Charley Chase

Charley Chase

1893-10-19 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Male 287 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-10-19

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Known Credits

287

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Charles Joseph Parrott, Charles Parrott, Charles Parrot, Charley Parrott, Charlie Chase, Charles Chase, Jimmy Jump

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Movie Credits

Neighborhood House

1936

Charley Chase

Position Wanted

1924

Jimmie Jump

All Wet

1924

Jimmie Jump

The Rounders

1914

Diner

The Knockout

1914

Spectator (uncredited)

Something Simple

1934

Charley

Married to Order

1920

The Suitor

The Booster

1928

Charley

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

Asylum Inmate

Arabian Tights

1933

Charley

Rough Seas

1931

Pvt. Charley Chase

Fluttering Hearts

1927

Charley

April Fool

1924

Jimmy Jump

Little Daddy

1931

Chubby (singing voice)

One of the Smiths

1931

Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.

Dough and Dynamite

1914

Customer

Crazy Feet

1929

Charley

Sold at Auction!

1923

Customer (uncredited)

Assistant Wives

1927

Charley - the Husband

Fatty’s Faithful Fido

1915

Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)

Mama Behave

1926

Charles Chase / Jim Chase

The Rat's Knuckles

1925

Jimmy Jump

Crazy Like a Fox

1926

Wilson

The Plumber

1914

Bystander

Publicity Pays

1924

Jimmy Jump

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

Self (archive footage)

Thundering Fleas

1926

Mustachioed wedding guest

Chasing Husbands

1928

Charley

Limousine Love

1928

The Groom

Peanuts and Bullets

1915

The Accordian Player Boarder

Gentlemen of Nerve

1914

Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)

Hollywood Party

1937

Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host

Dog Shy

1926

Charley

Okay Toots!

1935

Charley

Zip, the Dodger

1914

Customer in Second Group (uncredited)

When Comedy Was King

1960

edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)

A Ten-Minute Egg

1924

Jimmy Jump

Stepping Out

1929

Charley

Leaping Love

1929

Charley Chase

Be Your Age

1926

Charley - the Bashful Clerk

Merry Widower

1926

Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)

The Poor Fish

1924

Jimmie Jump

Young Oldfield

1924

Jimmy

Young Ironsides

1932

Fearless

Fighting Fluid

1925

Jimmy Jump

Mabel's Blunder

1914

Billy Bronx

Mabel at the Wheel

1914

Race Spectator (uncredited)

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925

The Husband

Mr. Bride

1932

Charley

Love, Loot and Crash

1915

Harold, Dora's Suitor

30 Years of Fun

1963

(archive footage)

What a Bozo!

1931

Charley Chase

Man Bites Lovebug

1937

Charles Clayfoot Chase

South of the Boudoir

1940

Charley Chase

Those Love Pangs

1914

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Rattling Romeo

1939

Charley

Forgotten Sweeties

1927

Thurston

Jubilo, Jr.

1924

Director

Love, Speed and Thrills

1915

Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

The Big Squawk

1929

Charley

Hard Boiled

1925

Charley

Now I'll Tell One

1927

Charley

What Price Goofy?

1925

Jamison

The Grand Hooter

1937

Charley Chase

Kelly the Second

1936

Dr. J. Willoughby Klum

The Glorious Fourth

1927

Top Hat Inebriate

A Gambling Rube

1914

(unconfirmed)

Fate's Fathead

1934

Charley Chase

The Tabasco Kid

1932

Charley / Francisco Murietta

Mum's the Word

1926

Charlie - the Son

Droppington's Devilish Deed

1915

Audience Member (uncredited)

Ship Ahoy

1919

Henchman (uncredited)

His Bridal Fright

1940

Charley

Skip the Maloo!

1931

Duke Chase

Midsummer Mush

1933

Charley

The King of the Wild Horses

1924

Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)

Fatty's Magic Pants

1914

Party Guest (uncredited)

Playmates

1918

Dope fiend

A Versatile Villain

1915

Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk

Great Gobs!

1929

Charley - 1st Sailor

Skinny the Moocher

1939

Charley Chase

His Silent Racket

1933

Charley

Looser Than Loose

1930

Charley

Calling All Doctors

1937

Charley Chase

Hey, skirts!

1930

Charley

Dollar Dizzy

1930

Charley Chase

Ambrose's First Falsehood

1914

Ambrose's Buddy

Sherman Said It

1933

Charley

He's In Again

1918

Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)

The Big Squirt

1937

Charley Chase

All Teed Up

1930

Mr Chase

Cursed by His Beauty

1914

The Art Teacher

The Awful Goof

1939

Charley

Outdoor Pajamas

1924

Jimmy Jump

Girl Grief

1932

Charley

Way Out West

1920

Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)

Fast Work

1930

Charley

Off to Buffalo

1929

Charley Chase

The Real McCoy

1930

Charley

Too Many Mammas

1924

Jimmy Jump

The Fight Pest

1928

Charley

A gray in the air

1930

Carlos Chase

A One Night Stand

1915

Audience Spectator (uncredited)

Don't Rock the Boat

1920

Ship's Officer

A Coat's Tale

1914

The Tramp

Thin Twins

1929

Charley

Life Hesitates at 40

1935

Charley Chase

Long Fliv the King

1926

Charles Chase

Southern Exposure

1935

Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase

Her Dangerous Path

1923

Glen Harper

One of the Family

1924

Jimmy Jump

Girl Shock

1930

Charley

The Royal Razz

1924

Jimmy Jump

Bromo and Juliet

1926

Charley

Us

1927

Charley

The 'Fraidy Cat

1924

Jimmy Jump

Colored Villainy

1915

The Traveler

His Wooden Wedding

1925

The Groom

High C's

1930

Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase

The Family Entrance

1925

Jimmy Jump

Hard Knocks

1924

Jimmie Jump

Fifty Million Husbands

1930

Charley Chase

Sittin' Pretty

1924

Jimmy Jump

Movie Night

1929

Charley Chase

The Perfect Lady

1924

Jimmy Jump

Just a Minute

1924

Jimmy Jump

First in War

1932

Sgt. Chase

Vamp Till Ready

1936

Charley

He Wouldn't Stay Down

1915

The False Friend

Mighty Like a Moose

1926

Mr. Moose - The Husband

Poker at Eight

1935

Charley

Looking for Sally

1925

Jimmy Jump

Chased Into Love

1917

Charley

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

Self (archive footage)

A Lucky Leap

1915

Lizzie's Boy Friend

Sweet Daddy

1924

Jimmy Jump

April Fool

1920

Supporting Character

Pie a la Maid

1938

Charley

Follies of love

1930

Carlos

Love's Detour

1924

Jimmie Jump

A One Mama Man

1927

Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky

Leading Lizzie Astray

1914

Cafe Patron - In from the Mines

Nurse to You!

1935

Charley

Charley My Boy!

1926

Charley

Rolling Stone

1919

Bearded anarchist

Moonshine

1920

Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer

The Nightshirt Bandit

1938

Professor Chase

Four Parts

1934

Charley

Are Brunettes Safe?

1927

The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon

Public Ghost # 1

1935

Charley Chase

Hello, Mabel

1914

Mabel's Boss

In Walked Charley

1932

Mr. Chase

I'll Take Vanilla

1934

Charley

His Musical Career

1914

Piano Store Manager

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)

The Rent Jumpers

1915

A Young Boarder

The Dumb-Bell

1922

Actor wearing top hat

The Cracked Ice Man

1934

Charley Chase

Hello Baby!

1925

Jimmy Jump

A Nag in the Bag

1938

Racetrack Announcer (voice)

Luncheon at Twelve

1933

Charley Chase

Nature in the Wrong

1933

Charley Chase

Big Red Riding Hood

1925

Jimmy Jump

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957

archive footage

The lady from Chicago

1931

Charley Chase

That Little Band Of Gold

1915

Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)

Thundering Tenors

1931

Charles A. Chase

The Nickel Nurser

1932

Charley Chase

Mabel's Busy Day

1914

Spectator

Across the Hall

1914

(unconfirmed)

Is Marriage the Bunk?

1925

Jimmie Jump

Stolen Goods

1924

Jimmy Jump

Fallen Arches

1933

Charley Chase

Hasty Marriage

1931

Charley Chase

Bungalow Boobs

1924

Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband

Love in Armor

1915

The Suitor

On the Wrong Trek

1936

Charley Chase

No Father to Guide Him

1925

Jimmy Jump

The Heckler

1940

Noisy

Mabel's New Job

1914

Boarder

The Noise of Bombs

1914

3rd Desperado

The Panic Is On

1931

Charley Chase

Many Sappy Returns

1938

Charley Chase

The Chump Takes a Bump

1939

Charley Chase

Another Wild Idea

1934

Charley

From Bad to Worse

1937

Charley Chase

Messing Around

1931

Carlos

Bad Boy

1925

Jimmie

Just a Real Good Car

1924

Jimmy Jump

Hash House Mashers

1915

The Star Boarder

A Favorite Fool

1915

The Circus Spieler

Accidental Accidents

1924

Jimmy Jump

Modern Love

1929

John Jones

The Count Takes the Count

1936

Charley Chase

4 Clowns

1970

(archive footage)

He Loved the Ladies

1914

The Husband's Pal

Snappy Sneezer

1929

Charley

Ruby Lips

1929

Charley

The Mind Needer

1938

Charley Chase

Tell 'Em Nothing

1926

Gladstone, The Great Lover

Why Men Work

1924

Jimmy Jump

Teacher's Pest

1939

Charley Chase

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925

The Young Married Man

Loud Soup

1929

Charley Chase

At First Sight

1924

Jimmy Jump

Why Husbands Go Mad

1924

Jimmy Jump

The Wrong Miss Wright

1937

Charley Chase

How Heroes Are Made

1914

The Boy Friend's Chum

The Great Toe Mystery

1914

Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

TV Credits

No TV credits available.

Movie Production Credits

Rush Orders

Director

1921

Something Simple

Writer

1934

Married to Order

Director

1920

Arabian Tights

Director

1933

The Anglers

Director

1914

Sold at Auction!

Director

1923

Crazy Like a Fox

Writer

1926

A Hash House Fraud

Director

1915

Fifteen Minutes

Director

1921

Okay Toots!

Director

1935

Tassels in the Air

Director

1938

Oh, What a Knight!

Director

1937

Their Fatal Bumping

Director

1914

Dear Ol' Pal

Director

1923

Man Bites Lovebug

Associate Producer

1937

Termites of 1938

Associate Producer

1938

Mutts to You

Director

1938

The Nickel Snatcher

Director

1920

365 Days

Director

1922

Getting His Goat

Director

1920

Order in the Court

Director

1919

The Love Thief

Director

1914

Fate's Fathead

Director

1934

Ship Ahoy

Director

1919

The Floor Below

Director

1919

Midsummer Mush

Director

1933

Newly Rich

Director

1922

Playmates

Director

1918

His Merry Mix-Up

Director

1917

The Flirts

Director

1919

His Silent Racket

Director

1933

You Said a Hatful!

Director

1934

Don't Park Here

Director

1919

Sherman Said It

Director

1933

He's In Again

Director

1918

Kids Is Kids

Director

1920

Do Me a Favor

Director

1922

A Tough Winter

Director

1923

Don't Rock the Boat

Director

1920

Southern Exposure

Director

1935

Call a Taxi

Director

1920

The Old Sea Dog

Director

1922

Music in Your Hair

Director

1934

Static in the Attic

Director

1939

Red Hot Hottentotts

Director

1920

Ankles Away

Director

1938

Italian Love

Director

1920

Coppers and Scents

Director

1919

At the Ringside

Director

1921

Bone Dry

Director

1922

Vamp Till Ready

Director

1936

All Dressed Up

Director

1920

Hot Off the Press

Director

1922

A London Bobby

Director

1920

Poker at Eight

Director

1935

Chased Into Love

Director

1917

When Spirits Move

Director

1920

Before the Public

Director

1923

Jack Frost

Director

1923

Boom Goes the Groom

Director

1939

The Cloud Puncher

Director

1917

Hop to It, Bellhop

Director

1919

Full o' Pep

Director

1922

Hello Trouble

Director

1918

April Fool

Director

1920

A Dash of Courage

Director

1916

There's Many a Fool

Director

1917

Pie a la Maid

Screenplay

1938

The Stone Age

Director

1922

Nurse to You!

Director

1935

Rolling Stone

Director

1919

Moonshine

Director

1920

The Old Raid Mule

Director

1938

Waltz Me Around

Director

1920

Four Parts

Director

1934

Public Ghost # 1

Director

1935

In the Movies

Director

1922

Saved by the Belle

Associate Producer

1939

I'll Take Vanilla

Director

1934

One Night Only

Director

1919

The Dumb-Bell

Director

1922

Blow 'Em Up

Director

1922

What a Whopper!

Director

1921

The Cracked Ice Man

Director

1934

Years to Come

Director

1922

A Nag in the Bag

Director

1938

Luncheon at Twelve

Director

1933

Nature in the Wrong

Director

1933

Fresh Paint

Director

1920

Mystic Mush

Director

1920

Blue Sunday

Director

1921

Violent Is the Word for Curly

Associate Producer

1938

On the Wrong Trek

Director

1936

The Sap Takes a Wrap

Screenplay

1939

Bright and Early

Director

1918

Mutiny on the Body

Director

1939

Another Wild Idea

Director

1934

Tough Luck

Director

1919

His Best Girl

Director

1921

Her Tender Feet

Writer

1919

It Happened One Day

Director

1934

Tell 'Em Nothing

Writer

1926

On Location

Director

1921

Gracie at the Bat

Associate Producer

1937

All at Sea

Director

1919

Hearts and Sparks

Director

1916

How Heroes Are Made

Director

1914

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.