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.
Known For
Sons of the Desert
1933
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
South of the Boudoir
1940
Limousine Love
1928
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
When Comedy Was King
1960
The Masquerader
1914
Hello Baby!
1925
All Parts
1928
30 Years of Fun
1963
Movie Night
1929
Filmography
Sons of the Desert
as Charley · 1933
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as (archive footage) · 1992
South of the Boudoir
as Charley Chase · 1940
Limousine Love
as The Groom · 1928
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Staring Man in Theater (uncredited) · 1914
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate · 1927
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1960
The Masquerader
as Actor · 1914
Hello Baby!
as Jimmy Jump · 1925
All Parts
· 1928
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage) · 1963
Movie Night
as Charley Chase · 1929
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
· 1967
Hollywood Party
as Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host · 1937
Chasing Husbands
as Charley · 1928
Hey, skirts!
as Charley · 1930
Fluttering Hearts
as Charley · 1927
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage) · 1942
Fatty's Magic Pants
as Party Guest (uncredited) · 1914
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
as Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited) · 1915
The Knockout
as Spectator (uncredited) · 1914
Great Gobs!
as Charley - 1st Sailor · 1929
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
· 2025
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage) · 1961
The Plumber
as Bystander · 1914
Isn't Life Terrible?
as The Husband · 1925
Mabel at the Wheel
as Race Spectator (uncredited) · 1914
April Fool
as Supporting Character · 1920
The golfer
· 1930
Now I'll Tell One
as Charley · 1927
Crazy Like a Fox
as Wilson · 1926
Mabel's Busy Day
as Spectator · 1914
Hello, Mabel
as Mabel's Boss · 1914
Long Live the King
· 1923
Fast Work
as Charley · 1930
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage · 1957
Moonshine
as Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer · 1920
Southern Exposure
as Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase · 1935
One of the Smiths
as Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr. · 1931
Something Simple
as Charley · 1934
Pie a la Maid
as Charley · 1938
Those Love Pangs
as Movie Patron (uncredited) · 1914
The King of the Wild Horses
as Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott) · 1924
Rattling Romeo
as Charley · 1939
Sweet Daddy
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
The Rat's Knuckles
as Jimmy Jump · 1925
His New Profession
as Nephew · 1914
Time Out for Trouble
as Charley · 1938
Dough and Dynamite
as Customer · 1914
Rolling Stone
as Bearded anarchist · 1919
Hard Boiled
as Charley · 1925
Mama Behave
as Charles Chase / Jim Chase · 1926
Dog Shy
as Charley · 1926
Love, Speed and Thrills
as Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed) · 1915
Publicity Pays
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Hard Knocks
as Jimmie Jump · 1924
His Wooden Wedding
as The Groom · 1925
Okay Toots!
as Charley · 1935
A gray in the air
as Carlos Chase · 1930
Messing Around
as Carlos · 1931
The Sap Takes a Wrap
as Charley · 1939
Sittin' Pretty
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Bigger and Better Blondes
as Charley · 1927
The prince of the dollar
· 1930
I'll Take Vanilla
as Charley · 1934
Italian Love
· 1920
Long Fliv the King
as Charles Chase · 1926
The Panic Is On
as Charley Chase · 1931
The golf player
· 1930
His Bridal Fright
as Charley · 1940
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
as Faro Bill · 1914
Playmates
as Dope fiend · 1918
Life Hesitates at 40
as Charley Chase · 1935
Young Ironsides
as Fearless · 1932
The Sting of Stings
as Charley · 1927
The Pip from Pittsburg
as Charley · 1931
From Bad to Worse
as Charley Chase · 1937
The Caretaker's Daughter
as The Young Married Man · 1925
Aching Youth
as Charley · 1928
Bromo and Juliet
as Charley · 1926
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2009
The Cracked Ice Man
as Charley Chase · 1934
Outdoor Pajamas
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Girl Grief
as Charley · 1932
That Little Band Of Gold
as Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited) · 1915
Be Your Age
as Charley - the Bashful Clerk · 1926
Cursed by His Beauty
as The Art Teacher · 1914
Sold at Auction!
as Customer (uncredited) · 1923
No Father to Guide Him
as Jimmy Jump · 1925
On the Wrong Trek
as Charley Chase · 1936
The Way of All Pants
as Charley · 1927
Fighting Fluid
as Jimmy Jump · 1925
The Wrong Miss Wright
as Charley Chase · 1937
Calling All Doctors
as Charley Chase · 1937
Thin Twins
as Charley · 1929
Those Country Kids
as Cop · 1914
Her Dangerous Path
as Glen Harper · 1923
Big Red Riding Hood
as Jimmy Jump · 1925
Hello Trouble
· 1918
Colored Villainy
as The Traveler · 1915
His Musical Career
as Piano Store Manager · 1914
Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Ambrose's Buddy · 1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Spectator at Entrance (uncredited) · 1914
He's In Again
as Piano Player (as Charles Parrott) · 1918
Zip, the Dodger
as Customer in Second Group (uncredited) · 1914
The Great Toe Mystery
as Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited) · 1914
Don't Rock the Boat
as Ship's Officer · 1920
Should Husbands Be Watched?
as Jamison Jump · 1925
A Ten-Minute Egg
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Is Marriage the Bunk?
as Jimmie Jump · 1925
How Heroes Are Made
as The Boy Friend's Chum · 1914
The Rounders
as Diner · 1914
A Nag in the Bag
as Racetrack Announcer (voice) · 1938
Us
as Charley · 1927
Plain and Fancy Girls
as Charley · 1925
Mum's the Word
as Charlie - the Son · 1926
Bungalow Boobs
as Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband · 1924
Love, Loot and Crash
as Harold, Dora's Suitor · 1915
Nature in the Wrong
as Charley Chase · 1933
The Lighter That Failed
as Charley · 1927
Blue Sunday
· 1921
Mighty Like a Moose
as Mr. Moose - The Husband · 1926
Skip the Maloo!
as Duke Chase · 1931
The Noise of Bombs
as 3rd Desperado · 1914
Mabel's Blunder
as Billy Bronx · 1914
Settled at the Seaside
as Boyfriend · 1915
Sophie of the Films #4
· 1914
What Women Did for Me
as Charley · 1927
Skinny the Moocher
as Charley Chase · 1939
Droppington's Devilish Deed
as Audience Member (uncredited) · 1915
Big Game
· 1921
It Happened One Day
as Charley · 1934
Follies of love
as Carlos · 1930
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Charley Chase · 1939
In Walked Charley
as Mr. Chase · 1932
The Fight Pest
as Charley · 1928
The Four Star Boarder
as Charley · 1935
Peanuts and Bullets
as The Accordian Player Boarder · 1915
Midsummer Mush
as Charley · 1933
'Curses!' They Remarked
· 1914
Chased Into Love
as Charley · 1917
Mabel's New Job
as Boarder · 1914
Are Brunettes Safe?
as The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon · 1927
He Wouldn't Stay Down
as The False Friend · 1915
Leading Lizzie Astray
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines · 1914
A One Night Stand
as Audience Spectator (uncredited) · 1915
The soul of the party
as Carlitos · 1931
High C's
as Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase · 1930
A One Mama Man
as Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky · 1927
The Family Group
· 1928
The Chases of Pimple Street
as Charley Chase · 1934
Position Wanted
as Jimmie Jump · 1924
The Awful Goof
as Charley · 1939
Four Parts
as Charley · 1934
Other People's Business
· 1914
There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Charley · 1926
Fate's Fathead
as Charley Chase · 1934
Innocent Husbands
as Melvin · 1925
The Rent Jumpers
as A Young Boarder · 1915
The Heckler
as Noisy · 1940
Only a Farmer's Daughter
as The Artist · 1915
First in War
as Sgt. Chase · 1932
A Lucky Leap
as Lizzie's Boy Friend · 1915
One of the Family
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
A Versatile Villain
as Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk · 1915
Just a Minute
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Gold Diggers
· 1930
The Poor Fish
as Jimmie Jump · 1924
Thundering Tenors
as Charles A. Chase · 1931
Thundering Fleas
as Mustachioed wedding guest · 1926
Jack Frost
· 1923
Looser Than Loose
as Charley · 1930
Love's Detour
as Jimmie Jump · 1924
Why Husbands Go Mad
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Powder and Smoke
· 1924
All Teed Up
as Mr Chase · 1930
You Said a Hatful!
as Charley · 1934
The Count Takes the Count
as Charley Chase · 1936
Such a Cook
· 1914
Hasty Marriage
as Charley Chase · 1931
The Big Squawk
as Charley · 1929
The Hustler
· 1921
Dollar Dizzy
as Charley Chase · 1930
What Price Goofy?
as Jamison · 1925
Luncheon at Twelve
as Charley Chase · 1933
The Royal Razz
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Fifty Million Husbands
as Charley Chase · 1930
Manhattan Monkey Business
as Charley · 1935
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
as (archive footage) · 2007
Charley My Boy!
as Charley · 1926
Ship Ahoy
as Henchman (uncredited) · 1919
Looking for Sally
as Jimmy Jump · 1925
Never the Dames Shall Meet
as Charley · 1927
A Coat's Tale
as The Tramp · 1914
The Big Squirt
as Charley Chase · 1937
Keep the Bomb
· 1930
Now We'll Tell One
as Charley · 1932
Where Hazel Met the Villain
· 1914
Too Many Mammas
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
The Nightshirt Bandit
as Professor Chase · 1938
Sherman Said It
as Charley · 1933
The Real McCoy
as Charley · 1930
Don't Forget
· 1924
All Wet
as Jimmie Jump · 1924
Love and Salt Water
· 1914
The Dumb-Bell
as Actor wearing top hat · 1922
Just a Real Good Car
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Vamp Till Ready
as Charley · 1936
Tell 'Em Nothing
as Gladstone, The Great Lover · 1926
Married to Order
as The Suitor · 1920
Poker at Eight
as Charley · 1935
The Stone Age
· 1922
Her Tender Feet
· 1919
In the Movies
· 1922
Little Daddy
as Chubby (singing voice) · 1931
The Tabasco Kid
as Charley / Francisco Murietta · 1932
4 Clowns
as (archive footage) · 1970
His Best Girl
· 1921
Leaping Love
as Charley Chase · 1929
Teacher's Pest
as Charley Chase · 1939
Ruby Lips
as Charley · 1929
Hash House Mashers
as The Star Boarder · 1915
He Loved the Ladies
as The Husband's Pal · 1914
April Fool
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Jubilo, Jr.
as Director · 1924
Love in Armor
as The Suitor · 1915
Why Men Work
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
The Uneasy Three
· 1925
Whispering Whoopee
as Charley · 1930
Seeing Nellie Home
as Charley · 1924
Soldiers of Misfortune
· 1914
The Nickel Nurser
as Charley Chase · 1932
Why Go Home?
· 1920
The lady from Chicago
as Charley Chase · 1931
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Shy in spite of himself
· 1930
The Family Entrance
as Jimmy Jump · 1925
The Perfect Lady
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Stolen Goods
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Live and Learn
· 1920
Rough Seas
as Pvt. Charley Chase · 1931
Girl Shock
as Charley · 1930
Kids Is Kids
· 1920
Snappy Sneezer
as Charley · 1929
Kelly the Second
as Dr. J. Willoughby Klum · 1936
Many Sappy Returns
as Charley Chase · 1938
Mr. Bride
as Charley · 1932
The Glorious Fourth
as Top Hat Inebriate · 1927
The Love Thief
· 1914
Another Wild Idea
as Charley · 1934
The Mind Needer
as Charley Chase · 1938
Dash, Love and Splash
· 1914
Crazy Feet
as Charley · 1929
Modern Love
as John Jones · 1929
At First Sight
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
The Nickel Snatcher
as cameo · 1920
Stepping Out
as Charley · 1929
Forgotten Sweeties
as Thurston · 1927
Is Everybody Happy?
as Charley · 1928
Way Out West
as Grizzled Gambler (uncredited) · 1920
Off to Buffalo
as Charley Chase · 1929
The Grand Hooter
as Charley Chase · 1937
Accidental Accidents
as Jimmy Jump · 1924
Arabian Tights
as Charley · 1933
Man Bites Lovebug
as Charles Clayfoot Chase · 1937
Merry Widower
as Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited) · 1926
Fallen Arches
as Charley Chase · 1933
Neighborhood House
as Charley Chase · 1936
A Gambling Rube
as (unconfirmed) · 1914
What a Bozo!
as Charley Chase · 1931
All for Nothing
· 1928
His Silent Racket
as Charley · 1933
Many Scrappy Returns
as Charley · 1927
When Spirits Move
· 1920
Nurse to You!
as Charley · 1935
Imagine My Embarrassment
as Charley · 1928
Bad Boy
as Jimmie · 1925
A Favorite Fool
as The Circus Spieler · 1915
All at Sea
· 1919
The Booster
as Charley · 1928
The Anglers
· 1914
Jeffries, Jr.
· 1924
Young Oldfield
as Jimmy · 1924
Assistant Wives
as Charley - the Husband · 1927
Public Ghost # 1
as Charley Chase · 1935
Loud Soup
as Charley Chase · 1929
Her Last Chance
· 1914
Across the Hall
as (unconfirmed) · 1914
Mystic Mush
· 1920