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