James Parrott
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA — Aug 01 1897• Died May 10 1939
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From Wikipedia James Parrott (August 2, 1897 – May 10, 1939) was an American actor and film director; and the younger brother of film comedian Charley Chase. James Gibbons Parrott was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Charles and Blanche Thompson Parrott. In 1903, his father died from a heart attack, leaving the family in bad financial shape, which forced them to move in with a relative. Charley Jr. quit school, so he could go to work, in order to support his mother and brother. Eventually the call of the stage beckoned him, and Charley Jr. left home at…
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Way Out West
Writing
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Art
Pardon Us
Directing
One Good Turn
Writing
Perfect Day
Directing
Block-Heads
Writing
Brats
Directing
Swiss Miss
Writing
Come Clean
Writing
County Hospital
Directing
Along Came Auntie
Writing
The Night Life
Directing
The Midnight Patrol
Writing
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Writing
Should Married Men Go Home?
Writing
The Pip from Pittsburg
Directing
The Tin Man
Directing
Hog Wild
Directing
Below Zero
Directing
Shivering and Shaking
Directing
Don't Park Here
A Car Owner
Girl Grief
Directing
The Music Box
Directing
Rough Seas
Directing
Another Fine Mess
Directing
The King
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Chimp
Directing
Haunted at Midnight
Directing
Ruby Lips
Directing
The Hoose-Gow
Directing
Don't Shove
Party Guest
Blotto
Directing
Sittin' Pretty
Bearded Lunatic
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Directing
Hey There
Mr. Bride
Directing
The Lamb
Twice Two
Directing
Way Out West
Count Your Change
The Sting of Stings
Directing
Should Sailors Marry?
Directing
Their First Mistake
Writing
Helpmates
Directing
Young Mr. Jazz
(uncredited)
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
Get 'Em Young
Writing
Hustling for Health
Man missing his train
Skip the Maloo!
Directing
Beat It
Blaze Away
Say It with Babies
Writing
Opened by Mistake
Directing
On the Front Page
Writing
What a Bozo!
Directing
Here Come the Girls
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Directing
One of the Smiths
Directing
Unfriendly Enemies
Writing
A Duke for a Day
Directing
Get Busy
Taller pal
A Sammy in Siberia
(uncredited)
Look Pleasant, Please
Drunken Swell (uncredited)
Don't Forget
Writing
Laughing Ladies
Writing
Just Rambling Along
Waiter / Chef Assistant
Bone Dry
Jailed and Bailed
Paul (as Paul Parrott)
The 'Fraidy Cat
Directing
It's a Wild Life
Cab driver
Night Owls
Directing
Dear Ol' Pal
Lucian Dillgiggle
A Gasoline Wedding
Radiomanía
Directing
Bride and Gloom
They Go Boom!
Directing
Shine 'Em Up
Paul, the Hustler
Just a Minute
Directing
Now I'll Tell One
Directing
Hard Knocks
Directing
The Misses Stooge
Directing
Pipe the Whiskers
Habeas Corpus
Directing
Many Scrappy Returns
Directing
The Panic Is On
Directing
Two Tars
Directing
Do You Love Your Wife?
An Ozark Romance
Their Purple Moment
Directing
Bigger and Better Blondes
Directing
Fireman Save My Child
No Pets
Treasure Blues
Directing
The Caretaker's Daughter
The Caretaker (as Jimmie Parrott)
Sing Sister Sing
Directing
Washee Ironee
Directing
The Lighter That Failed
Directing
Love's Detour
Directing
Fluttering Hearts
Directing
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Directing
A One Mama Man
Directing
Chasing Husbands
Directing
Let's Go
Sophisticated gentleman
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Directing
Don't Butt In
The Roustabout
The Pickaninny
Directing
The Smile Wins
Night of Goblins
Directing
Thieves
Directing
The Uncovered Wagon
Bill Bunion
Us
Directing
Mixed Nuts
Directing
Benny, from Panama
Directing
What Women Did for Me
Directing
Lesson No. 1
Directing
Chasing the Chaser
Writing
The lady from Chicago
Directing
Wandering Papas
Writing
Now We'll Tell One
Directing
Big Town Ideas
Spick Spague
Take Next Car
Chief Engineer
Hit Him Again
Touch all the Bases
Paul Parrott
Messing Around
Directing
Tight Shoes
The New Clerk
The Sleuth
Bellboy / the Sleuth
An Auto Nut
The Auto Nut's Lawyer (as Paul Parrott)
The House of Flickers
Post No Bills
The Bill Poster
Harvest Hands
The Son
Furnace Trouble
Directing
Do Your Stuff
Directing
Powder and Smoke
Directing
Shoot Straight
Pay the Cashier
Join the Circus
Trainer
Young Ironsides
Directing
Face the Camera
Are Parents Pickles?
Fire Salesman
Are Brunettes Safe?
Directing
The Golf Bug
Paul
Take the Air
Iron-worker
Watch Your Wife
Soft Pedal
Willing
Forgotten Sweeties
Directing
The Landlubber
A Deep Sea Panic
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
Directing
Shiver and Shake
The Newlywed Husband
Never the Dames Shall Meet
Directing
Assistant Wives
Directing
Galloping Ghosts
Directing
Paste and Paper
All for Nothing
Directing
His First Flat Tire
Between Meals
In Trouble