Charley Chase
Acting
🎂 1893-10-19
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.
Cast credits(288)
Charley
1933
Jimmy Jump
1925
archive footage
1957
Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
1914
Asylum Inmate
1927
Charley
1932
Jimmy Jump
1924
(archive footage)
1992
Jimmy Jump
1925
Jimmie
1925
Jimmy Jump
1925
Spectator
1914
2023
Jimmie Jump
1925
Charley Chase
1934
Jimmy Jump
1924
Customer
1914
Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
1914
Spectator (uncredited)
1914
Charley Chase
1930
1923
Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
1935
John Jones
1929
Diner
1914
Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
1931
Charley
1935
Charles Chase
1926
Charley
1928
Charley
1927
Charley
1929
1920
1918
Mr. Moose - The Husband
1926
1925
Carlos Chase
1930
Charley Chase
1931
Self (archive footage)
1961
Self (archive footage)
1942
(archive footage)
1970
Mr. Chase
1932
Charley Chase
1931
The Suitor
1915
Charley
1933
Charley Chase
1939
Jimmie Jump
1924
Jimmy Jump
1925
Charley Chase
1929
Charley - the Bashful Clerk
1926
Cop
1914
Jimmy Jump
1925
Bystander
1914
The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
1927
Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
1915
The Suitor
1920
Noisy
1940
Jamison Jump
1925
Charley
1926
Charley
1931
Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
1918
Wilson
1926
Charley / Francisco Murietta
1932
Henchman (uncredited)
1919
The Accordian Player Boarder
1915
Charley
1927
Charley
1927
Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
1920
Charley Chase
1933
Mustachioed wedding guest
1926
Billy Bronx
1914
Charley - the Husband
1927
Charley
1934
Nephew
1914
Charley
1927
Pvt. Charley Chase
1931
Race Spectator (uncredited)
1914
Top Hat Inebriate
1927
Charley
1926
Charley
1934
Actor
1914
(unconfirmed)
1914
Charley
1927
Charley Chase
1936
Charley
1929
1928
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
1960
Chubby (singing voice)
1931
The Groom
1928
Charley
1929
1921
1924
Charley
1927
Jimmy Jump
1924
Charley
1934
Jimmy Jump
1924
Charley Chase
1936
Charley
1939
Charley Chase
1933
1921
Charley
1928
Charley Chase
1930
Jamison
1925
Charley Chase
1937
Melvin
1925
Jimmie Jump
1924
Charley
1929
The Husband
1925
Jimmy Jump
1924
Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
1914
Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
1915
Jimmy Jump
1924
Professor Chase
1938
1967
Charley
1935
1914
Piano Store Manager
1914
(archive footage)
1963
The Circus Spieler
1915
Charley
1930
Charley
1932
Charley
1925
Movie Patron (uncredited)
1914
1914
Jimmy Jump
1924
The Young Married Man
1925
Jimmy Jump
1924
1920
1928
Charley Chase
1940
Boyfriend
1915
1930
1922
Charles A. Chase
1931
Mr Chase
1930
Charley
1928
Charley
1939
Charley
1926
Charley Chase
1939
Customer (uncredited)
1923
Charley
1938
Charley
1940
Thurston
1927
Gladstone, The Great Lover
1926
Charley
1929
Charley
1935
Charley Chase
1932
1914
Charley
1933
Charley
1929
Jimmy Jump
1924
Charley Chase
1929
1914
Charley
1927
1928
Jimmie Jump
1924
Charley
1939
Charley Chase
1937
Dope fiend
1918
Jimmy Jump
1924
Charley
1917
1921
Charley Chase
1938
Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
1915
Charley Chase
1929
3rd Desperado
1914
cameo
1920
Charley
1926
Charley
1930
The Traveler
1915
Jimmy Jump
1924
Jimmy Jump
1924
1924
1930
Glen Harper
1923
1919
1920
Charley Chase
1929
Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
1936
A Young Boarder
1915
Charlie - the Son
1926
Charley Chase
1937
Charley
1930
Charley
1935
Charley
1930
Carlos
1930
Ship's Officer
1920
Charley Chase
1935
Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
1937
Mabel's Boss
1914
Charley
1934
Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
1920
The Groom
1925
Party Guest (uncredited)
1914
Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
1926
Charley Chase
1933
Ambrose's Buddy
1914
Charley
1934
Harold, Dora's Suitor
1915
Charley Chase
1938
1920
Supporting Character
1920
Jimmy Jump
1925
Jimmy Jump
1925
Carlos
1931
Charley Chase
1935
Charley
1927
Charley
1933
Faro Bill
1914
Charley
1925
Charley Chase
1934
Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1915
Charley
1932
1920
Charley
1927
Charley
1938
Charles Clayfoot Chase
1937
Charley
1924
The Art Teacher
1914
Jimmy Jump
1924
(unconfirmed)
1914
Racetrack Announcer (voice)
1938
Bearded anarchist
1919
Charley
1930
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
1914
Jimmy Jump
1924
1921
Charles Chase / Jim Chase
1926
Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
1924
The Artist
1915
Sgt. Chase
1932
(archive footage)
2007
Charley Chase
1937
Actor wearing top hat
1922
Jimmie Jump
1924
Charley
1928
1924
1914
Charley Chase
1931
Charley
1933
Jimmy Jump
1924
1930
Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
1927
Charley Chase
1939
1920
Charley - 1st Sailor
1929
1930
Boarder
1914
1914
Fearless
1932
1923
Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
1914
Duke Chase
1931
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1915
Charley
1928
Charley
1930
Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
1930
The Boy Friend's Chum
1914
Charley
1935
Jimmy Jump
1924
1922
1928
Charley Chase
1934
Jimmy Jump
1924
Director
1924
1930
Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
1924
The Husband's Pal
1914
The Star Boarder
1915
Charley
1936
Charley Chase
1936
The False Friend
1915
Jimmy
1924
1914
1914
Jimmie Jump
1924
1919
Jimmy Jump
1924
Carlitos
1931
Audience Member (uncredited)
1915
Charley Chase
1937
1914
1930
Charley
1927
Charley
1934
1914
Lizzie's Boy Friend
1915
The Tramp
1914
1914
Charley Chase
1931
Writing (23)
Production (8)
Directing (115)
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1934
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1936
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1933
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1919
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1974
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1934
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