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 FOR

Sons of the Desert
1933
Something Simple
1934
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
South of the Boudoir
1940
Hello Baby!
1925
Newly Rich
1922
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Limousine Love
1928
The Knockout
1914
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Painless Love
1918
Hollywood Party
1937

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
289
Directing
116
Writing
24
Producing
8
2025
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2009
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
as (archive footage)
1992
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as (archive footage)
1970
4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
1967
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1963
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1960
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1940
The Heckler
as Noisy
1940
His Bridal Fright
as Charley
1940
South of the Boudoir
as Charley Chase
1939
Rattling Romeo
as Charley
1939
Teacher's Pest
as Charley Chase
1939
The Chump Takes a Bump
as Charley Chase
1939
The Awful Goof
as Charley
1939
Skinny the Moocher
as Charley Chase
1939
The Sap Takes a Wrap
as Charley
1938
Time Out for Trouble
as Charley
1938
Pie a la Maid
as Charley
1938
The Mind Needer
as Charley Chase
1938
A Nag in the Bag
as Racetrack Announcer (voice)
1938
The Nightshirt Bandit
as Professor Chase
1938
Many Sappy Returns
as Charley Chase
1937
Hollywood Party
as Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
1937
Man Bites Lovebug
as Charles Clayfoot Chase
1937
From Bad to Worse
as Charley Chase
1937
The Big Squirt
as Charley Chase
1937
Calling All Doctors
as Charley Chase
1937
The Wrong Miss Wright
as Charley Chase
1937
The Grand Hooter
as Charley Chase
1936
On the Wrong Trek
as Charley Chase
1936
Kelly the Second
as Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
1936
The Count Takes the Count
as Charley Chase
1936
Neighborhood House
as Charley Chase
1936
Vamp Till Ready
as Charley
1935
Poker at Eight
as Charley
1935
The Four Star Boarder
as Charley
1935
Nurse to You!
as Charley
1935
Southern Exposure
as Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
1935
Public Ghost # 1
as Charley Chase
1935
Life Hesitates at 40
as Charley Chase
1935
Okay Toots!
as Charley
1935
Manhattan Monkey Business
as Charley
1934
The Cracked Ice Man
as Charley Chase
1934
Fate's Fathead
as Charley Chase
1934
The Chases of Pimple Street
as Charley Chase
1934
Another Wild Idea
as Charley
1934
Four Parts
as Charley
1934
Something Simple
as Charley
1934
I'll Take Vanilla
as Charley
1934
It Happened One Day
as Charley
1934
You Said a Hatful!
as Charley
1933
Sons of the Desert
as Charley
1933
Arabian Tights
as Charley
1933
Luncheon at Twelve
as Charley Chase
1933
Fallen Arches
as Charley Chase
1933
Nature in the Wrong
as Charley Chase
1933
Midsummer Mush
as Charley
1933
His Silent Racket
as Charley
1933
Sherman Said It
as Charley
1932
Girl Grief
as Charley
1932
The Nickel Nurser
as Charley Chase
1932
In Walked Charley
as Mr. Chase
1932
First in War
as Sgt. Chase
1932
Young Ironsides
as Fearless
1932
The Tabasco Kid
as Charley / Francisco Murietta
1932
Mr. Bride
as Charley
1932
Now We'll Tell One
as Charley
1931
The soul of the party
as Carlitos
1931
Messing Around
as Carlos
1931
Hasty Marriage
as Charley Chase
1931
The Panic Is On
as Charley Chase
1931
Rough Seas
as Pvt. Charley Chase
1931
The Pip from Pittsburg
as Charley
1931
Thundering Tenors
as Charles A. Chase
1931
Little Daddy
as Chubby (singing voice)
1931
One of the Smiths
as Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
1931
What a Bozo!
as Charley Chase
1931
Skip the Maloo!
as Duke Chase
1931
The lady from Chicago
as Charley Chase
1930
The golf player
1930
The golfer
1930
Follies of love
as Carlos
1930
Shy in spite of himself
1930
The prince of the dollar
1930
Gold Diggers
1930
Keep the Bomb
1930
Whispering Whoopee
as Charley
1930
High C's
as Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
1930
The Real McCoy
as Charley
1930
Dollar Dizzy
as Charley Chase
1930
Looser Than Loose
as Charley
1930
All Teed Up
as Mr Chase
1930
Fifty Million Husbands
as Charley Chase
1930
Girl Shock
as Charley
1930
Fast Work
as Charley
1930
A gray in the air
as Carlos Chase
1930
Hey, skirts!
as Charley
1929
Leaping Love
as Charley Chase
1929
Ruby Lips
as Charley
1929
Loud Soup
as Charley Chase
1929
Off to Buffalo
as Charley Chase
1929
Thin Twins
as Charley
1929
Great Gobs!
as Charley - 1st Sailor
1929
Movie Night
as Charley Chase
1929
The Big Squawk
as Charley
1929
Snappy Sneezer
as Charley
1929
Crazy Feet
as Charley
1929
Stepping Out
as Charley
1929
Modern Love
as John Jones
1928
All for Nothing
1928
Imagine My Embarrassment
as Charley
1928
The Family Group
1928
Aching Youth
as Charley
1928
The Booster
as Charley
1928
Is Everybody Happy?
as Charley
1928
All Parts
1928
The Fight Pest
as Charley
1928
Limousine Love
as The Groom
1928
Chasing Husbands
as Charley
1927
What Women Did for Me
as Charley
1927
Are Brunettes Safe?
as The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
1927
Many Scrappy Returns
as Charley
1927
The Lighter That Failed
as Charley
1927
Bigger and Better Blondes
as Charley
1927
Never the Dames Shall Meet
as Charley
1927
Fluttering Hearts
as Charley
1927
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
1927
Forgotten Sweeties
as Thurston
1927
Now I'll Tell One
as Charley
1927
The Way of All Pants
as Charley
1927
The Glorious Fourth
as Top Hat Inebriate
1927
Us
as Charley
1927
Assistant Wives
as Charley - the Husband
1927
The Sting of Stings
as Charley
1927
A One Mama Man
as Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
1926
Merry Widower
as Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
1926
Thundering Fleas
as Mustachioed wedding guest
1926
Bromo and Juliet
as Charley
1926
Mighty Like a Moose
as Mr. Moose - The Husband
1926
Long Fliv the King
as Charles Chase
1926
Crazy Like a Fox
as Wilson
1926
Dog Shy
as Charley
1926
Tell 'Em Nothing
as Gladstone, The Great Lover
1926
Mama Behave
as Charles Chase / Jim Chase
1926
Be Your Age
as Charley - the Bashful Clerk
1926
Charley My Boy!
as Charley
1926
Mum's the Word
as Charlie - the Son
1926
There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Charley
1925
Hard Boiled
as Charley
1925
The Family Entrance
as Jimmy Jump
1925
What Price Goofy?
as Jamison
1925
The Caretaker's Daughter
as The Young Married Man
1925
Innocent Husbands
as Melvin
1925
The Rat's Knuckles
as Jimmy Jump
1925
His Wooden Wedding
as The Groom
1925
Isn't Life Terrible?
as The Husband
1925
Should Husbands Be Watched?
as Jamison Jump
1925
No Father to Guide Him
as Jimmy Jump
1925
Is Marriage the Bunk?
as Jimmie Jump
1925
The Uneasy Three
1925
Bad Boy
as Jimmie
1925
Big Red Riding Hood
as Jimmy Jump
1925
Fighting Fluid
as Jimmy Jump
1925
Hello Baby!
as Jimmy Jump
1925
Looking for Sally
as Jimmy Jump
1925
Plain and Fancy Girls
as Charley
1924
The King of the Wild Horses
as Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
1924
Sweet Daddy
as Jimmy Jump
1924
The Perfect Lady
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Love's Detour
as Jimmie Jump
1924
Position Wanted
as Jimmie Jump
1924
The Royal Razz
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Why Men Work
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Bungalow Boobs
as Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
1924
Why Husbands Go Mad
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Seeing Nellie Home
as Charley
1924
Outdoor Pajamas
as Jimmy Jump
1924
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Jimmy Jump
1924
A Ten-Minute Egg
as Jimmy Jump
1924
April Fool
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Young Oldfield
as Jimmy
1924
Too Many Mammas
as Jimmy Jump
1924
All Wet
as Jimmie Jump
1924
Accidental Accidents
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Jubilo, Jr.
as Director
1924
Sittin' Pretty
as Jimmy Jump
1924
The Poor Fish
as Jimmie Jump
1924
At First Sight
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Just a Real Good Car
as Jimmy Jump
1924
One of the Family
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Powder and Smoke
1924
Hard Knocks
as Jimmie Jump
1924
Don't Forget
1924
Publicity Pays
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Jeffries, Jr.
1924
Stolen Goods
as Jimmy Jump
1924
Just a Minute
as Jimmy Jump
1923
Sold at Auction!
as Customer (uncredited)
1923
Her Dangerous Path
as Glen Harper
1923
Long Live the King
1923
Jack Frost
1922
In the Movies
1922
The Stone Age
1922
The Dumb-Bell
as Actor wearing top hat
1921
The Hustler
1921
Blue Sunday
1921
His Best Girl
1921
Big Game
1920
Mystic Mush
1920
Way Out West
as Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
1920
Live and Learn
1920
Moonshine
as Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
1920
Don't Rock the Boat
as Ship's Officer
1920
Kids Is Kids
1920
Married to Order
as The Suitor
1920
When Spirits Move
1920
April Fool
as Supporting Character
1920
Italian Love
1920
The Nickel Snatcher
as cameo
1920
Why Go Home?
1919
Ship Ahoy
as Henchman (uncredited)
1919
Her Tender Feet
1919
Rolling Stone
as Bearded anarchist
1919
All at Sea
1918
Playmates
as Dope fiend
1918
He's In Again
as Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
1918
Hello Trouble
1917
Chased Into Love
as Charley
1915
Only a Farmer's Daughter
as The Artist
1915
Droppington's Devilish Deed
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1915
A Favorite Fool
as The Circus Spieler
1915
Love, Loot and Crash
as Harold, Dora's Suitor
1915
A Versatile Villain
as Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
1915
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
as Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
as Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
1915
A One Night Stand
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1915
Love in Armor
as The Suitor
1915
Love, Speed and Thrills
as Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1915
The Rent Jumpers
as A Young Boarder
1915
Settled at the Seaside
as Boyfriend
1915
Peanuts and Bullets
as The Accordian Player Boarder
1915
A Lucky Leap
as Lizzie's Boy Friend
1915
Colored Villainy
as The Traveler
1915
He Wouldn't Stay Down
as The False Friend
1915
Hash House Mashers
as The Star Boarder
1914
Dough and Dynamite
as Customer
1914
Mabel's Busy Day
as Spectator
1914
The Masquerader
as Actor
1914
A Coat's Tale
as The Tramp
1914
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
Across the Hall
as (unconfirmed)
1914
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
Such a Cook
1914
Soldiers of Misfortune
1914
Those Country Kids
as Cop
1914
A Gambling Rube
as (unconfirmed)
1914
Sophie of the Films #4
1914
The Love Thief
1914
The Anglers
1914
Her Last Chance
1914
Hello, Mabel
as Mabel's Boss
1914
Dash, Love and Splash
1914
Zip, the Dodger
as Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
1914
Love and Salt Water
1914
How Heroes Are Made
as The Boy Friend's Chum
1914
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
as Faro Bill
1914
Other People's Business
1914
The Plumber
as Bystander
1914
His New Profession
as Nephew
1914
His Musical Career
as Piano Store Manager
1914
The Rounders
as Diner
1914
Mabel's Blunder
as Billy Bronx
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
1914
Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Ambrose's Buddy
1914
The Noise of Bombs
as 3rd Desperado
1914
The Great Toe Mystery
as Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
1914
The Knockout
as Spectator (uncredited)
1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
1914
Mabel at the Wheel
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
1914
Those Love Pangs
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1914
He Loved the Ladies
as The Husband's Pal
1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1914
Cursed by His Beauty
as The Art Teacher
1914
Mabel's New Job
as Boarder