Charley Chase
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Charley Chase

Oct 19, 1893 - Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

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Movie1914Dough and DynamiteCustomer
Movie1914Mabel's Busy DaySpectator
Movie1914The MasqueraderActor
Movie1923Sold at AuctionCustomer (uncredited)
Movie1914A Coat's TaleThe Tramp
Movie1929Leaping LoveCharley Chase
Movie1924The King of the Wild HorsesBoyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
Movie1933Sons of the DesertCharley
Movie1914'Curses!' They Remarked
Movie1924Sweet DaddyJimmy Jump
Movie1923Her Dangerous PathGlen Harper
Movie1923Long Live the King
Movie1924The Perfect LadyJimmy Jump
Movie1924Love's DetourJimmie Jump
Movie1924Position WantedJimmie Jump
Movie1924The Royal RazzJimmy Jump
Movie1924Why Men WorkJimmy Jump
Movie1924Bungalow BoobsJimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
Movie1924Why Husbands Go MadJimmy Jump
Movie1925Hard BoiledCharley
Movie1925The Family EntranceJimmy Jump
Movie1927What Women Did for MeCharley
Movie1927Are Brunettes Safe?The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
Movie1926Merry WidowerHobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
Movie1927Many Scrappy ReturnsCharley
Movie1927The Lighter That FailedCharley
Movie1927Bigger and Better BlondesCharley
Movie1928All for Nothing
Movie1928Imagine My EmbarrassmentCharley
Movie1927Never the Dames Shall MeetCharley
Movie1928The Family Group
Movie1928Aching Youth
Movie1928The BoosterCharley
Movie1928Is Everybody Happy?Charley
Movie1928All Parts
Movie1928The Fight PestCharley
Movie1929Ruby LipsCharley
Movie1929Loud SoupCharley Chase
Movie1929Off to BuffaloCharley Chase
Movie1929Thin TwinsCharley
Movie1929Great Gobs!Charley - 1st Sailor
Movie1936On the Wrong TrekCharley Chase
Movie1930The golf player
Movie1930The golfer
Movie1930Follies of loveCarlos
Movie1930Shy in spite of himself
Movie1930The prince of the dollar
Movie1931The soul of the partyCarlitos
Movie1930Gold Diggers
Movie1930Keep the Bomb
Movie1931Messing AroundCarlos
Movie1914Across the Hall(unconfirmed)
Movie1914Where Hazel Met the Villain
Movie1914Such a Cook
Movie1914Soldiers of Misfortune
Movie1914Those Country KidsCop
Movie1914A Gambling Rube(unconfirmed)
Movie1914Sophie of the Films #4
Movie1914The Love Thief
Movie1914The Anglers
Movie1914Her Last Chance
Movie1914Hello, MabelMabel's Boss
Movie1914Dash, Love and Splash
Movie1914Zip, the DodgerCustomer in Second Group (uncredited)
Movie1914Love and Salt Water
Movie1915Only a Farmer's DaughterThe Artist
Movie1914How Heroes Are MadeThe Boy Friend's Chum
Movie1914Stout Hearts But Weak KneesFaro Bill
Movie1914Other People's Business
Movie1914The PlumberBystander
Movie1915Droppington's Devilish DeedAudience Member (uncredited)
Movie1915A Favorite FoolThe Circus Spieler
Movie1918PlaymatesDope fiend
Movie1917Chased Into LoveCharley
Movie1919Ship AhoyHenchman (uncredited)
Movie1920Mystic Mush
Movie1920Way Out WestGrizzled Gambler (uncredited)
Movie1920Live and Learn
Movie1920MoonshineScorekeeper / Revenue Officer
Movie1920Don't Rock the BoatShip's Officer
Movie1919Her Tender Feet
Movie1921The Hustler
Movie1920Kids Is Kids
Movie1921Blue Sunday
Movie1922In the Movies
Movie1922The Stone Age
Movie1921His Best Girl
Movie1923Jack Frost
Movie1992Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys(archive footage)
Movie1927Fluttering HeartsCharley
Movie1927Call of the CuckooAsylum Inmate
Movie1926Thundering FleasMustachioed wedding guest
Movie1914His New ProfessionNephew
Movie1914His Musical CareerPiano Store Manager
Movie1914The RoundersDiner
Movie1914Mabel's BlunderBilly Bronx
Movie1926Bromo and JulietCharley
Movie1960When Comedy Was Kingedited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
Movie1926Mighty Like a MooseMr. Moose - The Husband
Movie1936Kelly the SecondDr. J. Willoughby Klum
Movie1914Leading Lizzie AstrayCafe Patron - In from the Mines
Movie1914Ambrose's First FalsehoodAmbrose's Buddy
Movie1925What Price Goofy?Jamison
Movie1924Seeing Nellie HomeCharley
Movie1924Outdoor PajamasJimmy Jump
Movie1924The 'Fraidy CatJimmy Jump
Movie1924A Ten-Minute EggJimmy Jump
Movie1933Arabian TightsCharley
Movie1931Hasty MarriageCharley Chase
Movie1931The Panic Is OnCharley Chase
Movie1930Whispering WhoopeeCharley
Movie1925The Caretaker's DaughterThe Young Married Man
Movie1925Innocent HusbandsMelvin
Movie1925The Rat's KnucklesJimmy Jump
Movie1924April FoolJimmy Jump
Movie1926Long Fliv the KingCharles Chase
Movie1925His Wooden WeddingThe Groom
Movie1967The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Movie1926Crazy Like a FoxWilson
Movie1927Forgotten SweetiesThurston
Movie1924Young OldfieldJimmy
Movie1925Isn't Life Terrible?The Husband
Movie1926Dog ShyCharley
Movie1915Love, Loot and CrashHarold, Dora's Suitor
Movie1915A Versatile VillainPete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
Movie1926Tell 'Em NothingGladstone, The Great Lover
Movie1926Mama BehaveCharles Chase / Jim Chase
Movie1926Be Your AgeCharley - the Bashful Clerk
Movie1927Now I'll Tell OneCharley
Movie1927The Way of All PantsCharley
Movie1927The Glorious FourthTop Hat Inebriate
Movie1924Too Many MammasJimmy Jump
Movie1937Hollywood PartyCharley Chan Chase, Co-Host
Movie1931Rough SeasPvt. Charley Chase
Movie1932Girl GriefCharley
Movie1924All WetJimmie Jump
Movie1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self (archive footage)
Movie1928Limousine LoveThe Groom
Movie1918He's In AgainPiano Player (as Charles Parrott)
Movie1930High C'sSgt. Charles Augustus Chase
Movie1922The Dumb-BellActor wearing top hat
Movie1924Accidental AccidentsJimmy Jump
Movie1931The Pip from PittsburgCharley
Movie1919Rolling StoneBearded anarchist
Movie1933Luncheon at TwelveCharley Chase
Movie1924Jubilo, Jr.Director
Movie1930The Real McCoyCharley
Movie1925Should Husbands Be Watched?Jamison Jump
Movie1930Dollar DizzyCharley Chase
Movie1935Poker at EightCharley
Movie1933Fallen ArchesCharley Chase
Movie1932The Nickel NurserCharley Chase
Movie1914The Noise of Bombs3rd Desperado
Movie1914The Great Toe MysteryGussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
Movie1926Charley My Boy!Charley
Movie1934The Cracked Ice ManCharley Chase
Movie1932In Walked CharleyMr. Chase
Movie1939Rattling RomeoCharley
Movie1914Tillie's Punctured RomanceStaring Man in Theater (uncredited)
Movie1914The KnockoutSpectator (uncredited)
Movie1914Gentlemen of NerveSpectator at Entrance (uncredited)
Movie1914Mabel at the WheelRace Spectator (uncredited)
Movie1914Those Love PangsMovie Patron (uncredited)
Movie1915Fatty’s Faithful FidoFight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
Movie1915That Little Band Of GoldTicket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
Movie1915A One Night StandAudience Spectator (uncredited)
Movie1925No Father to Guide HimJimmy Jump
Movie1934Fate's FatheadCharley Chase
Movie1929Movie NightCharley Chase
Movie1930Looser Than LooseCharley
Movie1925Is Marriage the Bunk?Jimmie Jump
Movie1939Teacher's PestCharley Chase
Movie1940The HecklerNoisy
Movie1939The Chump Takes a BumpCharley Chase
Movie1939The Awful GoofCharley
Movie1940His Bridal FrightCharley
Movie1940South of the BoudoirCharley Chase
Movie1938Time Out for TroubleCharley
Movie1939Skinny the MoocherCharley Chase
Movie1938Pie a la MaidCharley
Movie1938The Mind NeederCharley Chase
Movie1939The Sap Takes a WrapCharley
Movie1938A Nag in the BagRacetrack Announcer (voice)
Movie1938The Nightshirt BanditProfessor Chase
Movie1937Man Bites LovebugCharles Clayfoot Chase
Movie1937From Bad to WorseCharley Chase
Movie1937The Big SquirtCharley Chase
Movie1938Many Sappy ReturnsCharley Chase
Movie1937Calling All DoctorsCharley Chase
Movie1937The Wrong Miss WrightCharley Chase
Movie1937The Grand HooterCharley Chase
Movie1925The Uneasy Three
Movie1924Sittin' PrettyJimmy Jump
Movie1915Love in ArmorThe Suitor
Movie1915Love, Speed and ThrillsCop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Movie1924The Poor FishJimmie Jump
Movie1920Married to OrderThe Suitor
Movie1915The Rent JumpersA Young Boarder
Movie1915Settled at the SeasideBoyfriend
Movie1930All Teed UpMr Chase
Movie1915Peanuts and BulletsThe Accordian Player Boarder
Movie1915A Lucky LeapLizzie's Boy Friend
Movie1915Colored VillainyThe Traveler
Movie1929The Big SquawkCharley
Movie1929Snappy SneezerCharley
Movie1936The Count Takes the CountCharley Chase
Movie1930Fifty Million HusbandsCharley Chase
Movie19704 Clowns(archive footage)
Movie1924At First SightJimmy Jump
Movie1925Bad BoyJimmie
Movie1932First in WarSgt. Chase
Movie1933Nature in the WrongCharley Chase
Movie1934The Chases of Pimple StreetCharley Chase
Movie1933Midsummer MushCharley
Movie1932Young IronsidesFearless
Movie1935The Four Star BoarderCharley
Movie1935Nurse to You!Charley
Movie1921Big Game
Movie1924Just a Real Good CarJimmy Jump
Movie1915He Wouldn't Stay DownThe False Friend
Movie1924One of the FamilyJimmy Jump
Movie1924Powder and Smoke
Movie1924Hard KnocksJimmie Jump
Movie1924Don't Forget
Movie1924Publicity PaysJimmy Jump
Movie1914He Loved the LadiesThe Husband's Pal
Movie1924Jeffries, Jr.
Movie1920When Spirits Move
Movie1932The Tabasco KidCharley / Francisco Murietta
Movie1934Another Wild IdeaCharley
Movie1932Mr. BrideCharley
Movie1931Thundering TenorsCharles A. Chase
Movie1961Days of Thrills and LaughterSelf (archive footage)
Movie1915Hash House MashersThe Star Boarder
Movie1931Little DaddyChubby (singing voice)
Movie1925Big Red Riding HoodJimmy Jump
Movie1924Stolen GoodsJimmy Jump
Movie1925Fighting FluidJimmy Jump
Movie1925Hello Baby!Jimmy Jump
Movie1926Mum's the WordCharlie - the Son
Movie1924Just a MinuteJimmy Jump
Movie1925Looking for SallyJimmy Jump
Movie1935Southern ExposureColonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
Movie1914Fatty's Magic PantsParty Guest (uncredited)
Movie1930Girl ShockCharley
Movie1930Fast WorkCharley
Movie1920April FoolSupporting Character
Movie1926There Ain't No Santa ClausCharley
Movie1934Four PartsCharley
Movie1927UsCharley
Movie1927Assistant WivesCharley - the Husband
Movie1929Crazy FeetCharley
Movie1934Something SimpleCharley
Movie1927The Sting of StingsCharley
Movie1919All at Sea
Movie1914Cursed by His BeautyThe Art Teacher
Movie1935Public Ghost # 1Charley Chase
Movie1936Neighborhood HouseCharley Chase
Movie1931One of the SmithsCharley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
Movie1931What a Bozo!Charley Chase
Movie1931Skip the Maloo!Duke Chase
Movie1931The lady from ChicagoCharley Chase
Movie1957The Golden Age of Comedyarchive footage
Movie1920Italian Love
Movie1928Chasing HusbandsCharley
Movie1932Now We'll Tell OneCharley
Movie1933His Silent RacketCharley
Movie1933Sherman Said ItCharley
Movie1930A gray in the airCarlos Chase
Movie1929Stepping OutCharley
Movie1920The Nickel Snatchercameo
Movie196330 Years of Fun(archive footage)
Movie1920Why Go Home?
Movie1914Mabel's New JobBoarder
Movie1925Plain and Fancy GirlsCharley
Movie1918Hello Trouble
Movie1929Modern LoveJohn Jones
Movie2007Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen(archive footage)
Movie1935Life Hesitates at 40Charley Chase
Movie1927A One Mama ManWillie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
Movie1934I'll Take VanillaCharley
Movie1934It Happened One DayCharley
Movie1934You Said a Hatful!Charley
Movie1935Okay Toots!Charley
Movie1935Manhattan Monkey BusinessCharley
Movie1936Vamp Till ReadyCharley
Movie1930Hey, skirts!Charley
Movie2023Laurel & Hardy: Year One

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Movie1923A Tough WinterDirectorDirecting
Movie1938Violent Is the Word for CurlyAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1935Life Hesitates at 40DirectorDirecting
Movie1938Flat Foot StoogesWriterWriting
Movie1939Saved by the BelleAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1938Mutts to YouDirectorDirecting
Movie1938Flat Foot StoogesDirectorDirecting
Movie1938Tassels in the AirDirectorDirecting
Movie1938Violent Is the Word for CurlyDirectorDirecting
Movie1939Saved by the BelleDirectorDirecting
Movie1937Gracie at the BatAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1918Bright and EarlyDirectorDirecting
Movie1919The Floor BelowDirectorDirecting
Movie1920All Dressed UpDirectorDirecting
Movie1920MoonshineDirectorDirecting
Movie1921What a Whopper!DirectorDirecting
Movie1921At the RingsideDirectorDirecting
Movie1922Years to ComeDirectorDirecting
Movie1923Sold at AuctionDirectorDirecting
Movie1938Termites of 1938Associate ProducerProduction
Movie1918He's In AgainDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Don't Park HereDirectorDirecting
Movie1920Waltz Me AroundDirectorDirecting
Movie1922The Dumb-BellDirectorDirecting
Movie1935Okay Toots!DirectorDirecting
Movie1935Manhattan Monkey BusinessDirectorDirecting
Movie1936Vamp Till ReadyDirectorDirecting
Movie1933The Bargain of the CenturyDirectorDirecting
Movie1934I'll Take VanillaDirectorDirecting
Movie1934It Happened One DayDirectorDirecting
Movie1934You Said a Hatful!DirectorDirecting
Movie1920Fresh PaintDirectorDirecting
Movie1923Dear Ol' PalDirectorDirecting
Movie1923Jus' Passin' ThroughStoryWriting
Movie1923Courtship of Miles SandwichDirectorDirecting
Movie1923Jus' Passin' ThroughDirectorDirecting
Movie1919The FlirtsDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Rolling StoneDirectorDirecting
Movie1915A Hash House FraudDirectorDirecting
Movie1920A London BobbyDirectorDirecting
Movie1922Full o' PepDirectorDirecting
Movie1922Blow 'Em UpDirectorDirecting
Movie1933Luncheon at TwelveDirectorDirecting
Movie1935Poker at EightDirectorDirecting
Movie1934The Cracked Ice ManDirectorDirecting
Movie1934Fate's FatheadDirectorDirecting
Movie1938A Nag in the BagDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Hop to It, BellhopDirectorDirecting
Movie1922The Old Sea DogDirectorDirecting
Movie1945Off Again, On AgainStoryWriting
Movie1944Open Season for SapsStoryWriting
Movie1934Music in Your HairDirectorDirecting
Movie1914The Love ThiefDirectorDirecting
Movie1914How Heroes Are MadeDirectorDirecting
Movie1914The AnglersDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Her Tender FeetWriterWriting
Movie1918PlaymatesDirectorDirecting
Movie1917Chased Into LoveDirectorDirecting
Movie1917Chased Into LoveWriterWriting
Movie1919Ship AhoyDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Her Tender FeetDirectorDirecting
Movie1920Kids Is KidsDirectorDirecting
Movie1921Blue SundayDirectorDirecting
Movie1922The Stone AgeDirectorDirecting
Movie1920Don't Rock the BoatDirectorDirecting
Movie1922In the MoviesDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Ship AhoyWriterWriting
Movie1921His Best GirlDirectorDirecting
Movie1923Jack FrostDirectorDirecting
Movie1920Mystic MushDirectorDirecting
Movie1917His Merry Mix-UpDirectorDirecting
Movie1936Vamp Till ReadyWriterWriting
Movie1917His Merry Mix-UpWriterWriting
Movie1922Newly RichDirectorDirecting
Movie1917The Cloud PuncherWriterWriting
Movie1917The Cloud PuncherDirectorDirecting
Movie1934Something SimpleWriterWriting
Movie1938Many Sappy ReturnsScreenplayWriting
Movie1936Neighborhood HouseWriterWriting
Movie1938Many Sappy ReturnsStoryWriting
Movie1938Pie a la MaidScreenplayWriting
Movie1939The Sap Takes a WrapScreenplayWriting
Movie1922Years to ComeWriterWriting
Movie1926Tell 'Em NothingWriterWriting
Movie1920Married to OrderDirectorDirecting
Movie1933Sons of the DesertWriterWriting
Movie1936The Count Takes the CountDirectorDirecting
Movie1922Touch all the BasesWriterWriting
Movie1921Rush OrdersDirectorDirecting
Movie1921Fifteen MinutesDirectorDirecting
Movie1933Nature in the WrongDirectorDirecting
Movie1934The Chases of Pimple StreetDirectorDirecting
Movie1935Nurse to You!DirectorDirecting
Movie1933Midsummer MushDirectorDirecting
Movie1935The Four Star BoarderDirectorDirecting
Movie1915He Wouldn't Stay DownDirectorDirecting
Movie1915He Wouldn't Stay DownWriterWriting
Movie1922365 DaysDirectorDirecting
Movie1920When Spirits MoveDirectorDirecting
Movie1934Another Wild IdeaDirectorDirecting
Movie1926Crazy Like a FoxWriterWriting
Movie1937Man Bites LovebugAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1935Southern ExposureDirectorDirecting
Movie1937Oh, What a Knight!DirectorDirecting
Movie1938Halfway to HollywoodDirectorDirecting
Movie1939Mutiny on the BodyDirectorDirecting
Movie1939Static in the AtticDirectorDirecting
Movie1938The Old Raid MuleDirectorDirecting
Movie1938Ankles AwayDirectorDirecting
Movie1939Boom Goes the GroomDirectorDirecting
Movie1914Their Fatal BumpingDirectorDirecting
Movie1919One Night OnlyDirectorDirecting
Movie1920April FoolDirectorDirecting
Movie1922Bone DryDirectorDirecting
Movie1934Four PartsDirectorDirecting
Movie1934Something SimpleDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Her First False HareDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Coppers and ScentsDirectorDirecting
Movie1919All at SeaDirectorDirecting
Movie1938Tassels in the AirAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1935Public Ghost # 1DirectorDirecting
Movie1938Mutts to YouAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1938Flat Foot StoogesAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1920Call a TaxiDirectorDirecting
Movie1921On LocationDirectorDirecting
Movie1936Neighborhood HouseDirectorDirecting
Movie1922Hot Off the PressDirectorDirecting
Movie1923Before the PublicDirectorDirecting
Movie1936On the Wrong TrekDirectorDirecting
Movie1920Italian LoveDirectorDirecting
Movie1933Sherman Said ItDirectorDirecting
Movie1933His Silent RacketDirectorDirecting
Movie1922Do Me a FavorDirectorDirecting
Movie1920The Nickel SnatcherDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Order in the CourtDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Giving the Bride AwayDirectorDirecting
Movie1920Red Hot HottentottsDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Tough LuckDirectorDirecting
Movie1920Getting His GoatDirectorDirecting
Movie1918Hello TroubleDirectorDirecting
Movie1916A Dash of CourageDirectorDirecting
Movie1916Hearts and SparksDirectorDirecting
Movie1933Arabian TightsDirectorDirecting
Movie1917There's Many a FoolDirectorDirecting
Movie1917There's Many a FoolWriterWriting
Movie1974The Three Stooges FolliesDirectorDirecting
Movie1919Don't Park HereWriterWriting