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)

The Perfect Lady

(Jimmy Jump)

Position Wanted

(Jimmie Jump)

Long Live the King

Love's Detour

(Jimmie Jump)

Why Husbands Go Mad

(Jimmy Jump)

Why Men Work

(Jimmy Jump)

The Royal Razz

(Jimmy Jump)

Bungalow Boobs

(Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband)

The Family Entrance

(Jimmy Jump)

Hard Boiled

(Charley)

What Women Did for Me

(Charley)

Are Brunettes Safe?

(The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon)

Merry Widower

(Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited))

Bigger and Better Blondes

(Charley)

The Lighter That Failed

(Charley)

Many Scrappy Returns

(Charley)

All for Nothing

Aching Youth

Imagine My Embarrassment

(Charley)

Never the Dames Shall Meet

(Charley)

Is Everybody Happy?

(Charley)

The Fight Pest

(Charley)

The Family Group

The Booster

(Charley)

Off to Buffalo

(Charley Chase)

All Parts

Ruby Lips

(Charley)

Loud Soup

(Charley Chase)

Thin Twins

(Charley)

Great Gobs!

(Charley - 1st Sailor)

On the Wrong Trek

(Charley Chase)

The golf player

The golfer

The soul of the party

(Carlitos)

Follies of love

(Carlos)

The prince of the dollar

Shy in spite of himself

Gold Diggers

Keep the Bomb

Messing Around

(Carlos)

Across the Hall

((unconfirmed))

Love and Salt Water

Those Country Kids

A Gambling Rube

((unconfirmed))

Hello, Mabel

(Mabel's Boss)

Soldiers of Misfortune

Such a Cook

Sophie of the Films #4

Dash, Love and Splash

Where Hazel Met the Villain

Zip, the Dodger

(Customer in Second Group (uncredited))

The Anglers

Her Last Chance

The Love Thief

Only a Farmer's Daughter

(The Artist)

The Plumber

(Bystander)

How Heroes Are Made

(The Boy Friend's Chum)

Stout Hearts But Weak Knees

(Faro Bill)

Other People's Business

A Favorite Fool

(The Circus Spieler)

Droppington's Devilish Deed

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Playmates

(Dope fiend)

Ship Ahoy

(Henchman (uncredited))

Chased Into Love

(Charley)

Her Tender Feet

Don't Rock the Boat

(Ship's Officer)

Kids Is Kids

Way Out West

(Grizzled Gambler (uncredited))

Live and Learn

Mystic Mush

In the Movies

His Best Girl

Moonshine

(Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer)

The Stone Age

Jack Frost

Blue Sunday

The Hustler

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

((archive footage))

Fluttering Hearts

(Charley)

Call of the Cuckoo

(Asylum Inmate)

Thundering Fleas

(Mustachioed wedding guest)

The Rounders

(Diner)

His New Profession

(Nephew)

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)

Ambrose's First Falsehood

(Ambrose's Buddy)

Leading Lizzie Astray

(Cafe Patron - In from the Mines)

What Price Goofy?

(Jamison)

A Ten-Minute Egg

(Jimmy Jump)

Seeing Nellie Home

(Charley)

The 'Fraidy Cat

(Jimmy Jump)

Outdoor Pajamas

(Jimmy Jump)

Arabian Tights

(Charley)

The Panic Is On

(Charley Chase)

Hasty Marriage

(Charley Chase)

Whispering Whoopee

(Charley)

The Caretaker's Daughter

(The Young Married Man)

The Rat's Knuckles

(Jimmy Jump)

Innocent Husbands

(Melvin)

Long Fliv the King

(Charles Chase)

April Fool

(Jimmy Jump)

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)

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)

Now I'll Tell One

(Charley)

Mama Behave

(Charles Chase / Jim Chase)

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)

High C's

(Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase)

He's In Again

(Piano Player (as Charles Parrott))

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)

The Nickel Nurser

(Charley Chase)

Fallen Arches

(Charley Chase)

Poker at Eight

(Charley)

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))

Tillie's Punctured Romance

(Staring Man in Theater (uncredited))

The Knockout

(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)

The Awful Goof

(Charley)

The Heckler

(Noisy)

Teacher's Pest

(Charley Chase)

South of the Boudoir

(Charley Chase)

His Bridal Fright

(Charley)

The Big Squirt

(Charley Chase)

The Wrong Miss Wright

(Charley Chase)

Time Out for Trouble

(Charley)

A Nag in the Bag

(Racetrack Announcer (voice))

The Sap Takes a Wrap

(Charley)

From Bad to Worse

(Charley Chase)

The Nightshirt Bandit

(Professor Chase)

Skinny the Moocher

(Charley Chase)

Man Bites Lovebug

(Charles Clayfoot Chase)

The Chump Takes a Bump

(Charley Chase)

Pie a la Maid

(Charley)

The Mind Needer

(Charley Chase)

Many Sappy Returns

(Charley Chase)

Calling All Doctors

(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)

Young Ironsides

(Fearless)

Midsummer Mush

(Charley)

Nature in the Wrong

(Charley Chase)

The Four Star Boarder

(Charley)

The Chases of Pimple Street

(Charley Chase)

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

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)

Looking for Sally

(Jimmy Jump)

Just a Minute

(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)

Four Parts

(Charley)

There Ain't No Santa Claus

(Charley)

Us

(Charley)

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)

The lady from Chicago

(Charley Chase)

What a Bozo!

(Charley Chase)

One of the Smiths

(Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.)

Skip the Maloo!

(Duke Chase)

The Golden Age of Comedy

(archive footage)

Italian Love

Chasing Husbands

(Charley)

Now We'll Tell One

(Charley)

His Silent Racket

(Charley)

A gray in the air

(Carlos Chase)

Sherman Said It

(Charley)

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)

Saved by the Belle

(Director)

Violent Is the Word for Curly

(Director)

Flat Foot Stooges

(Director)

Mutts to You

(Director)

Tassels in the Air

(Director)

Gracie at the Bat

(Associate Producer)

Bright and Early

(Director)

The Floor Below

(Director)

Moonshine

(Director)

All Dressed Up

(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)

You Said a Hatful!

(Director)

It Happened One Day

(Director)

Fresh Paint

(Director)

Jus' Passin' Through

(Director)

Rolling Stone

(Director)

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

(Director)

The Flirts

(Director)

Dear Ol' Pal

(Director)

Jus' Passin' Through

(Story)

A Hash House Fraud

(Director)

A London Bobby

(Director)

Blow 'Em Up

(Director)

Full o' Pep

(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)

Ship Ahoy

(Director)

Her Tender Feet

(Writer)

Her Tender Feet

(Director)

Ship Ahoy

(Writer)

Playmates

(Director)

Jack Frost

(Director)

His Best Girl

(Director)

Blue Sunday

(Director)

In the Movies

(Director)

Mystic Mush

(Director)

Don't Rock the Boat

(Director)

Kids Is Kids

(Director)

The Stone Age

(Director)

Vamp Till Ready

(Writer)

The Cloud Puncher

(Director)

The Cloud Puncher

(Writer)

His Merry Mix-Up

(Director)

Newly Rich

(Director)

His Merry Mix-Up

(Writer)

Something Simple

(Writer)

Neighborhood House

(Writer)

Many Sappy Returns

(Story)

Many Sappy Returns

(Screenplay)

The Sap Takes a Wrap

(Screenplay)

Pie a la Maid

(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)

Nurse to You!

(Director)

The Chases of Pimple Street

(Director)

The Four Star Boarder

(Director)

He Wouldn't Stay Down

(Writer)

He Wouldn't Stay Down

(Director)

365 Days

(Director)

When Spirits Move

(Director)

Another Wild Idea

(Director)

Crazy Like a Fox

(Writer)

Man Bites Lovebug

(Associate Producer)

Southern Exposure

(Director)

Mutiny on the Body

(Director)

Halfway to Hollywood

(Director)

Oh, What a Knight!

(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)

On Location

(Director)

Call a Taxi

(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)

Giving the Bride Away

(Director)

Order in the Court

(Director)

Tough Luck

(Director)

Red Hot Hottentotts

(Director)

Getting His Goat

(Director)

Hello Trouble

(Director)

Hearts and Sparks

(Director)

A Dash of Courage

(Director)

Arabian Tights

(Director)

There's Many a Fool

(Director)

There's Many a Fool

(Writer)

The Three Stooges Follies

(Director)