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