Name
Charley Chase
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1893-10-19
Deathday
1940-06-20 (47 years old)
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.
Known For
When Comedy Was King
(11 Votes)
6.5
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles ...
Relase Date : 29 Mar, 1960
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Tassels in the Air
(14 Votes)
6.786
The stooges are janitors in an office building. They stencil the wrong names on all the of...
Relase Date : 1 Apr, 1938
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Those Love Pangs
(60 Votes)
5.65
Charlie and a rival vie for the favor of their landlady....
Relase Date : 10 Oct, 1914
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Mutts to You
(13 Votes)
6.692
The stooges, professional dog washers, find a baby on a doorstep and, thinking it to be ab...
Relase Date : 14 Oct, 1938
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Call of the Cuckoo
(23 Votes)
5.8
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum....
Relase Date : 15 Oct, 1927
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Isn't Life Terrible?
(10 Votes)
6.1
Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When...
Relase Date : 5 Jul, 1925
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Crazy Like a Fox
(13 Votes)
6.231
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. Sh...
Relase Date : 26 Aug, 1926
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Mighty Like a Moose
(25 Votes)
6.84
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an...
Relase Date : 18 Jul, 1926
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Mabel's Blunder
(27 Votes)
5.204
Mabel is pursued by her boss, despite being engaged to his son, in this gender-bending com...
Relase Date : 12 Sep, 1914
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Fluttering Hearts
(11 Votes)
5.636
Defying her father's wishes, a young woman runs off to a sale at store. She's pursued by a...
Relase Date : 19 Jun, 1927
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 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
- 1924 Sweet Daddy as Jimmy Jump
- 1923 Her Dangerous Path as Glen Harper
- 1924 The Perfect Lady as Jimmy Jump
- 1924 Position Wanted as Jimmie Jump
- 1923 Long Live the King
- 1924 Love's Detour as Jimmie Jump
- 1924 Why Husbands Go Mad as Jimmy Jump
- 1924 Why Men Work as Jimmy Jump
- 1924 The Royal Razz as Jimmy Jump
- 1924 Bungalow Boobs as Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
- 1925 The Family Entrance as Jimmy Jump
- 1925 Hard Boiled as Charley
- 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 Bigger and Better Blondes as Charley
- 1927 The Lighter That Failed as Charley
- 1927 Many Scrappy Returns as Charley
- 1928 All for Nothing
- 1928 Aching Youth
- 1928 Imagine My Embarrassment as Charley
- 1927 Never the Dames Shall Meet as Charley
- 1928 Is Everybody Happy? as Charley
- 1928 The Fight Pest as Charley
- 1928 The Family Group
- 1928 The Booster as Charley
- 1929 Off to Buffalo as Charley Chase
- 1928 All Parts
- 1929 Ruby Lips as Charley
- 1929 Loud Soup 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
- 1930 The golfer
- 1931 The soul of the party as Carlitos
- 1930 Follies of love as Carlos
- 1930 The prince of the dollar
- 1930 Shy in spite of himself
- 1930 Gold Diggers
- 1930 Keep the Bomb
- 1931 Messing Around as Carlos
- 1914 Across the Hall as (unconfirmed)
- 1914 Love and Salt Water
- 1914 Those Country Kids as Cop
- 1914 A Gambling Rube as (unconfirmed)
- 1914 Hello, Mabel as Mabel's Boss
- 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 as Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
- 1914 The Anglers
- 1914 Her Last Chance
- 1914 The Love Thief
- 1915 Only a Farmer's Daughter as The Artist
- 1914 The Plumber as Bystander
- 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
- 1915 A Favorite Fool as The Circus Spieler
- 1915 Droppington's Devilish Deed as Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1918 Playmates as Dope fiend
- 1919 Ship Ahoy as Henchman (uncredited)
- 1917 Chased Into Love as Charley
- 1919 Her Tender Feet
- 1920 Don't Rock the Boat as Ship's Officer
- 1920 Kids Is Kids
- 1920 Way Out West as Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
- 1920 Live and Learn
- 1920 Mystic Mush
- 1922 In the Movies
- 1921 His Best Girl
- 1920 Moonshine as Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
- 1922 The Stone Age
- 1923 Jack Frost
- 1921 Blue Sunday
- 1921 The Hustler
- 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 The Rounders as Diner
- 1914 His New Profession as Nephew
- 1914 His Musical Career as Piano Store Manager
- 1914 Mabel's Blunder as Billy Bronx
- 1926 Bromo and Juliet as Charley
- 1960 When Comedy Was King as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1926 Mighty Like a Moose as Mr. Moose - The Husband
- 1936 Kelly the Second as Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
- 1914 Ambrose's First Falsehood as Ambrose's Buddy
- 1914 Leading Lizzie Astray as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
- 1925 What Price Goofy? as Jamison
- 1924 A Ten-Minute Egg as Jimmy Jump
- 1924 Seeing Nellie Home as Charley
- 1924 The 'Fraidy Cat as Jimmy Jump
- 1924 Outdoor Pajamas as Jimmy Jump
- 1933 Arabian Tights as Charley
- 1931 The Panic Is On as Charley Chase
- 1931 Hasty Marriage as Charley Chase
- 1930 Whispering Whoopee as Charley
- 1925 The Caretaker's Daughter as The Young Married Man
- 1925 The Rat's Knuckles as Jimmy Jump
- 1925 Innocent Husbands as Melvin
- 1926 Long Fliv the King as Charles Chase
- 1924 April Fool as Jimmy Jump
- 1925 His Wooden Wedding as The Groom
- 1967 The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
- 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 A Versatile Villain as Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
- 1915 Love, Loot and Crash as Harold, Dora's Suitor
- 1926 Tell 'Em Nothing as Gladstone, The Great Lover
- 1926 Be Your Age as Charley - the Bashful Clerk
- 1927 Now I'll Tell One as Charley
- 1926 Mama Behave as Charles Chase / Jim Chase
- 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
- 1930 High C's as Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
- 1918 He's In Again as Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
- 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
- 1932 The Nickel Nurser as Charley Chase
- 1933 Fallen Arches as Charley Chase
- 1935 Poker at Eight as Charley
- 1914 The Great Toe Mystery as Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
- 1914 The Noise of Bombs as 3rd Desperado
- 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 Gentlemen of Nerve as Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
- 1914 Mabel at the Wheel as Race Spectator (uncredited)
- 1914 Tillie's Punctured Romance as Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
- 1914 The Knockout as 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 The Awful Goof as Charley
- 1940 The Heckler as Noisy
- 1939 Teacher's Pest as Charley Chase
- 1940 South of the Boudoir as Charley Chase
- 1940 His Bridal Fright as Charley
- 1937 The Big Squirt as Charley Chase
- 1937 The Wrong Miss Wright as Charley Chase
- 1938 Time Out for Trouble as Charley
- 1938 A Nag in the Bag as Racetrack Announcer (voice)
- 1939 The Sap Takes a Wrap as Charley
- 1937 From Bad to Worse as Charley Chase
- 1938 The Nightshirt Bandit as Professor Chase
- 1939 Skinny the Moocher as Charley Chase
- 1937 Man Bites Lovebug as Charles Clayfoot Chase
- 1939 The Chump Takes a Bump as Charley Chase
- 1938 Pie a la Maid as Charley
- 1938 The Mind Needer as Charley Chase
- 1938 Many Sappy Returns as Charley Chase
- 1937 Calling All Doctors as Charley Chase
- 1937 The Grand Hooter as Charley Chase
- 1925 The Uneasy Three
- 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
- 1932 Young Ironsides as Fearless
- 1933 Midsummer Mush as Charley
- 1933 Nature in the Wrong as Charley Chase
- 1935 The Four Star Boarder as Charley
- 1934 The Chases of Pimple Street as Charley Chase
- 1935 Nurse to You! as Charley
- 1921 Big Game
- 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
- 1924 Hard Knocks as Jimmie Jump
- 1924 Don't Forget
- 1924 Publicity Pays as Jimmy Jump
- 1914 He Loved the Ladies as The Husband's Pal
- 1924 Jeffries, Jr.
- 1920 When Spirits Move
- 1934 Another Wild Idea as Charley
- 1932 Mr. Bride as Charley
- 1932 The Tabasco Kid as Charley / Francisco Murietta
- 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
- 1925 Looking for Sally as Jimmy Jump
- 1924 Just a Minute 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
- 1934 Four Parts as Charley
- 1926 There Ain't No Santa Claus as Charley
- 1927 Us as Charley
- 1929 Crazy Feet as Charley
- 1927 Assistant Wives as Charley - the Husband
- 1934 Something Simple as Charley
- 1927 The Sting of Stings as Charley
- 1919 All at Sea
- 1914 Cursed by His Beauty as The Art Teacher
- 1935 Public Ghost # 1 as Charley Chase
- 1936 Neighborhood House as Charley Chase
- 1931 The lady from Chicago as Charley Chase
- 1931 What a Bozo! as Charley Chase
- 1931 One of the Smiths as Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
- 1931 Skip the Maloo! as Duke Chase
- 1957 The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage
- 1920 Italian Love
- 1928 Chasing Husbands as Charley
- 1932 Now We'll Tell One as Charley
- 1933 His Silent Racket as Charley
- 1930 A gray in the air as Carlos Chase
- 1933 Sherman Said It as Charley
- 1929 Stepping Out as Charley
- 1920 The Nickel Snatcher as cameo
- 1963 30 Years of Fun as (archive footage)
- 1920 Why Go Home?
- 1914 Mabel's New Job as Boarder
- 1925 Plain and Fancy Girls as Charley
- 1918 Hello Trouble
- 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
- 2009 The Parrott Chase as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025 Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
