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