Charley Chase
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.
289 acting credits · 116 directing credits
Acting · 289
Sons of the Desert
1933
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
The Rounders
1914
Crazy Feet
1929
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
Fluttering Hearts
1927
Movie Night
1929
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Dollar Dizzy
1930
Whispering Whoopee
1930
The Knockout
1914
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Those Love Pangs
1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
Thundering Tenors
1931
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
His Musical Career
1914
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Merry Widower
1926
Hasty Marriage
1931
Messing Around
1931
The Nickel Nurser
1932
April Fool
1924
The Awful Goof
1939
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
Leaping Love
1929
Something Simple
1934
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
Long Live the King
1923
Stolen Goods
1924
Hollywood Party
1937
He's In Again
1918
Girl Shock
1930
Long Fliv the King
1926
Those Country Kids
1914
Thundering Fleas
1926
Big Game
1921
Mr. Bride
1932
Position Wanted
1924
30 Years of Fun
1963
Thin Twins
1929
Rattling Romeo
1939
What Price Goofy?
1925
Innocent Husbands
1925
No Father to Guide Him
1925
Dog Shy
1926
4 Clowns
1970
A Ten-Minute Egg
1924
The Masquerader
1914
When Comedy Was King
1960
Rough Seas
1931
Jubilo, Jr.
1924
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926
The Heckler
1940
Peanuts and Bullets
1915
The Panic Is On
1931
Dough and Dynamite
1914
Bromo and Juliet
1926
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
Hello Baby!
1925
All Wet
1924
The King of the Wild Horses
1924
Limousine Love
1928
Nature in the Wrong
1933
Hash House Mashers
1915
The Lighter That Failed
1927
Young Ironsides
1932
Bad Boy
1925
Fast Work
1930
Modern Love
1929
Fighting Fluid
1925
South of the Boudoir
1940
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Skinny the Moocher
1939
The Family Group
1928
Kelly the Second
1936
Jack Frost
1923
Sweet Daddy
1924
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
All for Nothing
1928
Fifty Million Husbands
1930
The lady from Chicago
1931
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
One of the Smiths
1931
Mabel's Blunder
1914
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
Skip the Maloo!
1931
Southern Exposure
1935
The Pip from Pittsburg
1931
Looser Than Loose
1930
Chasing Husbands
1928
The Glorious Fourth
1927
Another Wild Idea
1934
Girl Grief
1932
Settled at the Seaside
1915
Hey, skirts!
1930
Loud Soup
1929
Looking for Sally
1925
On the Wrong Trek
1936
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007
Bigger and Better Blondes
1927
Big Red Riding Hood
1925
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
The Parrott Chase
2009
Her Last Chance
1914
Charley My Boy!
1926
The Real McCoy
1930
All Teed Up
1930
The Hustler
1921
The golf player
1930
The Mind Needer
1938
The Uneasy Three
1925
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
The Dumb-Bell
1922
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
Mama Behave
1926
Okay Toots!
1935
The Nickel Snatcher
1920
Outdoor Pajamas
1924
Public Ghost # 1
1935
Love in Armor
1915
A Gambling Rube
1914
Hello, Mabel
1914
Blue Sunday
1921
Love, Loot and Crash
1915
Arabian Tights
1933
Now I'll Tell One
1927
Man Bites Lovebug
1937
Stepping Out
1929
His New Profession
1914
Neighborhood House
1936
A Favorite Fool
1915
Be Your Age
1926
Seeing Nellie Home
1924
The Sting of Stings
1927
Italian Love
1920
Plain and Fancy Girls
1925
Zip, the Dodger
1914
The Nightshirt Bandit
1938
Rolling Stone
1919
I'll Take Vanilla
1934
When Spirits Move
1920
What Women Did for Me
1927
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925
The Chump Takes a Bump
1939
Four Parts
1934
The Rat's Knuckles
1925
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
Sold at Auction!
1923
Snappy Sneezer
1929
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
Why Men Work
1924
The 'Fraidy Cat
1924
Love's Detour
1924
Follies of love
1930
First in War
1932
The Four Star Boarder
1935
Mabel's New Job
1914
Married to Order
1920
The Cracked Ice Man
1934
Should Husbands Be Watched?
1925
Us
1927
Great Gobs!
1929
A One Night Stand
1915
Don't Rock the Boat
1920
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
Mystic Mush
1920
What a Bozo!
1931
Mum's the Word
1926
The Noise of Bombs
1914
Ruby Lips
1929
Aching Youth
1928
Fallen Arches
1933
Now We'll Tell One
1932
The Booster
1928
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
Many Scrappy Returns
1927
He Loved the Ladies
1914
The Tabasco Kid
1932
The Stone Age
1922
The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
Luncheon at Twelve
1933
His Silent Racket
1933
The Plumber
1914
The Anglers
1914
Playmates
1918
His Bridal Fright
1940
A One Mama Man
1927
Accidental Accidents
1924
The Royal Razz
1924
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
The Love Thief
1914
Little Daddy
1931
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
The Grand Hooter
1937
In Walked Charley
1932
Colored Villainy
1915
The Wrong Miss Wright
1937
The Rent Jumpers
1915
Sittin' Pretty
1924
The Count Takes the Count
1936
Why Go Home?
1920
Don't Forget
1924
The Way of All Pants
1927
Off to Buffalo
1929
Assistant Wives
1927
How Heroes Are Made
1914
The golfer
1930
Time Out for Trouble
1938
All Parts
1928
Are Brunettes Safe?
1927
A Versatile Villain
1915
You Said a Hatful!
1934
April Fool
1920
Ship Ahoy
1919
Hard Boiled
1925
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
Publicity Pays
1924
Across the Hall
1914
Tell 'Em Nothing
1926
It Happened One Day
1934
Many Sappy Returns
1938
High C's
1930
Only a Farmer's Daughter
1915
Soldiers of Misfortune
1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
The Great Toe Mystery
1914
Calling All Doctors
1937
Bungalow Boobs
1924
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
1914
Chased Into Love
1917
Hard Knocks
1924
A gray in the air
1930
Teacher's Pest
1939
His Wooden Wedding
1925
Her Dangerous Path
1923
Kids Is Kids
1920
Hello Trouble
1918
Just a Minute
1924
The prince of the dollar
1930
Cursed by His Beauty
1914
Live and Learn
1920
Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927
From Bad to Worse
1937
A Coat's Tale
1914
Way Out West
1920
The Fight Pest
1928
The Poor Fish
1924
One of the Family
1924
A Lucky Leap
1915
The soul of the party
1931
Nurse to You!
1935
Pie a la Maid
1938
In the Movies
1922
Fate's Fathead
1934
Sherman Said It
1933
Poker at Eight
1935
Gold Diggers
1930
Droppington's Devilish Deed
1915
Sophie of the Films #4
1914
The Family Entrance
1925
Too Many Mammas
1924
Love and Salt Water
1914
Midsummer Mush
1933
The Big Squawk
1929
Powder and Smoke
1924
All at Sea
1919
Keep the Bomb
1930
The Big Squirt
1937
Young Oldfield
1924
A Nag in the Bag
1938
Moonshine
1920
He Wouldn't Stay Down
1915
Vamp Till Ready
1936
Jeffries, Jr.
1924
The Perfect Lady
1924
Shy in spite of himself
1930
His Best Girl
1921
At First Sight
1924
Such a Cook
1914
Why Husbands Go Mad
1924
Dash, Love and Splash
1914
Other People's Business
1914
Just a Real Good Car
1924
Her Tender Feet
1919
Directing · 116
Mutts to You
1938
On Location
1921
Something Simple
1934
He's In Again
1918
Flat Foot Stooges
1938
Tassels in the Air
1938
Fresh Paint
1920
Saved by the Belle
1939
Bone Dry
1922
There's Many a Fool
1917
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923
Years to Come
1922
Waltz Me Around
1920
Nature in the Wrong
1933
The Three Stooges Follies
1974
A Tough Winter
1923
Jack Frost
1923
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
Southern Exposure
1935
Another Wild Idea
1934
Newly Rich
1922
Rush Orders
1921
On the Wrong Trek
1936
365 Days
1922
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
The Dumb-Bell
1922
Okay Toots!
1935
The Nickel Snatcher
1920
Violent Is the Word for Curly
1938
A Dash of Courage
1916
Public Ghost # 1
1935
Blue Sunday
1921
Full o' Pep
1922
Arabian Tights
1933
Neighborhood House
1936
Hearts and Sparks
1916
Italian Love
1920
Rolling Stone
1919
Mutiny on the Body
1939
I'll Take Vanilla
1934
When Spirits Move
1920
The Old Sea Dog
1922
The Floor Below
1919
Four Parts
1934
Sold at Auction!
1923
Tough Luck
1919
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919
Fifteen Minutes
1921
Do Me a Favor
1922
Don't Park Here
1919
The Four Star Boarder
1935
Married to Order
1920
The Cracked Ice Man
1934
Oh, What a Knight!
1937
Don't Rock the Boat
1920
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
Mystic Mush
1920
The Bargain of the Century
1933
Red Hot Hottentotts
1920
The Cloud Puncher
1917
Getting His Goat
1920
Order in the Court
1919
Call a Taxi!
1920
His Merry Mix-Up
1917
The Stone Age
1922
Luncheon at Twelve
1933
His Silent Racket
1933
The Anglers
1914
Playmates
1918
The Love Thief
1914
Dear Ol' Pal
1923
Blow 'Em Up
1922
The Count Takes the Count
1936
At the Ringside
1921
One Night Only
1919
How Heroes Are Made
1914
Halfway to Hollywood
1938
Jus' Passin' Through
1923
Music in Your Hair
1934
You Said a Hatful!
1934
A London Bobby
1920
April Fool
1920
Ship Ahoy
1919
A Hash House Fraud
1915
It Happened One Day
1934
Before the Public
1923
Chased Into Love
1917
Boom Goes the Groom
1939
Kids Is Kids
1920
Hello Trouble
1918
Giving the Bride Away
1919
Her First False Hare
1919
The Old Raid Mule
1938
Hot Off the Press
1922
Their Fatal Bumping
1914
Nurse to You!
1935
In the Movies
1922
Fate's Fathead
1934
All Dressed Up
1920
Sherman Said It
1933
Poker at Eight
1935
Midsummer Mush
1933
All at Sea
1919
A Nag in the Bag
1938
Moonshine
1920
He Wouldn't Stay Down
1915
Bright and Early
1918
What a Whopper!
1921
Vamp Till Ready
1936
His Best Girl
1921
Ankles Away
1938
Static in the Attic
1939
The Flirts
1919
Coppers and Scents
1919
Painless Love
1918
Her Tender Feet
1919