940s, although he would co-author two screenplays during that decade: Li'l Abner in 1940 and 1946's Vacation in Reno. During his career he would work with such notable directors as Gregory La Cava, Lew Landers, and William Dieterle.

## Filmography

(as per AFI's database)
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1925 | Three Wise Crooks | Assistant director |
| 1926 | Laddie | Assistant director |
| 1926 | The Timid Terror | Assistant director |
| 1927 | The Harvester | Assistant director |
| 1927 | Judgment of the Hills | Assistant director |
| 1927 | Little Mickey Grogan | Assistant director |
| 1927 | The Magic Garden | Assistant director |
| 1927 | Mother | Assistant director |
| 1927 | Naughty Nanette | Assistant director |
| 1928 | The Circus Kid | Assistant director |
| 1928 | The Devil's Trademark | Assistant director |
| 1928 | Gang War | Assistant director |
| 1928 | The Perfect Crime | Assistant director |
| 1928 | Son of the Golden West | Assistant director |
| 1928 | Wallflowers | Assistant director |
| 1928 | Young Whirlwind | Assistant director |
| 1929 | The Air Legion | Assistant director |
| 1930 | Lovin' the Ladies | Assistant director |
| 1930 | Second Wife | Assistant director |
| 1931 | Consolation Marriage | Assistant director |
| 1931 | Traveling Husbands | Assistant director |
| 1931 | The Sin Ship | Assistant director |
| 1932 | Little Orphan Annie | Assistant director |
| 1933 | Bed of Roses | Assistant director |
| 1933 | One Man's Journey | Assistant director |
| 1934 | Two Alone | Assistant director |
| 1934 | Their Big Moment | Assistant director |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Assistant director |
| 1934 | His Greatest Gamble | Assistant director |
| 1935 | Grand Old Girl | Assistant director |
| 1935 | Captain Hurricane | Assistant director |
| 1935 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Assistant director |
| 1935 | Freckles | Assistant director |
| 1936 | Night Waitress | Assistant director |
| 1936 | Without Orders | Assistant director |
| 1937 | Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 | Assistant director |
| 1937 | Stand-In | Assistant director |
| 1937 | 52nd Street | Assistant director |
| 1938 | Maid's Night Out | Assistant director |
| 1938 | The Duke of West Point | Assistant director |
| 1938 | Blockade | Assistant director |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | Assistant director |
| 1939 | Eternally Yours | Assistant director |
| 1939 | Winter Carnival | Assistant director |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Assistant director |
| 1940 | Li'l Abner | Screenwriter |
| 1942 | The Shanghai Gesture | Assistant director |
| 1942 | The Bashful Bachelor | Assistant director |
| 1943 | Two Weeks to Live | Assistant director |
| 1943 | Alaska Highway | Assistant director |
| 1946 | Vacation in Reno | Screenwriter |
| 1946 | Behind the Mask | Production manager |
| 1946 | Don't Gamble with Strangers | Production manager |
| 1946 | Partners in Time | Production manager |
| 1950 | The Fireball | Assistant director |
| 1951 | The Man with My Face | Assistant director |
| 1951 | Fort Defiance | Assistant director |
| 1951 | The Sound of Fury | Production manager |
| 1951 | Queen for a Day | Production manager |