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.
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)
The Royal Razz
(Jimmy Jump)
Why Men Work
(Jimmy Jump)
Bungalow Boobs
(Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband)
Why Husbands Go Mad
(Jimmy Jump)
Hard Boiled
(Charley)
The Family Entrance
(Jimmy Jump)
What Women Did for Me
(Charley)
Are Brunettes Safe?
(The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon)
Merry Widower
(Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited))
Many Scrappy Returns
(Charley)
The Lighter That Failed
(Charley)
Bigger and Better Blondes
(Charley)
All for Nothing
Imagine My Embarrassment
(Charley)
Never the Dames Shall Meet
(Charley)
The Family Group
Aching Youth
The Booster
(Charley)
Is Everybody Happy?
(Charley)
All Parts
The Fight Pest
(Charley)
Ruby Lips
(Charley)
Loud Soup
(Charley Chase)
Off to Buffalo
(Charley Chase)
Thin Twins
(Charley)
Great Gobs!
(Charley - 1st Sailor)
On the Wrong Trek
(Charley Chase)
The golf player
The golfer
Follies of love
(Carlos)
Shy in spite of himself
The prince of the dollar
The soul of the party
(Carlitos)
Gold Diggers
Keep the Bomb
Messing Around
(Carlos)
Across the Hall
((unconfirmed))
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Such a Cook
Soldiers of Misfortune
Those Country Kids
(Cop)
A Gambling Rube
((unconfirmed))
Sophie of the Films #4
The Love Thief
The Anglers
Her Last Chance
Hello, Mabel
(Mabel's Boss)
Dash, Love and Splash
Zip, the Dodger
(Customer in Second Group (uncredited))
Love and Salt Water
Only a Farmer's Daughter
(The Artist)
How Heroes Are Made
(The Boy Friend's Chum)
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
(Faro Bill)
Other People's Business
The Plumber
(Bystander)
Droppington's Devilish Deed
(Audience Member (uncredited))
A Favorite Fool
(The Circus Spieler)
Playmates
(Dope fiend)
Chased Into Love
(Charley)
Ship Ahoy
(Henchman (uncredited))
Mystic Mush
Way Out West
(Grizzled Gambler (uncredited))
Live and Learn
Moonshine
(Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer)
Don't Rock the Boat
(Ship's Officer)
Her Tender Feet
The Hustler
Kids Is Kids
Blue Sunday
In the Movies
The Stone Age
His Best Girl
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)
His Musical Career
(Piano Store Manager)
The Rounders
(Diner)
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)
Outdoor Pajamas
(Jimmy Jump)
The 'Fraidy Cat
(Jimmy Jump)
A Ten-Minute Egg
(Jimmy Jump)
Arabian Tights
(Charley)
Hasty Marriage
(Charley Chase)
The Panic Is On
(Charley Chase)
Whispering Whoopee
(Charley)
The Caretaker's Daughter
(The Young Married Man)
Innocent Husbands
(Melvin)
The Rat's Knuckles
(Jimmy Jump)
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)
Isn't Life Terrible?
(The Husband)
Dog Shy
(Charley)
Love, Loot and Crash
(Harold, Dora's Suitor)
A Versatile Villain
(Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk)
Tell 'Em Nothing
(Gladstone, The Great Lover)
Mama Behave
(Charles Chase / Jim Chase)
Be Your Age
(Charley - the Bashful Clerk)
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 Noise of Bombs
(3rd Desperado)
The Great Toe Mystery
(Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited))
Charley My Boy!
(Charley)
The Cracked Ice Man
(Charley Chase)
In Walked Charley
(Mr. Chase)
Rattling Romeo
(Charley)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
(Staring Man in Theater (uncredited))
The Knockout
(Spectator (uncredited))
Gentlemen of Nerve
(Spectator at Entrance (uncredited))
Mabel at the Wheel
(Race Spectator (uncredited))
Those Love Pangs
(Movie Patron (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)
Teacher's Pest
(Charley Chase)
The Heckler
(Noisy)
The Chump Takes a Bump
(Charley Chase)
The Awful Goof
(Charley)
His Bridal Fright
(Charley)
South of the Boudoir
(Charley Chase)
Time Out for Trouble
(Charley)
Skinny the Moocher
(Charley Chase)
Pie a la Maid
(Charley)
The Mind Needer
(Charley Chase)
The Sap Takes a Wrap
(Charley)
A Nag in the Bag
(Racetrack Announcer (voice))
The Nightshirt Bandit
(Professor Chase)
Man Bites Lovebug
(Charles Clayfoot 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
(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)
The Rent Jumpers
(A Young Boarder)
Settled at the Seaside
(Boyfriend)
All Teed Up
(Mr Chase)
Peanuts and Bullets
(The Accordian Player Boarder)
A Lucky Leap
(Lizzie's Boy Friend)
Colored Villainy
(The Traveler)
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)
Nature in the Wrong
(Charley Chase)
The Chases of Pimple Street
(Charley Chase)
Midsummer Mush
(Charley)
Young Ironsides
(Fearless)
The Four Star Boarder
(Charley)
Nurse to You!
(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
The Tabasco Kid
(Charley / Francisco Murietta)
Another Wild Idea
(Charley)
Mr. Bride
(Charley)
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))
Girl Shock
(Charley)
Fast Work
(Charley)
April Fool
(Supporting Character)
There Ain't No Santa Claus
(Charley)
Four Parts
(Charley)
Us
(Charley)
Assistant Wives
(Charley - the Husband)
Crazy Feet
(Charley)
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.)
What a Bozo!
(Charley Chase)
Skip the Maloo!
(Duke 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)
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)
Mutts to You
(Director)
Flat Foot Stooges
(Director)
Tassels in the Air
(Director)
Violent Is the Word for Curly
(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)
You Said a Hatful!
(Director)
Fresh Paint
(Director)
Dear Ol' Pal
(Director)
Jus' Passin' Through
(Story)
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
(Director)
Jus' Passin' Through
(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 Love Thief
(Director)
How Heroes Are Made
(Director)
The Anglers
(Director)
Her Tender Feet
(Writer)
Playmates
(Director)
Chased Into Love
(Director)
Chased Into Love
(Writer)
Ship Ahoy
(Director)
Her Tender Feet
(Director)
Kids Is Kids
(Director)
Blue Sunday
(Director)
The Stone Age
(Director)
Don't Rock the Boat
(Director)
In the Movies
(Director)
Ship Ahoy
(Writer)
His Best Girl
(Director)
Jack Frost
(Director)
Mystic Mush
(Director)
His Merry Mix-Up
(Director)
Vamp Till Ready
(Writer)
His Merry Mix-Up
(Writer)
Newly Rich
(Director)
The Cloud Puncher
(Writer)
The Cloud Puncher
(Director)
Something Simple
(Writer)
Many Sappy Returns
(Screenplay)
Neighborhood House
(Writer)
Many Sappy Returns
(Story)
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)
The Chases of Pimple Street
(Director)
Nurse to You!
(Director)
Midsummer Mush
(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)
Her First False Hare
(Director)
Coppers and Scents
(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)
Sherman Said It
(Director)
His Silent Racket
(Director)
Do Me a Favor
(Director)
The Nickel Snatcher
(Director)
Order in the Court
(Director)
Giving the Bride Away
(Director)
Red Hot Hottentotts
(Director)
Tough Luck
(Director)
Getting His Goat
(Director)
Hello Trouble
(Director)
A Dash of Courage
(Director)
Hearts and Sparks
(Director)
Arabian Tights
(Director)
There's Many a Fool
(Director)
There's Many a Fool
(Writer)
The Three Stooges Follies
(Director)