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
all 357
Movies 357
Director 71
self 45
Writer 4
Producer 2
(archive footage)
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen (2007)
Movie
(archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
4 Clowns (1970)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
30 Years of Fun (1963)
Movie
Edited from 'Movie Night'
When Comedy Was King (1960)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
Movie
Charley Chase
South of the Boudoir (1940)
Movie
Charley
The Awful Goof (1939)
Movie
Charley Chase
Teacher's Pest (1939)
Movie
Director
Static in the Attic (1939)
Movie
Charley Chase
Skinny the Moocher (1939)
Movie
Charley Chase
Rattling Romeo (1939)
Movie
Director
Saved by the Belle (1939)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Chump Takes a Bump (1939)
Movie
Director
Boom Goes the Groom (1939)
Movie
Director
Mutiny on the Body (1939)
Movie
Charley
Pie a la Maid (1938)
Movie
Director
Flat Foot Stooges (1938)
Movie
Radio Racetrack Announcer
A Nag in the Bag (1938)
Movie
Professor Chase
The Nightshirt Bandit (1938)
Movie
Director
Mutts to You (1938)
Movie
Charley Chase
Many Sappy Returns (1938)
Movie
Director
Halfway to Hollywood (1938)
Movie
Director
Ankles Away (1938)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Mind Needer (1938)
Movie
Director
Tassels in the Air (1938)
Movie
Director
The Old Raid Mule (1938)
Movie
Associate Producer
Termites of 1938 (1938)
Movie
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Charles Clayfoot Chase
Man Bites Lovebug (1937)
Movie
Director
Oh, What a Knight! (1937)
Movie
Associate Producer
Gracie at the Bat (1937)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Big Squirt (1937)
Movie
Charley Chase
Calling All Doctors (1937)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Wrong Miss Wright (1937)
Movie
Charley Chase
From Bad to Worse (1937)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Grand Hooter (1937)
Movie
Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
Hollywood Party (1937)
Movie
Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
Kelly the Second (1936)
Movie
Charley Chase
On the Wrong Trek (1936)
Movie
Charley
Vamp Till Ready (1936)
Movie
Charley Chase
Neighborhood House (1936)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Count Takes the Count (1936)
Movie
Charley Chase
Public Ghost # 1 (1935)
Movie
Charley Chase
Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
Movie
Charley / Director
Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
Movie
Charley
Nurse to You! (1935)
Movie
Colonel Charley Chase
Southern Exposure (1935)
Movie
Charley
Poker at Eight (1935)
Movie
Charley Chase
Okay Toots! (1935)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Chases of Pimple Street (1934)
Movie
Charley Chase
Fate's Fathead (1934)
Movie
Charley / Director
You Said a Hatful! (1934)
Movie
Charley / Writer / Director
Something Simple (1934)
Movie
Charley / Director
It Happened One Day (1934)
Movie
Charley / Director
Another Wild Idea (1934)
Movie
Director
Music in Your Hair (1934)
Movie
Charley / Director
Four Parts (1934)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Cracked Ice Man (1934)
Movie
Charley Chase
Luncheon at Twelve (1933)
Movie
Charley
Sherman Said It (1933)
Movie
Charley
Midsummer Mush (1933)
Movie
Charley
Arabian Tights (1933)
Movie
Charley Chase
His Silent Racket (1933)
Movie
Charley Chase
Nature in the Wrong (1933)
Movie
Charley Chase
Fallen Arches (1933)
Movie
Charley
Mr. Bride (1932)
Movie
Charley Chase
Now We'll Tell One (1932)
Movie
Charley
Girl Grief (1932)
Movie
Fearless
Young Ironsides (1932)
Movie
Sgt. Chase
First in War (1932)
Movie
Mr. Chase
In Walked Charley (1932)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Nickel Nurser (1932)
Movie
Charley
The Tabasco Kid (1932)
Movie
Charley Chase
Hasty Marriage (1931)
Movie
Charley Chase
What a Bozo! (1931)
Movie
Duke Chase
Skip the Maloo! (1931)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Panic Is On (1931)
Movie
Charley Chase
One of the Smiths (1931)
Movie
Pvt. Charley Chase
Rough Seas (1931)
Movie
Carlosy
Messing Around (1931)
Movie
Chubby (singing voice)
Little Daddy (1931)
Movie
Carlos Chase
The lady from Chicago (1931)
Movie
Charley Chase
The Pip from Pittsburg (1931)
Movie
Charles A. Chase
Thundering Tenors (1931)
Movie
Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
High C's (1930)
Movie
Carlos Chase
A gray in the air (1930)
Movie
Carlos Chase
Hey, skirts! (1930)
Movie
Charley Chase
Dollar Dizzy (1930)
Movie
Charley
Girl Shock (1930)
Movie
Charley
Fast Work (1930)
Movie
Charley Chase
Fifty Million Husbands (1930)
Movie
Mr. Chase
All Teed Up (1930)
Movie
Charley
The Real McCoy (1930)
Movie
Charley Chase - 1st Sailor
Great Gobs! (1929)
Movie
Charley Chase
Stepping Out (1929)
Movie
Charley
Crazy Feet (1929)
Movie
Charley
Snappy Sneezer (1929)
Movie
John Jones
Modern Love (1929)
Movie
Charley Chase
Leaping Love (1929)
Movie
Charley
The Big Squawk (1929)
Movie
Charley Chase
Movie Night (1929)
Movie
Charley
Thin Twins (1929)
Movie
Charley Chase
Loud Soup (1929)
Movie
Charley Chase
Off to Buffalo (1929)
Movie
Charley
Ruby Lips (1929)
Movie
Charley
Chasing Husbands (1928)
Movie
Charley
The Booster (1928)
Movie
Charley
The Fight Pest (1928)
Movie
Charley - The Groom
Limousine Love (1928)
Movie
Asylum Inmate
Call of the Cuckoo (1927)
Movie
Charley - the Husband
Assistant Wives (1927)
Movie
Charley
Us (1927)
Movie
Top Hat Inebriate
The Glorious Fourth (1927)
Movie
Thurston
Forgotten Sweeties (1927)
Movie
Willie Shoemaker
A One Mama Man (1927)
Movie
The Newspaper Columnist
Are Brunettes Safe? (1927)
Movie
Charley - the Bashful Clerk
Be Your Age (1926)
Movie
Gladstone, The Great Lover
Tell 'Em Nothing (1926)
Movie
Charley
Bromo and Juliet (1926)
Movie
Charley Wilson - the Groom
Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
Movie
Hobo in Oyster Bar
Merry Widower (1926)
Movie
Mr. Moose - The Husband
Mighty Like a Moose (1926)
Movie
Mustachioed wedding guest
Thundering Fleas (1926)
Movie
Charles Chase
Long Fliv the King (1926)
Movie
Charlie - the Son
Mum's the Word (1926)
Movie
Charley
Dog Shy (1926)
Movie
Charles Chase
Mama Behave (1926)
Movie
Charley Chase
Charley My Boy! (1926)
Movie
The Groom
His Wooden Wedding (1925)
Movie
The Crook
The Uneasy Three (1925)
Movie
The Young Married Man
The Caretaker's Daughter (1925)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
No Father to Guide Him (1925)
Movie
Charley - The Husband
Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
Movie
James Jamison
What Price Goofy? (1925)
Movie
Jimmie Jump
Looking for Sally (1925)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Big Red Riding Hood (1925)
Movie
Jimmie Jump
Bad Boy (1925)
Movie
Jimmie Jump
Is Marriage the Bunk? (1925)
Movie
Charley
Hard Boiled (1925)
Movie
Jamison Jump
Should Husbands Be Watched? (1925)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Plain and Fancy Girls (1925)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
The Family Entrance (1925)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Fighting Fluid (1925)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Hello Baby! (1925)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
The Rat's Knuckles (1925)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
The Royal Razz (1924)
Movie
Jimmie Jump
The Poor Fish (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Just a Real Good Car (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Accidental Accidents (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
Bungalow Boobs (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Too Many Mammas (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Sittin' Pretty (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Outdoor Pajamas (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Why Men Work (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Sweet Daddy (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Seeing Nellie Home (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
A Ten-Minute Egg (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Why Husbands Go Mad (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Stolen Goods (1924)
Movie
Director
Jubilo, Jr. (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Young Oldfield (1924)
Movie
Jimmie Jump
Position Wanted (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
April Fool (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Publicity Pays (1924)
Movie
Boyd Fielding
The King of the Wild Horses (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
The 'Fraidy Cat (1924)
Movie
Jimmie Jump
Love's Detour (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
The Perfect Lady (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Just a Minute (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Powder and Smoke (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
One of the Family (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Don't Forget (1924)
Movie
Jimmie Jump
Hard Knocks (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
Jeffries Jr. (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Jump
At First Sight (1924)
Movie
Jimmie Jump
All Wet (1924)
Movie
Director
Dear Ol' Pal (1923)
Movie
Director / Story
Jus' Passin' Through (1923)
Movie
Glen Harper
Her Dangerous Path (1923)
Movie
Undetermined Secondary Role
Jack Frost (1923)
Movie
Customer
Sold at Auction (1923)
Movie
Bystander at Climbing
Safety Last! (1923)
Movie
5.27
Director
Before the Public (1923)
Movie
Director
A Tough Winter (1923)
Movie
Director
Newly Rich (1922)
Movie
Director
The Old Sea Dog (1922)
Movie
Director
Bone Dry (1922)
Movie
Director
365 Days (1922)
Movie
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Actor wearing top hat
The Dumb-Bell (1922)
Movie
Director
Do Me a Favor (1922)
Movie
Director
Full o' Pep (1922)
Movie
Director
Hot Off the Press (1922)
Movie
Director
Blow 'Em Up (1922)
Movie
Director
Years to Come (1922)
Movie
Director
On Location (1921)
Movie
Director
Fifteen Minutes (1921)
Movie
Director
What a Whopper! (1921)
Movie
Director
At the Ringside (1921)
Movie
Actor
Big Game (1921)
Movie
Director
Rush Orders (1921)
Movie
Scorekeeper
Moonshine (1920)
Movie
The Suitor
Married to Order (1920)
Movie
Undetermined Role
Kids Is Kids (1920)
Movie
Director
A London Bobby (1920)
Movie
Director
Call a Taxi (1920)
Movie
Ship's Officer / Director
Don't Rock the Boat (1920)
Movie
Director
All Dressed Up (1920)
Movie
Director
Don't Park Here (1920)
Movie
Director
J-U-N-K (1920)
Movie
Director
Fresh Paint (1920)
Movie
Director
Waltz Me Around (1920)
Movie
Director
Getting His Goat (1920)
Movie
Director
Slippery Slickers (1920)
Movie
Director
Red Hot Hottentotts (1920)
Movie
cameo / Director
The Nickel Snatcher (1920)
Movie
Grizzled Gambler
Way Out West (1920)
Movie
Director
The Floor Below (1919)
Movie
Director
Tough Luck (1919)
Movie
Director
Order in the Court (1919)
Movie
Director
One Night Only (1919)
Movie
Director
Her First False Hare (1919)
Movie
Director
The Flirts (1919)
Movie
Director
Coppers and Scents (1919)
Movie
Henchman
Ship Ahoy (1919)
Movie
Director
Hop to It, Bellhop (1919)
Movie
Bearded Anarchist
Rolling Stone (1919)
Movie
Piano Player
He's In Again (1918)
Movie
Dope fiend
Playmates (1918)
Movie
Director
Bright and Early (1918)
Movie
Director / Writer
His Merry Mix-Up (1917)
Movie
Director / Writer
There's Many a Fool (1917)
Movie
Director / Writer
The Cloud Puncher (1917)
Movie
Charley / Director / Writer
Chased Into Love (1917)
Movie
Director
Hearts and Sparks (1916)
Movie
Director
A Dash of Courage (1916)
Movie
The Circus Spieler
A Favorite Fool (1915)
Movie
Director
A Hash House Fraud (1915)
Movie
Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
A Versatile Villain (1915)
Movie
Harold, Dora's Suitor
Love, Loot and Crash (1915)
Movie
A Young Boarder
The Rent Jumpers (1915)
Movie
Audience Member
Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915)
Movie
Boyfriend
Settled at the Seaside (1915)
Movie
Audience Spectator
A One Night Stand (1915)
Movie
Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915)
Movie
Ticket Box Man
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
Movie
The Suitor
Love in Armor (1915)
Movie
Lizzie's Boy Friend
A Lucky Leap (1915)
Movie
The False Friend
He Wouldn't Stay Down (1915)
Movie
The Traveler
Colored Villainy (1915)
Movie
The Star Boarder
Hash House Mashers (1915)
Movie
The Accordian Player Boarder
Peanuts and Bullets (1915)
Movie
The Artist
Only a Farmer's Daughter (1915)
Movie
Director
Their Fatal Bumping (1914)
Movie
Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Movie
Party Guest
Fatty's Magic Pants (1914)
Movie
Ambrose's Buddy
Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914)
Movie
Bystander
The Plumber (1914)
Movie
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
Movie
3rd Desperado
The Noise of Bombs (1914)
Movie
The Boy Friend's Chum
How Heroes Are Made (1914)
Movie
Piano Store Manager
His Musical Career (1914)
Movie
The Art Teacher
Cursed by His Beauty (1914)
Movie
Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
Movie
Customer
Dough and Dynamite (1914)
Movie
Customer in Second Group
Zip, the Dodger (1914)
Movie
Movie Patron
Those Love Pangs (1914)
Movie
Mabel's Boss
Hello, Mabel (1914)
Movie
The Husband's Pal
He Loved the Ladies (1914)
Movie
Billy Bronx - Harry's Friend
Mabel's Blunder (1914)
Movie
The Tramp
A Coat's Tale (1914)
Movie
Gussie Birdie: The Shoe Clerk
The Great Toe Mystery (1914)
Movie
Boarder
Mabel's New Job (1914)
Movie
Spectator
Mabel's Busy Day (1914)
Movie
Spectator
The Knockout (1914)
Movie
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel (1914)
Movie
Director
Teaching the Teacher
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1893-10-20
Deathday1940-06-20 (46 years old)
Birth PlaceBaltimore, United States
SiblingsJames Parrott
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsCharles Joseph Parrott, Charles Parrott, Charles Parrot, Charley Parrott, Charlie Chase, Charles Chase, Jimmy Jump
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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