[citation needed] When the United States entered World War I, Bowes served as a navy pilot.

[citation needed] In 1920, he starred as Waldo Pennanink in his only full-length film, Up in Mary's Attic.

[2] In 1923 he began starring in the Educational Pictures film short series Mermaid Comedies, which ran through 1925.

[1] His final screen performance was in a supporting role in 1929's Stage Struck Susie, starring Frances Lee.

At the age of 34, Bowes died on July 6, 1929, of a sudden stoke shortly after the release of Stage Struck Susie.