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
(1933)
Charley
The Rounders
(1914)
Diner
Full Filmography
Acting
Dough and Dynamite
(1914)
Customer
Mabel's Busy Day
(1914)
Spectator
The Masquerader
(1914)
Actor
How Heroes Are Made
(1914)
The Boy Friend's Chum
Those Love Pangs
(1914)
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Love and Salt Water
(1914)
Cursed by His Beauty
(1914)
The Art Teacher
Mabel's New Job
(1914)
Boarder
'Curses!' They Remarked
(1914)
The Rounders
(1914)
Diner
His New Profession
(1914)
Nephew
His Musical Career
(1914)
Piano Store Manager
Mabel's Blunder
(1914)
Billy Bronx
The Love Thief
(1914)
Other People's Business
(1914)
The Plumber
(1914)
Bystander
Fatty's Magic Pants
(1914)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sophie of the Films #4
(1914)
Ambrose's First Falsehood
(1914)
Ambrose's Buddy
Across the Hall
(1914)
(unconfirmed)
Leading Lizzie Astray
(1914)
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
The Anglers
(1914)
Hello, Mabel
(1914)
Mabel's Boss
Such a Cook
(1914)
A Coat's Tale
(1914)
The Tramp
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
(1914)
Faro Bill
The Knockout
(1914)
Spectator (uncredited)
Where Hazel Met the Villain
(1914)
A Gambling Rube
(1914)
(unconfirmed)
The Great Toe Mystery
(1914)
Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
Soldiers of Misfortune
(1914)
Her Last Chance
(1914)
Dash, Love and Splash
(1914)
He Loved the Ladies
(1914)
The Husband's Pal
Those Country Kids
(1914)
Zip, the Dodger
(1914)
Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
(1914)
Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
The Noise of Bombs
(1914)
3rd Desperado
Gentlemen of Nerve
(1914)
Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
(1914)
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Hash House Mashers
(1915)
The Star Boarder
Only a Farmer's Daughter
(1915)
The Artist
Settled at the Seaside
(1915)
Boyfriend
Love, Speed and Thrills
(1915)
Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Love, Loot and Crash
(1915)
Harold, Dora's Suitor
The Rent Jumpers
(1915)
A Young Boarder
He Wouldn't Stay Down
(1915)
The False Friend
A Versatile Villain
(1915)
Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
Colored Villainy
(1915)
The Traveler
A Lucky Leap
(1915)
Lizzie's Boy Friend
Droppington's Devilish Deed
(1915)
Audience Member (uncredited)
A One Night Stand
(1915)
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Peanuts and Bullets
(1915)
The Accordian Player Boarder
That Little Band Of Gold
(1915)
Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
A Favorite Fool
(1915)
The Circus Spieler
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
(1915)
Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
Love in Armor
(1915)
The Suitor
Chased Into Love
(1917)
Playmates
(1918)
Dope fiend
He's In Again
(1918)
Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
Hello Trouble
(1918)
All at Sea
(1919)
Rolling Stone
(1919)
Bearded anarchist
Ship Ahoy
(1919)
Henchman (uncredited)
Her Tender Feet
(1919)
Don't Rock the Boat
(1920)
Ship's Officer
When Spirits Move
(1920)
The Nickel Snatcher
(1920)
April Fool
(1920)
Supporting Character
Kids Is Kids
(1920)
Live and Learn
(1920)
Married to Order
(1920)
The Suitor
Moonshine
(1920)
Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
Way Out West
(1920)
Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
Mystic Mush
(1920)
Italian Love
(1920)
Why Go Home?
(1920)
Big Game
(1921)
The Hustler
(1921)
Blue Sunday
(1921)
His Best Girl
(1921)
The Dumb-Bell
(1922)
Actor wearing top hat
In the Movies
(1922)
The Stone Age
(1922)
Her Dangerous Path
(1923)
Glen Harper
Sold at Auction
(1923)
Customer (uncredited)
Long Live the King
(1923)
Jack Frost
(1923)
Why Husbands Go Mad
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Jubilo, Jr.
(1924)
Director
Sweet Daddy
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Powder and Smoke
(1924)
Too Many Mammas
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
All Wet
(1924)
Jimmie Jump
The King of the Wild Horses
(1924)
Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
Love's Detour
(1924)
Jimmie Jump
April Fool
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Young Oldfield
(1924)
Jimmy
Just a Real Good Car
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
One of the Family
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
The Perfect Lady
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
The Poor Fish
(1924)
Jimmie Jump
Bungalow Boobs
(1924)
Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
Sittin' Pretty
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Just a Minute
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Outdoor Pajamas
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Publicity Pays
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Position Wanted
(1924)
Jimmie Jump
Seeing Nellie Home
(1924)
Charley
Don't Forget
(1924)
The Royal Razz
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Jeffries Jr.
(1924)
Hard Knocks
(1924)
Jimmie Jump
A Ten-Minute Egg
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Stolen Goods
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
The 'Fraidy Cat
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Accidental Accidents
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
Why Men Work
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
At First Sight
(1924)
Jimmy Jump
The Uneasy Three
(1925)
Looking for Sally
(1925)
Jimmy Jump
Fighting Fluid
(1925)
Jimmy Jump
Big Red Riding Hood
(1925)
Jimmy Jump
Hello Baby!
(1925)
Jimmy Jump
Hard Boiled
(1925)
Charley
Is Marriage the Bunk?
(1925)
Jimmie Jump
No Father to Guide Him
(1925)
Jimmy Jump
Should Husbands Be Watched?
(1925)
Jamison Jump
Isn't Life Terrible?
(1925)
The Husband
His Wooden Wedding
(1925)
The Groom
The Rat's Knuckles
(1925)
Jimmy Jump
Innocent Husbands
(1925)
Melvin
What Price Goofy?
(1925)
Jamison
The Family Entrance
(1925)
Jimmy Jump
Bad Boy
(1925)
Jimmie
Plain and Fancy Girls
(1925)
Charley
The Caretaker's Daughter
(1925)
The Young Married Man
Merry Widower
(1926)
Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
Mum's the Word
(1926)
Charley
Tell 'Em Nothing
(1926)
Gladstone, The Great Lover
There Ain't No Santa Claus
(1926)
Charley
Long Fliv the King
(1926)
Charles Chase
Dog Shy
(1926)
Charley
Crazy Like a Fox
(1926)
Wilson
Mighty Like a Moose
(1926)
Mr. Moose - The Husband
Charley My Boy!
(1926)
Charley
Thundering Fleas
(1926)
Mustachioed wedding guest
Bromo and Juliet
(1926)
Charley
Be Your Age
(1926)
Charley - the Bashful Clerk
Mama Behave
(1926)
Charles Chase / Jim Chase
Assistant Wives
(1927)
Charley - the Husband
Bigger and Better Blondes
(1927)
Charley
Us
(1927)
What Women Did for Me
(1927)
Charley
The Lighter That Failed
(1927)
Charley
A One Mama Man
(1927)
Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
Many Scrappy Returns
(1927)
Charley
The Glorious Fourth
(1927)
Top Hat Inebriate
The Way of All Pants
(1927)
Charley
Now I'll Tell One
(1927)
Charley
Forgotten Sweeties
(1927)
Thurston
Fluttering Hearts
(1927)
Charley
Call of the Cuckoo
(1927)
Asylum Inmate
Never the Dames Shall Meet
(1927)
Charley
Are Brunettes Safe?
(1927)
The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
The Sting of Stings
(1927)
Charley
The Family Group
(1928)
All Parts
(1928)
All for Nothing
(1928)
The Fight Pest
(1928)
Charley
The Booster
(1928)
Charley
Is Everybody Happy?
(1928)
Charley
Aching Youth
(1928)
Limousine Love
(1928)
The Groom
Chasing Husbands
(1928)
Charley
Imagine My Embarrassment
(1928)
Charley
Crazy Feet
(1929)
Charley
The Big Squawk
(1929)
Charley
Snappy Sneezer
(1929)
Charley
Ruby Lips
(1929)
Charley
Great Gobs!
(1929)
Charley - 1st Sailor
Loud Soup
(1929)
Charley Chase
Off to Buffalo
(1929)
Charley Chase
Movie Night
(1929)
Charley Chase
Modern Love
(1929)
John Jones
Thin Twins
(1929)
Charley
Leaping Love
(1929)
Charley Chase
Stepping Out
(1929)
Charley
Girl Shock
(1930)
Charley
Fast Work
(1930)
Charley
Fifty Million Husbands
(1930)
Charley Chase
All Teed Up
(1930)
Mr Chase
The golfer
(1930)
Shy in spite of himself
(1930)
Looser Than Loose
(1930)
Charley
The golf player
(1930)
Gold Diggers
(1930)
The prince of the dollar
(1930)
The Real McCoy
(1930)
Charley
Keep the Bomb
(1930)
Dollar Dizzy
(1930)
Charley Chase
High C's
(1930)
Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
Whispering Whoopee
(1930)
Charley
Hey, skirts!
(1930)
Charley
Follies of love
(1930)
Carlos
A gray in the air
(1930)
Carlos Chase
Skip the Maloo!
(1931)
Duke Chase
Little Daddy
(1931)
Chubby (singing voice)
Thundering Tenors
(1931)
Charles A. Chase
One of the Smiths
(1931)
Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
The Pip from Pittsburg
(1931)
Charley
Rough Seas
(1931)
Pvt. Charley Chase
The Panic Is On
(1931)
Charley Chase
The soul of the party
(1931)
Carlitos
Hasty Marriage
(1931)
Charley Chase
What a Bozo!
(1931)
Charley Chase
Messing Around
(1931)
Carlos
The lady from Chicago
(1931)
Charley Chase
The Tabasco Kid
(1932)
Charley / Francisco Murietta
Mr. Bride
(1932)
Charley
First in War
(1932)
Sgt. Chase
Young Ironsides
(1932)
Fearless
In Walked Charley
(1932)
Mr. Chase
The Nickel Nurser
(1932)
Charley Chase
Girl Grief
(1932)
Charley
Now We'll Tell One
(1932)
Charley
Midsummer Mush
(1933)
Charley
Nature in the Wrong
(1933)
Charley Chase
Fallen Arches
(1933)
Charley Chase
Luncheon at Twelve
(1933)
Charley Chase
Arabian Tights
(1933)
Charley
Sons of the Desert
(1933)
Charley
Sherman Said It
(1933)
Charley
His Silent Racket
(1933)
Charley
Something Simple
(1934)
Charley
Four Parts
(1934)
Charley
Another Wild Idea
(1934)
Charley
The Chases of Pimple Street
(1934)
Charley Chase
Fate's Fathead
(1934)
Charley Chase
The Cracked Ice Man
(1934)
Charley Chase
You Said a Hatful!
(1934)
Charley
It Happened One Day
(1934)
Charley
I'll Take Vanilla
(1934)
Charley
Public Ghost # 1
(1935)
Charley Chase
Southern Exposure
(1935)
Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
Nurse to You!
(1935)
Charley
The Four Star Boarder
(1935)
Charley
Poker at Eight
(1935)
Charley
Okay Toots!
(1935)
Charley
Life Hesitates at 40
(1935)
Charley Chase
Manhattan Monkey Business
(1935)
Charley
Neighborhood House
(1936)
Charley Chase
The Count Takes the Count
(1936)
Charley Chase
Kelly the Second
(1936)
Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
On the Wrong Trek
(1936)
Charley Chase
Vamp Till Ready
(1936)
Charley
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
The Big Squirt
(1937)
Charley Chase
Man Bites Lovebug
(1937)
Charles Clayfoot Chase
Hollywood Party
(1937)
Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
The Mind Needer
(1938)
Charley Chase
Time Out for Trouble
(1938)
Charley
A Nag in the Bag
(1938)
Racetrack Announcer (voice)
The Nightshirt Bandit
(1938)
Professor Chase
Many Sappy Returns
(1938)
Charley Chase
Pie a la Maid
(1938)
Charley
The Awful Goof
(1939)
Charley
The Sap Takes a Wrap
(1939)
Charley
The Chump Takes a Bump
(1939)
Charley Chase
Skinny the Moocher
(1939)
Charley Chase
Rattling Romeo
(1939)
Charley
Teacher's Pest
(1939)
Charley Chase
South of the Boudoir
(1940)
Charley Chase
The Heckler
(1940)
Noisy
His Bridal Fright
(1940)
Charley
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
(1942)
Self (archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy
(1957)
archive footage
When Comedy Was King
(1960)
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
(1961)
Self (archive footage)
30 Years of Fun
(1963)
(archive footage)
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
(1967)
4 Clowns
(1970)
(archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
(1992)
(archive footage)
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
(2007)
(archive footage)
Directing
Their Fatal Bumping
(1914)
Director
The Love Thief
(1914)
Director
How Heroes Are Made
(1914)
Director
The Anglers
(1914)
Director
He Wouldn't Stay Down
(1915)
Director
A Hash House Fraud
(1915)
Director
Hearts and Sparks
(1916)
Director
A Dash of Courage
(1916)
Director
Chased Into Love
(1917)
Director
His Merry Mix-Up
(1917)
Director
The Cloud Puncher
(1917)
Director
He's In Again
(1918)
Director
Bright and Early
(1918)
Director
Hello Trouble
(1918)
Director
Playmates
(1918)
Director
All at Sea
(1919)
Director
The Flirts
(1919)
Director
Giving the Bride Away
(1919)
Director
Tough Luck
(1919)
Director
Rolling Stone
(1919)
Director
Ship Ahoy
(1919)
Director
The Floor Below
(1919)
Director
Order in the Court
(1919)
Director
Hop To It, Bellhop
(1919)
Director
Her Tender Feet
(1919)
Director
Fresh Paint
(1920)
Director
Waltz Me Around
(1920)
Director
Don't Park Here
(1920)
Director
Kids Is Kids
(1920)
Director
Italian Love
(1920)
Director
April Fool
(1920)
Director
A London Bobby
(1920)
Director
Married to Order
(1920)
Director
Call a Taxi
(1920)
Director
All Dressed Up
(1920)
Director
Moonshine
(1920)
Director
The Nickel Snatcher
(1920)
Director
Mystic Mush
(1920)
Director
Red Hot Hottentotts
(1920)
Director
Getting His Goat
(1920)
Director
When Spirits Move
(1920)
Director
Don't Rock the Boat
(1920)
Director
Fifteen Minutes
(1921)
Director
Rush Orders
(1921)
Director
On Location
(1921)
Director
What a Whopper!
(1921)
Director
At the Ringside
(1921)
Director
Blue Sunday
(1921)
Director
His Best Girl
(1921)
Director
The Old Sea Dog
(1922)
Director
The Stone Age
(1922)
Director
The Dumb-Bell
(1922)
Director
Hot Off the Press
(1922)
Director
Years to Come
(1922)
Director
Full o' Pep
(1922)
Director
365 Days
(1922)
Director
Blow 'Em Up
(1922)
Director
In the Movies
(1922)
Director
Newly Rich
(1922)
Director
Do Me a Favor
(1922)
Director
Before the Public
(1923)
Director
Jack Frost
(1923)
Director
A Tough Winter
(1923)
Director
Jus' Passin' Through
(1923)
Director
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
(1923)
Director
Dear Ol' Pal
(1923)
Director
Sold at Auction
(1923)
Director
Nature in the Wrong
(1933)
Director
Midsummer Mush
(1933)
Director
Luncheon at Twelve
(1933)
Director
The Bargain of the Century
(1933)
Director
His Silent Racket
(1933)
Director
Sherman Said It
(1933)
Director
Something Simple
(1934)
Director
Four Parts
(1934)
Director
The Chases of Pimple Street
(1934)
Director
Another Wild Idea
(1934)
Director
The Cracked Ice Man
(1934)
Director
Fate's Fathead
(1934)
Director
Music in Your Hair
(1934)
Director
It Happened One Day
(1934)
Director
I'll Take Vanilla
(1934)
Director
You Said a Hatful!
(1934)
Director
Public Ghost # 1
(1935)
Director
Southern Exposure
(1935)
Director
Nurse to You!
(1935)
Director
The Four Star Boarder
(1935)
Director
Manhattan Monkey Business
(1935)
Director
Poker at Eight
(1935)
Director
Life Hesitates at 40
(1935)
Director
Okay Toots!
(1935)
Director
Neighborhood House
(1936)
Director
The Count Takes the Count
(1936)
Director
Vamp Till Ready
(1936)
Director
On the Wrong Trek
(1936)
Director
Oh, What a Knight!
(1937)
Director
Halfway to Hollywood
(1938)
Director
The Old Raid Mule
(1938)
Director
Ankles Away
(1938)
Director
A Nag in the Bag
(1938)
Director
Violent Is the Word for Curly
(1938)
Director
Mutts to You
(1938)
Director
Tassels in the Air
(1938)
Director
Flat Foot Stooges
(1938)
Director
Boom Goes the Groom
(1939)
Director
Mutiny on the Body
(1939)
Director
Static in the Attic
(1939)
Director
Saved by the Belle
(1939)
Director
Writing
He Wouldn't Stay Down
(1915)
Writer
His Merry Mix-Up
(1917)
Writer
The Cloud Puncher
(1917)
Writer
Chased Into Love
(1917)
Writer
Her Tender Feet
(1919)
Writer
Ship Ahoy
(1919)
Writer
Years to Come
(1922)
Writer
Touch all the Bases
(1922)
Writer
Jus' Passin' Through
(1923)
Story
Crazy Like a Fox
(1926)
Writer
Tell 'Em Nothing
(1926)
Writer
Sons of the Desert
(1933)
Writer
Something Simple
(1934)
Writer
Vamp Till Ready
(1936)
Writer
Neighborhood House
(1936)
Writer
Flat Foot Stooges
(1938)
Writer
Pie a la Maid
(1938)
Screenplay
Many Sappy Returns
(1938)
Story and Screenplay
The Sap Takes a Wrap
(1939)
Screenplay
Open Season for Saps
(1944)
Story
Off Again, On Again
(1945)
Story
Production
Man Bites Lovebug
(1937)
Associate Producer
Gracie at the Bat
(1937)
Associate Producer
Violent Is the Word for Curly
(1938)
Associate Producer
Flat Foot Stooges
(1938)
Associate Producer
Tassels in the Air
(1938)
Associate Producer
Termites of 1938
(1938)
Associate Producer
Mutts to You
(1938)
Associate Producer
Saved by the Belle
(1939)
Associate Producer