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.

Filmography

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