
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 |