Charley Chase

Born

10/19/1893

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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 For221 Movies

Sons of the Desert
1933
★7.1
Hollywood Party
1937
★6.8
Girl Grief
1932
★7.0
The Masquerader
1914
★5.7
South of the Boudoir
1940
★7.0
Sweet Daddy
1924
★9.0
Hello, Mabel
1914
★5.3
Dog Shy
1926
★7.1
Movie Night
1929
★6.7
Fast Work
1930
★7.0
The Rounders
1914
★6.1
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
★6.2
Fighting Fluid
1925
★6.8
Aching Youth
1928
★9.0
Limousine Love
1928
★6.0
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
★5.8
Great Gobs!
1929
★10.0
Dough and Dynamite
1914
★6.1
Sittin' Pretty
1924
★7.0
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
★7.0
Those Love Pangs
1914
★5.6
Us
1927
★5.2
The Plumber
1914
★NR
Rattling Romeo
1939
★7.0
Hello Trouble
1918
★6.0
When Comedy Was King
1960
★6.5
Outdoor Pajamas
1924
★6.0
Midsummer Mush
1933
★7.5
Chasing Husbands
1928
★7.0
Southern Exposure
1935
★4.0
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
★6.2
Bungalow Boobs
1924
★9.0
Four Parts
1934
★6.5
Mabel's Blunder
1914
★5.2
Fluttering Hearts
1927
★5.6
Bromo and Juliet
1926
★5.8
Long Live the King
1923
★7.0
His Bridal Fright
1940
★9.0
Young Ironsides
1932
★9.0
Hard Knocks
1924
★6.8
Rolling Stone
1919
★5.0
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
★7.1
April Fool
1920
★7.0
The Knockout
1914
★5.8
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
★5.8
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
★6.0
Time Out for Trouble
1938
★4.2
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
★5.8
Those Country Kids
1914
★4.1
Italian Love
1920
★4.0
Hard Boiled
1925
★8.0
The Poor Fish
1924
★7.5
He's In Again
1918
★5.7
Luncheon at Twelve
1933
★9.0
Long Fliv the King
1926
★6.3
Skinny the Moocher
1939
★8.0
Publicity Pays
1924
★5.7
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
★5.5
His Wooden Wedding
1925
★7.1
The Family Entrance
1925
★9.0
His Musical Career
1914
★6.0
His New Profession
1914
★5.9
Just a Minute
1924
★6.3
No Father to Guide Him
1925
★6.8
I'll Take Vanilla
1934
★10.0
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
★6.1
30 Years of Fun
1963
★5.3
Moonshine
1920
★6.5
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
★5.7
Looser Than Loose
1930
★6.0
Fate's Fathead
1934
★8.0
Rough Seas
1931
★7.0
A gray in the air
1930
★9.0
First in War
1932
★10.0
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
★5.7
Peanuts and Bullets
1915
★5.0
The Rent Jumpers
1915
★4.7
The Awful Goof
1939
★7.0
A Versatile Villain
1915
★4.2
The Big Squirt
1937
★6.0
Vamp Till Ready
1936
★7.0
Looking for Sally
1925
★6.5
Jack Frost
1923
★10.0
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
★4.4
Sold at Auction!
1923
★6.8
Her Dangerous Path
1923
★10.0
The Family Group
1928
★7.0
From Bad to Worse
1937
★7.0
Assistant Wives
1927
★10.0
The Heckler
1940
★7.0
Pie a la Maid
1938
★8.0
Bigger and Better Blondes
1927
★8.0
The Royal Razz
1924
★7.0
Mama Behave
1926
★7.0
The Real McCoy
1930
★6.4
Hello Baby!
1925
★6.3
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
★5.1
The King of the Wild Horses
1924
★6.1
Calling All Doctors
1937
★8.0
In Walked Charley
1932
★8.0
The Panic Is On
1931
★3.7
Crazy Feet
1929
★6.8
Thundering Fleas
1926
★6.0
What Price Goofy?
1925
★6.6
Little Daddy
1931
★6.8
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
★7.0
One of the Smiths
1931
★8.0
Whispering Whoopee
1930
★6.2
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
★10.0
Are Brunettes Safe?
1927
★8.0
The Way of All Pants
1927
★6.4
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
★6.8
On the Wrong Trek
1936
★5.9
The Nightshirt Bandit
1938
★10.0
Innocent Husbands
1925
★7.0
Powder and Smoke
1924
★6.2
Merry Widower
1926
★8.0
High C's
1930
★4.4
All Teed Up
1930
★4.8
Be Your Age
1926
★5.8
Stolen Goods
1924
★7.0
The Booster
1928
★7.0
A Nag in the Bag
1938
★8.0
Now I'll Tell One
1927
★6.5
Teacher's Pest
1939
★8.0
Bad Boy
1925
★7.3
Jubilo, Jr.
1924
★6.9
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
★5.0
4 Clowns
1970
★7.2
The Sting of Stings
1927
★10.0
Fallen Arches
1933
★7.5
Arabian Tights
1933
★6.0
Kelly the Second
1936
★7.0
The Mind Needer
1938
★7.0
Married to Order
1920
★5.9
The Chump Takes a Bump
1939
★8.0
Ship Ahoy
1919
★7.0
Too Many Mammas
1924
★4.7
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926
★6.8
What a Bozo!
1931
★5.7
Ruby Lips
1929
★10.0
Girl Shock
1930
★5.8
The Big Squawk
1929
★8.0
Big Red Riding Hood
1925
★6.5
Many Sappy Returns
1938
★6.5
The Noise of Bombs
1914
★5.0
Another Wild Idea
1934
★4.4
Something Simple
1934
★6.0
Man Bites Lovebug
1937
★6.5
Dollar Dizzy
1930
★6.8
Public Ghost # 1
1935
★5.5
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
★4.2
Don't Forget
1924
★5.3
Skip the Maloo!
1931
★7.0
Thundering Tenors
1931
★7.0
Neighborhood House
1936
★9.0
Young Oldfield
1924
★6.0
Mr. Bride
1932
★5.8
All for Nothing
1928
★7.0
Jeffries, Jr.
1924
★6.7
A One Night Stand
1915
★5.0
The Tabasco Kid
1932
★7.0
The Glorious Fourth
1927
★7.0
April Fool
1924
★6.0
The Pip from Pittsburg
1931
★6.6
Hasty Marriage
1931
★7.7
Why Men Work
1924
★8.0
Love, Loot and Crash
1915
★4.7
Modern Love
1929
★10.0
Snappy Sneezer
1929
★6.8
Fifty Million Husbands
1930
★5.6
Tell 'Em Nothing
1926
★5.5
Charley My Boy!
1926
★5.6
The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
★8.0
The Count Takes the Count
1936
★6.0
Stepping Out
1929
★6.0
Should Husbands Be Watched?
1925
★8.0
Settled at the Seaside
1915
★5.0
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
★9.0
Nature in the Wrong
1933
★6.5
The Cracked Ice Man
1934
★10.0
Is Everybody Happy?
1928
★8.0
You Said a Hatful!
1934
★7.0
The Dumb-Bell
1922
★6.3
Many Scrappy Returns
1927
★9.0
Nurse to You!
1935
★7.0
The Nickel Nurser
1932
★4.0
The Rat's Knuckles
1925
★6.8
All Wet
1924
★5.8
A Ten-Minute Egg
1924
★6.0
Leaping Love
1929
★9.0
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
★6.0
The Lighter That Failed
1927
★7.0
Sherman Said It
1933
★10.0
Loud Soup
1929
★8.0
Mum's the Word
1926
★6.1
A One Mama Man
1927
★9.0
The Great Toe Mystery
1914
★5.5
Plain and Fancy Girls
1925
★10.0
Hash House Mashers
1915
★4.0
Seeing Nellie Home
1924
★6.5
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
★7.3
The Uneasy Three
1925
★7.0
The lady from Chicago
1931
★9.0
One of the Family
1924
★5.0
Accidental Accidents
1924
★7.5
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925
★4.0
Now We'll Tell One
1932
★7.0
The Wrong Miss Wright
1937
★9.0
The Grand Hooter
1937
★10.0
What Women Did for Me
1927
★10.0
His Silent Racket
1933
★8.0
At First Sight
1924
★6.5
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
★5.3
The 'Fraidy Cat
1924
★6.8
The Stone Age
1922
★9.0
Love in Armor
1915
★4.2
Just a Real Good Car
1924
★3.5
The Four Star Boarder
1935
★10.0
Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927
★6.5
It Happened One Day
1934
★8.0