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

Mabel's Busy Day

The Masquerader

Sold at Auction!

Customer (uncredited)

The King of the Wild Horses

Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)

Sons of the Desert

'Curses!' They Remarked

Her Dangerous Path

Long Live the King

The Perfect Lady

Position Wanted

Why Husbands Go Mad

Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband

The Family Entrance

What Women Did for Me

Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)

Many Scrappy Returns

Are Brunettes Safe?

The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon

Bigger and Better Blondes

The Lighter That Failed

Never the Dames Shall Meet

All for Nothing

The Family Group

Imagine My Embarrassment

Is Everybody Happy?

Charley - 1st Sailor

On the Wrong Trek

The golf player

Shy in spite of himself

Follies of love

The prince of the dollar

The soul of the party

Across the Hall

Where Hazel Met the Villain

A Gambling Rube

Sophie of the Films #4

Love and Salt Water

Soldiers of Misfortune

Those Country Kids

Her Last Chance

Zip, the Dodger

Customer in Second Group (uncredited)

Dash, Love and Splash

Stout Hearts But Weak Knees

How Heroes Are Made

The Boy Friend's Chum

Other People's Business

Only a Farmer's Daughter

Droppington's Devilish Deed

Audience Member (uncredited)

A Favorite Fool

The Circus Spieler

Chased Into Love

Henchman (uncredited)

Her Tender Feet

Don't Rock the Boat

Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer

Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

(archive footage)

Fluttering Hearts

Call of the Cuckoo

Thundering Fleas

Mustachioed wedding guest

His New Profession

His Musical Career

Piano Store Manager

Mabel's Blunder

Bromo and Juliet

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?

Seeing Nellie Home

The 'Fraidy Cat

A Ten-Minute Egg

Outdoor Pajamas

The Panic Is On

Whispering Whoopee

The Caretaker's Daughter

The Young Married Man

The Rat's Knuckles

Innocent Husbands

Long Fliv the King

His Wooden Wedding

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Crazy Like a Fox

Forgotten Sweeties

Isn't Life Terrible?

A Versatile Villain

Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk

Love, Loot and Crash

Harold, Dora's Suitor

Tell 'Em Nothing

Gladstone, The Great Lover

Charley - the Bashful Clerk

Charles Chase / Jim Chase

Now I'll Tell One

The Way of All Pants

The Glorious Fourth

Top Hat Inebriate

Too Many Mammas

Hollywood Party

Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host

Pvt. Charley Chase

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Self (archive footage)

Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)

Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase

Actor wearing top hat

Accidental Accidents

The Pip from Pittsburg

Bearded anarchist

Luncheon at Twelve

Should Husbands Be Watched?

The Nickel Nurser

The Great Toe Mystery

Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

The Noise of Bombs

Charley My Boy!

The Cracked Ice Man

In Walked Charley

Gentlemen of Nerve

Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)

Mabel at the Wheel

Race Spectator (uncredited)

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

Looser Than Loose

Is Marriage the Bunk?

South of the Boudoir

His Bridal Fright

Skinny the Moocher

The Chump Takes a Bump

The Sap Takes a Wrap

A Nag in the Bag

Racetrack Announcer (voice)

The Nightshirt Bandit

Professor Chase

Many Sappy Returns

The Mind Needer

Time Out for Trouble

Man Bites Lovebug

Charles Clayfoot Chase

Calling All Doctors

The Wrong Miss Wright

From Bad to Worse

The Grand Hooter

The Uneasy Three

Love, Speed and Thrills

Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Married to Order

Settled at the Seaside

The Rent Jumpers

A Young Boarder

Peanuts and Bullets

The Accordian Player Boarder

Colored Villainy

Lizzie's Boy Friend

The Count Takes the Count

Fifty Million Husbands

(archive footage)

Young Ironsides

Nature in the Wrong

The Chases of Pimple Street

The Four Star Boarder

Just a Real Good Car

He Wouldn't Stay Down

The False Friend

One of the Family

Powder and Smoke

He Loved the Ladies

The Husband's Pal

When Spirits Move

Another Wild Idea

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

Chubby (singing voice)

Big Red Riding Hood

Charlie - the Son

Looking for Sally

Southern Exposure

Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase

Fatty's Magic Pants

Party Guest (uncredited)

Supporting Character

There Ain't No Santa Claus

Assistant Wives

Charley - the Husband

Something Simple

The Sting of Stings

Cursed by His Beauty

The Art Teacher

Public Ghost # 1

Neighborhood House

One of the Smiths

Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.

Skip the Maloo!

The lady from Chicago

The Golden Age of Comedy

archive footage

Chasing Husbands

Now We'll Tell One

His Silent Racket

Sherman Said It

A gray in the air

The Nickel Snatcher

30 Years of Fun

(archive footage)

Mabel's New Job

Plain and Fancy Girls

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

(archive footage)

Life Hesitates at 40

Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky

I'll Take Vanilla

It Happened One Day

You Said a Hatful!

Manhattan Monkey Business

Vamp Till Ready

Crew

Violent Is the Word for Curly

Associate Producer, Director

Life Hesitates at 40

Flat Foot Stooges

Writer, Director, Associate Producer

Saved by the Belle

Associate Producer, Director

Tassels in the Air

Director, Associate Producer

Director, Associate Producer

Gracie at the Bat

Associate Producer

Bright and Early

The Floor Below

What a Whopper!

At the Ringside

Director, Writer

Sold at Auction!

Termites of 1938

Associate Producer

Don't Park Here

Director, Writer

Waltz Me Around

Manhattan Monkey Business

Vamp Till Ready

Director, Writer

The Bargain of the Century

I'll Take Vanilla

It Happened One Day

You Said a Hatful!

Jus' Passin' Through

Director, Story

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

A Hash House Fraud

Luncheon at Twelve

The Cracked Ice Man

A Nag in the Bag

Hop to It, Bellhop

The Old Sea Dog

Off Again, On Again

Open Season for Saps

Music in Your Hair

How Heroes Are Made

Chased Into Love

Director, Writer

Director, Writer

Her Tender Feet

Director, Writer

Don't Rock the Boat

The Cloud Puncher

Director, Writer

His Merry Mix-Up

Director, Writer

Something Simple

Writer, Director

Neighborhood House

Writer, Director

Many Sappy Returns

Story, Screenplay

The Sap Takes a Wrap

Tell 'Em Nothing

Married to Order

Sons of the Desert

The Count Takes the Count

Touch all the Bases

Fifteen Minutes

Nature in the Wrong

The Chases of Pimple Street

The Four Star Boarder

He Wouldn't Stay Down

Director, Writer

When Spirits Move

Another Wild Idea

Crazy Like a Fox

Man Bites Lovebug

Associate Producer

Southern Exposure

Oh, What a Knight!

Halfway to Hollywood

Mutiny on the Body

Static in the Attic

The Old Raid Mule

Boom Goes the Groom

Their Fatal Bumping

Coppers and Scents

Her First False Hare

Public Ghost # 1

Hot Off the Press

Before the Public

On the Wrong Trek

His Silent Racket

Sherman Said It

The Nickel Snatcher

Giving the Bride Away

Order in the Court

Red Hot Hottentotts

Getting His Goat

A Dash of Courage

Hearts and Sparks

There's Many a Fool

Director, Writer

The Three Stooges Follies