Birthday:
Oct 19, 1893
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dough and Dynamite | Customer | 1914 |
| Mabel's Busy Day | Spectator | 1914 |
| The Masquerader | Actor | 1914 |
| Sold at Auction | Customer (uncredited) | 1923 |
| A Coat's Tale | The Tramp | 1914 |
| Leaping Love | Charley Chase | 1929 |
| The King of the Wild Horses | Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott) | 1924 |
| Sons of the Desert | Charley | 1933 |
| 'Curses!' They Remarked | 1914 | |
| Sweet Daddy | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Her Dangerous Path | Glen Harper | 1923 |
| Long Live the King | 1923 | |
| The Perfect Lady | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Love's Detour | Jimmie Jump | 1924 |
| Position Wanted | Jimmie Jump | 1924 |
| The Royal Razz | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Why Men Work | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Bungalow Boobs | Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband | 1924 |
| Why Husbands Go Mad | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Hard Boiled | Charley | 1925 |
| The Family Entrance | Jimmy Jump | 1925 |
| What Women Did for Me | Charley | 1927 |
| Are Brunettes Safe? | The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon | 1927 |
| Merry Widower | Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited) | 1926 |
| Many Scrappy Returns | Charley | 1927 |
| The Lighter That Failed | Charley | 1927 |
| Bigger and Better Blondes | Charley | 1927 |
| All for Nothing | 1928 | |
| Imagine My Embarrassment | Charley | 1928 |
| Never the Dames Shall Meet | Charley | 1927 |
| The Family Group | 1928 | |
| Aching Youth | 1928 | |
| The Booster | Charley | 1928 |
| Is Everybody Happy? | Charley | 1928 |
| All Parts | 1928 | |
| The Fight Pest | Charley | 1928 |
| Ruby Lips | Charley | 1929 |
| Loud Soup | Charley Chase | 1929 |
| Off to Buffalo | Charley Chase | 1929 |
| Thin Twins | Charley | 1929 |
| Great Gobs! | Charley - 1st Sailor | 1929 |
| On the Wrong Trek | Charley Chase | 1936 |
| The golf player | 1930 | |
| The golfer | 1930 | |
| Follies of love | Carlos | 1930 |
| Shy in spite of himself | 1930 | |
| The prince of the dollar | 1930 | |
| The soul of the party | Carlitos | 1931 |
| Gold Diggers | 1930 | |
| Keep the Bomb | 1930 | |
| Messing Around | Carlos | 1931 |
| Across the Hall | (unconfirmed) | 1914 |
| Where Hazel Met the Villain | 1914 | |
| Such a Cook | 1914 | |
| Soldiers of Misfortune | 1914 | |
| Those Country Kids | 1914 | |
| A Gambling Rube | (unconfirmed) | 1914 |
| Sophie of the Films #4 | 1914 | |
| The Love Thief | 1914 | |
| The Anglers | 1914 | |
| Her Last Chance | 1914 | |
| Hello, Mabel | Mabel's Boss | 1914 |
| Dash, Love and Splash | 1914 | |
| Zip, the Dodger | Customer in Second Group (uncredited) | 1914 |
| Love and Salt Water | 1914 | |
| Only a Farmer's Daughter | The Artist | 1915 |
| How Heroes Are Made | The Boy Friend's Chum | 1914 |
| Stout Hearts But Weak Knees | Faro Bill | 1914 |
| Other People's Business | 1914 | |
| The Plumber | Bystander | 1914 |
| Droppington's Devilish Deed | Audience Member (uncredited) | 1915 |
| A Favorite Fool | The Circus Spieler | 1915 |
| Playmates | Dope fiend | 1918 |
| Chased Into Love | Charley | 1917 |
| Ship Ahoy | Henchman (uncredited) | 1919 |
| Mystic Mush | 1920 | |
| Way Out West | Grizzled Gambler (uncredited) | 1920 |
| Live and Learn | 1920 | |
| Moonshine | Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer | 1920 |
| Don't Rock the Boat | Ship's Officer | 1920 |
| Her Tender Feet | 1919 | |
| The Hustler | 1921 | |
| Kids Is Kids | 1920 | |
| Blue Sunday | 1921 | |
| In the Movies | 1922 | |
| The Stone Age | 1922 | |
| His Best Girl | 1921 | |
| Jack Frost | 1923 | |
| Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys | (archive footage) | 1992 |
| Fluttering Hearts | Charley | 1927 |
| Call of the Cuckoo | Asylum Inmate | 1927 |
| Thundering Fleas | Mustachioed wedding guest | 1926 |
| His New Profession | Nephew | 1914 |
| His Musical Career | Piano Store Manager | 1914 |
| The Rounders | Diner | 1914 |
| Mabel's Blunder | Billy Bronx | 1914 |
| Bromo and Juliet | Charley | 1926 |
| When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) | 1960 |
| Mighty Like a Moose | Mr. Moose - The Husband | 1926 |
| Kelly the Second | Dr. J. Willoughby Klum | 1936 |
| Leading Lizzie Astray | Cafe Patron - In from the Mines | 1914 |
| Ambrose's First Falsehood | Ambrose's Buddy | 1914 |
| What Price Goofy? | Jamison | 1925 |
| Seeing Nellie Home | Charley | 1924 |
| Outdoor Pajamas | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| The 'Fraidy Cat | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| A Ten-Minute Egg | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Arabian Tights | Charley | 1933 |
| Hasty Marriage | Charley Chase | 1931 |
| The Panic Is On | Charley Chase | 1931 |
| Whispering Whoopee | Charley | 1930 |
| The Caretaker's Daughter | The Young Married Man | 1925 |
| Innocent Husbands | Melvin | 1925 |
| The Rat's Knuckles | Jimmy Jump | 1925 |
| April Fool | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Long Fliv the King | Charles Chase | 1926 |
| His Wooden Wedding | The Groom | 1925 |
| The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | 1967 | |
| Crazy Like a Fox | Wilson | 1926 |
| Forgotten Sweeties | Thurston | 1927 |
| Young Oldfield | Jimmy | 1924 |
| Isn't Life Terrible? | The Husband | 1925 |
| Dog Shy | Charley | 1926 |
| Love, Loot and Crash | Harold, Dora's Suitor | 1915 |
| A Versatile Villain | Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk | 1915 |
| Tell 'Em Nothing | Gladstone, The Great Lover | 1926 |
| Mama Behave | Charles Chase / Jim Chase | 1926 |
| Be Your Age | Charley - the Bashful Clerk | 1926 |
| Now I'll Tell One | Charley | 1927 |
| The Way of All Pants | Charley | 1927 |
| The Glorious Fourth | Top Hat Inebriate | 1927 |
| Too Many Mammas | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Hollywood Party | Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host | 1937 |
| Rough Seas | Pvt. Charley Chase | 1931 |
| Girl Grief | Charley | 1932 |
| All Wet | Jimmie Jump | 1924 |
| Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) | 1942 |
| Limousine Love | The Groom | 1928 |
| He's In Again | Piano Player (as Charles Parrott) | 1918 |
| High C's | Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase | 1930 |
| The Dumb-Bell | Actor wearing top hat | 1922 |
| Accidental Accidents | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| The Pip from Pittsburg | Charley | 1931 |
| Rolling Stone | Bearded anarchist | 1919 |
| Luncheon at Twelve | Charley Chase | 1933 |
| Jubilo, Jr. | Director | 1924 |
| The Real McCoy | Charley | 1930 |
| Should Husbands Be Watched? | Jamison Jump | 1925 |
| Dollar Dizzy | Charley Chase | 1930 |
| Poker at Eight | Charley | 1935 |
| Fallen Arches | Charley Chase | 1933 |
| The Nickel Nurser | Charley Chase | 1932 |
| The Noise of Bombs | 3rd Desperado | 1914 |
| The Great Toe Mystery | Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited) | 1914 |
| Charley My Boy! | Charley | 1926 |
| The Cracked Ice Man | Charley Chase | 1934 |
| In Walked Charley | Mr. Chase | 1932 |
| Rattling Romeo | Charley | 1939 |
| Tillie's Punctured Romance | Staring Man in Theater (uncredited) | 1914 |
| The Knockout | Spectator (uncredited) | 1914 |
| Gentlemen of Nerve | Spectator at Entrance (uncredited) | 1914 |
| Mabel at the Wheel | Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1914 |
| Those Love Pangs | Movie Patron (uncredited) | 1914 |
| Fatty’s Faithful Fido | Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited) | 1915 |
| That Little Band Of Gold | Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited) | 1915 |
| A One Night Stand | Audience Spectator (uncredited) | 1915 |
| No Father to Guide Him | Jimmy Jump | 1925 |
| Fate's Fathead | Charley Chase | 1934 |
| Movie Night | Charley Chase | 1929 |
| Looser Than Loose | Charley | 1930 |
| Is Marriage the Bunk? | Jimmie Jump | 1925 |
| Teacher's Pest | Charley Chase | 1939 |
| The Heckler | Noisy | 1940 |
| The Chump Takes a Bump | Charley Chase | 1939 |
| The Awful Goof | Charley | 1939 |
| His Bridal Fright | Charley | 1940 |
| South of the Boudoir | Charley Chase | 1940 |
| Time Out for Trouble | Charley | 1938 |
| Skinny the Moocher | Charley Chase | 1939 |
| Pie a la Maid | Charley | 1938 |
| The Mind Needer | Charley Chase | 1938 |
| The Sap Takes a Wrap | Charley | 1939 |
| A Nag in the Bag | Racetrack Announcer (voice) | 1938 |
| The Nightshirt Bandit | Professor Chase | 1938 |
| Man Bites Lovebug | Charles Clayfoot Chase | 1937 |
| From Bad to Worse | Charley Chase | 1937 |
| The Big Squirt | Charley Chase | 1937 |
| Many Sappy Returns | Charley Chase | 1938 |
| Calling All Doctors | Charley Chase | 1937 |
| The Wrong Miss Wright | Charley Chase | 1937 |
| The Grand Hooter | Charley Chase | 1937 |
| The Uneasy Three | 1925 | |
| Sittin' Pretty | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Love in Armor | The Suitor | 1915 |
| Love, Speed and Thrills | Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed) | 1915 |
| The Poor Fish | Jimmie Jump | 1924 |
| Married to Order | The Suitor | 1920 |
| The Rent Jumpers | A Young Boarder | 1915 |
| Settled at the Seaside | Boyfriend | 1915 |
| All Teed Up | Mr Chase | 1930 |
| Peanuts and Bullets | The Accordian Player Boarder | 1915 |
| A Lucky Leap | Lizzie's Boy Friend | 1915 |
| Colored Villainy | The Traveler | 1915 |
| The Big Squawk | Charley | 1929 |
| Snappy Sneezer | Charley | 1929 |
| The Count Takes the Count | Charley Chase | 1936 |
| Fifty Million Husbands | Charley Chase | 1930 |
| 4 Clowns | (archive footage) | 1970 |
| At First Sight | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Bad Boy | Jimmie | 1925 |
| First in War | Sgt. Chase | 1932 |
| Nature in the Wrong | Charley Chase | 1933 |
| The Chases of Pimple Street | Charley Chase | 1934 |
| Midsummer Mush | Charley | 1933 |
| Young Ironsides | Fearless | 1932 |
| The Four Star Boarder | Charley | 1935 |
| Nurse to You! | Charley | 1935 |
| Big Game | 1921 | |
| Just a Real Good Car | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| He Wouldn't Stay Down | The False Friend | 1915 |
| One of the Family | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Powder and Smoke | 1924 | |
| Hard Knocks | Jimmie Jump | 1924 |
| Don't Forget | 1924 | |
| Publicity Pays | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| He Loved the Ladies | The Husband's Pal | 1914 |
| Jeffries, Jr. | 1924 | |
| When Spirits Move | 1920 | |
| The Tabasco Kid | Charley / Francisco Murietta | 1932 |
| Another Wild Idea | Charley | 1934 |
| Mr. Bride | Charley | 1932 |
| Thundering Tenors | Charles A. Chase | 1931 |
| Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) | 1961 |
| Hash House Mashers | The Star Boarder | 1915 |
| Little Daddy | Chubby (singing voice) | 1931 |
| Big Red Riding Hood | Jimmy Jump | 1925 |
| Stolen Goods | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Fighting Fluid | Jimmy Jump | 1925 |
| Hello Baby! | Jimmy Jump | 1925 |
| Mum's the Word | Charlie - the Son | 1926 |
| Just a Minute | Jimmy Jump | 1924 |
| Looking for Sally | Jimmy Jump | 1925 |
| Southern Exposure | Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase | 1935 |
| Fatty's Magic Pants | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1914 |
| Girl Shock | Charley | 1930 |
| Fast Work | Charley | 1930 |
| April Fool | Supporting Character | 1920 |
| There Ain't No Santa Claus | Charley | 1926 |
| Four Parts | Charley | 1934 |
| Us | Charley | 1927 |
| Assistant Wives | Charley - the Husband | 1927 |
| Crazy Feet | Charley | 1929 |
| Something Simple | Charley | 1934 |
| The Sting of Stings | Charley | 1927 |
| All at Sea | 1919 | |
| Cursed by His Beauty | The Art Teacher | 1914 |
| Public Ghost # 1 | Charley Chase | 1935 |
| Neighborhood House | Charley Chase | 1936 |
| One of the Smiths | Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr. | 1931 |
| What a Bozo! | Charley Chase | 1931 |
| Skip the Maloo! | Duke Chase | 1931 |
| The lady from Chicago | Charley Chase | 1931 |
| The Golden Age of Comedy | archive footage | 1957 |
| Italian Love | 1920 | |
| Chasing Husbands | Charley | 1928 |
| Now We'll Tell One | Charley | 1932 |
| His Silent Racket | Charley | 1933 |
| Sherman Said It | Charley | 1933 |
| A gray in the air | Carlos Chase | 1930 |
| Stepping Out | Charley | 1929 |
| The Nickel Snatcher | cameo | 1920 |
| 30 Years of Fun | (archive footage) | 1963 |
| Why Go Home? | 1920 | |
| Mabel's New Job | Boarder | 1914 |
| Plain and Fancy Girls | Charley | 1925 |
| Hello Trouble | 1918 | |
| Modern Love | John Jones | 1929 |
| Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Life Hesitates at 40 | Charley Chase | 1935 |
| A One Mama Man | Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky | 1927 |
| I'll Take Vanilla | Charley | 1934 |
| It Happened One Day | Charley | 1934 |
| You Said a Hatful! | Charley | 1934 |
| Okay Toots! | Charley | 1935 |
| Manhattan Monkey Business | Charley | 1935 |
| Vamp Till Ready | Charley | 1936 |
| Hey, skirts! | Charley | 1930 | Series | Cast | Year |
