Charley Chase
Acting • Born 1893-10-19 – Died 1940-06-20
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
288 credits
Dough and Dynamite
Movie • 1914
Customer
Mabel's Busy Day
Movie • 1914
Spectator
The Masquerader
Movie • 1914
Actor
Sold at Auction!
Movie • 1923
Customer (uncredited)
A Coat's Tale
Movie • 1914
The Tramp
Leaping Love
Movie • 1929
Charley Chase
The King of the Wild Horses
Movie • 1924
Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
Sons of the Desert
Movie • 1933
Charley
'Curses!' They Remarked
Movie • 1914
Sweet Daddy
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Her Dangerous Path
Movie • 1923
Glen Harper
Long Live the King
Movie • 1923
The Perfect Lady
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Love's Detour
Movie • 1924
Jimmie Jump
Position Wanted
Movie • 1924
Jimmie Jump
Why Husbands Go Mad
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Why Men Work
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Bungalow Boobs
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
The Royal Razz
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
The Family Entrance
Movie • 1925
Jimmy Jump
Hard Boiled
Movie • 1925
Charley
What Women Did for Me
Movie • 1927
Charley
Merry Widower
Movie • 1926
Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
Many Scrappy Returns
Movie • 1927
Charley
Are Brunettes Safe?
Movie • 1927
The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
Bigger and Better Blondes
Movie • 1927
Charley
The Lighter That Failed
Movie • 1927
Charley
Never the Dames Shall Meet
Movie • 1927
Charley
All for Nothing
Movie • 1928
The Family Group
Movie • 1928
Aching Youth
Movie • 1928
The Fight Pest
Movie • 1928
Charley
Imagine My Embarrassment
Movie • 1928
Charley
Is Everybody Happy?
Movie • 1928
Charley
All Parts
Movie • 1928
The Booster
Movie • 1928
Charley
Ruby Lips
Movie • 1929
Charley
Off to Buffalo
Movie • 1929
Charley Chase
Loud Soup
Movie • 1929
Charley Chase
Thin Twins
Movie • 1929
Charley
Great Gobs!
Movie • 1929
Charley - 1st Sailor
On the Wrong Trek
Movie • 1936
Charley Chase
The golf player
Movie • 1930
The golfer
Movie • 1930
Shy in spite of himself
Movie • 1930
Follies of love
Movie • 1930
Carlos
The prince of the dollar
Movie • 1930
Gold Diggers
Movie • 1930
Keep the Bomb
Movie • 1930
The soul of the party
Movie • 1931
Carlitos
Messing Around
Movie • 1931
Carlos
Across the Hall
Movie • 1914
(unconfirmed)
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Movie • 1914
A Gambling Rube
Movie • 1914
(unconfirmed)
Sophie of the Films #4
Movie • 1914
Love and Salt Water
Movie • 1914
Soldiers of Misfortune
Movie • 1914
Such a Cook
Movie • 1914
Those Country Kids
Movie • 1914
Cop
Her Last Chance
Movie • 1914
Hello, Mabel
Movie • 1914
Mabel's Boss
The Anglers
Movie • 1914
Zip, the Dodger
Movie • 1914
Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
Dash, Love and Splash
Movie • 1914
The Love Thief
Movie • 1914
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
Movie • 1914
Faro Bill
How Heroes Are Made
Movie • 1914
The Boy Friend's Chum
Other People's Business
Movie • 1914
The Plumber
Movie • 1914
Bystander
Only a Farmer's Daughter
Movie • 1915
The Artist
Droppington's Devilish Deed
Movie • 1915
Audience Member (uncredited)
A Favorite Fool
Movie • 1915
The Circus Spieler
Chased Into Love
Movie • 1917
Charley
Playmates
Movie • 1918
Dope fiend
Ship Ahoy
Movie • 1919
Henchman (uncredited)
Her Tender Feet
Movie • 1919
Don't Rock the Boat
Movie • 1920
Ship's Officer
Live and Learn
Movie • 1920
Kids Is Kids
Movie • 1920
Moonshine
Movie • 1920
Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
Way Out West
Movie • 1920
Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
Mystic Mush
Movie • 1920
His Best Girl
Movie • 1921
Blue Sunday
Movie • 1921
The Hustler
Movie • 1921
In the Movies
Movie • 1922
The Stone Age
Movie • 1922
Jack Frost
Movie • 1923
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Movie • 1992
(archive footage)
Fluttering Hearts
Movie • 1927
Charley
Call of the Cuckoo
Movie • 1927
Asylum Inmate
Thundering Fleas
Movie • 1926
Mustachioed wedding guest
His New Profession
Movie • 1914
Nephew
The Rounders
Movie • 1914
Diner
His Musical Career
Movie • 1914
Piano Store Manager
Mabel's Blunder
Movie • 1914
Billy Bronx
Bromo and Juliet
Movie • 1926
Charley
When Comedy Was King
Movie • 1960
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
Mighty Like a Moose
Movie • 1926
Mr. Moose - The Husband
Kelly the Second
Movie • 1936
Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
Leading Lizzie Astray
Movie • 1914
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Movie • 1914
Ambrose's Buddy
What Price Goofy?
Movie • 1925
Jamison
Seeing Nellie Home
Movie • 1924
Charley
The 'Fraidy Cat
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
A Ten-Minute Egg
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Outdoor Pajamas
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Hasty Marriage
Movie • 1931
Charley Chase
The Panic Is On
Movie • 1931
Charley Chase
Arabian Tights
Movie • 1933
Charley
Whispering Whoopee
Movie • 1930
Charley
The Caretaker's Daughter
Movie • 1925
The Young Married Man
The Rat's Knuckles
Movie • 1925
Jimmy Jump
Innocent Husbands
Movie • 1925
Melvin
April Fool
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Long Fliv the King
Movie • 1926
Charles Chase
His Wooden Wedding
Movie • 1925
The Groom
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Movie • 1967
Crazy Like a Fox
Movie • 1926
Wilson
Forgotten Sweeties
Movie • 1927
Thurston
Young Oldfield
Movie • 1924
Jimmy
Dog Shy
Movie • 1926
Charley
Isn't Life Terrible?
Movie • 1925
The Husband
A Versatile Villain
Movie • 1915
Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
Love, Loot and Crash
Movie • 1915
Harold, Dora's Suitor
Tell 'Em Nothing
Movie • 1926
Gladstone, The Great Lover
Be Your Age
Movie • 1926
Charley - the Bashful Clerk
Mama Behave
Movie • 1926
Charles Chase / Jim Chase
Now I'll Tell One
Movie • 1927
Charley
The Way of All Pants
Movie • 1927
Charley
The Glorious Fourth
Movie • 1927
Top Hat Inebriate
Too Many Mammas
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Hollywood Party
Movie • 1937
Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
Rough Seas
Movie • 1931
Pvt. Charley Chase
Girl Grief
Movie • 1932
Charley
All Wet
Movie • 1924
Jimmie Jump
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie • 1942
Self (archive footage)
Limousine Love
Movie • 1928
The Groom
He's In Again
Movie • 1918
Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
High C's
Movie • 1930
Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
The Dumb-Bell
Movie • 1922
Actor wearing top hat
Accidental Accidents
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
The Pip from Pittsburg
Movie • 1931
Charley
Rolling Stone
Movie • 1919
Bearded anarchist
Luncheon at Twelve
Movie • 1933
Charley Chase
Jubilo, Jr.
Movie • 1924
Director
The Real McCoy
Movie • 1930
Charley
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Movie • 1925
Jamison Jump
Dollar Dizzy
Movie • 1930
Charley Chase
Poker at Eight
Movie • 1935
Charley
Fallen Arches
Movie • 1933
Charley Chase
The Nickel Nurser
Movie • 1932
Charley Chase
The Great Toe Mystery
Movie • 1914
Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
The Noise of Bombs
Movie • 1914
3rd Desperado
Charley My Boy!
Movie • 1926
Charley
The Cracked Ice Man
Movie • 1934
Charley Chase
In Walked Charley
Movie • 1932
Mr. Chase
Rattling Romeo
Movie • 1939
Charley
Gentlemen of Nerve
Movie • 1914
Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
Movie • 1914
Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Knockout
Movie • 1914
Spectator (uncredited)
Those Love Pangs
Movie • 1914
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie • 1914
Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Movie • 1915
Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
That Little Band Of Gold
Movie • 1915
Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
A One Night Stand
Movie • 1915
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
No Father to Guide Him
Movie • 1925
Jimmy Jump
Fate's Fathead
Movie • 1934
Charley Chase
Movie Night
Movie • 1929
Charley Chase
Looser Than Loose
Movie • 1930
Charley
Is Marriage the Bunk?
Movie • 1925
Jimmie Jump
The Heckler
Movie • 1940
Noisy
South of the Boudoir
Movie • 1940
Charley Chase
His Bridal Fright
Movie • 1940
Charley
The Awful Goof
Movie • 1939
Charley
Teacher's Pest
Movie • 1939
Charley Chase
Skinny the Moocher
Movie • 1939
Charley Chase
The Chump Takes a Bump
Movie • 1939
Charley Chase
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Movie • 1939
Charley
Pie a la Maid
Movie • 1938
Charley
A Nag in the Bag
Movie • 1938
Racetrack Announcer (voice)
The Nightshirt Bandit
Movie • 1938
Professor Chase
Many Sappy Returns
Movie • 1938
Charley Chase
The Mind Needer
Movie • 1938
Charley Chase
Time Out for Trouble
Movie • 1938
Charley
Man Bites Lovebug
Movie • 1937
Charles Clayfoot Chase
The Big Squirt
Movie • 1937
Charley Chase
Calling All Doctors
Movie • 1937
Charley Chase
The Wrong Miss Wright
Movie • 1937
Charley Chase
From Bad to Worse
Movie • 1937
Charley Chase
The Grand Hooter
Movie • 1937
Charley Chase
The Uneasy Three
Movie • 1925
Sittin' Pretty
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Love in Armor
Movie • 1915
The Suitor
Love, Speed and Thrills
Movie • 1915
Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
The Poor Fish
Movie • 1924
Jimmie Jump
Married to Order
Movie • 1920
The Suitor
Settled at the Seaside
Movie • 1915
Boyfriend
The Rent Jumpers
Movie • 1915
A Young Boarder
All Teed Up
Movie • 1930
Mr Chase
Peanuts and Bullets
Movie • 1915
The Accordian Player Boarder
Colored Villainy
Movie • 1915
The Traveler
A Lucky Leap
Movie • 1915
Lizzie's Boy Friend
The Big Squawk
Movie • 1929
Charley
Snappy Sneezer
Movie • 1929
Charley
The Count Takes the Count
Movie • 1936
Charley Chase
Fifty Million Husbands
Movie • 1930
Charley Chase
4 Clowns
Movie • 1970
(archive footage)
At First Sight
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Bad Boy
Movie • 1925
Jimmie
First in War
Movie • 1932
Sgt. Chase
Young Ironsides
Movie • 1932
Fearless
Nature in the Wrong
Movie • 1933
Charley Chase
Midsummer Mush
Movie • 1933
Charley
The Chases of Pimple Street
Movie • 1934
Charley Chase
Nurse to You!
Movie • 1935
Charley
The Four Star Boarder
Movie • 1935
Charley
Big Game
Movie • 1921
Just a Real Good Car
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
He Wouldn't Stay Down
Movie • 1915
The False Friend
One of the Family
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Powder and Smoke
Movie • 1924
Hard Knocks
Movie • 1924
Jimmie Jump
Don't Forget
Movie • 1924
Publicity Pays
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
He Loved the Ladies
Movie • 1914
The Husband's Pal
Jeffries, Jr.
Movie • 1924
When Spirits Move
Movie • 1920
Another Wild Idea
Movie • 1934
Charley
Mr. Bride
Movie • 1932
Charley
The Tabasco Kid
Movie • 1932
Charley / Francisco Murietta
Thundering Tenors
Movie • 1931
Charles A. Chase
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Hash House Mashers
Movie • 1915
The Star Boarder
Little Daddy
Movie • 1931
Chubby (singing voice)
Big Red Riding Hood
Movie • 1925
Jimmy Jump
Stolen Goods
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Fighting Fluid
Movie • 1925
Jimmy Jump
Hello Baby!
Movie • 1925
Jimmy Jump
Mum's the Word
Movie • 1926
Charlie - the Son
Just a Minute
Movie • 1924
Jimmy Jump
Looking for Sally
Movie • 1925
Jimmy Jump
Southern Exposure
Movie • 1935
Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
Fatty's Magic Pants
Movie • 1914
Party Guest (uncredited)
Fast Work
Movie • 1930
Charley
Girl Shock
Movie • 1930
Charley
April Fool
Movie • 1920
Supporting Character
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Movie • 1926
Charley
Four Parts
Movie • 1934
Charley
Us
Movie • 1927
Charley
Crazy Feet
Movie • 1929
Charley
Assistant Wives
Movie • 1927
Charley - the Husband
Something Simple
Movie • 1934
Charley
The Sting of Stings
Movie • 1927
Charley
All at Sea
Movie • 1919
Cursed by His Beauty
Movie • 1914
The Art Teacher
Public Ghost # 1
Movie • 1935
Charley Chase
Neighborhood House
Movie • 1936
Charley Chase
One of the Smiths
Movie • 1931
Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
Skip the Maloo!
Movie • 1931
Duke Chase
What a Bozo!
Movie • 1931
Charley Chase
The lady from Chicago
Movie • 1931
Charley Chase
The Golden Age of Comedy
Movie • 1957
archive footage
Italian Love
Movie • 1920
Chasing Husbands
Movie • 1928
Charley
Now We'll Tell One
Movie • 1932
Charley
His Silent Racket
Movie • 1933
Charley
Sherman Said It
Movie • 1933
Charley
A gray in the air
Movie • 1930
Carlos Chase
Stepping Out
Movie • 1929
Charley
The Nickel Snatcher
Movie • 1920
cameo
30 Years of Fun
Movie • 1963
(archive footage)
Why Go Home?
Movie • 1920
Mabel's New Job
Movie • 1914
Boarder
Plain and Fancy Girls
Movie • 1925
Charley
Hello Trouble
Movie • 1918
Modern Love
Movie • 1929
John Jones
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
Movie • 2007
(archive footage)
Life Hesitates at 40
Movie • 1935
Charley Chase
A One Mama Man
Movie • 1927
Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
I'll Take Vanilla
Movie • 1934
Charley
It Happened One Day
Movie • 1934
Charley
You Said a Hatful!
Movie • 1934
Charley
Okay Toots!
Movie • 1935
Charley
Manhattan Monkey Business
Movie • 1935
Charley
Vamp Till Ready
Movie • 1936
Charley
Hey, skirts!
Movie • 1930
Charley
The Parrott Chase
Movie • 2009
Himself - archival footage