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Charley Chase

Acting · Born 1893-10-19 · 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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Credits · 314

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

1992 · (archive footage)

The Three Stooges Follies

1974 · Director

1970 · (archive footage)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

30 Years of Fun

1963 · (archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961 · Self (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King

1960 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957 · archive footage

Off Again, On Again

Open Season for Saps

His Bridal Fright

1940 · Charley

South of the Boudoir

1940 · Charley Chase

1939 · Charley

1939 · Charley Chase

Static in the Attic

Static in the Attic

1939 · Director

Skinny the Moocher

1939 · Charley Chase

1939 · Charley

Saved by the Belle

1939 · Associate Producer

The Chump Takes a Bump

1939 · Charley Chase

Boom Goes the Groom

Boom Goes the Groom

1939 · Director

The Sap Takes a Wrap

1939 · Charley

Mutiny on the Body

Mutiny on the Body

1939 · Director

1938 · Charley

Flat Foot Stooges

A Nag in the Bag

1938 · Racetrack Announcer (voice)

The Nightshirt Bandit

1938 · Professor Chase

1938 · Director

Many Sappy Returns

1938 · Charley Chase

Violent Is the Word for Curly

1938 · Associate Producer

Halfway to Hollywood

Halfway to Hollywood

1938 · Director

1938 · Director

The Mind Needer

1938 · Charley Chase

Tassels in the Air

1938 · Director

Time Out for Trouble

1938 · Charley

The Old Raid Mule

The Old Raid Mule

1938 · Director

Termites of 1938

1938 · Associate Producer

Man Bites Lovebug

1937 · Charles Clayfoot Chase

Oh, What a Knight!

1937 · Director

Gracie at the Bat

1937 · Associate Producer

1937 · Charley Chase

Calling All Doctors

1937 · Charley Chase

The Wrong Miss Wright

1937 · Charley Chase

From Bad to Worse

1937 · Charley Chase

The Grand Hooter

1937 · Charley Chase

Hollywood Party

1937 · Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host

Kelly the Second

1936 · Dr. J. Willoughby Klum

On the Wrong Trek

1936 · Charley Chase

Vamp Till Ready

1936 · Charley

Neighborhood House

1936 · Charley Chase

The Count Takes the Count

1936 · Charley Chase

Public Ghost # 1

1935 · Charley Chase

Life Hesitates at 40

Life Hesitates at 40

1935 · Charley Chase

Manhattan Monkey Business

1935 · Charley

1935 · Charley

The Four Star Boarder

1935 · Charley

Southern Exposure

1935 · Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase

1935 · Charley

1935 · Charley

The Chases of Pimple Street

1934 · Charley Chase

1934 · Charley Chase

You Said a Hatful!

1934 · Charley

Something Simple

1934 · Charley

It Happened One Day

1934 · Charley

Another Wild Idea

1934 · Charley

I'll Take Vanilla

1934 · Charley

1934 · Charley

The Cracked Ice Man

1934 · Charley Chase

Sons of the Desert

1933 · Charley

Luncheon at Twelve

1933 · Charley Chase

Sherman Said It

1933 · Charley

1933 · Charley

1933 · Charley

His Silent Racket

1933 · Charley

The Bargain of the Century

1933 · Director

Nature in the Wrong

1933 · Charley Chase

1933 · Charley Chase

1932 · Charley

Now We'll Tell One

1932 · Charley

1932 · Charley

Young Ironsides

1932 · Fearless

1932 · Sgt. Chase

In Walked Charley

1932 · Mr. Chase

The Nickel Nurser

1932 · Charley Chase

The Tabasco Kid

1932 · Charley / Francisco Murietta

1931 · Charley Chase

1931 · Charley Chase

Skip the Maloo!

1931 · Duke Chase

The Panic Is On

1931 · Charley Chase

One of the Smiths

1931 · Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.

1931 · Pvt. Charley Chase

1931 · Chubby (singing voice)

The lady from Chicago

1931 · Charley Chase

The Pip from Pittsburg

1931 · Charley

The soul of the party

The soul of the party

1931 · Carlitos

Thundering Tenors

1931 · Charles A. Chase

1930 · Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase

A gray in the air

1930 · Carlos Chase

Looser Than Loose

1930 · Charley

1930 · Charley

The prince of the dollar

The prince of the dollar

1930 · Charley Chase

Follies of love

Follies of love

Shy in spite of himself

Shy in spite of himself

1930 · Charley

1930 · Charley

Fifty Million Husbands

1930 · Charley Chase

The golf player

The golf player

1930 · Mr Chase

Whispering Whoopee

1930 · Charley

1930 · Charley

1929 · Charley - 1st Sailor

1929 · Charley

1929 · Charley

1929 · Charley

1929 · John Jones

1929 · Charley Chase

1929 · Charley

1929 · Charley Chase

1929 · Charley

1929 · Charley Chase

1929 · Charley Chase

1929 · Charley

Chasing Husbands

1928 · Charley

1928 · Charley

Is Everybody Happy?

1928 · Charley

Imagine My Embarrassment

1928 · Charley

1928 · Charley

1928 · The Groom

1928 · Charley

The Family Group

All for Nothing

Never the Dames Shall Meet

1927 · Charley

Assistant Wives

1927 · Charley - the Husband

The Way of All Pants

1927 · Charley

Call of the Cuckoo

1927 · Asylum Inmate

Now I'll Tell One

1927 · Charley

The Lighter That Failed

1927 · Charley

The Sting of Stings

1927 · Charley

What Women Did for Me

1927 · Charley

1927 · Charley

The Glorious Fourth

1927 · Top Hat Inebriate

Fluttering Hearts

1927 · Charley

Bigger and Better Blondes

1927 · Charley

Forgotten Sweeties

1927 · Thurston

1927 · Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky

Are Brunettes Safe?

1927 · The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon

Many Scrappy Returns

1927 · Charley

There Ain't No Santa Claus

1926 · Charley

1926 · Charley - the Bashful Clerk

Tell 'Em Nothing

1926 · Gladstone, The Great Lover

Bromo and Juliet

1926 · Charley

Crazy Like a Fox

1926 · Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)

Thundering Fleas

1926 · Mustachioed wedding guest

Mighty Like a Moose

1926 · Mr. Moose - The Husband

Long Fliv the King

1926 · Charles Chase

1926 · Charlie - the Son

1926 · Charley

1926 · Charles Chase / Jim Chase

Charley My Boy!

1926 · Charley

His Wooden Wedding

1925 · The Groom

The Uneasy Three

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925 · The Young Married Man

No Father to Guide Him

1925 · Jimmy Jump

Innocent Husbands

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925 · The Husband

What Price Goofy?

1925 · Jamison

Looking for Sally

1925 · Jimmy Jump

Big Red Riding Hood

1925 · Jimmy Jump

Is Marriage the Bunk?

1925 · Jimmie Jump

1925 · Charley

Should Husbands Be Watched?

1925 · Jamison Jump

Plain and Fancy Girls

1925 · Charley

The Family Entrance

1925 · Jimmy Jump

1925 · Jimmy Jump

1925 · Jimmy Jump

The Rat's Knuckles

1925 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmie Jump

Just a Real Good Car

1924 · Jimmy Jump

Accidental Accidents

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband

Too Many Mammas

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmy Jump

Outdoor Pajamas

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmy Jump

Seeing Nellie Home

1924 · Charley

A Ten-Minute Egg

1924 · Jimmy Jump

Why Husbands Go Mad

Why Husbands Go Mad

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Director

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmy Jump

The King of the Wild Horses

1924 · Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)

The 'Fraidy Cat

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmie Jump

The Perfect Lady

The Perfect Lady

1924 · Jimmy Jump

One of the Family

1924 · Jimmy Jump

Powder and Smoke

1924 · Jimmie Jump

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmy Jump

1924 · Jimmie Jump

Long Live the King

1923 · Director

Jus' Passin' Through

1923 · Director

Her Dangerous Path

1923 · Glen Harper

1923 · Director

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923 · Director

Sold at Auction!

1923 · Customer (uncredited)

Before the Public

Before the Public

1923 · Director

1923 · Director

1922 · Director

1922 · Director

Touch all the Bases

Touch all the Bases

1922 · Director

1922 · Actor wearing top hat

1922 · Director

1922 · Director

1922 · Director

Hot Off the Press

1922 · Director

1922 · Director

1922 · Director

Fifteen Minutes

1921 · Director

What a Whopper!

What a Whopper!

1921 · Director

At the Ringside

At the Ringside

1921 · Director

1921 · Director

1921 · Director

1921 · Director

1920 · Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer

1920 · Supporting Character

Married to Order

1920 · The Suitor

1920 · Director

1920 · Director

1920 · Director

Don't Rock the Boat

Don't Rock the Boat

1920 · Ship's Officer

1920 · Director

1920 · Director

1920 · Director

Waltz Me Around

1920 · Director

Getting His Goat

Getting His Goat

1920 · Director

Red Hot Hottentotts

Red Hot Hottentotts

1920 · Director

The Floor Below

The Floor Below

1919 · Director

1919 · Director

Order in the Court

Order in the Court

1919 · Director

Giving the Bride Away

Giving the Bride Away

1919 · Director

1919 · Director

Don't Park Here

1919 · Director

Her Tender Feet

Her Tender Feet

Her First False Hare

1919 · Director

1919 · Director

1919 · Henchman (uncredited)

Hop to It, Bellhop

Hop to It, Bellhop

1919 · Director

1919 · Bearded anarchist

1918 · Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)

1918 · Director

1918 · Dope fiend

Bright and Early

1918 · Director

The Cloud Puncher

1917 · Director

A Hash House Fraud

1915 · Director

A Versatile Villain

1915 · Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk

Love, Loot and Crash

1915 · Harold, Dora's Suitor

The Rent Jumpers

1915 · A Young Boarder

Settled at the Seaside

1915 · Boyfriend

A One Night Stand

1915 · Audience Spectator (uncredited)

Fatty’s Faithful Fido

1915 · Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)

That Little Band Of Gold

1915 · Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)

1915 · The Suitor

Love, Speed and Thrills

1915 · Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Hash House Mashers

1915 · The Star Boarder

Peanuts and Bullets

1915 · The Accordian Player Boarder

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914 · Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)

Fatty's Magic Pants

1914 · Party Guest (uncredited)

Ambrose's First Falsehood

1914 · Ambrose's Buddy

1914 · Bystander

Leading Lizzie Astray

1914 · Cafe Patron - In from the Mines

The Noise of Bombs

1914 · 3rd Desperado

His Musical Career

1914 · Piano Store Manager

'Curses!' They Remarked

'Curses!' They Remarked

Gentlemen of Nerve

1914 · Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)

Dough and Dynamite

1914 · Customer

Dash, Love and Splash

Dash, Love and Splash

Those Love Pangs

1914 · Movie Patron (uncredited)

1914 · Mabel's Boss

He Loved the Ladies

He Loved the Ladies

1914 · The Husband's Pal

Mabel's Blunder

1914 · Billy Bronx

His New Profession

The Masquerader

Those Country Kids

The Great Toe Mystery

1914 · Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

Sophie of the Films #4

Sophie of the Films #4

Mabel's Busy Day

1914 · Spectator

Love and Salt Water

Love and Salt Water

1914 · Spectator (uncredited)

Where Hazel Met the Villain

Where Hazel Met the Villain

Mabel at the Wheel

1914 · Race Spectator (uncredited)

Across the Hall

Across the Hall

1914 · (unconfirmed)

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