Biography
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.
Acted in 228
2020s
- 2025
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
Movie
1990s
- 1992
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
(archive footage)
1970s
- 1970
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
1960s
- 1967
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Movie
- 1963
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
- 1960
When Comedy Was King
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1950s
- 1957
1940s
- 1940
His Bridal Fright
Charley
South of the Boudoir
Charley Chase
The Heckler
Noisy
1930s
- 1939
The Awful Goof
Charley
Teacher's Pest
Charley Chase
Skinny the Moocher
Charley Chase
Rattling Romeo
Charley
The Chump Takes a Bump
Charley Chase
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Charley
- 1938
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
- 1937
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
Hollywood Party
Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
- 1936
Kelly the Second
Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
On the Wrong Trek
Charley Chase
Vamp Till Ready
Charley
Neighborhood House
Charley Chase
The Count Takes the Count
Charley Chase
- 1935
Public Ghost # 1
Charley Chase
Manhattan Monkey Business
Charley
Nurse to You!
Charley
The Four Star Boarder
Charley
Southern Exposure
Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
- 1934
The Chases of Pimple Street
Charley Chase
Fate's Fathead
Charley Chase
You Said a Hatful!
Charley
Something Simple
Charley
It Happened One Day
Charley
Another Wild Idea
Charley
I'll Take Vanilla
Charley
Four Parts
Charley
The Cracked Ice Man
Charley Chase
- 1933
Luncheon at Twelve
Charley Chase
Sherman Said It
Charley
Midsummer Mush
Charley
Arabian Tights
Charley
His Silent Racket
Charley
Nature in the Wrong
Charley Chase
Fallen Arches
Charley Chase
- 1932
Mr. Bride
Charley
Now We'll Tell One
Charley
Girl Grief
Charley
Young Ironsides
Fearless
First in War
Sgt. Chase
In Walked Charley
Mr. Chase
The Nickel Nurser
Charley Chase
The Tabasco Kid
Charley / Francisco Murietta
- 1931
Hasty Marriage
Charley Chase
What a Bozo!
Charley Chase
Skip the Maloo!
Duke Chase
The Panic Is On
Charley Chase
One of the Smiths
Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
Rough Seas
Pvt. Charley Chase
Little Daddy
Chubby (singing voice)
The lady from Chicago
Charley Chase
The Pip from Pittsburg
Charley
Thundering Tenors
Charles A. Chase
- 1930
High C's
Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
A gray in the air
Carlos Chase
Looser Than Loose
Charley
Dollar Dizzy
Charley Chase
Girl Shock
Charley
Fast Work
Charley
Fifty Million Husbands
Charley Chase
All Teed Up
Mr Chase
Whispering Whoopee
Charley
The Real McCoy
Charley
1920s
- 1929
Great Gobs!
Charley - 1st Sailor
Stepping Out
Charley
Crazy Feet
Charley
Snappy Sneezer
Charley
Modern Love
John Jones
Leaping Love
Charley Chase
The Big Squawk
Charley
Movie Night
Charley Chase
Loud Soup
Charley Chase
Ruby Lips
Charley
- 1928
Chasing Husbands
Charley
The Booster
Charley
Is Everybody Happy?
Charley
Imagine My Embarrassment
Charley
Limousine Love
The Groom
Aching Youth
Charley
The Family Group
Movie
All for Nothing
Movie
- 1927
Never the Dames Shall Meet
Charley
Assistant Wives
Charley - the Husband
The Way of All Pants
Charley
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
Now I'll Tell One
Charley
The Lighter That Failed
Charley
The Sting of Stings
Charley
What Women Did for Me
Charley
Us
Charley
The Glorious Fourth
Top Hat Inebriate
Fluttering Hearts
Charley
Bigger and Better Blondes
Charley
Forgotten Sweeties
Thurston
A One Mama Man
Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
Are Brunettes Safe?
The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
Many Scrappy Returns
Charley
- 1926
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Charley
Be Your Age
Charley - the Bashful Clerk
Tell 'Em Nothing
Gladstone, The Great Lover
Bromo and Juliet
Charley
Crazy Like a Fox
Wilson
Merry Widower
Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
Thundering Fleas
Mustachioed wedding guest
Mighty Like a Moose
Mr. Moose - The Husband
Long Fliv the King
Charles Chase
Mum's the Word
Charlie - the Son
Mama Behave
Charles Chase / Jim Chase
Charley My Boy!
Charley
- 1925
His Wooden Wedding
The Groom
The Uneasy Three
Movie
The Caretaker's Daughter
The Young Married Man
No Father to Guide Him
Jimmy Jump
Innocent Husbands
Melvin
Isn't Life Terrible?
The Husband
What Price Goofy?
Jamison
Looking for Sally
Jimmy Jump
Big Red Riding Hood
Jimmy Jump
Bad Boy
Jimmie
Is Marriage the Bunk?
Jimmie Jump
Hard Boiled
Charley
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Jamison Jump
Plain and Fancy Girls
Charley
The Family Entrance
Jimmy Jump
Fighting Fluid
Jimmy Jump
Hello Baby!
Jimmy Jump
The Rat's Knuckles
Jimmy Jump
- 1924
The Royal Razz
Jimmy Jump
The Poor Fish
Jimmie Jump
Just a Real Good Car
Jimmy Jump
Accidental Accidents
Jimmy Jump
Bungalow Boobs
Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
Too Many Mammas
Jimmy Jump
Sittin' Pretty
Jimmy Jump
Outdoor Pajamas
Jimmy Jump
Why Men Work
Jimmy Jump
Sweet Daddy
Jimmy Jump
Seeing Nellie Home
Charley
A Ten-Minute Egg
Jimmy Jump
Stolen Goods
Jimmy Jump
Jubilo, Jr.
Director
Young Oldfield
Jimmy
April Fool
Jimmy Jump
Publicity Pays
Jimmy Jump
The King of the Wild Horses
Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
The 'Fraidy Cat
Jimmy Jump
One of the Family
Jimmy Jump
Powder and Smoke
Movie
Hard Knocks
Jimmie Jump
Don't Forget
Movie
Jeffries, Jr.
Movie
Just a Minute
Jimmy Jump
At First Sight
Jimmy Jump
All Wet
Jimmie Jump
- 1923
Long Live the King
Movie
Her Dangerous Path
Glen Harper
Jack Frost
Movie
Sold at Auction!
Customer (uncredited)
- 1922
The Stone Age
Movie
The Dumb-Bell
Actor wearing top hat
In the Movies
Movie
- 1920
Moonshine
Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
April Fool
Supporting Character
Married to Order
The Suitor
Italian Love
Movie
When Spirits Move
Movie
The Nickel Snatcher
cameo
1910s
- 1919
Ship Ahoy
Henchman (uncredited)
Rolling Stone
Bearded anarchist
- 1918
He's In Again
Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
Hello Trouble
Movie
- 1917
Chased Into Love
Charley
- 1915
A Versatile Villain
Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
Love, Loot and Crash
Harold, Dora's Suitor
The Rent Jumpers
A Young Boarder
Settled at the Seaside
Boyfriend
A One Night Stand
Audience Spectator (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)
Love in Armor
The Suitor
He Wouldn't Stay Down
The False Friend
Love, Speed and Thrills
Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Hash House Mashers
The Star Boarder
Peanuts and Bullets
The Accordian Player Boarder
- 1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Ambrose's Buddy
The Plumber
Bystander
Leading Lizzie Astray
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
The Noise of Bombs
3rd Desperado
His Musical Career
Piano Store Manager
Cursed by His Beauty
The Art Teacher
Gentlemen of Nerve
Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
Dough and Dynamite
Customer
Zip, the Dodger
Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
Those Love Pangs
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Hello, Mabel
Mabel's Boss
Mabel's Blunder
Billy Bronx
The Rounders
Diner
The Masquerader
Actor
Those Country Kids
Cop
The Great Toe Mystery
Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
Mabel's Busy Day
Spectator
The Knockout
Spectator (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Directed 73
1970s
- 1974
The Three Stooges Follies
Director
1930s
- 1939
Saved by the Belle
Director
- 1938
Flat Foot Stooges
Director
A Nag in the Bag
Director
Mutts to You
Director
Violent Is the Word for Curly
Director
Tassels in the Air
Director
- 1937
Oh, What a Knight!
Director
- 1936
On the Wrong Trek
Director
Vamp Till Ready
Director
Neighborhood House
Director
The Count Takes the Count
Director
- 1935
Public Ghost # 1
Director
Manhattan Monkey Business
Director
Nurse to You!
Director
The Four Star Boarder
Director
Southern Exposure
Director
- 1934
The Chases of Pimple Street
Director
Fate's Fathead
Director
You Said a Hatful!
Director
Something Simple
Director
It Happened One Day
Director
Another Wild Idea
Director
I'll Take Vanilla
Director
Four Parts
Director
The Cracked Ice Man
Director
- 1933
Luncheon at Twelve
Director
Sherman Said It
Director
Midsummer Mush
Director
Arabian Tights
Director
His Silent Racket
Director
The Bargain of the Century
Director
Nature in the Wrong
Director
1920s
- 1923
Dear Ol' Pal
Director
Jus' Passin' Through
Director
Jack Frost
Director
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Director
Sold at Auction!
Director
A Tough Winter
Director
- 1922
Newly Rich
Director
The Old Sea Dog
Director
365 Days
Director
The Stone Age
Director
The Dumb-Bell
Director
In the Movies
Director
Do Me a Favor
Director
Hot Off the Press
Director
- 1921
Fifteen Minutes
Director
- 1920
Moonshine
Director
April Fool
Director
Married to Order
Director
Call a Taxi!
Director
Italian Love
Director
Fresh Paint
Director
Waltz Me Around
Director
When Spirits Move
Director
The Nickel Snatcher
Director
1910s
- 1919
Don't Park Here
Director
One Night Only
Director
Her First False Hare
Director
The Flirts
Director
Coppers and Scents
Director
Ship Ahoy
Director
Rolling Stone
Director
- 1918
He's In Again
Director
Hello Trouble
Director
Bright and Early
Director
- 1917
His Merry Mix-Up
Director
There's Many a Fool
Director
The Cloud Puncher
Director
Chased Into Love
Director
- 1915
A Hash House Fraud
Director
He Wouldn't Stay Down
Director
Wrote 20
1940s
- 1945
Off Again, On Again
Story
- 1944
Open Season for Saps
Story
1930s
- 1939
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Screenplay
- 1938
Pie a la Maid
Screenplay
Flat Foot Stooges
Writer
Many Sappy Returns
Story, Screenplay
- 1936
Vamp Till Ready
Writer
Neighborhood House
Writer
- 1934
Something Simple
Writer
- 1933
1920s
- 1926
Tell 'Em Nothing
Writer
Crazy Like a Fox
Writer
- 1923
Jus' Passin' Through
Story
1910s
- 1919
Don't Park Here
Writer
Ship Ahoy
Writer
- 1917
His Merry Mix-Up
Writer
There's Many a Fool
Writer
The Cloud Puncher
Writer
Chased Into Love
Writer
- 1915
He Wouldn't Stay Down
Writer
Produced 8
1930s
- 1939
Saved by the Belle
Associate Producer
- 1938
Flat Foot Stooges
Associate Producer
Mutts to You
Associate Producer
Violent Is the Word for Curly
Associate Producer
Tassels in the Air
Associate Producer
Termites of 1938
Associate Producer
- 1937
Man Bites Lovebug
Associate Producer
Gracie at the Bat
Associate Producer
Appearances2
1960s
- 1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1940s
- 1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)