Charley Chase
- Acting
- October 19, 1893 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- June 20, 1940
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 for
Filmography
- Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
- The Parrott Chase · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen · (archive footage)
- Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys · (archive footage)
- The Three Stooges Follies · Director
- 4 Clowns · (archive footage)
- The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
- 30 Years of Fun · (archive footage)
- Days of Thrills and Laughter · Self
- When Comedy Was King · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Golden Age of Comedy · archive footage
- Off Again, On Again · Story
- Open Season for Saps · Story
- Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) · Self
- His Bridal Fright · Charley
- South of the Boudoir · Charley Chase
- The Heckler · Noisy
- The Awful Goof · Charley
- Teacher's Pest · Charley Chase
- Static in the Attic · Director
- Skinny the Moocher · Charley Chase
- Rattling Romeo · Charley
- Saved by the Belle · Associate Producer, Director
- The Chump Takes a Bump · Charley Chase
- Boom Goes the Groom · Director
- The Sap Takes a Wrap · Charley, Screenplay
- Mutiny on the Body · Director
- Pie a la Maid · Charley, Screenplay
- Flat Foot Stooges · Writer, Director
- A Nag in the Bag · Racetrack Announcer (Voice), Director
- The Nightshirt Bandit · Professor Chase
- Mutts to You · Director, Associate Producer
- Many Sappy Returns · Charley Chase, Story
- Violent Is the Word for Curly · Associate Producer, Director
- Halfway to Hollywood · Director
- Ankles Away · Director
- The Mind Needer · Charley Chase
- Tassels in the Air · Director, Associate Producer
- Time Out for Trouble · Charley
- The Old Raid Mule · Director
- Termites of 1938 · Associate Producer
- Man Bites Lovebug · Charles Clayfoot Chase, Associate Producer
- Oh, What a Knight! · Director
- Gracie at the Bat · Associate Producer
- The Big Squirt · Charley Chase
- Calling All Doctors · Charley Chase
- The Wrong Miss Wright · Charley Chase
- From Bad to Worse · Charley Chase
- The Grand Hooter · Charley Chase
- Hollywood Party · Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
- Kelly the Second · Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
- On the Wrong Trek · Charley Chase, Director
- Vamp Till Ready · Charley, Director
- Neighborhood House · Charley Chase, Writer
- The Count Takes the Count · Charley Chase, Director
- Public Ghost # 1 · Charley Chase, Director
- Life Hesitates at 40 · Charley Chase, Director
- Manhattan Monkey Business · Charley, Director
- Nurse to You! · Charley, Director
- The Four Star Boarder · Charley, Director
- Southern Exposure · Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase, Director
- Poker at Eight · Charley, Director
- Okay Toots! · Charley, Director
- The Chases of Pimple Street · Charley Chase, Director
- Fate's Fathead · Charley Chase, Director
- You Said a Hatful! · Charley, Director
- Something Simple · Charley, Writer
- It Happened One Day · Charley, Director
- Another Wild Idea · Charley, Director
- Music in Your Hair · Director
- I'll Take Vanilla · Charley, Director
- Four Parts · Charley, Director
- The Cracked Ice Man · Charley Chase, Director
- Sons of the Desert · Charley, Writer
- Luncheon at Twelve · Charley Chase, Director
- Sherman Said It · Charley, Director
- Midsummer Mush · Charley, Director
- Arabian Tights · Charley, Director
- His Silent Racket · Charley, Director
- The Bargain of the Century · Director