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 (227 movies)
Dough and Dynamite
1914
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
The Masquerader
1914
Sold at Auction!
1923
Leaping Love
1929
The King of the Wild Horses
1924
Sons of the Desert
1933
Sweet Daddy
1924
Her Dangerous Path
1923
Long Live the King
1923
Why Men Work
1924
Bungalow Boobs
1924
The Royal Razz
1924
The Family Entrance
1925
Hard Boiled
1925
What Women Did for Me
1927
Merry Widower
1926
Many Scrappy Returns
1927
Are Brunettes Safe?
1927
Bigger and Better Blondes
1927
The Lighter That Failed
1927
Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927
All for Nothing
1928
The Family Group
1928
Aching Youth
1928
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
The Booster
1928
Ruby Lips
1929
Loud Soup
1929
Great Gobs!
1929
On the Wrong Trek
1936
Those Country Kids
1914
Hello, Mabel
1914
Zip, the Dodger
1914
The Plumber
1914
Chased Into Love
1917
Ship Ahoy
1919
Moonshine
1920
The Stone Age
1922
Jack Frost
1923
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
Fluttering Hearts
1927
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Thundering Fleas
1926
His New Profession
1914
The Rounders
1914
His Musical Career
1914
Mabel's Blunder
1914
Bromo and Juliet
1926
When Comedy Was King
1960
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
Kelly the Second
1936
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
What Price Goofy?
1925
Seeing Nellie Home
1924
The 'Fraidy Cat
1924
A Ten-Minute Egg
1924
Outdoor Pajamas
1924
Hasty Marriage
1931
The Panic Is On
1931
Arabian Tights
1933
Whispering Whoopee
1930
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925
The Rat's Knuckles
1925
Innocent Husbands
1925
April Fool
1924
Long Fliv the King
1926
His Wooden Wedding
1925
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
Young Oldfield
1924
Dog Shy
1926
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
A Versatile Villain
1915
Love, Loot and Crash
1915
Tell 'Em Nothing
1926
Be Your Age
1926
Mama Behave
1926
Now I'll Tell One
1927
The Way of All Pants
1927
The Glorious Fourth
1927
Too Many Mammas
1924
Hollywood Party
1937
Rough Seas
1931
Girl Grief
1932
All Wet
1924
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Limousine Love
1928
He's In Again
1918
High C's
1930
Accidental Accidents
1924
The Pip from Pittsburg
1931
Rolling Stone
1919
Luncheon at Twelve
1933
Jubilo, Jr.
1924
The Real McCoy
1930
Should Husbands Be Watched?
1925
Directing (115 movies)
A Tough Winter
1923
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
Tassels in the Air
1938
Violent Is the Word for Curly
1938
Mutts to You
1938
Flat Foot Stooges
1938
Saved by the Belle
1939
Bright and Early
1918
The Floor Below
1919
All Dressed Up
1920
Moonshine
1920
What a Whopper!
1921
At the Ringside
1921
Years to Come
1922
Sold at Auction!
1923
He's In Again
1918
Don't Park Here
1919
Waltz Me Around
1920
The Dumb-Bell
1922
Okay Toots!
1935
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
Vamp Till Ready
1936
The Bargain of the Century
1933
I'll Take Vanilla
1934
It Happened One Day
1934
Fresh Paint
1920
You Said a Hatful!
1934
Dear Ol' Pal
1923
Jus' Passin' Through
1923
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923
The Flirts
1919
Rolling Stone
1919
A Hash House Fraud
1915
A London Bobby
1920
Full o' Pep
1922
Blow 'Em Up
1922
Luncheon at Twelve
1933
Poker at Eight
1935
The Cracked Ice Man
1934
Fate's Fathead
1934
A Nag in the Bag
1938
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919
The Old Sea Dog
1922
Music in Your Hair
1934
The Anglers
1914
The Love Thief
1914
How Heroes Are Made
1914
Chased Into Love
1917
Playmates
1918
Ship Ahoy
1919
Her Tender Feet
1919
Don't Rock the Boat
1920
Kids Is Kids
1920
Mystic Mush
1920
His Best Girl
1921
Blue Sunday
1921
In the Movies
1922
The Stone Age
1922
Jack Frost
1923
The Cloud Puncher
1917
His Merry Mix-Up
1917
Newly Rich
1922
Married to Order
1920
The Count Takes the Count
1936
Rush Orders
1921
Fifteen Minutes
1921
Nature in the Wrong
1933
Midsummer Mush
1933
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
Nurse to You!
1935
The Four Star Boarder
1935
He Wouldn't Stay Down
1915
365 Days
1922
When Spirits Move
1920
Another Wild Idea
1934
Southern Exposure
1935
Oh, What a Knight!
1937
Halfway to Hollywood
1938
Mutiny on the Body
1939
Static in the Attic
1939
The Old Raid Mule
1938
Ankles Away
1938
Boom Goes the Groom
1939
Their Fatal Bumping
1914
One Night Only
1919
April Fool
1920
Bone Dry
1922
Four Parts
1934
Something Simple
1934
Coppers and Scents
1919
Her First False Hare
1919
All at Sea
1919
Public Ghost # 1
1935
Call a Taxi
1920
On Location
1921
Neighborhood House
1936
Hot Off the Press
1922
Before the Public
1923
On the Wrong Trek
1936
Italian Love
1920
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| He Wouldn't Stay Down | 1915 | Writer |
| Chased Into Love | 1917 | Writer |
| The Cloud Puncher | 1917 | Writer |
| There's Many a Fool | 1917 | Writer |
| His Merry Mix-Up | 1917 | Writer |
| Ship Ahoy | 1919 | Writer |
| Her Tender Feet | 1919 | Writer |
| Don't Park Here | 1919 | Writer |
| Years to Come | 1922 | Writer |
| Touch all the Bases | 1922 | Writer |
| Crazy Like a Fox | 1926 | Writer |
| Tell 'Em Nothing | 1926 | Writer |
| Sons of the Desert | 1933 | Writer |
| Something Simple | 1934 | Writer |
| Neighborhood House | 1936 | Writer |
| Vamp Till Ready | 1936 | Writer |
| Many Sappy Returns | 1938 | Screenplay |
| Flat Foot Stooges | 1938 | Writer |
| Pie a la Maid | 1938 | Screenplay |
| The Sap Takes a Wrap | 1939 | Screenplay |