Charley Chase
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA — Oct 19 1893• Died Jun 20 1940
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Biography
Charles Joseph Parrott (October 20, 1893 – June 20, 1940), known professionally as Charley Chase, was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies. Born Charles Joseph Parrott in Baltimore, Maryland, Charley Chase began performing in vaudeville as a teenager and started his career in films by working in film in 1912.
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Charley Chase's Credits
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
The Knockout
Spectator (uncredited)
The Masquerader
Actor
Mabel at the Wheel
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
(archive footage)
Bromo and Juliet
Charley
Dough and Dynamite
Customer
Big Game
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
Mabel's Busy Day
Spectator
Aching Youth
The Pip from Pittsburg
Charley
Termites of 1938
Production
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
Fast Work
Charley
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
Gentlemen of Nerve
Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
Dog Shy
Charley
Don't Park Here
Directing
Girl Grief
Charley
The Nickel Nurser
Charley Chase
Tassels in the Air
Directing
Call a Taxi!
Directing
Crazy Like a Fox
Wilson
Rough Seas
Pvt. Charley Chase
Sons of the Desert
Charley
'Curses!' They Remarked
Ruby Lips
Charley
Saved by the Belle
Production
The Plumber
Bystander
Crazy Feet
Charley
Hello, Mabel
Mabel's Boss
Sittin' Pretty
Jimmy Jump
The Love Thief
Hasty Marriage
Charley Chase
Why Men Work
Jimmy Jump
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Ambrose's Buddy
All Wet
Jimmie Jump
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Charley
Follies of love
Carlos
Mr. Bride
Charley
April Fool
Jimmy Jump
Sweet Daddy
Jimmy Jump
Public Ghost # 1
Charley Chase
Mutts to You
Directing
Long Fliv the King
Charles Chase
Mabel's Blunder
Billy Bronx
Such a Cook
The Noise of Bombs
3rd Desperado
The Three Stooges Follies
Directing
The Anglers
365 Days
Directing
Movie Night
Charley Chase
Bright and Early
Directing
Way Out West
Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
Ship Ahoy
Henchman (uncredited)
Teacher's Pest
Charley Chase
A Hash House Fraud
Directing
Rattling Romeo
Charley
A Gambling Rube
(unconfirmed)
Another Wild Idea
Charley
The Sting of Stings
Charley
The Rounders
Diner
Hello Trouble
Zip, the Dodger
Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
South of the Boudoir
Charley Chase
Moonshine
Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
Neighborhood House
Charley Chase
Pie a la Maid
Charley
The Heckler
Noisy
First in War
Sgt. Chase
Those Love Pangs
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Modern Love
John Jones
His Musical Career
Piano Store Manager
Dollar Dizzy
Charley Chase
Kelly the Second
Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
Okay Toots!
Charley
The Real McCoy
Charley
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Arabian Tights
Charley
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Charley
Jeffries, Jr.
That Little Band Of Gold
Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
Sold at Auction!
Customer (uncredited)
The Dumb-Bell
Actor wearing top hat
Those Country Kids
Cop
Poker at Eight
Charley
Skip the Maloo!
Duke Chase
Nature in the Wrong
Charley Chase
The Bargain of the Century
Directing
Fresh Paint
Directing
Great Gobs!
Charley - 1st Sailor
The Big Squirt
Charley Chase
Position Wanted
Jimmie Jump
Merry Widower
Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Leaping Love
Charley Chase
A Tough Winter
Directing
All Teed Up
Mr Chase
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
Faro Bill
Blow 'Em Up
Directing
Isn't Life Terrible?
The Husband
What a Bozo!
Charley Chase
Charley My Boy!
Charley
The Awful Goof
Charley
One of the Smiths
Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
His New Profession
Nephew
Long Live the King
The golf player
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
Publicity Pays
Jimmy Jump
Do Me a Favor
Directing
The Wrong Miss Wright
Charley Chase
What Price Goofy?
Jamison
Married to Order
The Suitor
Don't Forget
Hollywood Party
Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
Bone Dry
Directing
The Big Squawk
Charley
Young Oldfield
Jimmy
The 'Fraidy Cat
Jimmy Jump
Her Dangerous Path
Glen Harper
The Chump Takes a Bump
Charley Chase
Snappy Sneezer
Charley
A One Night Stand
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Love in Armor
The Suitor
Dear Ol' Pal
Directing
Limousine Love
The Groom
Love and Salt Water
No Father to Guide Him
Jimmy Jump
Italian Love
The Booster
Charley
Years to Come
Directing
His Wooden Wedding
The Groom
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Jamison Jump
At First Sight
Jimmy Jump
Just a Minute
Jimmy Jump
From Bad to Worse
Charley Chase
Southern Exposure
Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
Now I'll Tell One
Charley
Hard Knocks
Jimmie Jump
Hop to It, Bellhop
Directing
Her First False Hare
Directing
Jack Frost
The Hustler
On the Wrong Trek
Charley Chase
A Versatile Villain
Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
Mystic Mush
Many Scrappy Returns
Charley
The Nickel Snatcher
cameo
The Panic Is On
Charley Chase
Innocent Husbands
Melvin
The Nightshirt Bandit
Professor Chase
A Dash of Courage
Directing
Tough Luck
Directing
Is Marriage the Bunk?
Jimmie Jump
The Glorious Fourth
Top Hat Inebriate
His Best Girl
All Dressed Up
Directing
A Lucky Leap
Lizzie's Boy Friend
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
The Family Group
High C's
Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
All Parts
He's In Again
Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
Be Your Age
Charley - the Bashful Clerk
Skinny the Moocher
Charley Chase
Bigger and Better Blondes
Charley
Mum's the Word
Charlie - the Son
Bad Boy
Jimmie
Jubilo, Jr.
Director
Calling All Doctors
Charley Chase
Thundering Tenors
Charles A. Chase
Fifty Million Husbands
Charley Chase
Stepping Out
Charley
Love, Speed and Thrills
Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Sophie of the Films #4
The Poor Fish
Jimmie Jump
Waltz Me Around
Directing
Looser Than Loose
Charley
Painless Love
Directing
The Grand Hooter
Charley Chase
Playmates
Dope fiend
The Caretaker's Daughter
The Young Married Man
The Tabasco Kid
Charley / Francisco Murietta
Rolling Stone
Bearded anarchist
What a Whopper!
Directing
The Uneasy Three
The Rat's Knuckles
Jimmy Jump
The King of the Wild Horses
Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
Mutiny on the Body
Directing
Fallen Arches
Charley Chase
Fate's Fathead
Charley Chase
The Cracked Ice Man
Charley Chase
Little Daddy
Chubby (singing voice)
On Location
Directing
Thin Twins
Charley
Hello Baby!
Jimmy Jump
The Lighter That Failed
Charley
Droppington's Devilish Deed
Audience Member (uncredited)
Big Red Riding Hood
Jimmy Jump
The Flirts
Directing
April Fool
Supporting Character
Flat Foot Stooges
Writing
Love's Detour
Jimmie Jump
Newly Rich
Directing
Rush Orders
Directing
Sherman Said It
Charley
Fluttering Hearts
Charley
Ankles Away
Directing
Cursed by His Beauty
The Art Teacher
The Mind Needer
Charley Chase
A One Mama Man
Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
Mama Behave
Charles Chase / Jim Chase
Looking for Sally
Jimmy Jump
Time Out for Trouble
Charley
Chasing Husbands
Charley
Four Parts
Charley
A Ten-Minute Egg
Jimmy Jump
Mabel's New Job
Boarder
All at Sea
Girl Shock
Charley
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
Nurse to You!
Charley
One Night Only
Directing
Life Hesitates at 40
Charley Chase
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
(archive footage)
Fighting Fluid
Jimmy Jump
Off Again, On Again
Writing
The Chases of Pimple Street
Charley Chase
Leading Lizzie Astray
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
Hard Boiled
Charley
Chased Into Love
Charley
Hash House Mashers
The Star Boarder
It Happened One Day
Charley
The Perfect Lady
Jimmy Jump
Bungalow Boobs
Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
Jus' Passin' Through
Directing
Love, Loot and Crash
Harold, Dora's Suitor
He Loved the Ladies
The Husband's Pal
The Rent Jumpers
A Young Boarder
Manhattan Monkey Business
Charley
Midsummer Mush
Charley
Violent Is the Word for Curly
Production
Keep the Bomb
The Fight Pest
Charley
In the Movies
Us
Charley
Plain and Fancy Girls
Charley
Settled at the Seaside
Boyfriend
What Women Did for Me
Charley
Open Season for Saps
Writing
In Walked Charley
Mr. Chase
Full o' Pep
Directing
The lady from Chicago
Charley Chase
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
Before the Public
Directing
Red Hot Hottentotts
Directing
The Floor Below
Directing
Their Fatal Bumping
Directing
Now We'll Tell One
Charley
Whispering Whoopee
Charley
Loud Soup
Charley Chase
Many Sappy Returns
Charley Chase
The Way of All Pants
Charley
Peanuts and Bullets
The Accordian Player Boarder
Stolen Goods
Jimmy Jump
Thundering Fleas
Mustachioed wedding guest
Touch all the Bases
Writing
Soldiers of Misfortune
Messing Around
Carlos
Don't Rock the Boat
Ship's Officer
Why Go Home?
Man Bites Lovebug
Charles Clayfoot Chase
The Royal Razz
Jimmy Jump
The soul of the party
Carlitos
Why Husbands Go Mad
Jimmy Jump
His Bridal Fright
Charley
Tell 'Em Nothing
Gladstone, The Great Lover
A gray in the air
Carlos Chase
A Coat's Tale
The Tramp
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Directing
Is Everybody Happy?
Charley
Where Hazel Met the Villain
When Spirits Move
The Great Toe Mystery
Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
Outdoor Pajamas
Jimmy Jump
The Stone Age
Her Last Chance
One of the Family
Jimmy Jump
Other People's Business
Order in the Court
Directing
Oh, What a Knight!
Directing
Seeing Nellie Home
Charley
Fatty's Magic Pants
Party Guest (uncredited)
Kids Is Kids
The Cloud Puncher
Directing
I'll Take Vanilla
Charley
Hey, skirts!
Charley
Powder and Smoke
Music in Your Hair
Directing
Something Simple
Charley
Colored Villainy
The Traveler
There's Many a Fool
Directing
Just a Real Good Car
Jimmy Jump
You Said a Hatful!
Charley
His Merry Mix-Up
Directing
How Heroes Are Made
The Boy Friend's Chum
Too Many Mammas
Jimmy Jump
Hearts and Sparks
Directing
Coppers and Scents
Directing
Fifteen Minutes
Directing
Young Ironsides
Fearless
Gracie at the Bat
Production
Getting His Goat
Directing
Off to Buffalo
Charley Chase
A Favorite Fool
The Circus Spieler
Accidental Accidents
Jimmy Jump
Giving the Bride Away
Directing
Shy in spite of himself
Are Brunettes Safe?
The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
Live and Learn
Hot Off the Press
Directing
Luncheon at Twelve
Charley Chase
The Count Takes the Count
Charley Chase
The Four Star Boarder
Charley
Halfway to Hollywood
Directing
Forgotten Sweeties
Thurston
The Old Sea Dog
Directing
A London Bobby
Directing
Across the Hall
(unconfirmed)
Imagine My Embarrassment
Charley
At the Ringside
Directing
The Family Entrance
Jimmy Jump
Never the Dames Shall Meet
Charley
Assistant Wives
Charley - the Husband
The prince of the dollar
A Nag in the Bag
Racetrack Announcer (voice)
Boom Goes the Groom
Directing
Mighty Like a Moose
Mr. Moose - The Husband
Vamp Till Ready
Charley
The golfer
Gold Diggers
Static in the Attic
Directing
The Old Raid Mule
Directing
Only a Farmer's Daughter
The Artist
Her Tender Feet
His Silent Racket
Charley
Blue Sunday
All for Nothing
Dash, Love and Splash
He Wouldn't Stay Down
The False Friend