Charley Chase
Born: 1893-10-19 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died: 1940-06-20
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2009
- The Parrott Chase as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
- Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen as (archive footage)
1992
- Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys as (archive footage)
1974
- The Three Stooges Follies ... (Director)
1970
- 4 Clowns as (archive footage)
1963
- 30 Years of Fun as (archive footage)
1961
- Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)
1960
- When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
1957
- The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage
1945
- Off Again, On Again ... (Story)
1944
- Open Season for Saps ... (Story)
1942
- Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
1940
- South of the Boudoir as Charley Chase
- His Bridal Fright as Charley
- The Heckler as Noisy
1939
- The Awful Goof as Charley
- Saved by the Belle ... (Associate Producer)
- The Sap Takes a Wrap as Charley
- The Chump Takes a Bump as Charley Chase
- Rattling Romeo as Charley
- Skinny the Moocher as Charley Chase
- Mutiny on the Body ... (Director)
- Boom Goes the Groom ... (Director)
- Teacher's Pest as Charley Chase
- Static in the Attic ... (Director)
1938
- Mutts to You ... (Director)
- The Mind Needer as Charley Chase
- Termites of 1938 ... (Associate Producer)
- Tassels in the Air ... (Director)
- Flat Foot Stooges ... (Writer)
- Violent Is the Word for Curly ... (Associate Producer)
- The Nightshirt Bandit as Professor Chase
- Time Out for Trouble as Charley
- Halfway to Hollywood ... (Director)
- Pie a la Maid as Charley
- The Old Raid Mule ... (Director)
- A Nag in the Bag as Racetrack Announcer (voice)
- Ankles Away ... (Director)
- Many Sappy Returns as Charley Chase
1937
- Hollywood Party as Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
- Calling All Doctors as Charley Chase
- From Bad to Worse as Charley Chase
- Oh, What a Knight! ... (Director)
- The Grand Hooter as Charley Chase
- Gracie at the Bat ... (Associate Producer)
- The Big Squirt as Charley Chase
- The Wrong Miss Wright as Charley Chase
- Man Bites Lovebug as Charles Clayfoot Chase
1936
- On the Wrong Trek as Charley Chase
- Kelly the Second as Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
- Neighborhood House as Charley Chase
- The Count Takes the Count as Charley Chase
- Vamp Till Ready as Charley
1935
- Life Hesitates at 40 as Charley Chase
- Manhattan Monkey Business as Charley
- Public Ghost # 1 as Charley Chase
- The Four Star Boarder as Charley
- Southern Exposure as Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
- Okay Toots! as Charley
- Poker at Eight as Charley
- Nurse to You! as Charley
1934
- Something Simple as Charley
- Four Parts as Charley
- Another Wild Idea as Charley
- You Said a Hatful! as Charley
- The Cracked Ice Man as Charley Chase
- It Happened One Day as Charley
- I'll Take Vanilla as Charley
- Music in Your Hair ... (Director)
- Fate's Fathead as Charley Chase
- The Chases of Pimple Street as Charley Chase
1933
- Sons of the Desert as Charley
- Nature in the Wrong as Charley Chase
- The Bargain of the Century ... (Director)
- Arabian Tights as Charley
- Fallen Arches as Charley Chase
- His Silent Racket as Charley
- Luncheon at Twelve as Charley Chase
- Sherman Said It as Charley
- Midsummer Mush as Charley
1932
- The Nickel Nurser as Charley Chase
- Mr. Bride as Charley
- The Tabasco Kid as Charley / Francisco Murietta
- Young Ironsides as Fearless
- First in War as Sgt. Chase
- Girl Grief as Charley
- In Walked Charley as Mr. Chase
- Now We'll Tell One as Charley
1931
- Skip the Maloo! as Duke Chase
- Thundering Tenors as Charles A. Chase
- Messing Around as Carlos
- Hasty Marriage as Charley Chase
- One of the Smiths as Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
- Rough Seas as Pvt. Charley Chase
- The Pip from Pittsburg as Charley
- The lady from Chicago as Charley Chase
- The Panic Is On as Charley Chase
- Little Daddy as Chubby (singing voice)
- What a Bozo! as Charley Chase
- The soul of the party as Carlitos
1930
- Dollar Dizzy as Charley Chase
- The golf player
- Fast Work as Charley
- Whispering Whoopee as Charley
- Fifty Million Husbands as Charley Chase
- Girl Shock as Charley
- The Real McCoy as Charley
- Looser Than Loose as Charley
- Follies of love as Carlos
- All Teed Up as Mr Chase
- Hey, skirts! as Charley
- The golfer
- Keep the Bomb
- A gray in the air as Carlos Chase
- Gold Diggers
- The prince of the dollar
- Shy in spite of himself
- High C's as Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
1929
- Movie Night as Charley Chase
- Leaping Love as Charley Chase
- Crazy Feet as Charley
- Modern Love as John Jones
- Snappy Sneezer as Charley
- Stepping Out as Charley
- Thin Twins as Charley
- Great Gobs! as Charley - 1st Sailor
- Loud Soup as Charley Chase
- The Big Squawk as Charley
- Off to Buffalo as Charley Chase
- Ruby Lips as Charley
1928
- Limousine Love as The Groom
- The Family Group
- Chasing Husbands as Charley
- All for Nothing
- All Parts
- The Booster as Charley
- Aching Youth
- Imagine My Embarrassment as Charley
- Is Everybody Happy? as Charley
- The Fight Pest as Charley
1927
- The Glorious Fourth as Top Hat Inebriate
- Fluttering Hearts as Charley
- Now I'll Tell One as Charley
- The Lighter That Failed as Charley
- Many Scrappy Returns as Charley
- Call of the Cuckoo as Asylum Inmate
- What Women Did for Me as Charley
- The Sting of Stings as Charley
- Bigger and Better Blondes as Charley
- Us as Charley
- Forgotten Sweeties as Thurston
- Assistant Wives as Charley - the Husband
- Never the Dames Shall Meet as Charley
- A One Mama Man as Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
- Are Brunettes Safe? as The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
- The Way of All Pants as Charley
1926
- Crazy Like a Fox as Wilson
- Long Fliv the King as Charles Chase
- There Ain't No Santa Claus as Charley
- Dog Shy as Charley
- Charley My Boy! as Charley
- Mama Behave as Charles Chase / Jim Chase
- Bromo and Juliet as Charley
- Thundering Fleas as Mustachioed wedding guest
- Merry Widower as Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
- Mighty Like a Moose as Mr. Moose - The Husband
- Be Your Age as Charley - the Bashful Clerk
- Mum's the Word as Charlie - the Son
- Tell 'Em Nothing as Gladstone, The Great Lover
1925
- Plain and Fancy Girls as Charley
- Innocent Husbands as Melvin
- Is Marriage the Bunk? as Jimmie Jump
- The Uneasy Three
- Fighting Fluid as Jimmy Jump
- No Father to Guide Him as Jimmy Jump
- Bad Boy as Jimmie
- Hello Baby! as Jimmy Jump
- Big Red Riding Hood as Jimmy Jump
- What Price Goofy? as Jamison
- His Wooden Wedding as The Groom
- Isn't Life Terrible? as The Husband
- The Rat's Knuckles as Jimmy Jump
- Should Husbands Be Watched? as Jamison Jump
- The Caretaker's Daughter as The Young Married Man
- Looking for Sally as Jimmy Jump
- The Family Entrance as Jimmy Jump
- Hard Boiled as Charley
1924
- Sweet Daddy as Jimmy Jump
- Stolen Goods as Jimmy Jump
- A Ten-Minute Egg as Jimmy Jump
- The King of the Wild Horses as Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
- April Fool as Jimmy Jump
- Sittin' Pretty as Jimmy Jump
- All Wet as Jimmie Jump
- Jubilo, Jr. as Director
- Outdoor Pajamas as Jimmy Jump
- Seeing Nellie Home as Charley
- Position Wanted as Jimmie Jump
- Why Men Work as Jimmy Jump
- Don't Forget
- The 'Fraidy Cat as Jimmy Jump
- The Poor Fish as Jimmie Jump
- Publicity Pays as Jimmy Jump
- Bungalow Boobs as Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
- Accidental Accidents as Jimmy Jump
- Powder and Smoke
- Love's Detour as Jimmie Jump
- The Royal Razz as Jimmy Jump
- At First Sight as Jimmy Jump
- One of the Family as Jimmy Jump
- Young Oldfield as Jimmy
- Hard Knocks as Jimmie Jump
- Just a Minute as Jimmy Jump
- Jeffries, Jr.
- Too Many Mammas as Jimmy Jump
- Why Husbands Go Mad as Jimmy Jump
- Just a Real Good Car as Jimmy Jump
- The Perfect Lady as Jimmy Jump
1923
- Courtship of Miles Sandwich ... (Director)
- Long Live the King
- Sold at Auction! as Customer (uncredited)
- A Tough Winter ... (Director)
- Jack Frost
- Before the Public ... (Director)
- Dear Ol' Pal ... (Director)
- Jus' Passin' Through ... (Director)
- Her Dangerous Path as Glen Harper
1922
- The Old Sea Dog ... (Director)
- The Stone Age
- Years to Come ... (Director)
- Bone Dry ... (Director)
- Do Me a Favor ... (Director)
- Touch all the Bases ... (Writer)
- The Dumb-Bell as Actor wearing top hat
- Full o' Pep ... (Director)
- Newly Rich ... (Director)
- Blow 'Em Up ... (Director)
- 365 Days ... (Director)
- Hot Off the Press ... (Director)
- In the Movies
1921
- Big Game
- On Location ... (Director)
- Rush Orders ... (Director)
- Fifteen Minutes ... (Director)
- At the Ringside ... (Director)
- The Hustler
- Blue Sunday
- What a Whopper! ... (Director)
- His Best Girl
1920
- Waltz Me Around ... (Director)
- Italian Love
- Fresh Paint ... (Director)
- Call a Taxi! ... (Director)
- A London Bobby ... (Director)
- Red Hot Hottentotts ... (Director)
- Don't Rock the Boat as Ship's Officer
- Why Go Home?
- Mystic Mush
- April Fool as Supporting Character
- Live and Learn
- Married to Order as The Suitor
- Getting His Goat ... (Director)
- When Spirits Move
- The Nickel Snatcher as cameo
- All Dressed Up ... (Director)
- Moonshine as Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
- Kids Is Kids
- Way Out West as Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
1919
- One Night Only ... (Director)
- Rolling Stone as Bearded anarchist
- Order in the Court ... (Director)
- Ship Ahoy as Henchman (uncredited)
- Her First False Hare ... (Director)
- Don't Park Here ... (Director)
- Hop to It, Bellhop ... (Director)
- All at Sea
- Giving the Bride Away ... (Director)
- The Floor Below ... (Director)
- Tough Luck ... (Director)
- Coppers and Scents ... (Director)
- Her Tender Feet
- The Flirts ... (Director)
1918
- Playmates as Dope fiend
- He's In Again as Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
- Bright and Early ... (Director)
- Hello Trouble
- Painless Love ... (Director)
1917
- There's Many a Fool ... (Director)
- Chased Into Love as Charley
- The Cloud Puncher ... (Director)
- His Merry Mix-Up ... (Director)
1916
- A Dash of Courage ... (Director)
- Hearts and Sparks ... (Director)
1915
- Peanuts and Bullets as The Accordian Player Boarder
- Fatty’s Faithful Fido as Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
- Love in Armor as The Suitor
- A Favorite Fool as The Circus Spieler
- That Little Band Of Gold as Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
- Love, Loot and Crash as Harold, Dora's Suitor
- Settled at the Seaside as Boyfriend
- Only a Farmer's Daughter as The Artist
- Love, Speed and Thrills as Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
- Hash House Mashers as The Star Boarder
- A Versatile Villain as Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
- A One Night Stand as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
- A Hash House Fraud ... (Director)
- Colored Villainy as The Traveler
- He Wouldn't Stay Down as The False Friend
- The Rent Jumpers as A Young Boarder
- Droppington's Devilish Deed as Audience Member (uncredited)
- A Lucky Leap as Lizzie's Boy Friend
1914
- Gentlemen of Nerve as Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
- Tillie's Punctured Romance as Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
- The Rounders as Diner
- Mabel at the Wheel as Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Mabel's Blunder as Billy Bronx
- The Masquerader as Actor
- Dough and Dynamite as Customer
- His Musical Career as Piano Store Manager
- Those Love Pangs as Movie Patron (uncredited)
- Ambrose's First Falsehood as Ambrose's Buddy
- The Knockout as Spectator (uncredited)
- Those Country Kids as Cop
- Mabel's Busy Day as Spectator
- Hello, Mabel as Mabel's Boss
- A Gambling Rube as (unconfirmed)
- 'Curses!' They Remarked
- Mabel's New Job as Boarder
- Her Last Chance
- His New Profession as Nephew
- Where Hazel Met the Villain
- The Anglers
- Across the Hall as (unconfirmed)
- Zip, the Dodger as Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
- He Loved the Ladies as The Husband's Pal
- Stout Hearts But Weak Knees as Faro Bill
- Fatty's Magic Pants as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Plumber as Bystander
- The Noise of Bombs as 3rd Desperado
- A Coat's Tale as The Tramp
- Leading Lizzie Astray as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
- Soldiers of Misfortune
- The Love Thief
- Their Fatal Bumping ... (Director)
- Cursed by His Beauty as The Art Teacher
- The Great Toe Mystery as Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
- How Heroes Are Made as The Boy Friend's Chum
- Sophie of the Films #4
- Other People's Business
- Love and Salt Water
- Such a Cook
- Dash, Love and Splash