Charley Chase
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.
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
19 October 1893
Death Day
20 June 1940
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
Charles Joseph Parrott, Charles Parrott, Charles Parrot, Charley Parrott, Charlie Chase, Charles Chase, Jimmy Jump
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
Dough and Dynamite
1914-10-26Actor
Mabel's Busy Day
1914-06-13Actor
The Masquerader
1914-08-27Actor
Sold at Auction!
1923-05-26Actor, Director
A Coat's Tale
1914-08-08Actor
Leaping Love
1929-06-22Actor
The King of the Wild Horses
1924-04-06Actor
Sons of the Desert
1933-12-29Actor, Writer
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914-11-05
Sweet Daddy
1924-08-17Actor
Her Dangerous Path
1923-08-12Actor
Long Live the King
1923-11-26
The Perfect Lady
1924-02-24Actor
Love's Detour
1924-03-09Actor
Position Wanted
1924-05-25Actor
Why Husbands Go Mad
1924-07-13Actor
Why Men Work
1924-08-31Actor
Bungalow Boobs
1924-10-26Actor
The Royal Razz
1924-12-21Actor
The Family Entrance
1925-02-15Actor
Hard Boiled
1925-03-15Actor
What Women Did for Me
1927-08-14Actor
Merry Widower
1926-08-01Actor
Many Scrappy Returns
1927-01-09Actor
Are Brunettes Safe?
1927-02-06Actor
Bigger and Better Blondes
1927-05-15Actor
The Lighter That Failed
1927-10-01Actor
Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927-12-24Actor
All for Nothing
1928-01-21
The Family Group
1928-02-18
Aching Youth
1928-03-17
The Fight Pest
1928-05-12Actor
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928-09-01Actor
Is Everybody Happy?
1928-09-29Actor
All Parts
1928-10-27
The Booster
1928-11-24Actor
Ruby Lips
1929-01-19Actor
Off to Buffalo
1929-02-16Actor
Loud Soup
1929-03-16Actor
Thin Twins
1929-04-13Actor
Great Gobs!
1929-12-28Actor
On the Wrong Trek
1936-04-18Actor, Director
The golf player
1930-04-19
The golfer
1930-04-19
Shy in spite of himself
1930-08-23
Follies of love
1930-08-27Actor
The prince of the dollar
1930-10-04
Gold Diggers
1930-10-04
Keep the Bomb
1930-11-15
The soul of the party
1931-03-12Actor
Messing Around
1931-04-08Actor
Across the Hall
1914-03-23Actor
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914-04-22
A Gambling Rube
1914-06-15Actor
Sophie of the Films #4
1914-06-26
Love and Salt Water
1914-06-11
Soldiers of Misfortune
1914-07-27
Such a Cook
1914-08-15
Those Country Kids
1914-08-19Actor
Her Last Chance
1914-08-29
Hello, Mabel
1914-10-08Actor
The Anglers
1914-10-12Director
Zip, the Dodger
1914-10-17Actor
Dash, Love and Splash
1914-10-19
The Love Thief
1914-10-22Director
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
1914-10-24Actor
How Heroes Are Made
1914-11-14Actor, Director
Other People's Business
1914-12-07
The Plumber
1914-12-09Actor
Only a Farmer's Daughter
1915-01-09Actor
Droppington's Devilish Deed
1915-04-05Actor
A Favorite Fool
1915-11-14Actor
Chased Into Love
1917-02-12Actor, Director, Writer
Playmates
1918-07-01Actor, Director
Ship Ahoy
1919-02-15Actor, Director, Writer
Her Tender Feet
1919-06-09Director, Writer
Don't Rock the Boat
1920-07-04Actor, Director
Live and Learn
1920-08-01
Kids Is Kids
1920-09-12Director
Moonshine
1920-12-26Actor, Director
Way Out West
1920-01-01Actor
Mystic Mush
1920-01-01Director
His Best Girl
1921-02-27Director
Blue Sunday
1921-06-05Director
The Hustler
1921-12-04
In the Movies
1922-05-28Director
The Stone Age
1922-08-06Director
Jack Frost
1923-07-22Director
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992-04-05Actor
Fluttering Hearts
1927-06-19Actor
Call of the Cuckoo
1927-10-15Actor
Thundering Fleas
1926-07-18Actor
His New Profession
1914-08-31Actor
The Rounders
1914-09-07Actor
His Musical Career
1914-11-07Actor
Mabel's Blunder
1914-09-12Actor
Bromo and Juliet
1926-09-19Actor
When Comedy Was King
1960-03-29Actor
Mighty Like a Moose
1926-07-18Actor
Kelly the Second
1936-08-21Actor
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914-11-30Actor
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914-12-12Actor
What Price Goofy?
1925-06-06Actor
Seeing Nellie Home
1924-07-26Actor
The 'Fraidy Cat
1924-03-29Actor
A Ten-Minute Egg
1924-07-19Actor
Outdoor Pajamas
1924-09-13Actor
Hasty Marriage
1931-12-16Actor
The Panic Is On
1931-08-14Actor
Arabian Tights
1933-06-02Actor, Director
Whispering Whoopee
1930-03-08Actor
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925-10-10Actor
The Rat's Knuckles
1925-01-03Actor
Innocent Husbands
1925-08-01Actor
April Fool
1924-05-18Actor
Long Fliv the King
1926-06-13Actor
His Wooden Wedding
1925-12-19Actor
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967-12-01
Crazy Like a Fox
1926-08-26Actor, Writer
Forgotten Sweeties
1927-04-10Actor
Young Oldfield
1924-06-22Actor
Dog Shy
1926-04-04Actor
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925-07-05Actor
A Versatile Villain
1915-05-29Actor
Love, Loot and Crash
1915-04-23Actor
Tell 'Em Nothing
1926-10-16Actor, Writer
Be Your Age
1926-11-13Actor
Mama Behave
1926-02-27Actor
Now I'll Tell One
1927-10-04Actor
The Way of All Pants
1927-10-28Actor
The Glorious Fourth
1927-06-26Actor
Too Many Mammas
1924-10-12Actor
Hollywood Party
1937-04-03Actor
Rough Seas
1931-04-24Actor
Girl Grief
1932-10-08Actor
All Wet
1924-01-01Actor
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942-01-01Actor
Limousine Love
1928-04-13Actor
He's In Again
1918-12-15Actor, Director
High C's
1930-12-27Actor
The Dumb-Bell
1922-07-16Actor, Director
Accidental Accidents
1924-11-09Actor
The Pip from Pittsburg
1931-03-21Actor
Rolling Stone
1919-01-20Actor, Director
Luncheon at Twelve
1933-12-09Actor, Director
Jubilo, Jr.
1924-06-28Actor
The Real McCoy
1930-02-01Actor
Should Husbands Be Watched?
1925-03-14Actor
Dollar Dizzy
1930-10-03Actor
Poker at Eight
1935-03-09Actor, Director
Fallen Arches
1933-02-04Actor
The Nickel Nurser
1932-03-12Actor
The Great Toe Mystery
1914-07-25Actor
The Noise of Bombs
1914-11-19Actor
Charley My Boy!
1926-01-24Actor
The Cracked Ice Man
1934-01-27Actor, Director
In Walked Charley
1932-04-22Actor
Rattling Romeo
1939-07-14Actor
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914-10-29Actor
Mabel at the Wheel
1914-04-18Actor
The Knockout
1914-06-11Actor
Those Love Pangs
1914-10-10Actor
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914-12-21Actor
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915-03-19Actor
That Little Band Of Gold
1915-03-14Actor
A One Night Stand
1915-03-22Actor
No Father to Guide Him
1925-09-05Actor
Fate's Fathead
1934-11-17Actor, Director
Movie Night
1929-05-11Actor
Looser Than Loose
1930-11-15Actor
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925-03-29Actor
The Heckler
1940-02-16Actor
South of the Boudoir
1940-05-17Actor
His Bridal Fright
1940-07-12Actor
The Awful Goof
1939-12-20Actor
Teacher's Pest
1939-11-02Actor
Skinny the Moocher
1939-09-08Actor
The Chump Takes a Bump
1939-05-05Actor
The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939-03-10Actor, Screenplay
Pie a la Maid
1938-12-25Actor, Screenplay
A Nag in the Bag
1938-11-11Actor, Director
The Nightshirt Bandit
1938-10-27Actor
Many Sappy Returns
1938-08-19Actor, Story, Screenplay
The Mind Needer
1938-04-29Actor
Time Out for Trouble
1938-03-17Actor
Man Bites Lovebug
1937-12-24Actor, Associate Producer
The Big Squirt
1937-09-17Actor
Calling All Doctors
1937-07-22Actor
The Wrong Miss Wright
1937-06-18Actor
From Bad to Worse
1937-06-04Actor
The Grand Hooter
1937-05-07Actor
The Uneasy Three
1925-11-15
Sittin' Pretty
1924-09-27Actor
Love in Armor
1915-03-11Actor
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915-01-18Actor
The Poor Fish
1924-12-07Actor
Married to Order
1920-10-29Actor, Director
Settled at the Seaside
1915-03-28Actor
The Rent Jumpers
1915-04-07Actor
All Teed Up
1930-04-16Actor
Peanuts and Bullets
1915-01-12Actor
Colored Villainy
1915-01-26Actor
A Lucky Leap
1915-02-22Actor
The Big Squawk
1929-05-25Actor
Snappy Sneezer
1929-07-29Actor
The Count Takes the Count
1936-02-22Actor, Director
Fifty Million Husbands
1930-05-23Actor
4 Clowns
1970-09-01Actor
At First Sight
1924-01-12Actor
Bad Boy
1925-04-11Actor
First in War
1932-05-27Actor
Young Ironsides
1932-09-02Actor
Nature in the Wrong
1933-03-18Actor, Director
Midsummer Mush
1933-08-20Actor, Director
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934-12-22Actor, Director
Nurse to You!
1935-10-04Actor, Director
The Four Star Boarder
1935-04-26Actor, Director
Big Game
1921-05-22
Just a Real Good Car
1924-11-27Actor
He Wouldn't Stay Down
1915-02-02Actor, Director, Writer
One of the Family
1924-02-02Actor
Powder and Smoke
1924-02-02
Hard Knocks
1924-02-02Actor
Don't Forget
1924-02-02
Publicity Pays
1924-05-04Actor
He Loved the Ladies
1914-09-21Actor
Jeffries, Jr.
1924-02-02
When Spirits Move
1920-01-01Director
Another Wild Idea
1934-06-16Actor, Director
Mr. Bride
1932-12-24Actor
The Tabasco Kid
1932-01-30Actor
Thundering Tenors
1931-02-07Actor
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961-03-21Actor
Hash House Mashers
1915-01-16Actor
Little Daddy
1931-03-28Actor
Big Red Riding Hood
1925-04-26Actor
Stolen Goods
1924-06-29Actor
Fighting Fluid
1925-02-01Actor
Hello Baby!
1925-01-18Actor
Mum's the Word
1926-05-09Actor
Just a Minute
1924-02-02Actor
Looking for Sally
1925-05-10Actor
Southern Exposure
1935-04-05Actor, Director
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914-12-13Actor
Fast Work
1930-06-28Actor
Girl Shock
1930-08-23Actor
April Fool
1920-11-21Actor, Director
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926-12-12Actor
Four Parts
1934-03-17Actor, Director
Us
1927-08-08Actor
Crazy Feet
1929-09-07Actor
Assistant Wives
1927-12-04Actor
Something Simple
1934-09-08Actor, Writer, Director
The Sting of Stings
1927-09-03Actor
All at Sea
1919-11-02Director
Cursed by His Beauty
1914-10-31Actor
Public Ghost # 1
1935-12-14Actor, Director
Neighborhood House
1936-03-09Actor, Writer, Director
One of the Smiths
1931-05-23Actor
Skip the Maloo!
1931-09-03Actor
What a Bozo!
1931-11-07Actor
The lady from Chicago
1931-03-22Actor
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957-12-26Actor
Italian Love
1920-03-08Director
Chasing Husbands
1928-12-22Actor
Now We'll Tell One
1932-11-19Actor
His Silent Racket
1933-04-29Actor, Director
Sherman Said It
1933-09-02Actor, Director
A gray in the air
1930-11-21Actor
Stepping Out
1929-11-02Actor
The Nickel Snatcher
1920-01-01Actor, Director
30 Years of Fun
1963-02-10Actor
Why Go Home?
1920-01-11
Mabel's New Job
1914-07-16Actor
Plain and Fancy Girls
1925-03-01Actor
Hello Trouble
1918-09-25Director
Modern Love
1929-07-21Actor
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007-12-31Actor
Life Hesitates at 40
1935-11-18Actor, Director
A One Mama Man
1927-03-06Actor
I'll Take Vanilla
1934-05-05Actor, Director
It Happened One Day
1934-07-07Actor, Director
You Said a Hatful!
1934-10-13Actor, Director
Okay Toots!
1935-02-02Actor, Director
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935-11-09Actor, Director
Vamp Till Ready
1936-03-28Actor, Director, Writer
Hey, skirts!
1930-10-06Actor
A Tough Winter
1923-02-04Director
Violent Is the Word for Curly
1938-07-02Associate Producer, Director
Flat Foot Stooges
1938-12-05Writer, Director, Associate Producer
Saved by the Belle
1939-06-30Associate Producer, Director
Tassels in the Air
1938-04-01Director, Associate Producer
Mutts to You
1938-10-14Director, Associate Producer
Gracie at the Bat
1937-10-28Associate Producer
Bright and Early
1918-05-14Director
The Floor Below
1919-12-27Director
All Dressed Up
1920-05-22Director
What a Whopper!
1921-07-30Director
At the Ringside
1921-07-16Director
Years to Come
1922-01-28Director, Writer
Termites of 1938
1938-01-07Associate Producer
Don't Park Here
1919-08-01Director, Writer
Waltz Me Around
1920-02-22Director
The Bargain of the Century
1933-04-08Director
Fresh Paint
1920-03-07Director
Dear Ol' Pal
1923-11-11Director
Jus' Passin' Through
1923-10-14Director, Story
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923-06-24Director
The Flirts
1919-04-08Director
A Hash House Fraud
1915-06-10Director
A London Bobby
1920-08-22Director
Full o' Pep
1922-04-23Director
Blow 'Em Up
1922-02-05Director
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919-02-05Director
The Old Sea Dog
1922-10-14Director
Off Again, On Again
1945-02-16Story
Open Season for Saps
1944-10-27Story
Music in Your Hair
1934-06-02Director
The Cloud Puncher
1917-02-15Director, Writer
His Merry Mix-Up
1917-03-03Director, Writer
Newly Rich
1922-12-10Director
Touch all the Bases
1922-08-13Writer
Rush Orders
1921-04-07Director
Fifteen Minutes
1921-10-29Director
365 Days
1922-09-16Director
Oh, What a Knight!
1937-11-22Director
Halfway to Hollywood
1938-07-01Director
Mutiny on the Body
1939-02-10Director
Static in the Attic
1939-09-22Director
The Old Raid Mule
1938-03-04Director
Ankles Away
1938-05-13Director
Boom Goes the Groom
1939-03-23Director
Their Fatal Bumping
1914-12-24Director
One Night Only
1919-08-01Director
Bone Dry
1922-09-17Director
Coppers and Scents
1919-04-01Director
Her First False Hare
1919-05-01Director
Call a Taxi
1920-07-25Director
On Location
1921-11-06Director
Hot Off the Press
1922-03-26Director
Before the Public
1923-03-04Director
Do Me a Favor
1922-05-21Director
Giving the Bride Away
1919-11-16Director
Order in the Court
1919-11-23Director
Tough Luck
1919-12-21Director
Red Hot Hottentotts
1920-01-04Director
Getting His Goat
1920-02-08Director
A Dash of Courage
1916-05-07Director
Hearts and Sparks
1916-06-04Director
There's Many a Fool
1917-02-19Director, Writer
The Three Stooges Follies
1974-11-01Director
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