Charley Chase
Birthday
1893/10/19
Day of death
1940/06/20 (46 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also know as
Charles Joseph Parrott, Charles Parrott, Charles Parrot, Charley Parrott, Charlie Chase, Charles Chase, Jimmy Jump
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.
Acting
(1914) Dough and Dynamite
as Customer
(1914) Mabel's Busy Day
as Spectator
(1914) The Masquerader
as Actor
(1923) Sold at Auction
as Customer (uncredited)
(1914) A Coat's Tale
as The Tramp
(1929) Leaping Love
as Charley Chase
(1924) The King of the Wild Horses
as Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
(1933) Sons of the Desert
as Charley
(1914) 'Curses!' They Remarked
as ---
(1924) Sweet Daddy
as Jimmy Jump
(1923) Her Dangerous Path
as Glen Harper
(1923) Long Live the King
as ---
(1924) The Perfect Lady
as Jimmy Jump
(1924) Love's Detour
as Jimmie Jump
(1924) Position Wanted
as Jimmie Jump
(1924) The Royal Razz
as Jimmy Jump
(1924) Why Men Work
as Jimmy Jump
(1924) Bungalow Boobs
as Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
(1924) Why Husbands Go Mad
as Jimmy Jump
(1925) Hard Boiled
as Charley
(1925) The Family Entrance
as Jimmy Jump
(1927) What Women Did for Me
as Charley
(1927) Are Brunettes Safe?
as The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
(1926) Merry Widower
as Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
(1927) Many Scrappy Returns
as Charley
(1927) The Lighter That Failed
as Charley
(1927) Bigger and Better Blondes
as Charley
(1928) All for Nothing
as ---
(1928) Imagine My Embarrassment
as Charley
(1927) Never the Dames Shall Meet
as Charley
(1928) The Family Group
as ---
(1928) Aching Youth
as ---
(1928) The Booster
as Charley
(1928) Is Everybody Happy?
as Charley
(1928) All Parts
as ---
(1928) The Fight Pest
as Charley
(1929) Ruby Lips
as Charley
(1929) Loud Soup
as Charley Chase
(1929) Off to Buffalo
as Charley Chase
(1929) Thin Twins
as Charley
(1929) Great Gobs!
as Charley - 1st Sailor
(1936) On the Wrong Trek
as Charley Chase
(1930) The golf player
as ---
(1930) The golfer
as ---
(1930) Follies of love
as Carlos
(1930) Shy in spite of himself
as ---
(1930) The prince of the dollar
as ---
(1931) The soul of the party
as Carlitos
(1930) Gold Diggers
as ---
(1930) Keep the Bomb
as ---
(1931) Messing Around
as Carlos
(1914) Across the Hall
as (unconfirmed)
(1914) Where Hazel Met the Villain
as ---
(1914) Such a Cook
as ---
(1914) Soldiers of Misfortune
as ---
(1914) Those Country Kids
as Cop
(1914) A Gambling Rube
as (unconfirmed)
(1914) Sophie of the Films #4
as ---
(1914) The Love Thief
as ---
(1914) The Anglers
as ---
(1914) Her Last Chance
as ---
(1914) Hello, Mabel
as Mabel's Boss
(1914) Dash, Love and Splash
as ---
(1914) Zip, the Dodger
as Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
(1914) Love and Salt Water
as ---
(1915) Only a Farmer's Daughter
as The Artist
(1914) How Heroes Are Made
as The Boy Friend's Chum
(1914) Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
as Faro Bill
(1914) Other People's Business
as ---
(1914) The Plumber
as Bystander
(1915) Droppington's Devilish Deed
as Audience Member (uncredited)
(1915) A Favorite Fool
as The Circus Spieler
(1918) Playmates
as Dope fiend
(1917) Chased Into Love
as Charley
(1919) Ship Ahoy
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1920) Mystic Mush
as ---
(1920) Way Out West
as Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
(1920) Live and Learn
as ---
(1920) Moonshine
as Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
(1920) Don't Rock the Boat
as Ship's Officer
(1919) Her Tender Feet
as ---
(1921) The Hustler
as ---
(1920) Kids Is Kids
as ---
(1921) Blue Sunday
as ---
(1922) In the Movies
as ---
(1922) The Stone Age
as ---
(1921) His Best Girl
as ---
(1923) Jack Frost
as ---
(1992) Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as (archive footage)
(1927) Fluttering Hearts
as Charley
(1927) Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
(1926) Thundering Fleas
as Mustachioed wedding guest
(1914) His New Profession
as Nephew
(1914) His Musical Career
as Piano Store Manager
(1914) The Rounders
as Diner
(1914) Mabel's Blunder
as Billy Bronx
(1926) Bromo and Juliet
as Charley
(1960) When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
(1926) Mighty Like a Moose
as Mr. Moose - The Husband
(1936) Kelly the Second
as Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
(1914) Leading Lizzie Astray
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
(1914) Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Ambrose's Buddy
(1925) What Price Goofy?
as Jamison
(1924) Seeing Nellie Home
as Charley
(1924) Outdoor Pajamas
as Jimmy Jump
(1924) The 'Fraidy Cat
as Jimmy Jump
(1924) A Ten-Minute Egg
as Jimmy Jump
(1933) Arabian Tights
as Charley
(1931) Hasty Marriage
as Charley Chase
(1931) The Panic Is On
as Charley Chase
(1930) Whispering Whoopee
as Charley
(1925) The Caretaker's Daughter
as The Young Married Man
(1925) Innocent Husbands
as Melvin
(1925) The Rat's Knuckles
as Jimmy Jump
(1924) April Fool
as Jimmy Jump
(1926) Long Fliv the King
as Charles Chase
(1925) His Wooden Wedding
as The Groom
(1967) The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
as ---
(1926) Crazy Like a Fox
as Wilson
(1927) Forgotten Sweeties
as Thurston
(1924) Young Oldfield
as Jimmy
(1925) Isn't Life Terrible?
as The Husband
(1926) Dog Shy
as Charley
(1915) Love, Loot and Crash
as Harold, Dora's Suitor
(1915) A Versatile Villain
as Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
(1926) Tell 'Em Nothing
as Gladstone, The Great Lover
(1926) Mama Behave
as Charles Chase / Jim Chase
(1926) Be Your Age
as Charley - the Bashful Clerk
(1927) Now I'll Tell One
as Charley
(1927) The Way of All Pants
as Charley
(1927) The Glorious Fourth
as Top Hat Inebriate
(1924) Too Many Mammas
as Jimmy Jump
(1937) Hollywood Party
as Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
(1931) Rough Seas
as Pvt. Charley Chase
(1932) Girl Grief
as Charley
(1924) All Wet
as Jimmie Jump
(1942) Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
(1928) Limousine Love
as The Groom
(1918) He's In Again
as Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
(1930) High C's
as Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
(1922) The Dumb-Bell
as Actor wearing top hat
(1924) Accidental Accidents
as Jimmy Jump
(1931) The Pip from Pittsburg
as Charley
(1919) Rolling Stone
as Bearded anarchist
(1933) Luncheon at Twelve
as Charley Chase
(1924) Jubilo, Jr.
as Director
(1930) The Real McCoy
as Charley
(1925) Should Husbands Be Watched?
as Jamison Jump
(1930) Dollar Dizzy
as Charley Chase
(1935) Poker at Eight
as Charley
(1933) Fallen Arches
as Charley Chase
(1932) The Nickel Nurser
as Charley Chase
(1914) The Noise of Bombs
as 3rd Desperado
(1914) The Great Toe Mystery
as Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
(1926) Charley My Boy!
as Charley
(1934) The Cracked Ice Man
as Charley Chase
(1932) In Walked Charley
as Mr. Chase
(1939) Rattling Romeo
as Charley
(1914) Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
(1914) The Knockout
as Spectator (uncredited)
(1914) Gentlemen of Nerve
as Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
(1914) Mabel at the Wheel
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
(1914) Those Love Pangs
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1915) Fatty’s Faithful Fido
as Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
(1915) That Little Band Of Gold
as Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
(1915) A One Night Stand
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
(1925) No Father to Guide Him
as Jimmy Jump
(1934) Fate's Fathead
as Charley Chase
(1929) Movie Night
as Charley Chase
(1930) Looser Than Loose
as Charley
(1925) Is Marriage the Bunk?
as Jimmie Jump
(1939) Teacher's Pest
as Charley Chase
(1940) The Heckler
as Noisy
(1939) The Chump Takes a Bump
as Charley Chase
(1939) The Awful Goof
as Charley
(1940) His Bridal Fright
as Charley
(1940) South of the Boudoir
as Charley Chase
(1938) Time Out for Trouble
as Charley
(1939) Skinny the Moocher
as Charley Chase
(1938) Pie a la Maid
as Charley
(1938) The Mind Needer
as Charley Chase
(1939) The Sap Takes a Wrap
as Charley
(1938) A Nag in the Bag
as Racetrack Announcer (voice)
(1938) The Nightshirt Bandit
as Professor Chase
(1937) Man Bites Lovebug
as Charles Clayfoot Chase
(1937) From Bad to Worse
as Charley Chase
(1937) The Big Squirt
as Charley Chase
(1938) Many Sappy Returns
as Charley Chase
(1937) Calling All Doctors
as Charley Chase
(1937) The Wrong Miss Wright
as Charley Chase
(1937) The Grand Hooter
as Charley Chase
(1925) The Uneasy Three
as ---
(1924) Sittin' Pretty
as Jimmy Jump
(1915) Love in Armor
as The Suitor
(1915) Love, Speed and Thrills
as Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
(1924) The Poor Fish
as Jimmie Jump
(1920) Married to Order
as The Suitor
(1915) The Rent Jumpers
as A Young Boarder
(1915) Settled at the Seaside
as Boyfriend
(1930) All Teed Up
as Mr Chase
(1915) Peanuts and Bullets
as The Accordian Player Boarder
(1915) A Lucky Leap
as Lizzie's Boy Friend
(1915) Colored Villainy
as The Traveler
(1929) The Big Squawk
as Charley
(1929) Snappy Sneezer
as Charley
(1936) The Count Takes the Count
as Charley Chase
(1930) Fifty Million Husbands
as Charley Chase
(1970) 4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
(1924) At First Sight
as Jimmy Jump
(1925) Bad Boy
as Jimmie
(1932) First in War
as Sgt. Chase
(1933) Nature in the Wrong
as Charley Chase
(1934) The Chases of Pimple Street
as Charley Chase
(1933) Midsummer Mush
as Charley
(1932) Young Ironsides
as Fearless
(1935) The Four Star Boarder
as Charley
(1935) Nurse to You!
as Charley
(1921) Big Game
as ---
(1924) Just a Real Good Car
as Jimmy Jump
(1915) He Wouldn't Stay Down
as The False Friend
(1924) One of the Family
as Jimmy Jump
(1924) Powder and Smoke
as ---
(1924) Hard Knocks
as Jimmie Jump
(1924) Don't Forget
as ---
(1924) Publicity Pays
as Jimmy Jump
(1914) He Loved the Ladies
as The Husband's Pal
(1924) Jeffries, Jr.
as ---
(1920) When Spirits Move
as ---
(1932) The Tabasco Kid
as Charley / Francisco Murietta
(1934) Another Wild Idea
as Charley
(1932) Mr. Bride
as Charley
(1931) Thundering Tenors
as Charles A. Chase
(1961) Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(1915) Hash House Mashers
as The Star Boarder
(1931) Little Daddy
as Chubby (singing voice)
(1925) Big Red Riding Hood
as Jimmy Jump
(1924) Stolen Goods
as Jimmy Jump
(1925) Fighting Fluid
as Jimmy Jump
(1925) Hello Baby!
as Jimmy Jump
(1926) Mum's the Word
as Charlie - the Son
(1924) Just a Minute
as Jimmy Jump
(1925) Looking for Sally
as Jimmy Jump
(1935) Southern Exposure
as Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
(1914) Fatty's Magic Pants
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1930) Girl Shock
as Charley
(1930) Fast Work
as Charley
(1920) April Fool
as Supporting Character
(1926) There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Charley
(1934) Four Parts
as Charley
(1927) Us
as Charley
(1927) Assistant Wives
as Charley - the Husband
(1929) Crazy Feet
as Charley
(1934) Something Simple
as Charley
(1927) The Sting of Stings
as Charley
(1919) All at Sea
as ---
(1914) Cursed by His Beauty
as The Art Teacher
(1935) Public Ghost # 1
as Charley Chase
(1936) Neighborhood House
as Charley Chase
(1931) One of the Smiths
as Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
(1931) What a Bozo!
as Charley Chase
(1931) Skip the Maloo!
as Duke Chase
(1931) The lady from Chicago
as Charley Chase
(1957) The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
(1920) Italian Love
as ---
(1928) Chasing Husbands
as Charley
(1932) Now We'll Tell One
as Charley
(1933) His Silent Racket
as Charley
(1933) Sherman Said It
as Charley
(1930) A gray in the air
as Carlos Chase
(1929) Stepping Out
as Charley
(1920) The Nickel Snatcher
as cameo
(1963) 30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
(1920) Why Go Home?
as ---
(1914) Mabel's New Job
as Boarder
(1925) Plain and Fancy Girls
as Charley
(1918) Hello Trouble
as ---
(1929) Modern Love
as John Jones
(2007) Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
as (archive footage)
(1935) Life Hesitates at 40
as Charley Chase
(1927) A One Mama Man
as Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
(1934) I'll Take Vanilla
as Charley
(1934) It Happened One Day
as Charley
(1934) You Said a Hatful!
as Charley
(1935) Okay Toots!
as Charley
(1935) Manhattan Monkey Business
as Charley
(1936) Vamp Till Ready
as Charley
(1930) Hey, skirts!
as Charley