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