Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 19, 1893
Place of Birth:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Laurel & Hardy: Year One | |
| 2007 | Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen | (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys | (archive footage) |
| 1970 | 4 Clowns | (archive footage) |
| 1967 | The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | |
| 1963 | 30 Years of Fun | (archive footage) |
| 1961 | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) |
| 1960 | When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) |
| 1957 | The Golden Age of Comedy | archive footage |
| 1942 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) |
| 1940 | The Heckler | Noisy |
| 1940 | South of the Boudoir | Charley Chase |
| 1940 | His Bridal Fright | Charley |
| 1939 | Rattling Romeo | Charley |
| 1939 | The Awful Goof | Charley |
| 1939 | Teacher's Pest | Charley Chase |
| 1939 | The Sap Takes a Wrap | Charley |
| 1939 | Skinny the Moocher | Charley Chase |
| 1939 | The Chump Takes a Bump | Charley Chase |
| 1938 | Time Out for Trouble | Charley |
| 1938 | A Nag in the Bag | Racetrack Announcer (voice) |
| 1938 | The Nightshirt Bandit | Professor Chase |
| 1938 | Pie a la Maid | Charley |
| 1938 | The Mind Needer | Charley Chase |
| 1938 | Many Sappy Returns | Charley Chase |
| 1937 | Hollywood Party | Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host |
| 1937 | The Big Squirt | Charley Chase |
| 1937 | The Wrong Miss Wright | Charley Chase |
| 1937 | From Bad to Worse | Charley Chase |
| 1937 | Man Bites Lovebug | Charles Clayfoot Chase |
| 1937 | Calling All Doctors | Charley Chase |
| 1937 | The Grand Hooter | Charley Chase |
| 1936 | On the Wrong Trek | Charley Chase |
| 1936 | Kelly the Second | Dr. J. Willoughby Klum |
| 1936 | The Count Takes the Count | Charley Chase |
| 1936 | Neighborhood House | Charley Chase |
| 1936 | Vamp Till Ready | Charley |
| 1935 | Poker at Eight | Charley |
| 1935 | The Four Star Boarder | Charley |
| 1935 | Nurse to You! | Charley |
| 1935 | Southern Exposure | Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase |
| 1935 | Public Ghost # 1 | Charley Chase |
| 1935 | Life Hesitates at 40 | Charley Chase |
| 1935 | Okay Toots! | Charley |
| 1935 | Manhattan Monkey Business | Charley |
| 1934 | The Cracked Ice Man | Charley Chase |
| 1934 | Fate's Fathead | Charley Chase |
| 1934 | The Chases of Pimple Street | Charley Chase |
| 1934 | Another Wild Idea | Charley |
| 1934 | Four Parts | Charley |
| 1934 | Something Simple | Charley |
| 1934 | I'll Take Vanilla | Charley |
| 1934 | It Happened One Day | Charley |
| 1934 | You Said a Hatful! | Charley |
| 1933 | Sons of the Desert | Charley |
| 1933 | Arabian Tights | Charley |
| 1933 | Luncheon at Twelve | Charley Chase |
| 1933 | Fallen Arches | Charley Chase |
| 1933 | Midsummer Mush | Charley |
| 1933 | Nature in the Wrong | Charley Chase |
| 1933 | His Silent Racket | Charley |
| 1933 | Sherman Said It | Charley |
| 1932 | Girl Grief | Charley |
| 1932 | The Nickel Nurser | Charley Chase |
| 1932 | In Walked Charley | Mr. Chase |
| 1932 | First in War | Sgt. Chase |
| 1932 | Young Ironsides | Fearless |
| 1932 | Mr. Bride | Charley |
| 1932 | The Tabasco Kid | Charley / Francisco Murietta |
| 1932 | Now We'll Tell One | Charley |
| 1931 | The soul of the party | Carlitos |
| 1931 | Messing Around | Carlos |
| 1931 | The Panic Is On | Charley Chase |
| 1931 | Hasty Marriage | Charley Chase |
| 1931 | Rough Seas | Pvt. Charley Chase |
| 1931 | The Pip from Pittsburg | Charley |
| 1931 | Thundering Tenors | Charles A. Chase |
| 1931 | Little Daddy | Chubby (singing voice) |
| 1931 | The lady from Chicago | Charley Chase |
| 1931 | What a Bozo! | Charley Chase |
| 1931 | One of the Smiths | Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr. |
| 1931 | Skip the Maloo! | Duke Chase |
| 1930 | The golf player | |
| 1930 | The golfer | |
| 1930 | Follies of love | Carlos |
| 1930 | The prince of the dollar | |
| 1930 | Shy in spite of himself | |
| 1930 | Gold Diggers | |
| 1930 | Keep the Bomb | |
| 1930 | Whispering Whoopee | Charley |
| 1930 | High C's | Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase |
| 1930 | The Real McCoy | Charley |
| 1930 | Dollar Dizzy | Charley Chase |
| 1930 | Looser Than Loose | Charley |
| 1930 | All Teed Up | Mr Chase |
| 1930 | Fifty Million Husbands | Charley Chase |
| 1930 | Girl Shock | Charley |
| 1930 | Fast Work | Charley |
| 1930 | A gray in the air | Carlos Chase |
| 1930 | Hey, skirts! | Charley |
| 1929 | Leaping Love | Charley Chase |
| 1929 | Off to Buffalo | Charley Chase |
| 1929 | Ruby Lips | Charley |
| 1929 | Loud Soup | Charley Chase |
| 1929 | Thin Twins | Charley |
| 1929 | Great Gobs! | Charley - 1st Sailor |
| 1929 | Movie Night | Charley Chase |
| 1929 | The Big Squawk | Charley |
| 1929 | Snappy Sneezer | Charley |
| 1929 | Crazy Feet | Charley |
| 1929 | Stepping Out | Charley |
| 1929 | Modern Love | John Jones |
| 1928 | All for Nothing | |
| 1928 | Aching Youth | |
| 1928 | Imagine My Embarrassment | Charley |
| 1928 | Is Everybody Happy? | Charley |
| 1928 | The Fight Pest | Charley |
| 1928 | The Family Group | |
| 1928 | The Booster | Charley |
| 1928 | All Parts | |
| 1928 | Limousine Love | The Groom |
| 1928 | Chasing Husbands | Charley |
| 1927 | What Women Did for Me | Charley |
| 1927 | Are Brunettes Safe? | The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon |
| 1927 | Bigger and Better Blondes | Charley |
| 1927 | The Lighter That Failed | Charley |
| 1927 | Many Scrappy Returns | Charley |
| 1927 | Never the Dames Shall Meet | Charley |
| 1927 | Fluttering Hearts | Charley |
| 1927 | Call of the Cuckoo | Asylum Inmate |
| 1927 | Forgotten Sweeties | Thurston |
| 1927 | Now I'll Tell One | Charley |
| 1927 | The Way of All Pants | Charley |
| 1927 | The Glorious Fourth | Top Hat Inebriate |
| 1927 | Us | Charley |
| 1927 | Assistant Wives | Charley - the Husband |
| 1927 | The Sting of Stings | Charley |
| 1927 | A One Mama Man | Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky |
| 1926 | Merry Widower | Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Thundering Fleas | Mustachioed wedding guest |
| 1926 | Bromo and Juliet | Charley |
| 1926 | Mighty Like a Moose | Mr. Moose - The Husband |
| 1926 | Long Fliv the King | Charles Chase |
| 1926 | Crazy Like a Fox | Wilson |
| 1926 | Dog Shy | Charley |
| 1926 | Tell 'Em Nothing | Gladstone, The Great Lover |
| 1926 | Be Your Age | Charley - the Bashful Clerk |
| 1926 | Mama Behave | Charles Chase / Jim Chase |
| 1926 | Charley My Boy! | Charley |
| 1926 | Mum's the Word | Charlie - the Son |
| 1926 | There Ain't No Santa Claus | Charley |
| 1925 | The Family Entrance | Jimmy Jump |
| 1925 | Hard Boiled | Charley |
| 1925 | What Price Goofy? | Jamison |
| 1925 | The Caretaker's Daughter | The Young Married Man |
| 1925 | The Rat's Knuckles | Jimmy Jump |
| 1925 | Innocent Husbands | Melvin |
| 1925 | His Wooden Wedding | The Groom |
| 1925 | Isn't Life Terrible? | The Husband |
| 1925 | Should Husbands Be Watched? | Jamison Jump |
| 1925 | No Father to Guide Him | Jimmy Jump |
| 1925 | Is Marriage the Bunk? | Jimmie Jump |
| 1925 | The Uneasy Three | |
| 1925 | Bad Boy | Jimmie |
| 1925 | Big Red Riding Hood | Jimmy Jump |
| 1925 | Fighting Fluid | Jimmy Jump |
| 1925 | Hello Baby! | Jimmy Jump |
| 1925 | Looking for Sally | Jimmy Jump |
| 1925 | Plain and Fancy Girls | Charley |
| 1924 | The King of the Wild Horses | Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott) |
| 1924 | Sweet Daddy | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | The Perfect Lady | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Position Wanted | Jimmie Jump |
| 1924 | Love's Detour | Jimmie Jump |
| 1924 | Why Husbands Go Mad | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Why Men Work | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | The Royal Razz | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Bungalow Boobs | Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband |
| 1924 | A Ten-Minute Egg | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Seeing Nellie Home | Charley |
| 1924 | The 'Fraidy Cat | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Outdoor Pajamas | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | April Fool | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Young Oldfield | Jimmy |
| 1924 | Too Many Mammas | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | All Wet | Jimmie Jump |
| 1924 | Accidental Accidents | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Jubilo, Jr. | Director |
| 1924 | Sittin' Pretty | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | The Poor Fish | Jimmie Jump |
| 1924 | At First Sight | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Just a Real Good Car | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | One of the Family | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Powder and Smoke | |
| 1924 | Hard Knocks | Jimmie Jump |
| 1924 | Don't Forget | |
| 1924 | Publicity Pays | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Jeffries, Jr. | |
| 1924 | Stolen Goods | Jimmy Jump |
| 1924 | Just a Minute | Jimmy Jump |
| 1923 | Sold at Auction | Customer (uncredited) |
| 1923 | Her Dangerous Path | Glen Harper |
| 1923 | Long Live the King | |
| 1923 | Jack Frost | |
| 1922 | In the Movies | |
| 1922 | The Stone Age | |
| 1922 | The Dumb-Bell | Actor wearing top hat |
| 1921 | His Best Girl | |
| 1921 | Blue Sunday | |
| 1921 | The Hustler | |
| 1921 | Big Game | |
| 1920 | Don't Rock the Boat | Ship's Officer |
| 1920 | Kids Is Kids | |
| 1920 | Way Out West | Grizzled Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1920 | Live and Learn | |
| 1920 | Mystic Mush | |
| 1920 | Moonshine | Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer |
| 1920 | Married to Order | The Suitor |
| 1920 | When Spirits Move | |
| 1920 | April Fool | Supporting Character |
| 1920 | Italian Love | |
| 1920 | The Nickel Snatcher | cameo |
| 1920 | Why Go Home? | |
| 1919 | Ship Ahoy | Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1919 | Her Tender Feet | |
| 1919 | Rolling Stone | Bearded anarchist |
| 1919 | All at Sea | |
| 1918 | Playmates | Dope fiend |
| 1918 | He's In Again | Piano Player (as Charles Parrott) |
| 1918 | Hello Trouble | |
| 1917 | Chased Into Love | Charley |
| 1915 | Only a Farmer's Daughter | The Artist |
| 1915 | A Favorite Fool | The Circus Spieler |
| 1915 | Droppington's Devilish Deed | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1915 | A Versatile Villain | Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk |
| 1915 | Love, Loot and Crash | Harold, Dora's Suitor |
| 1915 | Fatty’s Faithful Fido | Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited) |
| 1915 | That Little Band Of Gold | Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited) |
| 1915 | A One Night Stand | Audience Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1915 | Love in Armor | The Suitor |
| 1915 | Love, Speed and Thrills | Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
| 1915 | The Rent Jumpers | A Young Boarder |
| 1915 | Settled at the Seaside | Boyfriend |
| 1915 | Peanuts and Bullets | The Accordian Player Boarder |
| 1915 | A Lucky Leap | Lizzie's Boy Friend |
| 1915 | Colored Villainy | The Traveler |
| 1915 | He Wouldn't Stay Down | The False Friend |
| 1915 | Hash House Mashers | The Star Boarder |
| 1914 | Dough and Dynamite | Customer |
| 1914 | Mabel's Busy Day | Spectator |
| 1914 | The Masquerader | Actor |
| 1914 | A Coat's Tale | The Tramp |
| 1914 | 'Curses!' They Remarked | |
| 1914 | Across the Hall | (unconfirmed) |
| 1914 | Love and Salt Water | |
| 1914 | Those Country Kids | Cop |
| 1914 | A Gambling Rube | (unconfirmed) |
| 1914 | Hello, Mabel | Mabel's Boss |
| 1914 | Soldiers of Misfortune | |
| 1914 | Such a Cook | |
| 1914 | Sophie of the Films #4 | |
| 1914 | Dash, Love and Splash | |
| 1914 | Where Hazel Met the Villain | |
| 1914 | Zip, the Dodger | Customer in Second Group (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Anglers | |
| 1914 | Her Last Chance | |
| 1914 | The Love Thief | |
| 1914 | The Plumber | Bystander |
| 1914 | How Heroes Are Made | The Boy Friend's Chum |
| 1914 | Stout Hearts But Weak Knees | Faro Bill |
| 1914 | Other People's Business | |
| 1914 | The Rounders | Diner |
| 1914 | His New Profession | Nephew |
| 1914 | His Musical Career | Piano Store Manager |
| 1914 | Mabel's Blunder | Billy Bronx |
| 1914 | Ambrose's First Falsehood | Ambrose's Buddy |
| 1914 | Leading Lizzie Astray | Cafe Patron - In from the Mines |
| 1914 | The Great Toe Mystery | Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Noise of Bombs | 3rd Desperado |
| 1914 | Gentlemen of Nerve | Spectator at Entrance (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Mabel at the Wheel | Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Tillie's Punctured Romance | Staring Man in Theater (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Knockout | Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Those Love Pangs | Movie Patron (uncredited) |
| 1914 | He Loved the Ladies | The Husband's Pal |
| 1914 | Fatty's Magic Pants | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Cursed by His Beauty | The Art Teacher |
| 1914 | Mabel's New Job | Boarder |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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