Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1893-10-19
- Day of Death1940-06-20 (46 years)
- Place of BirthBaltimore, Maryland, USA
- Also Known AsCharles Joseph ParrottCharles ParrottCharles ParrotCharley ParrottCharlie ChaseCharles ChaseJimmy Jump
Charley Chase
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.
Acting Career
- 1940
His Bridal Fright
As: Charley
- 1940
South of the Boudoir
As: Charley Chase
- 1940
The Heckler
As: Noisy
- 1939
The Awful Goof
As: Charley
- 1939
Teacher's Pest
As: Charley Chase
- 1939
Skinny the Moocher
As: Charley Chase
- 1939
Rattling Romeo
As: Charley
- 1939
The Chump Takes a Bump
As: Charley Chase
1939The Sap Takes a Wrap
As: Charley
1938Pie a la Maid
As: Charley
1938A Nag in the Bag
As: Racetrack Announcer (voice)
1938The Nightshirt Bandit
As: Professor Chase
1938Many Sappy Returns
As: Charley Chase
1938The Mind Needer
As: Charley Chase
1938Time Out for Trouble
As: Charley
1937Man Bites Lovebug
As: Charles Clayfoot Chase
1937The Big Squirt
As: Charley Chase
1937Calling All Doctors
As: Charley Chase
1937The Wrong Miss Wright
As: Charley Chase
1937From Bad to Worse
As: Charley Chase
1937The Grand Hooter
As: Charley Chase
1937Hollywood Party
As: Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
1936Kelly the Second
As: Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
1936On the Wrong Trek
As: Charley Chase
1936Vamp Till Ready
As: Charley
1936Neighborhood House
As: Charley Chase
1936The Count Takes the Count
As: Charley Chase
1935Public Ghost # 1
As: Charley Chase
1935Manhattan Monkey Business
As: Charley
1935Nurse to You!
As: Charley
1935The Four Star Boarder
As: Charley
1935Southern Exposure
As: Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
1934The Chases of Pimple Street
As: Charley Chase
1934Fate's Fathead
As: Charley Chase
1934You Said a Hatful!
As: Charley
1934Something Simple
As: Charley
1934It Happened One Day
As: Charley
1934Another Wild Idea
As: Charley
1934I'll Take Vanilla
As: Charley
1934Four Parts
As: Charley
1934The Cracked Ice Man
As: Charley Chase
- 1933
Sons of the Desert
As: Charley
1933Luncheon at Twelve
As: Charley Chase
1933Sherman Said It
As: Charley
1933Midsummer Mush
As: Charley
1933Arabian Tights
As: Charley
1933His Silent Racket
As: Charley
1933Nature in the Wrong
As: Charley Chase
1933Fallen Arches
As: Charley Chase
1932Mr. Bride
As: Charley
1932Now We'll Tell One
As: Charley
1932Girl Grief
As: Charley
1932Young Ironsides
As: Fearless
1932First in War
As: Sgt. Chase
1932In Walked Charley
As: Mr. Chase
1932The Nickel Nurser
As: Charley Chase
1932The Tabasco Kid
As: Charley / Francisco Murietta
1931Hasty Marriage
As: Charley Chase
1931What a Bozo!
As: Charley Chase
1931Skip the Maloo!
As: Duke Chase
1931The Panic Is On
As: Charley Chase
1931One of the Smiths
As: Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
1931Rough Seas
As: Pvt. Charley Chase
1931Little Daddy
As: Chubby (singing voice)
1931The lady from Chicago
As: Charley Chase
1931The Pip from Pittsburg
As: Charley
1931Thundering Tenors
As: Charles A. Chase
1930High C's
As: Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
1930A gray in the air
As: Carlos Chase
1930Looser Than Loose
As: Charley
1930Dollar Dizzy
As: Charley Chase
1930Girl Shock
As: Charley
1930Fast Work
As: Charley
1930Fifty Million Husbands
As: Charley Chase
1930All Teed Up
As: Mr Chase
1930Whispering Whoopee
As: Charley
1930The Real McCoy
As: Charley
1929Great Gobs!
As: Charley - 1st Sailor
1929Stepping Out
As: Charley
1929Crazy Feet
As: Charley
1929Snappy Sneezer
As: Charley
1929Modern Love
As: John Jones
1929Leaping Love
As: Charley Chase
1929The Big Squawk
As: Charley
1929Movie Night
As: Charley Chase
1929Loud Soup
As: Charley Chase
1929Ruby Lips
As: Charley
1928Chasing Husbands
As: Charley
1928The Booster
As: Charley
1928Is Everybody Happy?
As: Charley
1928Imagine My Embarrassment
As: Charley
1928Limousine Love
As: The Groom
1927Never the Dames Shall Meet
As: Charley
1927Assistant Wives
As: Charley - the Husband
1927The Way of All Pants
As: Charley
1927Call of the Cuckoo
As: Asylum Inmate
1927Now I'll Tell One
As: Charley
1927The Lighter That Failed
As: Charley
1927The Sting of Stings
As: Charley
1927What Women Did for Me
As: Charley
1927Us
As: Charley
1927The Glorious Fourth
As: Top Hat Inebriate
1927Fluttering Hearts
As: Charley
1927Bigger and Better Blondes
As: Charley
1927Forgotten Sweeties
As: Thurston
1927A One Mama Man
As: Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
1927Are Brunettes Safe?
As: The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
1927Many Scrappy Returns
As: Charley
1926There Ain't No Santa Claus
As: Charley
1926Be Your Age
As: Charley - the Bashful Clerk
1926Tell 'Em Nothing
As: Gladstone, The Great Lover
1926Bromo and Juliet
As: Charley
1926Crazy Like a Fox
As: Wilson
1926Merry Widower
As: Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
1926Thundering Fleas
As: Mustachioed wedding guest
1926Mighty Like a Moose
As: Mr. Moose - The Husband
1926Long Fliv the King
As: Charles Chase
1926Mum's the Word
As: Charlie - the Son
1926Dog Shy
As: Charley
1926Mama Behave
As: Charles Chase / Jim Chase
1926Charley My Boy!
As: Charley
1925His Wooden Wedding
As: The Groom
1925The Caretaker's Daughter
As: The Young Married Man
1925No Father to Guide Him
As: Jimmy Jump
1925Innocent Husbands
As: Melvin
1925Isn't Life Terrible?
As: The Husband
1925What Price Goofy?
As: Jamison
1925Looking for Sally
As: Jimmy Jump
1925Big Red Riding Hood
As: Jimmy Jump
1925Bad Boy
As: Jimmie
1925Is Marriage the Bunk?
As: Jimmie Jump
1925Hard Boiled
As: Charley
1925Should Husbands Be Watched?
As: Jamison Jump
1925Plain and Fancy Girls
As: Charley
1925The Family Entrance
As: Jimmy Jump
1925Fighting Fluid
As: Jimmy Jump
- 1925
Hello Baby!
As: Jimmy Jump
1925The Rat's Knuckles
As: Jimmy Jump
1924The Royal Razz
As: Jimmy Jump
1924The Poor Fish
As: Jimmie Jump
1924Just a Real Good Car
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Accidental Accidents
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Bungalow Boobs
As: Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
1924Too Many Mammas
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Sittin' Pretty
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Outdoor Pajamas
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Why Men Work
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Sweet Daddy
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Seeing Nellie Home
As: Charley
1924A Ten-Minute Egg
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Stolen Goods
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Jubilo, Jr.
As: Director
1924Young Oldfield
As: Jimmy
1924April Fool
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Publicity Pays
As: Jimmy Jump
1924The King of the Wild Horses
As: Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
1924The 'Fraidy Cat
As: Jimmy Jump
1924One of the Family
As: Jimmy Jump
1924Hard Knocks
As: Jimmie Jump
1924Just a Minute
As: Jimmy Jump
1924At First Sight
As: Jimmy Jump
1924All Wet
As: Jimmie Jump
1923Her Dangerous Path
As: Glen Harper
1923Sold at Auction
As: Customer (uncredited)
1920Moonshine
As: Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
1920April Fool
As: Supporting Character
1920Married to Order
As: The Suitor
1920The Nickel Snatcher
As: cameo
1919Ship Ahoy
As: Henchman (uncredited)
1919Rolling Stone
As: Bearded anarchist
1918He's In Again
As: Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
1917Chased Into Love
As: Charley
1915A Versatile Villain
As: Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
1915Love, Loot and Crash
As: Harold, Dora's Suitor
1915The Rent Jumpers
As: A Young Boarder
1915Settled at the Seaside
As: Boyfriend
1915A One Night Stand
As: Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1915Fatty’s Faithful Fido
As: Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
1915That Little Band Of Gold
As: Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
1915Love in Armor
As: The Suitor
1915Love, Speed and Thrills
As: Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1915Hash House Mashers
As: The Star Boarder
1915Peanuts and Bullets
As: The Accordian Player Boarder
- 1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
As: Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
1914Fatty's Magic Pants
As: Party Guest (uncredited)
1914Ambrose's First Falsehood
As: Ambrose's Buddy
1914The Plumber
As: Bystander
1914Leading Lizzie Astray
As: Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
1914The Noise of Bombs
As: 3rd Desperado
1914His Musical Career
As: Piano Store Manager
1914Cursed by His Beauty
As: The Art Teacher
1914Gentlemen of Nerve
As: Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
1914Dough and Dynamite
As: Customer
1914Zip, the Dodger
As: Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
1914Those Love Pangs
As: Movie Patron (uncredited)
1914Hello, Mabel
As: Mabel's Boss
1914Mabel's Blunder
As: Billy Bronx
- 1914
The Rounders
As: Diner
- 1914
His New Profession
As: Nephew
- 1914
The Masquerader
As: Actor
1914Those Country Kids
As: Cop
1914The Great Toe Mystery
As: Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
1914Mabel's Busy Day
As: Spectator
1914The Knockout
As: Spectator (uncredited)
1914Mabel at the Wheel
As: Race Spectator (uncredited)