Charley Chase

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.

Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
(archive footage)

The Three Stooges Follies
1974
Director

4 Clowns
1970
(archive footage)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967

30 Years of Fun
1963
(archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Self (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King
1960
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)

The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
archive footage

Off Again, On Again
1945
Story

Open Season for Saps
1944
Story

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Self (archive footage)

The Heckler
1940
Noisy

South of the Boudoir
1940
Charley Chase

His Bridal Fright
1940
Charley

Saved by the Belle
1939
Associate Producer

The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
Screenplay

Rattling Romeo
1939
Charley

The Awful Goof
1939
Charley

Teacher's Pest
1939
Charley Chase

Skinny the Moocher
1939
Charley Chase

The Chump Takes a Bump
1939
Charley Chase

Violent Is the Word for Curly
1938
Associate Producer

Flat Foot Stooges
1938
Writer

Mutts to You
1938
Director

Tassels in the Air
1938
Director

Termites of 1938
1938
Associate Producer

A Nag in the Bag
1938
Director

Many Sappy Returns
1938
Story

Pie a la Maid
1938
Screenplay

Time Out for Trouble
1938
Charley

The Nightshirt Bandit
1938
Professor Chase

The Mind Needer
1938
Charley Chase

Gracie at the Bat
1937
Associate Producer

Man Bites Lovebug
1937
Associate Producer

Oh, What a Knight!
1937
Director

Hollywood Party
1937
Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host

The Big Squirt
1937
Charley Chase

The Wrong Miss Wright
1937
Charley Chase

From Bad to Worse
1937
Charley Chase

Calling All Doctors
1937
Charley Chase

The Grand Hooter
1937
Charley Chase

Vamp Till Ready
1936
Director

Neighborhood House
1936
Writer

The Count Takes the Count
1936
Director

On the Wrong Trek
1936
Director

Kelly the Second
1936
Dr. J. Willoughby Klum

Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
Director

Nurse to You!
1935
Director

The Four Star Boarder
1935
Director

Southern Exposure
1935
Director

Public Ghost # 1
1935
Director

I'll Take Vanilla
1934
Director

You Said a Hatful!
1934
Director

It Happened One Day
1934
Director

The Cracked Ice Man
1934
Director

Fate's Fathead
1934
Director

Something Simple
1934
Writer

The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
Director

Another Wild Idea
1934
Director

Four Parts
1934
Director

The Bargain of the Century
1933
Director

Luncheon at Twelve
1933
Director

Sons of the Desert
1933
Writer

Nature in the Wrong
1933
Director

Midsummer Mush
1933
Director

Sherman Said It
1933
Director

His Silent Racket
1933
Director

Arabian Tights
1933
Director

Fallen Arches
1933
Charley Chase

Girl Grief
1932
Charley

The Nickel Nurser
1932
Charley Chase

In Walked Charley
1932
Mr. Chase

First in War
1932
Sgt. Chase

Young Ironsides
1932
Fearless

Mr. Bride
1932
Charley

The Tabasco Kid
1932
Charley / Francisco Murietta

Now We'll Tell One
1932
Charley

The Panic Is On
1931
Charley Chase

Hasty Marriage
1931
Charley Chase

Rough Seas
1931
Pvt. Charley Chase

The Pip from Pittsburg
1931
Charley

Thundering Tenors
1931
Charles A. Chase

Little Daddy
1931
Chubby (singing voice)

The lady from Chicago
1931
Charley Chase

What a Bozo!
1931
Charley Chase

One of the Smiths
1931
Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.

Skip the Maloo!
1931
Duke Chase

Whispering Whoopee
1930
Charley

High C's
1930
Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase

The Real McCoy
1930
Charley

Dollar Dizzy
1930
Charley Chase

Looser Than Loose
1930
Charley

All Teed Up
1930
Mr Chase

Fifty Million Husbands
1930
Charley Chase

Girl Shock
1930
Charley

Fast Work
1930
Charley

A gray in the air
1930
Carlos Chase

Leaping Love
1929
Charley Chase

Ruby Lips
1929
Charley

Loud Soup
1929
Charley Chase

Great Gobs!
1929
Charley - 1st Sailor

Movie Night
1929
Charley Chase

The Big Squawk
1929
Charley

Snappy Sneezer
1929
Charley

Crazy Feet
1929
Charley

Stepping Out
1929
Charley

Modern Love
1929
John Jones

All for Nothing
1928

Aching Youth
1928

Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
Charley

Is Everybody Happy?
1928
Charley

The Family Group
1928

The Booster
1928
Charley

Limousine Love
1928
The Groom

Chasing Husbands
1928
Charley

What Women Did for Me
1927
Charley

Are Brunettes Safe?
1927
The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon

Bigger and Better Blondes
1927
Charley

The Lighter That Failed
1927
Charley

Many Scrappy Returns
1927
Charley

Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927
Charley

Fluttering Hearts
1927
Charley

Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Asylum Inmate

Forgotten Sweeties
1927
Thurston

Now I'll Tell One
1927
Charley

The Way of All Pants
1927
Charley

The Glorious Fourth
1927
Top Hat Inebriate

Us
1927
Charley

Assistant Wives
1927
Charley - the Husband

The Sting of Stings
1927
Charley

A One Mama Man
1927
Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky

Tell 'Em Nothing
1926
Writer

Crazy Like a Fox
1926
Writer

Merry Widower
1926
Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)

Thundering Fleas
1926
Mustachioed wedding guest

Bromo and Juliet
1926
Charley

Mighty Like a Moose
1926
Mr. Moose - The Husband

Long Fliv the King
1926
Charles Chase

Dog Shy
1926
Charley

Be Your Age
1926
Charley - the Bashful Clerk

Mama Behave
1926
Charles Chase / Jim Chase

Charley My Boy!
1926
Charley

Mum's the Word
1926
Charlie - the Son

There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926
Charley

The Family Entrance
1925
Jimmy Jump

Hard Boiled
1925
Charley

What Price Goofy?
1925
Jamison

The Caretaker's Daughter
1925
The Young Married Man

The Rat's Knuckles
1925
Jimmy Jump

Innocent Husbands
1925
Melvin

His Wooden Wedding
1925
The Groom

Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
The Husband

Should Husbands Be Watched?
1925
Jamison Jump

No Father to Guide Him
1925
Jimmy Jump

Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
Jimmie Jump

The Uneasy Three
1925

Bad Boy
1925
Jimmie

Big Red Riding Hood
1925
Jimmy Jump

Fighting Fluid
1925
Jimmy Jump

Hello Baby!
1925
Jimmy Jump

Looking for Sally
1925
Jimmy Jump

Plain and Fancy Girls
1925
Charley

The King of the Wild Horses
1924
Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)

Sweet Daddy
1924
Jimmy Jump

Why Men Work
1924
Jimmy Jump

The Royal Razz
1924
Jimmy Jump

Bungalow Boobs
1924
Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband

A Ten-Minute Egg
1924
Jimmy Jump

Seeing Nellie Home
1924
Charley

The 'Fraidy Cat
1924
Jimmy Jump

Outdoor Pajamas
1924
Jimmy Jump

Young Oldfield
1924
Jimmy

Too Many Mammas
1924
Jimmy Jump

All Wet
1924
Jimmie Jump

Accidental Accidents
1924
Jimmy Jump

Jubilo, Jr.
1924
Director

Sittin' Pretty
1924
Jimmy Jump

The Poor Fish
1924
Jimmie Jump

At First Sight
1924
Jimmy Jump

Just a Real Good Car
1924
Jimmy Jump

One of the Family
1924
Jimmy Jump

Powder and Smoke
1924

Hard Knocks
1924
Jimmie Jump

Don't Forget
1924

Publicity Pays
1924
Jimmy Jump

Jeffries, Jr.
1924

Stolen Goods
1924
Jimmy Jump

Just a Minute
1924
Jimmy Jump

A Tough Winter
1923
Director

Sold at Auction
1923
Director

Jus' Passin' Through
1923
Director

Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923
Director

Jack Frost
1923
Director

Her Dangerous Path
1923
Glen Harper

Long Live the King
1923

The Old Sea Dog
1922
Director

The Stone Age
1922
Director

Newly Rich
1922
Director

365 Days
1922
Director

Hot Off the Press
1922
Director

Do Me a Favor
1922
Director

Fifteen Minutes
1921
Director

Moonshine
1920
Director

Fresh Paint
1920
Director

Married to Order
1920
Director

When Spirits Move
1920
Director

April Fool
1920
Director

Italian Love
1920
Director

The Nickel Snatcher
1920
Director

Don't Park Here
1919
Director

Rolling Stone
1919
Director

The Flirts
1919
Director

Ship Ahoy
1919
Director

One Night Only
1919
Director

Coppers and Scents
1919
Director

Her First False Hare
1919
Director

Bright and Early
1918
Director

He's In Again
1918
Director

Hello Trouble
1918
Director

Chased Into Love
1917
Director

The Cloud Puncher
1917
Director

His Merry Mix-Up
1917
Director

There's Many a Fool
1917
Director

A Hash House Fraud
1915
Director

A Versatile Villain
1915
Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk

Love, Loot and Crash
1915
Harold, Dora's Suitor

Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)

That Little Band Of Gold
1915
Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)

A One Night Stand
1915
Audience Spectator (uncredited)

Love in Armor
1915
The Suitor

Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

The Rent Jumpers
1915
A Young Boarder

Settled at the Seaside
1915
Boyfriend

Peanuts and Bullets
1915
The Accordian Player Boarder

Hash House Mashers
1915
The Star Boarder

Dough and Dynamite
1914
Customer

Mabel's Busy Day
1914
Spectator

The Masquerader
1914
Actor

Those Country Kids
1914
Cop

Hello, Mabel
1914
Mabel's Boss

Zip, the Dodger
1914
Customer in Second Group (uncredited)

The Plumber
1914
Bystander

The Rounders
1914
Diner

His New Profession
1914
Nephew

His Musical Career
1914
Piano Store Manager

Mabel's Blunder
1914
Billy Bronx

Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
Ambrose's Buddy

Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines

The Great Toe Mystery
1914
Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

The Noise of Bombs
1914
3rd Desperado

Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)

Mabel at the Wheel
1914
Race Spectator (uncredited)

Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)

The Knockout
1914
Spectator (uncredited)

Those Love Pangs
1914
Movie Patron (uncredited)

Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
Party Guest (uncredited)

Cursed by His Beauty
1914
The Art Teacher