
Charley Chase
Acting
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.
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
(archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
(archive footage)

4 Clowns
(archive footage)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)

The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)

His Bridal Fright
Charley

South of the Boudoir
Charley Chase

The Heckler
Noisy

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

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

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

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

Public Ghost # 1
Charley Chase
Life Hesitates at 40
Charley Chase

Manhattan Monkey Business
Charley

Nurse to You!
Charley

The Four Star Boarder
Charley

Southern Exposure
Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
Poker at Eight
Charley
Okay Toots!
Charley

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

Sons of the Desert
Charley

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

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

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
Messing Around
Carlos

Little Daddy
Chubby (singing voice)

The lady from Chicago
Charley Chase

The Pip from Pittsburg
Charley
The soul of the party
Carlitos

Thundering Tenors
Charles A. Chase

High C's
Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase

A gray in the air
Carlos Chase

Looser Than Loose
Charley
Keep the Bomb
Hey, skirts!
Charley
Gold Diggers
The prince of the dollar

Dollar Dizzy
Charley Chase
Follies of love
Carlos

Girl Shock
Charley
Shy in spite of himself

Fast Work
Charley

Fifty Million Husbands
Charley Chase
The golfer
The golf player

All Teed Up
Mr Chase

Whispering Whoopee
Charley

The Real McCoy
Charley

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
Thin Twins
Charley

Loud Soup
Charley Chase
Off to Buffalo
Charley Chase

Ruby Lips
Charley

Chasing Husbands
Charley

The Booster
Charley
All Parts

Is Everybody Happy?
Charley

Imagine My Embarrassment
Charley
The Fight Pest
Charley

Limousine Love
The Groom

Aching Youth

The Family Group

All for Nothing

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

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)

Mighty Like a Moose
Mr. Moose - The Husband

Thundering Fleas
Mustachioed wedding guest

Long Fliv the King
Charles Chase

Mum's the Word
Charlie - the Son

Dog Shy
Charley

Mama Behave
Charles Chase / Jim Chase

Charley My Boy!
Charley

His Wooden Wedding
The Groom

The Uneasy Three

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

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
Why Husbands Go Mad
Jimmy Jump

Stolen Goods
Jimmy Jump

Jubilo, Jr.
Director

Young Oldfield
Jimmy
Position Wanted
Jimmie Jump

April Fool
Jimmy Jump

Publicity Pays
Jimmy Jump

The King of the Wild Horses
Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)

The 'Fraidy Cat
Jimmy Jump
Love's Detour
Jimmie Jump
The Perfect Lady
Jimmy Jump

Just a Minute
Jimmy Jump

Jeffries, Jr.

Don't Forget

Hard Knocks
Jimmie Jump

Powder and Smoke

One of the Family
Jimmy Jump

At First Sight
Jimmy Jump

All Wet
Jimmie Jump

Long Live the King

Her Dangerous Path
Glen Harper

Jack Frost

Sold at Auction!
Customer (uncredited)

The Stone Age

The Dumb-Bell
Actor wearing top hat
In the Movies
The Hustler
Blue Sunday
Big Game
His Best Girl

Moonshine
Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer

April Fool
Supporting Character

Married to Order
The Suitor
Kids Is Kids
Live and Learn
Don't Rock the Boat
Ship's Officer

Italian Love
Why Go Home?

The Nickel Snatcher
cameo

When Spirits Move
Way Out West
Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
Mystic Mush
All at Sea
Her Tender Feet

Ship Ahoy
Henchman (uncredited)

Rolling Stone
Bearded anarchist

He's In Again
Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)

Hello Trouble
Playmates
Dope fiend

Chased Into Love
Charley
A Favorite Fool
The Circus Spieler

A Versatile Villain
Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk

Love, Loot and Crash
Harold, Dora's Suitor

The Rent Jumpers
A Young Boarder
Droppington's Devilish Deed
Audience Member (uncredited)

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
A Lucky Leap
Lizzie's Boy Friend

He Wouldn't Stay Down
The False Friend
Colored Villainy
The Traveler

Love, Speed and Thrills
Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Hash House Mashers
The Star Boarder

Peanuts and Bullets
The Accordian Player Boarder
Only a Farmer's Daughter
The Artist

Tillie's Punctured Romance
Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)

Fatty's Magic Pants
Party Guest (uncredited)

Ambrose's First Falsehood
Ambrose's Buddy

The Plumber
Bystander
Other People's Business

Leading Lizzie Astray
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines

The Noise of Bombs
3rd Desperado
How Heroes Are Made
The Boy Friend's Chum

His Musical Career
Piano Store Manager
'Curses!' They Remarked

Cursed by His Beauty
The Art Teacher

Gentlemen of Nerve
Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)

Dough and Dynamite
Customer
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
Faro Bill
The Love Thief
Dash, Love and Splash

Zip, the Dodger
Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
The Anglers

Those Love Pangs
Movie Patron (uncredited)

Hello, Mabel
Mabel's Boss
He Loved the Ladies
The Husband's Pal

Mabel's Blunder
Billy Bronx

The Rounders
Diner

His New Profession
Nephew
Her Last Chance

The Masquerader
Actor

Those Country Kids
Cop
Such a Cook
A Coat's Tale
The Tramp
Soldiers of Misfortune

The Great Toe Mystery
Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
Mabel's New Job
Boarder
Sophie of the Films #4
A Gambling Rube
(unconfirmed)

Mabel's Busy Day
Spectator

The Knockout
Spectator (uncredited)
Love and Salt Water
Where Hazel Met the Villain

Mabel at the Wheel
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Across the Hall
(unconfirmed)







