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.
Movies(289)
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
2009
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
(archive footage)
2007
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
(archive footage)
1992
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
1970
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
1963
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
1960
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
1957
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
His Bridal Fright
Charley
1940
South of the Boudoir
Charley Chase
1940
The Heckler
Noisy
1940
The Awful Goof
Charley
1939
Teacher's Pest
Charley Chase
1939
Skinny the Moocher
Charley Chase
1939
Rattling Romeo
Charley
1939
The Chump Takes a Bump
Charley Chase
1939
The Sap Takes a Wrap
Charley
1939
Pie a la Maid
Charley
1938
A Nag in the Bag
Racetrack Announcer (voice)
1938
The Nightshirt Bandit
Professor Chase
1938
Many Sappy Returns
Charley Chase
1938
The Mind Needer
Charley Chase
1938
Time Out for Trouble
Charley
1938
Man Bites Lovebug
Charles Clayfoot Chase
1937
The Big Squirt
Charley Chase
1937
Calling All Doctors
Charley Chase
1937
The Wrong Miss Wright
Charley Chase
1937
From Bad to Worse
Charley Chase
1937
The Grand Hooter
Charley Chase
1937
Hollywood Party
Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
1937
Kelly the Second
Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
1936
On the Wrong Trek
Charley Chase
1936
Vamp Till Ready
Charley
1936
Neighborhood House
Charley Chase
1936
The Count Takes the Count
Charley Chase
1936
Public Ghost # 1
Charley Chase
1935
Life Hesitates at 40
Charley Chase
1935
Manhattan Monkey Business
Charley
1935
Nurse to You!
Charley
1935
The Four Star Boarder
Charley
1935
Southern Exposure
Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
1935
Poker at Eight
Charley
1935
Okay Toots!
Charley
1935
The Chases of Pimple Street
Charley Chase
1934
Fate's Fathead
Charley Chase
1934
You Said a Hatful!
Charley
1934
Something Simple
Charley
1934
It Happened One Day
Charley
1934
Another Wild Idea
Charley
1934
I'll Take Vanilla
Charley
1934
Four Parts
Charley
1934
The Cracked Ice Man
Charley Chase
1934
Sons of the Desert
Charley
1933
Luncheon at Twelve
Charley Chase
1933
Sherman Said It
Charley
1933
Midsummer Mush
Charley
1933
Arabian Tights
Charley
1933
His Silent Racket
Charley
1933
Nature in the Wrong
Charley Chase
1933
Fallen Arches
Charley Chase
1933
Mr. Bride
Charley
1932
Now We'll Tell One
Charley
1932
Girl Grief
Charley
1932
Young Ironsides
Fearless
1932
First in War
Sgt. Chase
1932
In Walked Charley
Mr. Chase
1932
The Nickel Nurser
Charley Chase
1932
The Tabasco Kid
Charley / Francisco Murietta
1932
Hasty Marriage
Charley Chase
1931
What a Bozo!
Charley Chase
1931
Skip the Maloo!
Duke Chase
1931
The Panic Is On
Charley Chase
1931
One of the Smiths
Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
1931
Rough Seas
Pvt. Charley Chase
1931
Messing Around
Carlos
1931
Little Daddy
Chubby (singing voice)
1931
The lady from Chicago
Charley Chase
1931
The Pip from Pittsburg
Charley
1931
The soul of the party
Carlitos
1931
Thundering Tenors
Charles A. Chase
1931
High C's
Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
1930
A gray in the air
Carlos Chase
1930
Keep the Bomb
1930
Looser Than Loose
Charley
1930
Hey, skirts!
Charley
1930
The prince of the dollar
1930
Gold Diggers
1930
Dollar Dizzy
Charley Chase
1930
Follies of love
Carlos
1930
Shy in spite of himself
1930
Girl Shock
Charley
1930
Fast Work
Charley
1930
Fifty Million Husbands
Charley Chase
1930
The golf player
1930
The golfer
1930
All Teed Up
Mr Chase
1930
Whispering Whoopee
Charley
1930
The Real McCoy
Charley
1930
Great Gobs!
Charley - 1st Sailor
1929
Stepping Out
Charley
1929
Crazy Feet
Charley
1929
Snappy Sneezer
Charley
1929
Modern Love
John Jones
1929
Leaping Love
Charley Chase
1929
The Big Squawk
Charley
1929
Movie Night
Charley Chase
1929
Thin Twins
Charley
1929
Loud Soup
Charley Chase
1929
Off to Buffalo
Charley Chase
1929
Ruby Lips
Charley
1929
Chasing Husbands
Charley
1928
The Booster
Charley
1928
All Parts
1928
Is Everybody Happy?
Charley
1928
Imagine My Embarrassment
Charley
1928
The Fight Pest
Charley
1928
Limousine Love
The Groom
1928
Aching Youth
1928
The Family Group
1928
All for Nothing
1928
Never the Dames Shall Meet
Charley
1927
Assistant Wives
Charley - the Husband
1927
The Way of All Pants
Charley
1927
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
1927
Now I'll Tell One
Charley
1927
The Lighter That Failed
Charley
1927
The Sting of Stings
Charley
1927
What Women Did for Me
Charley
1927
Us
Charley
1927
The Glorious Fourth
Top Hat Inebriate
1927
Fluttering Hearts
Charley
1927
Bigger and Better Blondes
Charley
1927
Forgotten Sweeties
Thurston
1927
A One Mama Man
Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
1927
Are Brunettes Safe?
The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
1927
Many Scrappy Returns
Charley
1927
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Charley
1926
Be Your Age
Charley - the Bashful Clerk
1926
Tell 'Em Nothing
Gladstone, The Great Lover
1926
Bromo and Juliet
Charley
1926
Crazy Like a Fox
Wilson
1926
Merry Widower
Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
1926
Thundering Fleas
Mustachioed wedding guest
1926
Mighty Like a Moose
Mr. Moose - The Husband
1926
Long Fliv the King
Charles Chase
1926
Mum's the Word
Charlie - the Son
1926
Dog Shy
Charley
1926
Mama Behave
Charles Chase / Jim Chase
1926
Charley My Boy!
Charley
1926
His Wooden Wedding
The Groom
1925
The Uneasy Three
1925
The Caretaker's Daughter
The Young Married Man
1925
No Father to Guide Him
Jimmy Jump
1925
Innocent Husbands
Melvin
1925
Isn't Life Terrible?
The Husband
1925
What Price Goofy?
Jamison
1925
Looking for Sally
Jimmy Jump
1925
Big Red Riding Hood
Jimmy Jump
1925
Bad Boy
Jimmie
1925
Is Marriage the Bunk?
Jimmie Jump
1925
Hard Boiled
Charley
1925
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Jamison Jump
1925
Plain and Fancy Girls
Charley
1925
The Family Entrance
Jimmy Jump
1925
Fighting Fluid
Jimmy Jump
1925
Hello Baby!
Jimmy Jump
1925
The Rat's Knuckles
Jimmy Jump
1925
The Royal Razz
Jimmy Jump
1924
The Poor Fish
Jimmie Jump
1924
Just a Real Good Car
Jimmy Jump
1924
Accidental Accidents
Jimmy Jump
1924
Bungalow Boobs
Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
1924
Too Many Mammas
Jimmy Jump
1924
Sittin' Pretty
Jimmy Jump
1924
Outdoor Pajamas
Jimmy Jump
1924
Why Men Work
Jimmy Jump
1924
Sweet Daddy
Jimmy Jump
1924
Seeing Nellie Home
Charley
1924
A Ten-Minute Egg
Jimmy Jump
1924
Why Husbands Go Mad
Jimmy Jump
1924
Stolen Goods
Jimmy Jump
1924
Jubilo, Jr.
Director
1924
Young Oldfield
Jimmy
1924
Position Wanted
Jimmie Jump
1924
April Fool
Jimmy Jump
1924
Publicity Pays
Jimmy Jump
1924
The King of the Wild Horses
Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
1924
The 'Fraidy Cat
Jimmy Jump
1924
Love's Detour
Jimmie Jump
1924
The Perfect Lady
Jimmy Jump
1924
One of the Family
Jimmy Jump
1924
Powder and Smoke
1924
Hard Knocks
Jimmie Jump
1924
Don't Forget
1924
Jeffries, Jr.
1924
Just a Minute
Jimmy Jump
1924
At First Sight
Jimmy Jump
1924
All Wet
Jimmie Jump
1924
Long Live the King
1923
Her Dangerous Path
Glen Harper
1923
Jack Frost
1923
Sold at Auction!
Customer (uncredited)
1923
The Stone Age
1922
The Dumb-Bell
Actor wearing top hat
1922
In the Movies
1922
The Hustler
1921
Blue Sunday
1921
Big Game
1921
His Best Girl
1921
Moonshine
Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
1920
April Fool
Supporting Character
1920
Married to Order
The Suitor
1920
Kids Is Kids
1920
Live and Learn
1920
Don't Rock the Boat
Ship's Officer
1920
Italian Love
1920
Why Go Home?
1920
Way Out West
Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
1920
Mystic Mush
1920
When Spirits Move
1920
The Nickel Snatcher
cameo
1920
All at Sea
1919
Her Tender Feet
1919
Ship Ahoy
Henchman (uncredited)
1919
Rolling Stone
Bearded anarchist
1919
He's In Again
Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
1918
Hello Trouble
1918
Playmates
Dope fiend
1918
Chased Into Love
Charley
1917
A Favorite Fool
The Circus Spieler
1915
A Versatile Villain
Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
1915
Love, Loot and Crash
Harold, Dora's Suitor
1915
The Rent Jumpers
A Young Boarder
1915
Droppington's Devilish Deed
Audience Member (uncredited)
1915
Settled at the Seaside
Boyfriend
1915
A One Night Stand
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1915
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
1915
Love in Armor
The Suitor
1915
A Lucky Leap
Lizzie's Boy Friend
1915
He Wouldn't Stay Down
The False Friend
1915
Colored Villainy
The Traveler
1915
Love, Speed and Thrills
Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1915
Hash House Mashers
The Star Boarder
1915
Peanuts and Bullets
The Accordian Player Boarder
1915
Only a Farmer's Daughter
The Artist
1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
Party Guest (uncredited)
1914
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Ambrose's Buddy
1914
The Plumber
Bystander
1914
Other People's Business
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
1914
The Noise of Bombs
3rd Desperado
1914
How Heroes Are Made
The Boy Friend's Chum
1914
His Musical Career
Piano Store Manager
1914
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
Cursed by His Beauty
The Art Teacher
1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
1914
Dough and Dynamite
Customer
1914
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
Faro Bill
1914
The Love Thief
1914
Dash, Love and Splash
1914
Zip, the Dodger
Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
1914
The Anglers
1914
Those Love Pangs
Movie Patron (uncredited)
1914
Hello, Mabel
Mabel's Boss
1914
He Loved the Ladies
The Husband's Pal
1914
Mabel's Blunder
Billy Bronx
1914
The Rounders
Diner
1914
His New Profession
Nephew
1914
Her Last Chance
1914
The Masquerader
Actor
1914
Those Country Kids
Cop
1914
Such a Cook
1914
A Coat's Tale
The Tramp
1914
Soldiers of Misfortune
1914
The Great Toe Mystery
Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
1914
Mabel's New Job
Boarder
1914
Sophie of the Films #4
1914
A Gambling Rube
(unconfirmed)
1914
Mabel's Busy Day
Spectator
1914
Love and Salt Water
1914
The Knockout
Spectator (uncredited)
1914
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
Mabel at the Wheel
Race Spectator (uncredited)
1914
Across the Hall
(unconfirmed)
1914