Charley Chase

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: Acting

Born: Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1893-10-19

Died: 1940-06-20

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1914	Across the Hall	(unconfirmed)	0
2	1914	Mabel at the Wheel	Race Spectator (uncredited)	56
3	1914	Where Hazel Met the Villain		0
4	1914	Love and Salt Water		0
5	1914	The Knockout	Spectator (uncredited)	57
6	1914	Mabel's Busy Day	Spectator	56
7	1914	A Gambling Rube	(unconfirmed)	0
8	1914	Sophie of the Films #4		0
9	1914	Mabel's New Job	Boarder	0
10	1914	The Great Toe Mystery	Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)	60
11	1914	Soldiers of Misfortune		0
12	1914	A Coat's Tale	The Tramp	0
13	1914	Such a Cook		0
14	1914	Those Country Kids		45
15	1914	The Masquerader	Actor	56
16	1914	Her Last Chance		0
17	1914	His New Profession	Nephew	58
18	1914	The Rounders	Diner	61
19	1914	Mabel's Blunder	Billy Bronx	54
20	1914	He Loved the Ladies	The Husband's Pal	0
21	1914	Hello, Mabel	Mabel's Boss	53
22	1914	Those Love Pangs	Movie Patron (uncredited)	55
23	1914	The Anglers		0
24	1914	Zip, the Dodger	Customer in Second Group (uncredited)	0
25	1914	Dash, Love and Splash		0
26	1914	The Love Thief		0
27	1914	Stout Hearts But Weak Knees	Faro Bill	0
28	1914	Dough and Dynamite	Customer	61
29	1914	Gentlemen of Nerve	Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)	57
30	1914	Cursed by His Beauty	The Art Teacher	0
31	1914	'Curses!' They Remarked		50
32	1914	His Musical Career	Piano Store Manager	59
33	1914	How Heroes Are Made	The Boy Friend's Chum	0
34	1914	The Noise of Bombs	3rd Desperado	50
35	1914	Leading Lizzie Astray	Cafe Patron - In from the Mines	42
36	1914	Other People's Business		0
37	1914	The Plumber	Bystander	0
38	1914	Ambrose's First Falsehood	Ambrose's Buddy	42
39	1914	Fatty's Magic Pants	Party Guest (uncredited)	54
40	1914	Tillie's Punctured Romance	Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)	61
41	1915	Only a Farmer's Daughter	The Artist	0
42	1915	Peanuts and Bullets	The Accordian Player Boarder	50
43	1915	Hash House Mashers	The Star Boarder	35
44	1915	Love, Speed and Thrills	Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)	50
45	1915	Colored Villainy	The Traveler	0
46	1915	He Wouldn't Stay Down	The False Friend	0
47	1915	A Lucky Leap	Lizzie's Boy Friend	0
48	1915	Love in Armor	The Suitor	42
49	1915	That Little Band Of Gold	Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)	51
50	1915	Fatty’s Faithful Fido	Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)	57
51	1915	A One Night Stand	Audience Spectator (uncredited)	50
52	1915	Settled at the Seaside	Boyfriend	50
53	1915	Droppington's Devilish Deed	Audience Member (uncredited)	0
54	1915	The Rent Jumpers	A Young Boarder	47
55	1915	Love, Loot and Crash	Harold, Dora's Suitor	47
56	1915	A Versatile Villain	Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk	42
57	1915	A Favorite Fool	The Circus Spieler	0
58	1917	Chased Into Love	Charley	0
59	1918	Playmates	Dope fiend	60
60	1918	Hello Trouble		60
61	1918	He's In Again	Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)	50
62	1919	Rolling Stone	Bearded anarchist	50
63	1919	Ship Ahoy	Henchman (uncredited)	0
64	1919	Her Tender Feet		0
65	1919	All at Sea		0
66	1920	Mystic Mush		0
67	1920	Way Out West	Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)	0
68	1920	When Spirits Move		0
69	1920	The Nickel Snatcher	cameo	0
70	1920	Why Go Home?		0
71	1920	Italian Love		40
72	1920	Don't Rock the Boat	Ship's Officer	0
73	1920	Live and Learn		0
74	1920	Kids Is Kids		0
75	1920	Married to Order	The Suitor	52
76	1920	April Fool	Supporting Character	55
77	1920	Moonshine	Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer	60
78	1921	His Best Girl		0
79	1921	Big Game		0
80	1921	Blue Sunday		0
81	1921	The Hustler		0
82	1922	In the Movies		0
83	1922	The Dumb-Bell	Actor wearing top hat	60
84	1922	The Stone Age		0
85	1923	Sold at Auction	Customer (uncredited)	45
86	1923	Jack Frost		0
87	1923	Her Dangerous Path	Glen Harper	0
88	1923	Long Live the King		0
89	1924	All Wet	Jimmie Jump	52
90	1924	At First Sight	Jimmy Jump	50
91	1924	One of the Family	Jimmy Jump	50
92	1924	Powder and Smoke		52
93	1924	Hard Knocks	Jimmie Jump	52
94	1924	Don't Forget		45
95	1924	Jeffries, Jr.		50
96	1924	Just a Minute	Jimmy Jump	50
97	1924	The Perfect Lady	Jimmy Jump	0
98	1924	Love's Detour	Jimmie Jump	0
99	1924	The 'Fraidy Cat	Jimmy Jump	68
100	1924	The King of the Wild Horses	Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)	58
101	1924	Publicity Pays	Jimmy Jump	50
102	1924	April Fool	Jimmy Jump	56
103	1924	Position Wanted	Jimmie Jump	0
104	1924	Young Oldfield	Jimmy	50
105	1924	Jubilo, Jr.	Director	58
106	1924	Stolen Goods	Jimmy Jump	50
107	1924	Why Husbands Go Mad	Jimmy Jump	0
108	1924	A Ten-Minute Egg	Jimmy Jump	50
109	1924	Seeing Nellie Home	Charley	50
110	1924	Sweet Daddy	Jimmy Jump	0
111	1924	Why Men Work	Jimmy Jump	0
112	1924	Outdoor Pajamas	Jimmy Jump	50
113	1924	Sittin' Pretty	Jimmy Jump	50
114	1924	Too Many Mammas	Jimmy Jump	44
115	1924	Bungalow Boobs	Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband	0
116	1924	Accidental Accidents	Jimmy Jump	50
117	1924	Just a Real Good Car	Jimmy Jump	35
118	1924	The Poor Fish	Jimmie Jump	50
119	1924	The Royal Razz	Jimmy Jump	0
120	1925	The Rat's Knuckles	Jimmy Jump	68
121	1925	Hello Baby!	Jimmy Jump	55
122	1925	Fighting Fluid	Jimmy Jump	55
123	1925	The Family Entrance	Jimmy Jump	0
124	1925	Plain and Fancy Girls	Charley	0
125	1925	Should Husbands Be Watched?	Jamison Jump	60
126	1925	Hard Boiled	Charley	0
127	1925	Is Marriage the Bunk?	Jimmie Jump	50
128	1925	Bad Boy	Jimmie	67
129	1925	Big Red Riding Hood	Jimmy Jump	50
130	1925	Looking for Sally	Jimmy Jump	62
131	1925	What Price Goofy?	Jamison	65
132	1925	Isn't Life Terrible?	The Husband	58
133	1925	Innocent Husbands	Melvin	62
134	1925	No Father to Guide Him	Jimmy Jump	65
135	1925	The Caretaker's Daughter	The Young Married Man	35
136	1925	The Uneasy Three		0
137	1925	His Wooden Wedding	The Groom	64
138	1926	Charley My Boy!	Charley	53
139	1926	Mama Behave	Charles Chase / Jim Chase	60
140	1926	Dog Shy	Charley	66
141	1926	Mum's the Word	Charlie - the Son	57
142	1926	Long Fliv the King	Charles Chase	56
143	1926	Thundering Fleas	Mustachioed wedding guest	56
144	1926	Mighty Like a Moose	Mr. Moose - The Husband	66
145	1926	Merry Widower	Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)	60
146	1926	Crazy Like a Fox	Wilson	62
147	1926	Bromo and Juliet	Charley	56
148	1926	Tell 'Em Nothing	Gladstone, The Great Lover	42
149	1926	Be Your Age	Charley - the Bashful Clerk	51
150	1926	There Ain't No Santa Claus	Charley	60
151	1927	Many Scrappy Returns	Charley	0
152	1927	Are Brunettes Safe?	The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon	0
153	1927	A One Mama Man	Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky	0
154	1927	Forgotten Sweeties	Thurston	30
155	1927	Bigger and Better Blondes	Charley	0
156	1927	Fluttering Hearts	Charley	50
157	1927	The Glorious Fourth	Top Hat Inebriate	57
158	1927	Us	Charley	5
159	1927	Assistant Wives	Charley - the Husband	0
160	1927	What Women Did for Me	Charley	0
161	1927	The Sting of Stings	Charley	0
162	1927	The Lighter That Failed	Charley	0
163	1927	Now I'll Tell One	Charley	58
164	1927	Call of the Cuckoo	Asylum Inmate	58
165	1927	The Way of All Pants	Charley	62
166	1927	Never the Dames Shall Meet	Charley	0
167	1928	All for Nothing		0
168	1928	The Family Group		0
169	1928	Aching Youth		0
170	1928	Limousine Love	The Groom	57
171	1928	The Fight Pest	Charley	0
172	1928	Imagine My Embarrassment	Charley	0
173	1928	Is Everybody Happy?	Charley	0
174	1928	All Parts		0
175	1928	The Booster	Charley	0
176	1928	Chasing Husbands	Charley	0
177	1929	Ruby Lips	Charley	0
178	1929	Off to Buffalo	Charley Chase	0
179	1929	Loud Soup	Charley Chase	0
180	1929	Thin Twins	Charley	0
181	1929	Movie Night	Charley Chase	60
182	1929	The Big Squawk	Charley	0
183	1929	Leaping Love	Charley Chase	0
184	1929	Modern Love	John Jones	0
185	1929	Snappy Sneezer	Charley	65
186	1929	Crazy Feet	Charley	55
187	1929	Stepping Out	Charley	50
188	1929	Great Gobs!	Charley - 1st Sailor	0
189	1930	The Real McCoy	Charley	65
190	1930	Whispering Whoopee	Charley	58
191	1930	All Teed Up	Mr Chase	33
192	1930	The golf player		0
193	1930	The golfer		0
194	1930	Fifty Million Husbands	Charley Chase	33
195	1930	Fast Work	Charley	65
196	1930	Shy in spite of himself		0
197	1930	Girl Shock	Charley	40
198	1930	Follies of love	Carlos	0
199	1930	Dollar Dizzy	Charley Chase	60
200	1930	The prince of the dollar		0
201	1930	Gold Diggers		0
202	1930	Hey, skirts!	Charley	0
203	1930	Keep the Bomb		0
204	1930	Looser Than Loose	Charley	40
205	1930	A gray in the air	Carlos Chase	0
206	1930	High C's	Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase	38
207	1931	Thundering Tenors	Charles A. Chase	0
208	1931	The soul of the party	Carlitos	0
209	1931	The Pip from Pittsburg	Charley	65
210	1931	The lady from Chicago	Charley Chase	0
211	1931	Little Daddy	Chubby (singing voice)	70
212	1931	Messing Around	Carlos	0
213	1931	Rough Seas	Pvt. Charley Chase	0
214	1931	One of the Smiths	Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.	0
215	1931	The Panic Is On	Charley Chase	20
216	1931	Skip the Maloo!	Duke Chase	0
217	1931	What a Bozo!	Charley Chase	10
218	1931	Hasty Marriage	Charley Chase	65
219	1932	The Tabasco Kid	Charley / Francisco Murietta	0
220	1932	The Nickel Nurser	Charley Chase	10
221	1932	In Walked Charley	Mr. Chase	0
222	1932	First in War	Sgt. Chase	0
223	1932	Young Ironsides	Fearless	0
224	1932	Girl Grief	Charley	50
225	1932	Now We'll Tell One	Charley	0
226	1932	Mr. Bride	Charley	55
227	1933	Fallen Arches	Charley Chase	0
228	1933	Nature in the Wrong	Charley Chase	0
229	1933	His Silent Racket	Charley	100
230	1933	Arabian Tights	Charley	0
231	1933	Midsummer Mush	Charley	50
232	1933	Sherman Said It	Charley	0
233	1933	Luncheon at Twelve	Charley Chase	0
234	1933	Sons of the Desert	Charley	70
235	1934	The Cracked Ice Man	Charley Chase	0
236	1934	Four Parts	Charley	0
237	1934	I'll Take Vanilla	Charley	0
238	1934	Another Wild Idea	Charley	40
239	1934	It Happened One Day	Charley	0
240	1934	Something Simple	Charley	40
241	1934	You Said a Hatful!	Charley	0
242	1934	Fate's Fathead	Charley Chase	0
243	1934	The Chases of Pimple Street	Charley Chase	60
244	1935	Okay Toots!	Charley	0
245	1935	Poker at Eight	Charley	0
246	1935	Southern Exposure	Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase	10
247	1935	The Four Star Boarder	Charley	0
248	1935	Nurse to You!	Charley	0
249	1935	Manhattan Monkey Business	Charley	0
250	1935	Life Hesitates at 40	Charley Chase	0
251	1935	Public Ghost # 1	Charley Chase	40
252	1936	The Count Takes the Count	Charley Chase	50
253	1936	Neighborhood House	Charley Chase	0
254	1936	Vamp Till Ready	Charley	0
255	1936	On the Wrong Trek	Charley Chase	58
256	1936	Kelly the Second	Dr. J. Willoughby Klum	60
257	1937	Hollywood Party	Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host	63
258	1937	The Grand Hooter	Charley Chase	0
259	1937	From Bad to Worse	Charley Chase	0
260	1937	The Wrong Miss Wright	Charley Chase	0
261	1937	Calling All Doctors	Charley Chase	0
262	1937	The Big Squirt	Charley Chase	30
263	1937	Man Bites Lovebug	Charles Clayfoot Chase	50
264	1938	Time Out for Trouble	Charley	30
265	1938	The Mind Needer	Charley Chase	40
266	1938	Many Sappy Returns	Charley Chase	48
267	1938	The Nightshirt Bandit	Professor Chase	0
268	1938	A Nag in the Bag	Racetrack Announcer (voice)	0
269	1938	Pie a la Maid	Charley	0
270	1939	The Sap Takes a Wrap	Charley	0
271	1939	The Chump Takes a Bump	Charley Chase	0
272	1939	Rattling Romeo	Charley	0
273	1939	Skinny the Moocher	Charley Chase	0
274	1939	Teacher's Pest	Charley Chase	0
275	1939	The Awful Goof	Charley	0
276	1940	The Heckler	Noisy	50
277	1940	South of the Boudoir	Charley Chase	0
278	1940	His Bridal Fright	Charley	0
279	1942	Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)	Self (archive footage)	0
280	1957	The Golden Age of Comedy	archive footage	69
281	1960	When Comedy Was King	edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)	67
282	1961	Days of Thrills and Laughter	Self (archive footage)	55
283	1963	30 Years of Fun	(archive footage)	30
284	1967	The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy		60
285	1970	4 Clowns	(archive footage)	75
286	1992	Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys	(archive footage)	65
287	2007	Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen	(archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	No Data	No Data	No Data	No Data