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