Charley Chase
Department: Acting
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
Dough and Dynamite
1914
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
The Masquerader
1914
Sold at Auction!
1923
A Coat's Tale
1914
Leaping Love
1929
The King of the Wild Horses
1924
Sons of the Desert
1933
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
Sweet Daddy
1924
Her Dangerous Path
1923
Long Live the King
1923
The Perfect Lady
1924
Love's Detour
1924
Position Wanted
1924
The Royal Razz
1924
Why Men Work
1924
Bungalow Boobs
1924
Why Husbands Go Mad
1924
Hard Boiled
1925
The Family Entrance
1925
What Women Did for Me
1927
Are Brunettes Safe?
1927
Merry Widower
1926
Many Scrappy Returns
1927
The Lighter That Failed
1927
Bigger and Better Blondes
1927
All for Nothing
1928
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927
The Family Group
1928
Aching Youth
1928
The Booster
1928
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
All Parts
1928
The Fight Pest
1928
Ruby Lips
1929
Loud Soup
1929
Off to Buffalo
1929
Thin Twins
1929
Great Gobs!
1929
On the Wrong Trek
1936
The golf player
1930
The golfer
1930
Follies of love
1930
Shy in spite of himself
1930
The prince of the dollar
1930
The soul of the party
1931
Gold Diggers
1930
Keep the Bomb
1930
Messing Around
1931
Across the Hall
1914
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
Such a Cook
1914
Soldiers of Misfortune
1914
Those Country Kids
1914
A Gambling Rube
1914
Sophie of the Films #4
1914
The Love Thief
1914
The Anglers
1914
Her Last Chance
1914
Hello, Mabel
1914
Dash, Love and Splash
1914
Zip, the Dodger
1914
Love and Salt Water
1914
Only a Farmer's Daughter
1915
How Heroes Are Made
1914
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
1914
Other People's Business
1914
The Plumber
1914
Droppington's Devilish Deed
1915
A Favorite Fool
1915
Playmates
1918
Chased Into Love
1917
Ship Ahoy
1919
Mystic Mush
1920
Way Out West
1920
Live and Learn
1920
Moonshine
1920
Don't Rock the Boat
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
1992
Fluttering Hearts
1927
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Thundering Fleas
1926
His New Profession
1914
His Musical Career
1914
The Rounders
1914
Mabel's Blunder
1914
Bromo and Juliet
1926
When Comedy Was King
1960
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
Kelly the Second
1936
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
What Price Goofy?
1925
Seeing Nellie Home
1924
Outdoor Pajamas
1924
The 'Fraidy Cat
1924
A Ten-Minute Egg
1924
Arabian Tights
1933
Hasty Marriage
1931
The Panic Is On
1931
Whispering Whoopee
1930
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925
Innocent Husbands
1925
The Rat's Knuckles
1925
April Fool
1924
Long Fliv the King
1926
His Wooden Wedding
1925
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
Young Oldfield
1924
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
Dog Shy
1926
Love, Loot and Crash
1915
A Versatile Villain
1915
Tell 'Em Nothing
1926
Mama Behave
1926
Be Your Age
1926
Now I'll Tell One
1927
The Way of All Pants
1927
The Glorious Fourth
1927
Too Many Mammas
1924
Hollywood Party
1937
Rough Seas
1931
Girl Grief
1932
All Wet
1924
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Limousine Love
1928
He's In Again
1918
High C's
1930
The Dumb-Bell
1922
Accidental Accidents
1924
The Pip from Pittsburg
1931
Rolling Stone
1919
Luncheon at Twelve
1933
Jubilo, Jr.
1924
The Real McCoy
1930
Should Husbands Be Watched?
1925
Dollar Dizzy
1930
Poker at Eight
1935
Fallen Arches
1933
The Nickel Nurser
1932
The Noise of Bombs
1914
The Great Toe Mystery
1914
Charley My Boy!
1926
The Cracked Ice Man
1934
In Walked Charley
1932
Rattling Romeo
1939
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
The Knockout
1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
Those Love Pangs
1914
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
A One Night Stand
1915
No Father to Guide Him
1925
Fate's Fathead
1934
Movie Night
1929
Looser Than Loose
1930
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
Teacher's Pest
1939
The Heckler
1940
The Chump Takes a Bump
1939
The Awful Goof
1939
His Bridal Fright
1940
South of the Boudoir
1940
Time Out for Trouble
1938
Skinny the Moocher
1939
Pie a la Maid
1938
The Mind Needer
1938
The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
A Nag in the Bag
1938
The Nightshirt Bandit
1938
Man Bites Lovebug
1937
From Bad to Worse
1937
The Big Squirt
1937
Many Sappy Returns
1938
Calling All Doctors
1937
The Wrong Miss Wright
1937
The Grand Hooter
1937
The Uneasy Three
1925
Sittin' Pretty
1924
Love in Armor
1915
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
The Poor Fish
1924
Married to Order
1920
The Rent Jumpers
1915
Settled at the Seaside
1915
All Teed Up
1930
Peanuts and Bullets
1915
A Lucky Leap
1915
Colored Villainy
1915
The Big Squawk
1929
Snappy Sneezer
1929
The Count Takes the Count
1936
Fifty Million Husbands
1930
4 Clowns
1970
At First Sight
1924
Bad Boy
1925
First in War
1932
Nature in the Wrong
1933
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
Midsummer Mush
1933
Young Ironsides
1932
The Four Star Boarder
1935
Nurse to You!
1935
Big Game
1921
Just a Real Good Car
1924
He Wouldn't Stay Down
1915
One of the Family
1924
Powder and Smoke
1924
Hard Knocks
1924
Don't Forget
1924
Publicity Pays
1924
He Loved the Ladies
1914
Jeffries, Jr.
1924
When Spirits Move
1920
The Tabasco Kid
1932
Another Wild Idea
1934
Mr. Bride
1932
Thundering Tenors
1931
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Hash House Mashers
1915
Little Daddy
1931
Big Red Riding Hood
1925
Stolen Goods
1924
Fighting Fluid
1925
Hello Baby!
1925
Mum's the Word
1926
Just a Minute
1924
Looking for Sally
1925
Southern Exposure
1935
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
Girl Shock
1930
Fast Work
1930
April Fool
1920
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926
Four Parts
1934
Us
1927
Assistant Wives
1927
Crazy Feet
1929
Something Simple
1934
The Sting of Stings
1927
All at Sea
1919
Cursed by His Beauty
1914
Public Ghost # 1
1935
Neighborhood House
1936
One of the Smiths
1931
What a Bozo!
1931
Skip the Maloo!
1931
The lady from Chicago
1931
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Italian Love
1920
Chasing Husbands
1928
Now We'll Tell One
1932
His Silent Racket
1933
Sherman Said It
1933
A gray in the air
1930
Stepping Out
1929
The Nickel Snatcher
1920
30 Years of Fun
1963
Why Go Home?
1920
Mabel's New Job
1914
Plain and Fancy Girls
1925
Hello Trouble
1918
Modern Love
1929
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
A One Mama Man
1927
I'll Take Vanilla
1934
It Happened One Day
1934
You Said a Hatful!
1934
Okay Toots!
1935
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
Vamp Till Ready
1936
Hey, skirts!
1930
The Parrott Chase
2009