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.

Cast

Dough and Dynamite

(Customer)

Mabel's Busy Day

(Spectator)

The Masquerader

(Actor)

Sold at Auction

(Customer (uncredited))

A Coat's Tale

(The Tramp)

Leaping Love

(Charley Chase)

The King of the Wild Horses

(Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott))

Sons of the Desert

(Charley)

'Curses!' They Remarked

Sweet Daddy

(Jimmy Jump)

Her Dangerous Path

(Glen Harper)

Long Live the King

The Perfect Lady

(Jimmy Jump)

Love's Detour

(Jimmie Jump)

Position Wanted

(Jimmie Jump)

Why Husbands Go Mad

(Jimmy Jump)

Why Men Work

(Jimmy Jump)

Bungalow Boobs

(Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband)

The Royal Razz

(Jimmy Jump)

The Family Entrance

(Jimmy Jump)

Hard Boiled

(Charley)

What Women Did for Me

(Charley)

Merry Widower

(Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited))

Many Scrappy Returns

(Charley)

Are Brunettes Safe?

(The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon)

Bigger and Better Blondes

(Charley)

The Lighter That Failed

(Charley)

Never the Dames Shall Meet

(Charley)

All for Nothing

The Family Group

Aching Youth

The Fight Pest

(Charley)

Imagine My Embarrassment

(Charley)

Is Everybody Happy?

(Charley)

All Parts

The Booster

(Charley)

Ruby Lips

(Charley)

Off to Buffalo

(Charley Chase)

Loud Soup

(Charley Chase)

Thin Twins

(Charley)

Great Gobs!

(Charley - 1st Sailor)

On the Wrong Trek

(Charley Chase)

The golf player

The golfer

Shy in spite of himself

Follies of love

(Carlos)

The prince of the dollar

Gold Diggers

Keep the Bomb

The soul of the party

(Carlitos)

Messing Around

(Carlos)

Across the Hall

((unconfirmed))

Where Hazel Met the Villain

A Gambling Rube

((unconfirmed))

Sophie of the Films #4

Love and Salt Water

Soldiers of Misfortune

Such a Cook

Those Country Kids

Her Last Chance

Hello, Mabel

(Mabel's Boss)

The Anglers

Zip, the Dodger

(Customer in Second Group (uncredited))

Dash, Love and Splash

The Love Thief

Stout Hearts But Weak Knees

(Faro Bill)

How Heroes Are Made

(The Boy Friend's Chum)

Other People's Business

The Plumber

(Bystander)

Only a Farmer's Daughter

(The Artist)

Droppington's Devilish Deed

(Audience Member (uncredited))

A Favorite Fool

(The Circus Spieler)

Chased Into Love

(Charley)

Playmates

(Dope fiend)

Ship Ahoy

(Henchman (uncredited))

Her Tender Feet

Don't Rock the Boat

(Ship's Officer)

Live and Learn

Kids Is Kids

Moonshine

(Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer)

Way Out West

(Grizzled Gambler (uncredited))

Mystic Mush

His Best Girl

Blue Sunday

The Hustler

In the Movies

The Stone Age

Jack Frost

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

((archive footage))

Fluttering Hearts

(Charley)

Call of the Cuckoo

(Asylum Inmate)

Thundering Fleas

(Mustachioed wedding guest)

His New Profession

(Nephew)

The Rounders

(Diner)

His Musical Career

(Piano Store Manager)

Mabel's Blunder

(Billy Bronx)

Bromo and Juliet

(Charley)

When Comedy Was King

(edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage))

Mighty Like a Moose

(Mr. Moose - The Husband)

Kelly the Second

(Dr. J. Willoughby Klum)

Leading Lizzie Astray

(Cafe Patron - In from the Mines)

Ambrose's First Falsehood

(Ambrose's Buddy)

What Price Goofy?

(Jamison)

Seeing Nellie Home

(Charley)

The 'Fraidy Cat

(Jimmy Jump)

A Ten-Minute Egg

(Jimmy Jump)

Outdoor Pajamas

(Jimmy Jump)

Hasty Marriage

(Charley Chase)

The Panic Is On

(Charley Chase)

Arabian Tights

(Charley)

Whispering Whoopee

(Charley)

The Caretaker's Daughter

(The Young Married Man)

The Rat's Knuckles

(Jimmy Jump)

Innocent Husbands

(Melvin)

April Fool

(Jimmy Jump)

Long Fliv the King

(Charles Chase)

His Wooden Wedding

(The Groom)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Crazy Like a Fox

(Wilson)

Forgotten Sweeties

(Thurston)

Young Oldfield

(Jimmy)

Dog Shy

(Charley)

Isn't Life Terrible?

(The Husband)

A Versatile Villain

(Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk)

Love, Loot and Crash

(Harold, Dora's Suitor)

Tell 'Em Nothing

(Gladstone, The Great Lover)

Be Your Age

(Charley - the Bashful Clerk)

Mama Behave

(Charles Chase / Jim Chase)

Now I'll Tell One

(Charley)

The Way of All Pants

(Charley)

The Glorious Fourth

(Top Hat Inebriate)

Too Many Mammas

(Jimmy Jump)

Hollywood Party

(Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host)

Rough Seas

(Pvt. Charley Chase)

Girl Grief

(Charley)

All Wet

(Jimmie Jump)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

(Self (archive footage))

Limousine Love

(The Groom)

He's In Again

(Piano Player (as Charles Parrott))

High C's

(Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase)

The Dumb-Bell

(Actor wearing top hat)

Accidental Accidents

(Jimmy Jump)

The Pip from Pittsburg

(Charley)

Rolling Stone

(Bearded anarchist)

Luncheon at Twelve

(Charley Chase)

Jubilo, Jr.

(Director)

The Real McCoy

(Charley)

Should Husbands Be Watched?

(Jamison Jump)

Dollar Dizzy

(Charley Chase)

Poker at Eight

(Charley)

Fallen Arches

(Charley Chase)

The Nickel Nurser

(Charley Chase)

The Great Toe Mystery

(Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited))

The Noise of Bombs

(3rd Desperado)

Charley My Boy!

(Charley)

The Cracked Ice Man

(Charley Chase)

In Walked Charley

(Mr. Chase)

Rattling Romeo

(Charley)

Gentlemen of Nerve

(Spectator at Entrance (uncredited))

Mabel at the Wheel

(Race Spectator (uncredited))

The Knockout

(Spectator (uncredited))

Those Love Pangs

(Movie Patron (uncredited))

Tillie's Punctured Romance

(Staring Man in Theater (uncredited))

Fatty’s Faithful Fido

(Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited))

That Little Band Of Gold

(Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited))

A One Night Stand

(Audience Spectator (uncredited))

No Father to Guide Him

(Jimmy Jump)

Fate's Fathead

(Charley Chase)

Movie Night

(Charley Chase)

Looser Than Loose

(Charley)

Is Marriage the Bunk?

(Jimmie Jump)

The Heckler

(Noisy)

South of the Boudoir

(Charley Chase)

His Bridal Fright

(Charley)

The Awful Goof

(Charley)

Teacher's Pest

(Charley Chase)

Skinny the Moocher

(Charley Chase)

The Chump Takes a Bump

(Charley Chase)

The Sap Takes a Wrap

(Charley)

Pie a la Maid

(Charley)

A Nag in the Bag

(Racetrack Announcer (voice))

The Nightshirt Bandit

(Professor Chase)

Many Sappy Returns

(Charley Chase)

The Mind Needer

(Charley Chase)

Time Out for Trouble

(Charley)

Man Bites Lovebug

(Charles Clayfoot Chase)

The Big Squirt

(Charley Chase)

Calling All Doctors

(Charley Chase)

The Wrong Miss Wright

(Charley Chase)

From Bad to Worse

(Charley Chase)

The Grand Hooter

(Charley Chase)

The Uneasy Three

Sittin' Pretty

(Jimmy Jump)

Love in Armor

(The Suitor)

Love, Speed and Thrills

(Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed))

The Poor Fish

(Jimmie Jump)

Married to Order

(The Suitor)

Settled at the Seaside

(Boyfriend)

The Rent Jumpers

(A Young Boarder)

All Teed Up

(Mr Chase)

Peanuts and Bullets

(The Accordian Player Boarder)

Colored Villainy

(The Traveler)

A Lucky Leap

(Lizzie's Boy Friend)

The Big Squawk

(Charley)

Snappy Sneezer

(Charley)

The Count Takes the Count

(Charley Chase)

Fifty Million Husbands

(Charley Chase)

4 Clowns

((archive footage))

At First Sight

(Jimmy Jump)

Bad Boy

(Jimmie)

First in War

(Sgt. Chase)

Young Ironsides

(Fearless)

Nature in the Wrong

(Charley Chase)

Midsummer Mush

(Charley)

The Chases of Pimple Street

(Charley Chase)

Nurse to You!

(Charley)

The Four Star Boarder

(Charley)

Big Game

Just a Real Good Car

(Jimmy Jump)

He Wouldn't Stay Down

(The False Friend)

One of the Family

(Jimmy Jump)

Powder and Smoke

Hard Knocks

(Jimmie Jump)

Don't Forget

Publicity Pays

(Jimmy Jump)

He Loved the Ladies

(The Husband's Pal)

Jeffries Jr.

When Spirits Move

Another Wild Idea

(Charley)

Mr. Bride

(Charley)

The Tabasco Kid

(Charley / Francisco Murietta)

Thundering Tenors

(Charles A. Chase)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

(Self (archive footage))

Hash House Mashers

(The Star Boarder)

Little Daddy

(Chubby (singing voice))

Big Red Riding Hood

(Jimmy Jump)

Stolen Goods

(Jimmy Jump)

Fighting Fluid

(Jimmy Jump)

Hello Baby!

(Jimmy Jump)

Mum's the Word

(Charlie - the Son)

Just a Minute

(Jimmy Jump)

Looking for Sally

(Jimmy Jump)

Southern Exposure

(Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase)

Fatty's Magic Pants

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Fast Work

(Charley)

Girl Shock

(Charley)

April Fool

(Supporting Character)

There Ain't No Santa Claus

(Charley)

Four Parts

(Charley)

Us

Crazy Feet

(Charley)

Assistant Wives

(Charley - the Husband)

Something Simple

(Charley)

The Sting of Stings

(Charley)

All at Sea

Cursed by His Beauty

(The Art Teacher)

Public Ghost # 1

(Charley Chase)

Neighborhood House

(Charley Chase)

One of the Smiths

(Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.)

Skip the Maloo!

(Duke Chase)

What a Bozo!

(Charley Chase)

The lady from Chicago

(Charley Chase)

The Golden Age of Comedy

(archive footage)

Italian Love

Chasing Husbands

(Charley)

Now We'll Tell One

(Charley)

His Silent Racket

(Charley)

Sherman Said It

(Charley)

A gray in the air

(Carlos Chase)

Stepping Out

(Charley)

The Nickel Snatcher

(cameo)

30 Years of Fun

((archive footage))

Why Go Home?

Mabel's New Job

(Boarder)

Plain and Fancy Girls

(Charley)

Hello Trouble

Modern Love

(John Jones)

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

((archive footage))

Life Hesitates at 40

(Charley Chase)

A One Mama Man

(Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky)

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)

Hey, skirts!

(Charley)

Crew

A Tough Winter

(Director)

Violent Is the Word for Curly

(Associate Producer)

Life Hesitates at 40

(Director)

Flat Foot Stooges

(Writer)

Saved by the Belle

(Associate Producer)

Tassels in the Air

(Director)

Violent Is the Word for Curly

(Director)

Mutts to You

(Director)

Flat Foot Stooges

(Director)

Saved by the Belle

(Director)

Gracie at the Bat

(Associate Producer)

Bright and Early

(Director)

The Floor Below

(Director)

All Dressed Up

(Director)

Moonshine

(Director)

What a Whopper!

(Director)

At the Ringside

(Director)

Years to Come

(Director)

Sold at Auction

(Director)

Termites of 1938

(Associate Producer)

He's In Again

(Director)

Don't Park Here

(Director)

Waltz Me Around

(Director)

The Dumb-Bell

(Director)

Okay Toots!

(Director)

Manhattan Monkey Business

(Director)

Vamp Till Ready

(Director)

The Bargain of the Century

(Director)

I'll Take Vanilla

(Director)

It Happened One Day

(Director)

Fresh Paint

(Director)

You Said a Hatful!

(Director)

Dear Ol' Pal

(Director)

Jus' Passin' Through

(Director)

Jus' Passin' Through

(Story)

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

(Director)

The Flirts

(Director)

Rolling Stone

(Director)

A Hash House Fraud

(Director)

A London Bobby

(Director)

Full o' Pep

(Director)

Blow 'Em Up

(Director)

Luncheon at Twelve

(Director)

Poker at Eight

(Director)

The Cracked Ice Man

(Director)

Fate's Fathead

(Director)

A Nag in the Bag

(Director)

Hop to It, Bellhop

(Director)

The Old Sea Dog

(Director)

Off Again, On Again

(Story)

Open Season for Saps

(Story)

Music in Your Hair

(Director)

The Anglers

(Director)

The Love Thief

(Director)

How Heroes Are Made

(Director)

Chased Into Love

(Director)

Chased Into Love

(Writer)

Playmates

(Director)

Ship Ahoy

(Director)

Ship Ahoy

(Writer)

Her Tender Feet

(Director)

Her Tender Feet

(Writer)

Don't Rock the Boat

(Director)

Kids Is Kids

(Director)

Mystic Mush

(Director)

His Best Girl

(Director)

Blue Sunday

(Director)

In the Movies

(Director)

The Stone Age

(Director)

Jack Frost

(Director)

The Cloud Puncher

(Director)

The Cloud Puncher

(Writer)

Vamp Till Ready

(Writer)

His Merry Mix-Up

(Director)

His Merry Mix-Up

(Writer)

Newly Rich

(Director)

Something Simple

(Writer)

Neighborhood House

(Writer)

Many Sappy Returns

(Story)

Many Sappy Returns

(Screenplay)

Pie a la Maid

(Screenplay)

The Sap Takes a Wrap

(Screenplay)

Years to Come

(Writer)

Tell 'Em Nothing

(Writer)

Married to Order

(Director)

Sons of the Desert

(Writer)

The Count Takes the Count

(Director)

Touch all the Bases

(Writer)

Rush Orders

(Director)

Fifteen Minutes

(Director)

Nature in the Wrong

(Director)

Midsummer Mush

(Director)

The Chases of Pimple Street

(Director)

Nurse to You!

(Director)

The Four Star Boarder

(Director)

He Wouldn't Stay Down

(Director)

He Wouldn't Stay Down

(Writer)

365 Days

(Director)

When Spirits Move

(Director)

Another Wild Idea

(Director)

Crazy Like a Fox

(Writer)

Man Bites Lovebug

(Associate Producer)

Southern Exposure

(Director)

Oh, What a Knight!

(Director)

Halfway to Hollywood

(Director)

Mutiny on the Body

(Director)

Static in the Attic

(Director)

The Old Raid Mule

(Director)

Ankles Away

(Director)

Boom Goes the Groom

(Director)

Their Fatal Bumping

(Director)

One Night Only

(Director)

April Fool

(Director)

Bone Dry

(Director)

Four Parts

(Director)

Something Simple

(Director)

Coppers and Scents

(Director)

Her First False Hare

(Director)

All at Sea

(Director)

Tassels in the Air

(Associate Producer)

Public Ghost # 1

(Director)

Mutts to You

(Associate Producer)

Flat Foot Stooges

(Associate Producer)

Call a Taxi

(Director)

On Location

(Director)

Neighborhood House

(Director)

Hot Off the Press

(Director)

Before the Public

(Director)

On the Wrong Trek

(Director)

Italian Love

(Director)

His Silent Racket

(Director)

Sherman Said It

(Director)

Do Me a Favor

(Director)

The Nickel Snatcher

(Director)

Giving the Bride Away

(Director)

Order in the Court

(Director)

Tough Luck

(Director)

Red Hot Hottentotts

(Director)

Getting His Goat

(Director)

Hello Trouble

(Director)

A Dash of Courage

(Director)

Hearts and Sparks

(Director)

Arabian Tights

(Director)