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