Acting · b. 1893 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

Directed
The Three Stooges Follies 1974 Saved by the Belle 1939 Mutiny on the Body 1939 Static in the Attic 1939 Boom Goes the Groom 1939 Mutts to You 1938 Flat Foot Stooges 1938 Tassels in the Air 1938 Violent Is the Word for Curly 1938 A Nag in the Bag 1938 Halfway to Hollywood 1938 The Old Raid Mule 1938 Ankles Away 1938 Oh, What a Knight! 1937 Vamp Till Ready 1936 The Count Takes the Count 1936 Neighborhood House 1936 On the Wrong Trek 1936 Life Hesitates at 40 1935 Okay Toots! 1935 Manhattan Monkey Business 1935 Poker at Eight 1935 Nurse to You! 1935 The Four Star Boarder 1935 Southern Exposure 1935 Public Ghost # 1 1935 I'll Take Vanilla 1934 It Happened One Day 1934 You Said a Hatful! 1934 The Cracked Ice Man 1934 Fate's Fathead 1934 Music in Your Hair 1934 The Chases of Pimple Street 1934 Another Wild Idea 1934 Four Parts 1934 Something Simple 1934 The Bargain of the Century 1933 Luncheon at Twelve 1933 Nature in the Wrong 1933 Midsummer Mush 1933 Sherman Said It 1933 His Silent Racket 1933 Arabian Tights 1933 A Tough Winter 1923 Sold at Auction! 1923 Dear Ol' Pal 1923 Courtship of Miles Sandwich 1923 Jus' Passin' Through 1923 Jack Frost 1923 Before the Public 1923 Years to Come 1922 The Dumb-Bell 1922 Full o' Pep 1922 Blow 'Em Up 1922 The Old Sea Dog 1922 The Stone Age 1922 In the Movies 1922 Newly Rich 1922 365 Days 1922 Bone Dry 1922 Hot Off the Press 1922 Do Me a Favor 1922 What a Whopper! 1921 At the Ringside 1921 Blue Sunday 1921 His Best Girl 1921 Rush Orders 1921 Fifteen Minutes 1921 On Location 1921 All Dressed Up 1920 Moonshine 1920 Waltz Me Around 1920 Fresh Paint 1920 A London Bobby 1920 Kids Is Kids 1920 Don't Rock the Boat 1920 Mystic Mush 1920 Married to Order 1920 When Spirits Move 1920 April Fool 1920 Call a Taxi! 1920 Italian Love 1920 The Nickel Snatcher 1920 Red Hot Hottentotts 1920 Getting His Goat 1920 The Floor Below 1919 Don't Park Here 1919 The Flirts 1919 Rolling Stone 1919 Hop to It, Bellhop 1919 Ship Ahoy 1919 Her Tender Feet 1919 One Night Only 1919 Her First False Hare 1919 Coppers and Scents 1919 All at Sea 1919 Order in the Court 1919 Giving the Bride Away 1919 Tough Luck 1919 Bright and Early 1918 He's In Again 1918 Playmates 1918 Hello Trouble 1918 Painless Love 1918 Chased Into Love 1917 His Merry Mix-Up 1917 The Cloud Puncher 1917 There's Many a Fool 1917 A Dash of Courage 1916 Hearts and Sparks 1916 A Hash House Fraud 1915 He Wouldn't Stay Down 1915 The Love Thief 1914 How Heroes Are Made 1914 The Anglers 1914 Their Fatal Bumping 1914
Acting
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 The Heckler Noisy 1940 His Bridal Fright Charley 1940 South of the Boudoir Charley Chase 1940 Rattling Romeo Charley 1939 Teacher's Pest Charley Chase 1939 The Chump Takes a Bump Charley Chase 1939 The Awful Goof Charley 1939 Skinny the Moocher Charley Chase 1939 Time Out for Trouble Charley 1938 The Mind Needer Charley Chase 1938 The Nightshirt Bandit Professor Chase 1938 Hollywood Party Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host 1937 From Bad to Worse Charley Chase 1937 The Big Squirt Charley Chase 1937 Calling All Doctors Charley Chase 1937 The Wrong Miss Wright Charley Chase 1937 The Grand Hooter Charley Chase 1937 Kelly the Second Dr. J. Willoughby Klum 1936 Fallen Arches Charley Chase 1933 Girl Grief Charley 1932
Other Credits
Off Again, On Again Story 1945 Open Season for Saps Story 1944 The Sap Takes a Wrap Screenplay 1939 Pie a la Maid Screenplay 1938 Many Sappy Returns Screenplay 1938 Termites of 1938 Associate Producer 1938 Man Bites Lovebug Associate Producer 1937 Gracie at the Bat Associate Producer 1937 Sons of the Desert Writer 1933 Tell 'Em Nothing Writer 1926 Crazy Like a Fox Writer 1926 Touch all the Bases Writer 1922
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