Charley Chase

Known for Acting

Details

Birthday: October 19, 1893

Deathday: June 20, 1940

Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

Actor

2025

Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)

2009

The Parrott Chase

2007

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

1992

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

1970

4 Clowns

1967

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1963

30 Years of Fun

1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1960

When Comedy Was King

1957

The Golden Age of Comedy

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1940

The Heckler

1940

South of the Boudoir

1940

His Bridal Fright

1939

Rattling Romeo

1939

The Awful Goof

1939

Teacher's Pest

1939

The Sap Takes a Wrap

1939

Skinny the Moocher

1939

The Chump Takes a Bump

1938

Time Out for Trouble

1938

A Nag in the Bag

1938

The Nightshirt Bandit

1938

Pie a la Maid

1938

The Mind Needer

1938

Many Sappy Returns

1937

Hollywood Party

1937

The Big Squirt

1937

The Wrong Miss Wright

1937

From Bad to Worse

1937

Man Bites Lovebug

1937

Calling All Doctors

1937

The Grand Hooter

1936

On the Wrong Trek

1936

Kelly the Second

1936

The Count Takes the Count

1936

Neighborhood House

1936

Vamp Till Ready

1935

Poker at Eight

1935

The Four Star Boarder

1935

Nurse to You!

1935

Southern Exposure

1935

Public Ghost # 1

1935

Life Hesitates at 40

1935

Okay Toots!

1935

Manhattan Monkey Business

1934

The Cracked Ice Man

1934

Fate's Fathead

1934

The Chases of Pimple Street

1934

Another Wild Idea

1934

Four Parts

1934

Something Simple

1934

I'll Take Vanilla

1934

It Happened One Day

1934

You Said a Hatful!

1933

Sons of the Desert

1933

Arabian Tights

1933

Luncheon at Twelve

1933

Fallen Arches

1933

Midsummer Mush

1933

Nature in the Wrong

1933

His Silent Racket

1933

Sherman Said It

1932

Girl Grief

1932

The Nickel Nurser

1932

In Walked Charley

1932

First in War

1932

Young Ironsides

1932

Mr. Bride

1932

The Tabasco Kid

1932

Now We'll Tell One

1931

The soul of the party

1931

Messing Around

1931

The Panic Is On

1931

Hasty Marriage

1931

Rough Seas

1931

The Pip from Pittsburg

1931

Thundering Tenors

1931

Little Daddy

1931

The lady from Chicago

1931

What a Bozo!

1931

One of the Smiths

1931

Skip the Maloo!

1930

The golf player

1930

The golfer

1930

Follies of love

1930

The prince of the dollar

1930

Shy in spite of himself

1930

Gold Diggers

1930

Keep the Bomb

1930

Whispering Whoopee

1930

High C's

1930

The Real McCoy

1930

Dollar Dizzy

1930

Looser Than Loose

1930

All Teed Up

1930

Fifty Million Husbands

1930

Girl Shock

1930

Fast Work

1930

A gray in the air

1930

Hey, skirts!

1929

Leaping Love

1929

Off to Buffalo

1929

Ruby Lips

1929

Loud Soup

1929

Thin Twins

1929

Great Gobs!

1929

Movie Night

1929

The Big Squawk

1929

Snappy Sneezer

1929

Crazy Feet

1929

Stepping Out

1929

Modern Love

1928

All for Nothing

1928

Aching Youth

1928

Imagine My Embarrassment

1928

Is Everybody Happy?

1928

The Fight Pest

1928

The Family Group

1928

The Booster

1928

All Parts

1928

Limousine Love

1928

Chasing Husbands

1927

What Women Did for Me

1927

Are Brunettes Safe?

1927

Bigger and Better Blondes

1927

The Lighter That Failed

1927

Many Scrappy Returns

1927

Never the Dames Shall Meet

1927

Fluttering Hearts

1927

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

Forgotten Sweeties

1927

Now I'll Tell One

1927

The Way of All Pants

1927

The Glorious Fourth

1927

Assistant Wives

1927

The Sting of Stings

1927

A One Mama Man

1926

Merry Widower

1926

Thundering Fleas

1926

Bromo and Juliet

1926

Mighty Like a Moose

1926

Long Fliv the King

1926

Crazy Like a Fox

1926

Dog Shy

1926

Tell 'Em Nothing

1926

Be Your Age

1926

Mama Behave

1926

Charley My Boy!

1926

Mum's the Word

1926

There Ain't No Santa Claus

1925

The Family Entrance

1925

Hard Boiled

1925

What Price Goofy?

1925

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925

The Rat's Knuckles

1925

Innocent Husbands

1925

His Wooden Wedding

1925

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925

Should Husbands Be Watched?

1925

No Father to Guide Him

1925

Is Marriage the Bunk?

1925

The Uneasy Three

1925

Bad Boy

1925

Big Red Riding Hood

1925

Fighting Fluid

1925

Hello Baby!

1925

Looking for Sally

1925

Plain and Fancy Girls

1924

The King of the Wild Horses

1924

Sweet Daddy

1924

The Perfect Lady

1924

Position Wanted

1924

Love's Detour

1924

Why Husbands Go Mad

1924

Why Men Work

1924

The Royal Razz

1924

Bungalow Boobs

1924

A Ten-Minute Egg

1924

Seeing Nellie Home

1924

The 'Fraidy Cat

1924

Outdoor Pajamas

1924

April Fool

1924

Young Oldfield

1924

Too Many Mammas

1924

All Wet

1924

Accidental Accidents

1924

Jubilo, Jr.

1924

Sittin' Pretty

1924

The Poor Fish

1924

At First Sight

1924

Just a Real Good Car

1924

One of the Family

1924

Powder and Smoke

1924

Hard Knocks

1924

Don't Forget

1924

Publicity Pays

1924

Jeffries, Jr.

1924

Stolen Goods

1924

Just a Minute

1923

Sold at Auction!

1923

Her Dangerous Path

1923

Long Live the King

1923

Jack Frost

1922

In the Movies

1922

The Stone Age

1922

The Dumb-Bell

1921

His Best Girl

1921

Blue Sunday

1921

The Hustler

1921

Big Game

1920

Don't Rock the Boat

1920

Kids Is Kids

1920

Way Out West

1920

Live and Learn

1920

Mystic Mush

1920

Moonshine

1920

Married to Order

1920

When Spirits Move

1920

April Fool

1920

Italian Love

1920

The Nickel Snatcher

1920

Why Go Home?

1919

Ship Ahoy

1919

Her Tender Feet

1919

Rolling Stone

1919

All at Sea

1918

Playmates

1918

He's In Again

1918

Hello Trouble

1917

Chased Into Love

1915

Only a Farmer's Daughter

1915

A Favorite Fool

1915

Droppington's Devilish Deed

1915

A Versatile Villain

1915

Love, Loot and Crash

1915

Fatty’s Faithful Fido

1915

That Little Band Of Gold

1915

A One Night Stand

1915

Love in Armor

1915

Love, Speed and Thrills

1915

The Rent Jumpers

1915

Settled at the Seaside

1915

Peanuts and Bullets

1915

A Lucky Leap

1915

Colored Villainy

1915

He Wouldn't Stay Down

1915

Hash House Mashers

1914

Dough and Dynamite

1914

Mabel's Busy Day

1914

The Masquerader

1914

A Coat's Tale

1914

'Curses!' They Remarked

1914

Across the Hall

1914

Love and Salt Water

1914

Those Country Kids

1914

A Gambling Rube

1914

Hello, Mabel

1914

Soldiers of Misfortune

1914

Such a Cook

1914

Sophie of the Films #4

1914

Dash, Love and Splash

1914

Where Hazel Met the Villain

1914

Zip, the Dodger

1914

The Anglers

1914

Her Last Chance

1914

The Love Thief

1914

The Plumber

1914

How Heroes Are Made

1914

Stout Hearts But Weak Knees

1914

Other People's Business

1914

The Rounders

1914

His New Profession

1914

His Musical Career

1914

Mabel's Blunder

1914

Ambrose's First Falsehood

1914

Leading Lizzie Astray

1914

The Great Toe Mystery

1914

The Noise of Bombs

1914

Gentlemen of Nerve

1914

Mabel at the Wheel

1914

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

The Knockout

1914

Those Love Pangs

1914

He Loved the Ladies

1914

Fatty's Magic Pants

1914

Cursed by His Beauty

1914

Mabel's New Job

Director

1974

The Three Stooges Follies

1939

Saved by the Belle

1939

Mutiny on the Body

1939

Static in the Attic

1939

Boom Goes the Groom

1938

Violent Is the Word for Curly

1938

Flat Foot Stooges

1938

Mutts to You

1938

Tassels in the Air

1938

A Nag in the Bag

1938

Halfway to Hollywood

1938

The Old Raid Mule

1938

Ankles Away

1937

Oh, What a Knight!

1936

Vamp Till Ready

1936

The Count Takes the Count

1936

Neighborhood House

1936

On the Wrong Trek

1935

Life Hesitates at 40

1935

Okay Toots!

1935

Manhattan Monkey Business

1935

Poker at Eight

1935

Nurse to You!

1935

The Four Star Boarder

1935

Southern Exposure

1935

Public Ghost # 1

1934

I'll Take Vanilla

1934

You Said a Hatful!

1934

It Happened One Day

1934

The Cracked Ice Man

1934

Fate's Fathead

1934

Music in Your Hair

1934

The Chases of Pimple Street

1934

Another Wild Idea

1934

Four Parts

1934

Something Simple

1933

The Bargain of the Century

1933

Luncheon at Twelve

1933

Nature in the Wrong

1933

Midsummer Mush

1933

Sherman Said It

1933

His Silent Racket

1933

Arabian Tights

1923

A Tough Winter

1923

Sold at Auction!

1923

Jus' Passin' Through

1923

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923

Dear Ol' Pal

1923

Jack Frost

1923

Before the Public

1922

Years to Come

1922

The Dumb-Bell

1922

Blow 'Em Up

1922

Full o' Pep

1922

The Old Sea Dog

1922

In the Movies

1922

The Stone Age

1922

Newly Rich

1922

365 Days

1922

Bone Dry

1922

Hot Off the Press

1922

Do Me a Favor

1921

What a Whopper!

1921

At the Ringside

1921

His Best Girl

1921

Blue Sunday

1921

Rush Orders

1921

Fifteen Minutes

1921

On Location

1920

Moonshine

1920

All Dressed Up

1920

Waltz Me Around

1920

Fresh Paint

1920

A London Bobby

1920

Mystic Mush

1920

Don't Rock the Boat

1920

Kids Is Kids

1920

Married to Order

1920

When Spirits Move

1920

April Fool

1920

Call a Taxi!

1920

Italian Love

1920

The Nickel Snatcher

1920

Red Hot Hottentotts

1920

Getting His Goat

1919

The Floor Below

1919

Don't Park Here

1919

Rolling Stone

1919

The Flirts

1919

Hop to It, Bellhop

1919

Ship Ahoy

1919

Her Tender Feet

1919

One Night Only

1919

Coppers and Scents

1919

Her First False Hare

1919

All at Sea

1919

Giving the Bride Away

1919

Order in the Court

1919

Tough Luck

1918

Bright and Early

1918

He's In Again

1918

Playmates

1918

Hello Trouble

1918

Painless Love

1917

Chased Into Love

1917

The Cloud Puncher

1917

His Merry Mix-Up

1917

There's Many a Fool

1916

Hearts and Sparks

1916

A Dash of Courage

1915

A Hash House Fraud

1915

He Wouldn't Stay Down

1914

The Anglers

1914

The Love Thief

1914

How Heroes Are Made

1914

Their Fatal Bumping

Writer

1938

Flat Foot Stooges

1936

Vamp Till Ready

1936

Neighborhood House

1934

Something Simple

1933

Sons of the Desert

1926

Tell 'Em Nothing

1926

Crazy Like a Fox

1922

Years to Come

1922

Touch all the Bases

1919

Her Tender Feet

1919

Ship Ahoy

1919

Don't Park Here

1917

Chased Into Love

1917

The Cloud Puncher

1917

His Merry Mix-Up

1917

There's Many a Fool

1915

He Wouldn't Stay Down