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