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.
Filmography
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
as (archive footage)
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
as (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as (archive footage)
4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
His Bridal Fright
as Charley
His Bridal Fright
as Charley
South of the Boudoir
as Charley Chase
South of the Boudoir
as Charley Chase
The Heckler
as Noisy
The Heckler
as Noisy
The Awful Goof
as Charley
The Awful Goof
as Charley
Teacher's Pest
as Charley Chase
Teacher's Pest
as Charley Chase
Skinny the Moocher
as Charley Chase
Skinny the Moocher
as Charley Chase
Rattling Romeo
as Charley
Rattling Romeo
as Charley
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Charley Chase
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Charley Chase
The Sap Takes a Wrap
as Charley
The Sap Takes a Wrap
as Charley
Pie a la Maid
as Charley
Pie a la Maid
as Charley
A Nag in the Bag
as Racetrack Announcer (voice)
A Nag in the Bag
as Racetrack Announcer (voice)
The Nightshirt Bandit
as Professor Chase
The Nightshirt Bandit
as Professor Chase
Many Sappy Returns
as Charley Chase
Many Sappy Returns
as Charley Chase
Man Bites Lovebug
as Charles Clayfoot Chase
Man Bites Lovebug
as Charles Clayfoot Chase
The Big Squirt
as Charley Chase
The Big Squirt
as Charley Chase
Calling All Doctors
as Charley Chase
Calling All Doctors
as Charley Chase
The Wrong Miss Wright
as Charley Chase
The Wrong Miss Wright
as Charley Chase
From Bad to Worse
as Charley Chase
From Bad to Worse
as Charley Chase
The Grand Hooter
as Charley Chase
The Grand Hooter
as Charley Chase
Hollywood Party
as Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
Hollywood Party
as Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
Kelly the Second
as Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
Kelly the Second
as Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
On the Wrong Trek
as Charley Chase
On the Wrong Trek
as Charley Chase
Vamp Till Ready
as Charley
Vamp Till Ready
as Charley
Neighborhood House
as Charley Chase
Neighborhood House
as Charley Chase
Public Ghost # 1
as Charley Chase
Public Ghost # 1
as Charley Chase
Life Hesitates at 40
as Charley Chase
Life Hesitates at 40
as Charley Chase
Manhattan Monkey Business
as Charley
Manhattan Monkey Business
as Charley
Nurse to You!
as Charley
Nurse to You!
as Charley
The Four Star Boarder
as Charley
The Four Star Boarder
as Charley
Southern Exposure
as Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
Southern Exposure
as Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
Poker at Eight
as Charley
Poker at Eight
as Charley
Okay Toots!
as Charley
Okay Toots!
as Charley
The Chases of Pimple Street
as Charley Chase
The Chases of Pimple Street
as Charley Chase
Fate's Fathead
as Charley Chase
Fate's Fathead
as Charley Chase
It Happened One Day
as Charley
It Happened One Day
as Charley
Another Wild Idea
as Charley
Another Wild Idea
as Charley
I'll Take Vanilla
as Charley
I'll Take Vanilla
as Charley
Four Parts
as Charley
Four Parts
as Charley
The Cracked Ice Man
as Charley Chase
The Cracked Ice Man
as Charley Chase
Sons of the Desert
as Charley
Sons of the Desert
as Charley
Luncheon at Twelve
as Charley Chase
Luncheon at Twelve
as Charley Chase
Sherman Said It
as Charley
Sherman Said It
as Charley
Arabian Tights
as Charley
Arabian Tights
as Charley
His Silent Racket
as Charley
His Silent Racket
as Charley
Nature in the Wrong
as Charley Chase
Nature in the Wrong
as Charley Chase
Fallen Arches
as Charley Chase
Fallen Arches
as Charley Chase
Mr. Bride
as Charley
Mr. Bride
as Charley
Now We'll Tell One
as Charley
Now We'll Tell One
as Charley
Girl Grief
as Charley
Girl Grief
as Charley
In Walked Charley
as Mr. Chase
In Walked Charley
as Mr. Chase
Hasty Marriage
as Charley Chase
Hasty Marriage
as Charley Chase
What a Bozo!
as Charley Chase
What a Bozo!
as Charley Chase
Skip the Maloo!
as Duke Chase
Skip the Maloo!
as Duke Chase
The Panic Is On
as Charley Chase
The Panic Is On
as Charley Chase
One of the Smiths
as Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
One of the Smiths
as Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
Messing Around
as Carlos
Messing Around
as Carlos
Little Daddy
as Chubby (singing voice)
Little Daddy
as Chubby (singing voice)
The lady from Chicago
as Charley Chase
The lady from Chicago
as Charley Chase
The Pip from Pittsburg
as Charley
The Pip from Pittsburg
as Charley
The soul of the party
as Carlitos
The soul of the party
as Carlitos
Thundering Tenors
as Charles A. Chase
Thundering Tenors
as Charles A. Chase
High C's
as Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
High C's
as Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
A gray in the air
as Carlos Chase
A gray in the air
as Carlos Chase
Keep the Bomb
Keep the Bomb
Looser Than Loose
as Charley
Looser Than Loose
as Charley
Hey, skirts!
as Charley
Hey, skirts!
as Charley
Gold Diggers
Gold Diggers
Dollar Dizzy
as Charley Chase
Dollar Dizzy
as Charley Chase
Follies of love
as Carlos
Follies of love
as Carlos
Shy in spite of himself
Shy in spite of himself
Girl Shock
as Charley
Girl Shock
as Charley
Fast Work
as Charley
Fast Work
as Charley
Fifty Million Husbands
as Charley Chase
Fifty Million Husbands
as Charley Chase
The golf player
The golf player
The golfer
The golfer
All Teed Up
as Mr Chase
All Teed Up
as Mr Chase
Whispering Whoopee
as Charley
Whispering Whoopee
as Charley
The Real McCoy
as Charley
The Real McCoy
as Charley
Great Gobs!
as Charley - 1st Sailor
Great Gobs!
as Charley - 1st Sailor
Stepping Out
as Charley
Stepping Out
as Charley
Crazy Feet
as Charley
Crazy Feet
as Charley
Snappy Sneezer
as Charley
Snappy Sneezer
as Charley
Modern Love
as John Jones
Modern Love
as John Jones
Leaping Love
as Charley Chase
Leaping Love
as Charley Chase
The Big Squawk
as Charley
The Big Squawk
as Charley
Movie Night
as Charley Chase
Movie Night
as Charley Chase
Thin Twins
as Charley
Thin Twins
as Charley
Loud Soup
as Charley Chase
Loud Soup
as Charley Chase
Off to Buffalo
as Charley Chase
Off to Buffalo
as Charley Chase
Ruby Lips
as Charley
Ruby Lips
as Charley
Chasing Husbands
as Charley
Chasing Husbands
as Charley
The Booster
as Charley
The Booster
as Charley
All Parts
All Parts
Is Everybody Happy?
as Charley
Is Everybody Happy?
as Charley
Imagine My Embarrassment
as Charley
Imagine My Embarrassment
as Charley
The Fight Pest
as Charley
The Fight Pest
as Charley
Limousine Love
as The Groom
Limousine Love
as The Groom
Aching Youth
as Charley
Aching Youth
as Charley
The Family Group
The Family Group
All for Nothing
All for Nothing
Never the Dames Shall Meet
as Charley
Never the Dames Shall Meet
as Charley
Assistant Wives
as Charley - the Husband
Assistant Wives
as Charley - the Husband
The Way of All Pants
as Charley
The Way of All Pants
as Charley
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
Now I'll Tell One
as Charley
Now I'll Tell One
as Charley
The Lighter That Failed
as Charley
The Lighter That Failed
as Charley
The Sting of Stings
as Charley
The Sting of Stings
as Charley
What Women Did for Me
as Charley
What Women Did for Me
as Charley
Us
as Charley
Us
as Charley
The Glorious Fourth
as Top Hat Inebriate
The Glorious Fourth
as Top Hat Inebriate
Fluttering Hearts
as Charley
Fluttering Hearts
as Charley
Bigger and Better Blondes
as Charley
Bigger and Better Blondes
as Charley
Forgotten Sweeties
as Thurston
Forgotten Sweeties
as Thurston
A One Mama Man
as Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
A One Mama Man
as Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
Are Brunettes Safe?
as The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
Are Brunettes Safe?
as The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
Many Scrappy Returns
as Charley
Many Scrappy Returns
as Charley
There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Charley
There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Charley
Be Your Age
as Charley - the Bashful Clerk
Be Your Age
as Charley - the Bashful Clerk
Tell 'Em Nothing
as Gladstone, The Great Lover
Tell 'Em Nothing
as Gladstone, The Great Lover
Bromo and Juliet
as Charley
Bromo and Juliet
as Charley
Crazy Like a Fox
as Wilson
Crazy Like a Fox
as Wilson
Thundering Fleas
as Mustachioed wedding guest
Thundering Fleas
as Mustachioed wedding guest
Mighty Like a Moose
as Mr. Moose - The Husband
Mighty Like a Moose
as Mr. Moose - The Husband
Long Fliv the King
as Charles Chase
Long Fliv the King
as Charles Chase
Dog Shy
as Charley
Dog Shy
as Charley
Charley My Boy!
as Charley
Charley My Boy!
as Charley
His Wooden Wedding
as The Groom
His Wooden Wedding
as The Groom
The Uneasy Three
The Uneasy Three
The Caretaker's Daughter
as The Young Married Man
The Caretaker's Daughter
as The Young Married Man
No Father to Guide Him
as Jimmy Jump
No Father to Guide Him
as Jimmy Jump
Innocent Husbands
as Melvin
Innocent Husbands
as Melvin
Isn't Life Terrible?
as The Husband
Isn't Life Terrible?
as The Husband
What Price Goofy?
as Jamison
What Price Goofy?
as Jamison
Looking for Sally
as Jimmy Jump
Looking for Sally
as Jimmy Jump
Bad Boy
as Jimmie
Bad Boy
as Jimmie
Is Marriage the Bunk?
as Jimmie Jump
Is Marriage the Bunk?
as Jimmie Jump
Hard Boiled
as Charley
Hard Boiled
as Charley
Should Husbands Be Watched?
as Jamison Jump
Should Husbands Be Watched?
as Jamison Jump
Fighting Fluid
as Jimmy Jump
Fighting Fluid
as Jimmy Jump
The Rat's Knuckles
as Jimmy Jump
The Rat's Knuckles
as Jimmy Jump
The Royal Razz
as Jimmy Jump
The Royal Razz
as Jimmy Jump
The Poor Fish
as Jimmie Jump
The Poor Fish
as Jimmie Jump
Just a Real Good Car
as Jimmy Jump
Just a Real Good Car
as Jimmy Jump
Accidental Accidents
as Jimmy Jump
Accidental Accidents
as Jimmy Jump
Bungalow Boobs
as Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
Bungalow Boobs
as Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
Too Many Mammas
as Jimmy Jump
Too Many Mammas
as Jimmy Jump
Sittin' Pretty
as Jimmy Jump
Sittin' Pretty
as Jimmy Jump
Outdoor Pajamas
as Jimmy Jump
Outdoor Pajamas
as Jimmy Jump
Why Men Work
as Jimmy Jump
Why Men Work
as Jimmy Jump
Sweet Daddy
as Jimmy Jump
Sweet Daddy
as Jimmy Jump
A Ten-Minute Egg
as Jimmy Jump
A Ten-Minute Egg
as Jimmy Jump
Stolen Goods
as Jimmy Jump
Stolen Goods
as Jimmy Jump
Jubilo, Jr.
as Director
Jubilo, Jr.
as Director
Young Oldfield
as Jimmy
Young Oldfield
as Jimmy
Position Wanted
as Jimmie Jump
Position Wanted
as Jimmie Jump
Publicity Pays
as Jimmy Jump
Publicity Pays
as Jimmy Jump
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Jimmy Jump
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Jimmy Jump
Love's Detour
as Jimmie Jump
Love's Detour
as Jimmie Jump
The Perfect Lady
as Jimmy Jump
The Perfect Lady
as Jimmy Jump
One of the Family
as Jimmy Jump
One of the Family
as Jimmy Jump
Powder and Smoke
Powder and Smoke
Hard Knocks
as Jimmie Jump
Hard Knocks
as Jimmie Jump
Don't Forget
Don't Forget
Jeffries, Jr.
Jeffries, Jr.
At First Sight
as Jimmy Jump
At First Sight
as Jimmy Jump
Long Live the King
Long Live the King
Her Dangerous Path
as Glen Harper
Her Dangerous Path
as Glen Harper
Sold at Auction!
as Customer (uncredited)
Sold at Auction!
as Customer (uncredited)
The Stone Age
The Stone Age
The Dumb-Bell
as Actor wearing top hat
The Dumb-Bell
as Actor wearing top hat
In the Movies
In the Movies
The Hustler
The Hustler
Big Game
Big Game
His Best Girl
His Best Girl
April Fool
as Supporting Character
April Fool
as Supporting Character
Kids Is Kids
Kids Is Kids
Italian Love
Italian Love
Why Go Home?
Why Go Home?
Way Out West
as Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
Way Out West
as Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
When Spirits Move
When Spirits Move
The Nickel Snatcher
as cameo
The Nickel Snatcher
as cameo
All at Sea
All at Sea
Hello Trouble
Hello Trouble
Playmates
as Dope fiend
Playmates
as Dope fiend
A Favorite Fool
as The Circus Spieler
A Favorite Fool
as The Circus Spieler
A Versatile Villain
as Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
A Versatile Villain
as Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
Love, Loot and Crash
as Harold, Dora's Suitor
Love, Loot and Crash
as Harold, Dora's Suitor
The Rent Jumpers
as A Young Boarder
The Rent Jumpers
as A Young Boarder
Droppington's Devilish Deed
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Droppington's Devilish Deed
as Audience Member (uncredited)
A One Night Stand
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
A One Night Stand
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
as Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
as Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
That Little Band Of Gold
as Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
That Little Band Of Gold
as Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
Love in Armor
as The Suitor
Love in Armor
as The Suitor
A Lucky Leap
as Lizzie's Boy Friend
A Lucky Leap
as Lizzie's Boy Friend
Love, Speed and Thrills
as Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Love, Speed and Thrills
as Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Peanuts and Bullets
as The Accordian Player Boarder
Peanuts and Bullets
as The Accordian Player Boarder
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
Fatty's Magic Pants
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Fatty's Magic Pants
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Ambrose's Buddy
Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Ambrose's Buddy
Leading Lizzie Astray
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
Leading Lizzie Astray
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
The Noise of Bombs
as 3rd Desperado
The Noise of Bombs
as 3rd Desperado
His Musical Career
as Piano Store Manager
His Musical Career
as Piano Store Manager
'Curses!' They Remarked
'Curses!' They Remarked
Cursed by His Beauty
as The Art Teacher
Cursed by His Beauty
as The Art Teacher
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
The Love Thief
The Love Thief
Dash, Love and Splash
Dash, Love and Splash
Those Love Pangs
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Those Love Pangs
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Mabel's Blunder
as Billy Bronx
Mabel's Blunder
as Billy Bronx
The Rounders
as Diner
The Rounders
as Diner
Her Last Chance
Her Last Chance
Those Country Kids
as Cop
Those Country Kids
as Cop
Such a Cook
Such a Cook
A Coat's Tale
as The Tramp
A Coat's Tale
as The Tramp
The Great Toe Mystery
as Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
The Great Toe Mystery
as Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
Mabel's New Job
as Boarder
Mabel's New Job
as Boarder
Mabel's Busy Day
as Spectator
Mabel's Busy Day
as Spectator
Love and Salt Water
Love and Salt Water
The Knockout
as Spectator (uncredited)
The Knockout
as Spectator (uncredited)