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.

Known For

Customer

Dough and Dynamite

Spectator

Mabel's Busy Day

Actor

The Masquerader

Customer (uncredited)

Sold at Auction!

The Tramp

A Coat's Tale

Charley Chase

Leaping Love

Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)

The King of the Wild Horses

Charley

Sons of the Desert

'Curses!' They Remarked

Jimmy Jump

Sweet Daddy

Glen Harper

Her Dangerous Path

Long Live the King

Jimmy Jump

The Perfect Lady

Jimmie Jump

Love's Detour

Jimmie Jump

Position Wanted

Jimmy Jump

The Royal Razz

Jimmy Jump

Why Men Work

Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband

Bungalow Boobs

Jimmy Jump

Why Husbands Go Mad

Charley

Hard Boiled

Jimmy Jump

The Family Entrance

Charley

What Women Did for Me

The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon

Are Brunettes Safe?

Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)

Merry Widower

Charley

Many Scrappy Returns

Charley

The Lighter That Failed

Charley

Bigger and Better Blondes

All for Nothing

Charley

Imagine My Embarrassment

Charley

Never the Dames Shall Meet

The Family Group

Aching Youth

Charley

The Booster

Charley

Is Everybody Happy?

All Parts

Charley

The Fight Pest

Charley

Ruby Lips

Charley Chase

Loud Soup

Charley Chase

Off to Buffalo

Charley

Thin Twins

Charley - 1st Sailor

Great Gobs!

Charley Chase

On the Wrong Trek

Le joueur de golf

El jugador de golf

Carlos

Locuras de amor

Timide malgré lui

El príncipe del dólar

Carlitos

El alma de la fiesta

Chercheuses d'or

Garde la bombe

Carlos

Monerías

(unconfirmed)

Across the Hall

Where Hazel Met the Villain

Such a Cook

Soldiers of Misfortune

Cop

Those Country Kids

(unconfirmed)

A Gambling Rube

Sophie of the Films #4

The Love Thief

The Anglers

Her Last Chance

Mabel's Boss

Hello, Mabel

Dash, Love and Splash

Customer in Second Group (uncredited)

Zip, the Dodger

Love and Salt Water

The Artist

Only a Farmer's Daughter

The Boy Friend's Chum

How Heroes Are Made

Faro Bill

Stout Hearts But Weak Knees

Other People's Business

Bystander

The Plumber

Audience Member (uncredited)

Droppington's Devilish Deed

The Circus Spieler

A Favorite Fool

Dope fiend

Playmates

Charley

Chased Into Love

Henchman (uncredited)

Ship Ahoy

Mystic Mush

Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)

Way Out West

Live and Learn

Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer

Moonshine

Ship's Officer

Don't Rock the Boat

Her Tender Feet

The Hustler

Kids Is Kids

Blue Sunday

In the Movies

The Stone Age

His Best Girl

Jack Frost

(archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Charley

Fluttering Hearts

Asylum Inmate

Call of the Cuckoo

Mustachioed wedding guest

Thundering Fleas

Nephew

His New Profession

Piano Store Manager

His Musical Career

Diner

The Rounders

Billy Bronx

Mabel's Blunder

Charley

Bromo and Juliet

edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King

Mr. Moose - The Husband

Mighty Like a Moose

Dr. J. Willoughby Klum

Kelly the Second

Cafe Patron - In from the Mines

Leading Lizzie Astray

Ambrose's Buddy

Ambrose's First Falsehood

Jamison

What Price Goofy?

Charley

Seeing Nellie Home

Jimmy Jump

Outdoor Pajamas

Jimmy Jump

The 'Fraidy Cat

Jimmy Jump

A Ten-Minute Egg

Charley

Arabian Tights

Charley Chase

Hasty Marriage

Charley Chase

The Panic Is On

Charley

Whispering Whoopee

The Young Married Man

The Caretaker's Daughter

Melvin

Innocent Husbands

Jimmy Jump

The Rat's Knuckles

Jimmy Jump

April Fool

Charles Chase

Long Fliv the King

The Groom

His Wooden Wedding

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Wilson

Crazy Like a Fox

Thurston

Forgotten Sweeties

Jimmy

Young Oldfield

The Husband

Isn't Life Terrible?

Charley

Dog Shy

Harold, Dora's Suitor

Love, Loot and Crash

Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk

A Versatile Villain

Gladstone, The Great Lover

Tell 'Em Nothing

Charles Chase / Jim Chase

Mama Behave

Charley - the Bashful Clerk

Be Your Age

Charley

Now I'll Tell One

Charley

The Way of All Pants

Top Hat Inebriate

The Glorious Fourth

Jimmy Jump

Too Many Mammas

Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host

Hollywood Party

Pvt. Charley Chase

Rough Seas

Charley

Girl Grief

Jimmie Jump

All Wet

Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

The Groom

Limousine Love

Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)

He's In Again

Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase

High C's

Actor wearing top hat

The Dumb-Bell

Jimmy Jump

Accidental Accidents

Charley

The Pip from Pittsburg

Bearded anarchist

Rolling Stone

Charley Chase

Luncheon at Twelve

Director

Jubilo, Jr.

Charley

The Real McCoy

Jamison Jump

Should Husbands Be Watched?

Charley Chase

Dollar Dizzy

Charley

Poker at Eight

Charley Chase

Fallen Arches

Charley Chase

The Nickel Nurser

3rd Desperado

The Noise of Bombs

Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

The Great Toe Mystery

Charley

Charley My Boy!

Charley Chase

The Cracked Ice Man

Mr. Chase

In Walked Charley

Charley

Rattling Romeo

Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Spectator (uncredited)

The Knockout

Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)

Gentlemen of Nerve

Race Spectator (uncredited)

Mabel at the Wheel

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Those Love Pangs

Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)

Fatty’s Faithful Fido

Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)

That Little Band Of Gold

Audience Spectator (uncredited)

A One Night Stand

Jimmy Jump

No Father to Guide Him

Charley Chase

Fate's Fathead

Charley Chase

Movie Night

Charley

Looser Than Loose

Jimmie Jump

Is Marriage the Bunk?

Charley Chase

Teacher's Pest

Noisy

The Heckler

Charley Chase

The Chump Takes a Bump

Charley

The Awful Goof

Charley

His Bridal Fright

Charley Chase

South of the Boudoir

Charley

Time Out for Trouble

Charley Chase

Skinny the Moocher

Charley

Pie a la Maid

Charley Chase

The Mind Needer

Charley

The Sap Takes a Wrap

Racetrack Announcer (voice)

A Nag in the Bag

Professor Chase

The Nightshirt Bandit

Charles Clayfoot Chase

Man Bites Lovebug

Charley 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

The Uneasy Three

Jimmy Jump

Sittin' Pretty

The Suitor

Love in Armor

Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Love, Speed and Thrills

Jimmie Jump

The Poor Fish

The Suitor

Married to Order

A Young Boarder

The Rent Jumpers

Boyfriend

Settled at the Seaside

Mr Chase

All Teed Up

The Accordian Player Boarder

Peanuts and Bullets

Lizzie's Boy Friend

A Lucky Leap

The Traveler

Colored Villainy

Charley

The Big Squawk

Charley

Snappy Sneezer

Charley Chase

The Count Takes the Count

Charley Chase

Fifty Million Husbands

(archive footage)

4 Clowns

Jimmy Jump

At First Sight

Jimmie

Bad Boy

Sgt. Chase

First in War

Charley Chase

Nature in the Wrong

Charley Chase

The Chases of Pimple Street

Charley

Midsummer Mush

Fearless

Young Ironsides

Charley

The Four Star Boarder

Charley

Nurse to You!

Big Game

Jimmy Jump

Just a Real Good Car

The False Friend

He Wouldn't Stay Down

Jimmy Jump

One of the Family

Powder and Smoke

Jimmie Jump

Hard Knocks

Don't Forget

Jimmy Jump

Publicity Pays

The Husband's Pal

He Loved the Ladies

Jeffries, Jr.

When Spirits Move

Charley / Francisco Murietta

The Tabasco Kid

Charley

Another Wild Idea

Charley

Mr. Bride

Charles A. Chase

Thundering Tenors

Self (archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

The Star Boarder

Hash House Mashers

Chubby (singing voice)

Little Daddy

Jimmy Jump

Big Red Riding Hood

Jimmy Jump

Stolen Goods

Jimmy Jump

Fighting Fluid

Jimmy Jump

Hello Baby!

Charlie - the Son

Mum's the Word

Jimmy Jump

Just a Minute

Jimmy Jump

Looking for Sally

Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase

Southern Exposure

Party Guest (uncredited)

Fatty's Magic Pants

Charley

Girl Shock

Charley

Fast Work

Supporting Character

April Fool

Charley

There Ain't No Santa Claus

Charley

Four Parts

Charley

Us

Charley - the Husband

Assistant Wives

Charley

Crazy Feet

Charley

Something Simple

Charley

The Sting of Stings

All at Sea

The Art Teacher

Cursed by His Beauty

Charley Chase

Public Ghost # 1

Charley Chase

Neighborhood House

Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.

One of the Smiths

Charley Chase

What a Bozo!

Duke Chase

Skip the Maloo!

Charley Chase

La señorita de Chicago

archive footage

The Golden Age of Comedy

Italian Love

Charley

Chasing Husbands

Charley

Now We'll Tell One

Charley

His Silent Racket

Charley

Sherman Said It

Carlos Chase

Una cana al aire

Charley

Stepping Out

cameo

The Nickel Snatcher

(archive footage)

30 Years of Fun

Why Go Home?

Boarder

Mabel's New Job

Charley

Plain and Fancy Girls

Hello Trouble

John Jones

Modern Love

(archive footage)

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

Charley Chase

Life Hesitates at 40

Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky

A One Mama Man

Charley

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

¡Huye, faldas!

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

287

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-10-19

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Also Known As

Charles Joseph Parrott