Charley Chase
Known for
Acting
Life
1893 – 1940 (aged 46)
Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Credits
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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
Sons of the Desert
29 Dec 1933
Tillie's Punctured Romance
21 Dec 1914
The Masquerader
27 Aug 1914
The Rounders
07 Sep 1914
His New Profession
31 Aug 1914
Those Love Pangs
10 Oct 1914
The Knockout
11 Jun 1914
Dough and Dynamite
26 Oct 1914
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Filmography
2009
- The Parrott Chaseas (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
- Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screenas (archive footage)
1992
- Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boysas (archive footage)
1970
- 4 Clownsas (archive footage)
1963
- 30 Years of Funas (archive footage)
1960
- When Comedy Was Kingas (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957
- The Golden Age of Comedyas archive footage
1940
- His Bridal Frightas Charley
- South of the Boudoiras Charley Chase
- The Heckleras Noisy
1939
- The Awful Goofas Charley
- Teacher's Pestas Charley Chase
- Skinny the Moocheras Charley Chase
- Rattling Romeoas Charley
- The Chump Takes a Bumpas Charley Chase
- The Sap Takes a Wrapas Charley
1938
- Pie a la Maidas Charley
- A Nag in the Bagas Racetrack Announcer (voice)
- The Nightshirt Banditas Professor Chase
- Many Sappy Returnsas Charley Chase
- The Mind Neederas Charley Chase
- Time Out for Troubleas Charley
1937
- Man Bites Lovebugas Charles Clayfoot Chase
- The Big Squirtas Charley Chase
- Calling All Doctorsas Charley Chase
- The Wrong Miss Wrightas Charley Chase
- From Bad to Worseas Charley Chase
- The Grand Hooteras Charley Chase
- Hollywood Partyas Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
1936
- Kelly the Secondas Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
- On the Wrong Trekas Charley Chase
- Vamp Till Readyas Charley
- Neighborhood Houseas Charley Chase
- The Count Takes the Countas Charley Chase
1935
- Public Ghost # 1as Charley Chase
- Life Hesitates at 40as Charley Chase
- Manhattan Monkey Businessas Charley
- Nurse to You!as Charley
- The Four Star Boarderas Charley
- Southern Exposureas Colonel Charley Chase
- Poker at Eightas Charley
- Okay Toots!as Charley
1934
- The Chases of Pimple Streetas Charley Chase
- Fate's Fatheadas Charley Chase
- You Said a Hatful!as Charley
- Something Simpleas Charley
- It Happened One Dayas Charley
- Another Wild Ideaas Charley
- I'll Take Vanillaas Charley
- Four Partsas Charley
- The Cracked Ice Manas Charley Chase
1933
- Sons of the Desertas Charley
- Luncheon at Twelveas Charley Chase
- Sherman Said Itas Charley
- Midsummer Mushas Charley
- Arabian Tightsas Charley
- His Silent Racketas Charley
- Nature in the Wrongas Charley Chase
- Fallen Archesas Charley Chase
1932
- Mr. Brideas Charley
- Now We'll Tell Oneas Charley
- Girl Griefas Charley
- Young Ironsidesas Fearless
- First in Waras Sgt. Chase
- In Walked Charleyas Mr. Chase
- The Nickel Nurseras Charley Chase
- The Tabasco Kidas Charley
1931
- Hasty Marriageas Charley Chase
- What a Bozo!as Charley Chase
- Skip the Maloo!as Duke Chase
- The Panic Is Onas Charley Chase
- One of the Smithsas Charley Chase
- Rough Seasas Pvt. Charley Chase
- Messing Aroundas Carlos
- Little Daddyas Chubby (singing voice)
- The lady from Chicagoas Charley Chase
- The Pip from Pittsburgas Charley
- The soul of the partyas Carlitos
- Thundering Tenorsas Charles A. Chase
1930
- High C'sas Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
- A gray in the airas Carlos Chase
- Keep the Bomb
- Looser Than Looseas Charley
- Hey, skirts!as Charley
- The prince of the dollar
- Gold Diggers
- Dollar Dizzyas Charley Chase
- Follies of loveas Carlos
- Shy in spite of himself
- Girl Shockas Charley
- Fast Workas Charley
- Fifty Million Husbandsas Charley Chase
- The golf player
- The golfer
- All Teed Upas Mr Chase
- Whispering Whoopeeas Charley
- The Real McCoyas Charley
1929
- Great Gobs!as Charley - 1st Sailor
- Stepping Outas Charley
- Crazy Feetas Charley
- Snappy Sneezeras Charley
- Modern Loveas John Jones
- Leaping Loveas Charley Chase
- The Big Squawkas Charley
- Movie Nightas Charley Chase
- Thin Twinsas Charley
- Loud Soupas Charley Chase
- Off to Buffaloas Charley Chase
- Ruby Lipsas Charley
1928
- Chasing Husbandsas Charley
- The Boosteras Charley
- All Parts
- Is Everybody Happy?as Charley
- Imagine My Embarrassmentas Charley
- The Fight Pestas Charley
- Limousine Loveas The Groom
- Aching Youthas Charley
- The Family Group
- All for Nothing
1927
- Never the Dames Shall Meetas Charley
- Assistant Wivesas Charley - the Husband
- The Way of All Pantsas Charley
- Call of the Cuckooas Asylum Inmate
- Now I'll Tell Oneas Charley
- The Lighter That Failedas Charley
- The Sting of Stingsas Charley
- What Women Did for Meas Charley
- Usas Charley
- The Glorious Fourthas Top Hat Inebriate
- Fluttering Heartsas Charley
- Bigger and Better Blondesas Charley
- Forgotten Sweetiesas Thurston
- A One Mama Manas Willie Shoemaker
- Are Brunettes Safe?as The Newspaper Columnist
- Many Scrappy Returnsas Charley
1926
- There Ain't No Santa Clausas Charley
- Be Your Ageas Charley - the Bashful Clerk
- Tell 'Em Nothingas Gladstone, The Great Lover
- Bromo and Julietas Charley
- Crazy Like a Foxas Wilson
- Merry Widoweras Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
- Thundering Fleasas Mustachioed wedding guest
- Mighty Like a Mooseas Mr. Moose - The Husband
- Long Fliv the Kingas Charles Chase
- Mum's the Wordas Charlie - the Son
- Dog Shyas Charley
- Mama Behaveas Charles Chase
- Charley My Boy!as Charley
1925
- His Wooden Weddingas The Groom
- The Uneasy Three
- The Caretaker's Daughteras The Young Married Man
- No Father to Guide Himas Jimmy Jump
- Innocent Husbandsas Melvin
- Isn't Life Terrible?as The Husband
- What Price Goofy?as Jamison
- Looking for Sallyas Jimmy Jump
- Big Red Riding Hoodas Jimmy Jump
- Bad Boyas Jimmie
- Is Marriage the Bunk?as Jimmie Jump
- Hard Boiledas Charley
- Should Husbands Be Watched?as Jamison Jump
- Plain and Fancy Girlsas Charley
- The Family Entranceas Jimmy Jump
- Fighting Fluidas Jimmy Jump
- Hello Baby!as Jimmy Jump
- The Rat's Knucklesas Jimmy Jump
1924
- The Royal Razzas Jimmy Jump
- The Poor Fishas Jimmie Jump
- Just a Real Good Caras Jimmy Jump
- Accidental Accidentsas Jimmy Jump
- Bungalow Boobsas Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
- Too Many Mammasas Jimmy Jump
- Sittin' Prettyas Jimmy Jump
- Outdoor Pajamasas Jimmy Jump
- Why Men Workas Jimmy Jump
- Sweet Daddyas Jimmy Jump
- Seeing Nellie Homeas Charley
- A Ten-Minute Eggas Jimmy Jump
- Why Husbands Go Madas Jimmy Jump
- Stolen Goodsas Jimmy Jump
- Jubilo, Jr.as Director
- Young Oldfieldas Jimmy
- Position Wantedas Jimmie Jump
- April Foolas Jimmy Jump
- Publicity Paysas Jimmy Jump
- The King of the Wild Horsesas Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
- The 'Fraidy Catas Jimmy Jump
- Love's Detouras Jimmie Jump
- The Perfect Ladyas Jimmy Jump
- One of the Familyas Jimmy Jump
- Powder and Smoke
- Hard Knocksas Jimmie Jump
- Don't Forget
- Jeffries, Jr.
- Just a Minuteas Jimmy Jump
- At First Sightas Jimmy Jump
- All Wetas Jimmie Jump
1923
- Long Live the King
- Her Dangerous Pathas Glen Harper
- Jack Frost
- Sold at Auction!as Customer (uncredited)
1922
- The Stone Age
- The Dumb-Bellas Actor wearing top hat
- In the Movies
1920
- Moonshineas Scorekeeper
- April Foolas Supporting Character
- Married to Orderas The Suitor
- Kids Is Kids
- Live and Learn
- Don't Rock the Boatas Ship's Officer
- Italian Love
- Why Go Home?
- Way Out Westas Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
- Mystic Mush
- When Spirits Move
- The Nickel Snatcheras cameo
1919
- All at Sea
- Her Tender Feet
- Ship Ahoyas Henchman (uncredited)
- Rolling Stoneas Bearded anarchist
1918
- He's In Againas Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
- Hello Trouble
- Playmatesas Dope fiend
1917
- Chased Into Loveas Charley
1915
- A Favorite Foolas The Circus Spieler
- A Versatile Villainas Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
- Love, Loot and Crashas Harold, Dora's Suitor
- The Rent Jumpersas A Young Boarder
- Droppington's Devilish Deedas Audience Member (uncredited)
- Settled at the Seasideas Boyfriend
- A One Night Standas Audience Spectator (uncredited)
- Fatty’s Faithful Fidoas Fight Spectator
- That Little Band Of Goldas Ticket Box Man
- Love in Armoras The Suitor
- A Lucky Leapas Lizzie's Boy Friend
- He Wouldn't Stay Downas The False Friend
- Colored Villainyas The Traveler
- Love, Speed and Thrillsas Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
- Hash House Mashersas The Star Boarder
- Peanuts and Bulletsas The Accordian Player Boarder
- Only a Farmer's Daughteras The Artist
1914
- Tillie's Punctured Romanceas Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
- Fatty's Magic Pantsas Party Guest (uncredited)
- Ambrose's First Falsehoodas Ambrose's Buddy
- The Plumberas Bystander
- Other People's Business
- Leading Lizzie Astrayas Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
- The Noise of Bombsas 3rd Desperado
- How Heroes Are Madeas The Boy Friend's Chum
- His Musical Careeras Piano Store Manager
- 'Curses!' They Remarked
- Cursed by His Beautyas The Art Teacher
- Gentlemen of Nerveas Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
- Dough and Dynamiteas Customer
- Stout Hearts But Weak Kneesas Faro Bill
- The Love Thief
- Dash, Love and Splash
- Zip, the Dodgeras Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
- The Anglers
- Those Love Pangsas Movie Patron (uncredited)
- Hello, Mabelas Mabel's Boss
- He Loved the Ladiesas The Husband's Pal
- Mabel's Blunderas Billy Bronx
- The Roundersas Diner
- His New Professionas Nephew
- Her Last Chance
- The Masqueraderas Actor
- Those Country Kidsas Cop
- Such a Cook
- A Coat's Taleas The Tramp
- Soldiers of Misfortune
- The Great Toe Mysteryas Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
- Mabel's New Jobas Boarder
- Sophie of the Films #4
- A Gambling Rubeas (unconfirmed)
- Mabel's Busy Dayas Spectator
- Love and Salt Water
- The Knockoutas Spectator (uncredited)
- Where Hazel Met the Villain
- Mabel at the Wheelas Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Across the Hallas (unconfirmed)