Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Acting

Born October 19, 1893 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

116 films as director · Active 1914–1974

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 s…

Known for

The prince of the dollar

The prince of the dollar

1930

Chasing Husbands

Chasing Husbands

1928

Limousine Love

Limousine Love

1928

All Parts

1928

Hollywood Party

Hollywood Party

1937

The golfer

1930

Fast Work

Fast Work

1930

Southern Exposure

Southern Exposure

1935

Directed(116)

The Three Stooges Follies

1974The Three Stooges Follies★ 9.0

Saved by the Belle

1939Saved by the Belle★ 5.6

1939Mutiny on the Body★ 7.0

1939Static in the Attic★ 7.0

1939Boom Goes the Groom★ 9.0

Mutts to You

1938Mutts to You★ 6.7

Flat Foot Stooges

1938Flat Foot Stooges★ 6.3

Tassels in the Air

1938Tassels in the Air★ 6.8

Violent Is the Word for Curly

1938Violent Is the Word for Curly★ 7.1

A Nag in the Bag

1938A Nag in the Bag★ 8.0

1938Halfway to Hollywood★ 8.0

1938The Old Raid Mule★ 8.0

1938Ankles Away★ 8.0

Oh, What a Knight!

1937Oh, What a Knight!★ 10.0

Vamp Till Ready

1936Vamp Till Ready★ 7.0

The Count Takes the Count

1936The Count Takes the Count★ 6.0

Neighborhood House

1936Neighborhood House★ 9.0

On the Wrong Trek

1936On the Wrong Trek★ 5.9

1935Life Hesitates at 40★ 7.5

1935Okay Toots!★ 7.0

Manhattan Monkey Business

1935Manhattan Monkey Business★ 10.0

1935Poker at Eight★ 7.5

Nurse to You!

1935Nurse to You!★ 7.0

The Four Star Boarder

1935The Four Star Boarder★ 10.0

Southern Exposure

1935Southern Exposure★ 4.0

Public Ghost # 1

1935Public Ghost # 1★ 5.5

I'll Take Vanilla

1934I'll Take Vanilla★ 10.0

It Happened One Day

1934It Happened One Day★ 8.0

You Said a Hatful!

1934You Said a Hatful!★ 7.0

The Cracked Ice Man

1934The Cracked Ice Man★ 10.0

Fate's Fathead

1934Fate's Fathead★ 8.0

1934Music in Your Hair

The Chases of Pimple Street

1934The Chases of Pimple Street★ 7.3

Another Wild Idea

1934Another Wild Idea★ 4.4

Four Parts

1934Four Parts★ 6.5

Something Simple

1934Something Simple★ 6.0

The Bargain of the Century

1933The Bargain of the Century★ 4.2

Luncheon at Twelve

1933Luncheon at Twelve★ 9.0

Nature in the Wrong

1933Nature in the Wrong★ 6.5

Midsummer Mush

1933Midsummer Mush★ 7.5

Sherman Said It

1933Sherman Said It★ 10.0

His Silent Racket

1933His Silent Racket★ 8.0

Arabian Tights

1933Arabian Tights★ 6.0

A Tough Winter

1923A Tough Winter★ 9.0

Sold at Auction!

1923Sold at Auction!★ 6.8

Dear Ol' Pal

1923Dear Ol' Pal★ 10.0

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923Courtship of Miles Sandwich★ 7.0

Jus' Passin' Through

1923Jus' Passin' Through★ 6.5

Jack Frost

1923Jack Frost★ 10.0

1923Before the Public★ 7.5

1922Years to Come★ 5.3

The Dumb-Bell

1922The Dumb-Bell★ 6.3

1922Full o' Pep★ 9.0

1922Blow 'Em Up★ 9.0

The Old Sea Dog

1922The Old Sea Dog

The Stone Age

1922The Stone Age★ 9.0

1922In the Movies★ 10.0

Newly Rich

365 Days

1922365 Days★ 8.0

1922Bone Dry★ 8.0

Hot Off the Press

1922Hot Off the Press★ 9.0

Do Me a Favor

1922Do Me a Favor★ 6.0

1921What a Whopper!★ 6.3

1921At the Ringside★ 9.0

1921Blue Sunday★ 9.0

1921His Best Girl★ 8.0

1921Rush Orders★ 10.0

Fifteen Minutes

1921Fifteen Minutes★ 6.0

1921On Location

1920All Dressed Up★ 8.0

Moonshine

1920Moonshine★ 6.5

Waltz Me Around

1920Waltz Me Around★ 6.0

Fresh Paint

1920Fresh Paint★ 6.0

1920A London Bobby★ 7.0

1920Kids Is Kids★ 10.0

1920Don't Rock the Boat★ 9.0

1920Mystic Mush

Married to Order

1920Married to Order★ 5.9

When Spirits Move

1920When Spirits Move

April Fool

1920April Fool★ 7.0

Call a Taxi!

1920Call a Taxi!★ 5.5

Italian Love

1920Italian Love★ 4.0

The Nickel Snatcher

1920The Nickel Snatcher

1920Red Hot Hottentotts★ 7.0

1920Getting His Goat★ 10.0

1919The Floor Below★ 5.7

Don't Park Here

1919Don't Park Here★ 7.0

The Flirts

1919The Flirts★ 5.0

Rolling Stone

1919Rolling Stone★ 5.0

1919Hop to It, Bellhop★ 7.5

Ship Ahoy

1919Ship Ahoy★ 7.0

1919Her Tender Feet★ 8.0

One Night Only

1919One Night Only

Her First False Hare

1919Her First False Hare★ 7.0

Coppers and Scents

1919Coppers and Scents

1919All at Sea★ 8.0

1919Order in the Court★ 10.0

1919Giving the Bride Away★ 9.0

1919Tough Luck★ 9.0

Bright and Early

1918Bright and Early★ 4.6

He's In Again

1918He's In Again★ 5.7

1918Playmates★ 6.0

Hello Trouble

1918Hello Trouble★ 6.0

1918Painless Love★ 9.0

Chased Into Love

1917Chased Into Love

His Merry Mix-Up

1917His Merry Mix-Up

The Cloud Puncher

1917The Cloud Puncher★ 8.0

There's Many a Fool

1917There's Many a Fool

1916A Dash of Courage

1916Hearts and Sparks

A Hash House Fraud

1915A Hash House Fraud★ 4.5

He Wouldn't Stay Down

1915He Wouldn't Stay Down

1914The Love Thief

1914How Heroes Are Made

1914The Anglers

1914Their Fatal Bumping

Acting(289)

2025Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)

2009The Parrott Chase(archive footage) (uncredited)

2007Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen(archive footage)

1992Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys(archive footage)

19704 Clowns(archive footage)

1967The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

196330 Years of Fun(archive footage)

1961Days of Thrills and LaughterSelf (archive footage)

1960When Comedy Was King(archive footage) (uncredited)

1957The Golden Age of Comedyarchive footage

1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self (archive footage)

1940His Bridal FrightCharley

1940South of the BoudoirCharley Chase

1940The HecklerNoisy

1939The Awful GoofCharley

1939Teacher's PestCharley Chase

1939Skinny the MoocherCharley Chase

1939Rattling RomeoCharley

1939The Chump Takes a BumpCharley Chase

1939The Sap Takes a WrapCharley

1938Pie a la MaidCharley

1938A Nag in the BagRacetrack Announcer (voice)

1938The Nightshirt BanditProfessor Chase

1938Many Sappy ReturnsCharley Chase

1938The Mind NeederCharley Chase

1938Time Out for TroubleCharley

1937Man Bites LovebugCharles Clayfoot Chase

1937The Big SquirtCharley Chase

1937Calling All DoctorsCharley Chase

1937The Wrong Miss WrightCharley Chase

1937From Bad to WorseCharley Chase

1937The Grand HooterCharley Chase

1937Hollywood PartyCharley Chan Chase, Co-Host

1936Kelly the SecondDr. J. Willoughby Klum

1936On the Wrong TrekCharley Chase

1936Vamp Till ReadyCharley

1936Neighborhood HouseCharley Chase

1936The Count Takes the CountCharley Chase

1935Public Ghost # 1Charley Chase

1935Life Hesitates at 40Charley Chase

1935Manhattan Monkey BusinessCharley

1935Nurse to You!Charley

1935The Four Star BoarderCharley

1935Southern ExposureColonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase

1935Poker at EightCharley

1935Okay Toots!Charley

1934The Chases of Pimple StreetCharley Chase

1934Fate's FatheadCharley Chase

1934You Said a Hatful!Charley

1934Something SimpleCharley

1934It Happened One DayCharley

1934Another Wild IdeaCharley

1934I'll Take VanillaCharley

1934Four PartsCharley

1934The Cracked Ice ManCharley Chase

1933Sons of the DesertCharley

1933Luncheon at TwelveCharley Chase

1933Sherman Said ItCharley

1933Midsummer MushCharley

1933Arabian TightsCharley

1933His Silent RacketCharley

1933Nature in the WrongCharley Chase

1933Fallen ArchesCharley Chase

1932Mr. BrideCharley

1932Now We'll Tell OneCharley

1932Girl GriefCharley

1932Young IronsidesFearless

1932First in WarSgt. Chase

1932In Walked CharleyMr. Chase

1932The Nickel NurserCharley Chase

1932The Tabasco KidCharley / Francisco Murietta

1931Hasty MarriageCharley Chase

1931What a Bozo!Charley Chase

1931Skip the Maloo!Duke Chase

1931The Panic Is OnCharley Chase

1931One of the SmithsCharley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.

1931Rough SeasPvt. Charley Chase

1931Messing AroundCarlos

1931Little DaddyChubby (singing voice)

1931The lady from ChicagoCharley Chase

1931The Pip from PittsburgCharley

1931The soul of the partyCarlitos

1931Thundering TenorsCharles A. Chase

1930High C'sSgt. Charles Augustus Chase

1930A gray in the airCarlos Chase

1930Keep the Bomb

1930Looser Than LooseCharley

1930Hey, skirts!Charley

1930The prince of the dollar

1930Gold Diggers

1930Dollar DizzyCharley Chase

1930Follies of loveCarlos

1930Shy in spite of himself

1930Girl ShockCharley

1930Fast WorkCharley

1930Fifty Million HusbandsCharley Chase

1930The golf player

1930All Teed UpMr Chase

1930Whispering WhoopeeCharley

1930The Real McCoyCharley

1929Great Gobs!Charley - 1st Sailor

1929Stepping OutCharley

1929Crazy FeetCharley

1929Snappy SneezerCharley

1929Modern LoveJohn Jones

1929Leaping LoveCharley Chase

1929The Big SquawkCharley

1929Movie NightCharley Chase

1929Thin TwinsCharley

1929Loud SoupCharley Chase

1929Off to BuffaloCharley Chase

1929Ruby LipsCharley

1928Chasing HusbandsCharley

1928The BoosterCharley

1928Is Everybody Happy?Charley

1928Imagine My EmbarrassmentCharley

1928The Fight PestCharley

1928Limousine LoveThe Groom

1928Aching Youth

1928The Family Group

1928All for Nothing

1927Never the Dames Shall MeetCharley

1927Assistant WivesCharley - the Husband

1927The Way of All PantsCharley

1927Call of the CuckooAsylum Inmate

1927Now I'll Tell OneCharley

1927The Lighter That FailedCharley

1927The Sting of StingsCharley

1927What Women Did for MeCharley

1927The Glorious FourthTop Hat Inebriate

1927Fluttering HeartsCharley

1927Bigger and Better BlondesCharley

1927Forgotten SweetiesThurston

1927A One Mama ManWillie Shoemaker / Count Tosky

1927Are Brunettes Safe?The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon

1927Many Scrappy ReturnsCharley

1926There Ain't No Santa ClausCharley

1926Be Your AgeCharley - the Bashful Clerk

1926Tell 'Em NothingGladstone, The Great Lover

1926Bromo and JulietCharley

1926Crazy Like a FoxWilson

1926Merry WidowerHobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)

1926Thundering FleasMustachioed wedding guest

1926Mighty Like a MooseMr. Moose - The Husband

1926Long Fliv the KingCharles Chase

1926Mum's the WordCharlie - the Son

1926Dog ShyCharley

1926Mama BehaveCharles Chase / Jim Chase

1926Charley My Boy!Charley

1925His Wooden WeddingThe Groom

1925The Uneasy Three

1925The Caretaker's DaughterThe Young Married Man

1925No Father to Guide HimJimmy Jump

1925Innocent HusbandsMelvin

1925Isn't Life Terrible?The Husband

1925What Price Goofy?Jamison

1925Looking for SallyJimmy Jump

1925Big Red Riding HoodJimmy Jump

1925Bad BoyJimmie

1925Is Marriage the Bunk?Jimmie Jump

1925Hard BoiledCharley

1925Should Husbands Be Watched?Jamison Jump

1925Plain and Fancy GirlsCharley

1925The Family EntranceJimmy Jump

1925Fighting FluidJimmy Jump

1925Hello Baby!Jimmy Jump

1925The Rat's KnucklesJimmy Jump

1924The Royal RazzJimmy Jump

1924The Poor FishJimmie Jump

1924Just a Real Good CarJimmy Jump

1924Accidental AccidentsJimmy Jump

1924Bungalow BoobsJimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband

1924Too Many MammasJimmy Jump

1924Sittin' PrettyJimmy Jump

1924Outdoor PajamasJimmy Jump

1924Why Men WorkJimmy Jump

1924Sweet DaddyJimmy Jump

1924Seeing Nellie HomeCharley

1924A Ten-Minute EggJimmy Jump

1924Why Husbands Go MadJimmy Jump

1924Stolen GoodsJimmy Jump

1924Jubilo, Jr.Director

1924Young OldfieldJimmy

1924Position WantedJimmie Jump

1924April FoolJimmy Jump

1924Publicity PaysJimmy Jump

1924The King of the Wild HorsesBoyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)

1924The 'Fraidy CatJimmy Jump

1924Love's DetourJimmie Jump

1924The Perfect LadyJimmy Jump

1924One of the FamilyJimmy Jump

1924Powder and Smoke

1924Hard KnocksJimmie Jump

1924Don't Forget

1924Jeffries, Jr.

1924Just a MinuteJimmy Jump

1924At First SightJimmy Jump

1924All WetJimmie Jump

1923Long Live the King

1923Her Dangerous PathGlen Harper

1923Sold at Auction!Customer (uncredited)

1922The Stone Age

1922The Dumb-BellActor wearing top hat

1922In the Movies

1921The Hustler

1921Blue Sunday

1921His Best Girl

1920MoonshineScorekeeper / Revenue Officer

1920April FoolSupporting Character

1920Married to OrderThe Suitor

1920Kids Is Kids

1920Live and Learn

1920Don't Rock the BoatShip's Officer

1920Italian Love

1920Why Go Home?

1920Mystic Mush

1920Way Out WestGrizzled Gambler (uncredited)

1920When Spirits Move

1920The Nickel Snatchercameo

1919Her Tender Feet

1919Ship AhoyHenchman (uncredited)

1919Rolling StoneBearded anarchist

1918He's In AgainPiano Player (as Charles Parrott)

1918Hello Trouble

1918PlaymatesDope fiend

1917Chased Into LoveCharley

1915A Favorite FoolThe Circus Spieler

1915A Versatile VillainPete - Assistant Baggage Clerk

1915Love, Loot and CrashHarold, Dora's Suitor

1915The Rent JumpersA Young Boarder

1915Droppington's Devilish DeedAudience Member (uncredited)

1915Settled at the SeasideBoyfriend

1915A One Night StandAudience Spectator (uncredited)

1915Fatty’s Faithful FidoFight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)

1915That Little Band Of GoldTicket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)

1915Love in ArmorThe Suitor

1915A Lucky LeapLizzie's Boy Friend

1915He Wouldn't Stay DownThe False Friend

1915Colored VillainyThe Traveler

1915Love, Speed and ThrillsCop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

1915Hash House MashersThe Star Boarder

1915Peanuts and BulletsThe Accordian Player Boarder

1915Only a Farmer's DaughterThe Artist

1914Tillie's Punctured RomanceStaring Man in Theater (uncredited)

1914Fatty's Magic PantsParty Guest (uncredited)

1914Ambrose's First FalsehoodAmbrose's Buddy

1914The PlumberBystander

1914Other People's Business

1914Leading Lizzie AstrayCafe Patron - In from the Mines

1914The Noise of Bombs3rd Desperado

1914How Heroes Are MadeThe Boy Friend's Chum

1914His Musical CareerPiano Store Manager

1914'Curses!' They Remarked

1914Cursed by His BeautyThe Art Teacher

1914Gentlemen of NerveSpectator at Entrance (uncredited)

1914Dough and DynamiteCustomer

1914Stout Hearts But Weak KneesFaro Bill

1914The Love Thief

1914Dash, Love and Splash

1914Zip, the DodgerCustomer in Second Group (uncredited)

1914The Anglers

1914Those Love PangsMovie Patron (uncredited)

1914Hello, MabelMabel's Boss

1914He Loved the LadiesThe Husband's Pal

1914Mabel's BlunderBilly Bronx

1914The RoundersDiner

1914His New ProfessionNephew

1914Her Last Chance

1914The MasqueraderActor

1914Those Country KidsCop

1914Such a Cook

1914A Coat's TaleThe Tramp

1914Soldiers of Misfortune

1914The Great Toe MysteryGussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

1914Mabel's New JobBoarder

1914Sophie of the Films #4

1914A Gambling Rube(unconfirmed)

1914Mabel's Busy DaySpectator

1914Love and Salt Water

1914The KnockoutSpectator (uncredited)

1914Where Hazel Met the Villain

1914Mabel at the WheelRace Spectator (uncredited)

1914Across the Hall(unconfirmed)

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