Charley Chase

★ Acting #49,527

1893 - 1940 (age 46) • Acting

Born: 10/19/1893 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Died: 6/20/1940 (age 46)

Known for: Acting

Charley Chase

★ Acting #49,527

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

71%

Charley

1933

Tillie's Punctured Romance

62%

Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)

1914

His New Profession

59%

Nephew

1914

Those Love Pangs

56%

Movie Patron (uncredited)

1914

His Musical Career

60%

Piano Store Manager

1914

Mabel's Busy Day

57%

Spectator

1914

Mabel's Blunder

52%

Billy Bronx

1914

Mighty Like a Moose

68%

Mr. Moose - The Husband

1926

The Parrott Chase

(archive footage) (uncredited)

2009

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

(archive footage)

2007

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

70%

(archive footage)

1992

The Three Stooges Follies

90%

Director

1974

4 Clowns

72%

(archive footage)

1970

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

70%

1967

30 Years of Fun

53%

(archive footage)

1963

Days of Thrills and Laughter

60%

Self (archive footage)

1961

When Comedy Was King

65%

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1960

The Golden Age of Comedy

71%

archive footage

1957

Off Again, On Again

73%

Story

1945

Open Season for Saps

70%

Story

1944

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Self (archive footage)

1942

His Bridal Fright

90%

Charley

1940

South of the Boudoir

70%

Charley Chase

1940

The Heckler

70%

Noisy

1940

The Awful Goof

70%

Charley

1939

Teacher's Pest

80%

Charley Chase

1939

Static in the Attic

70%

Director

1939

Skinny the Moocher

80%

Charley Chase

1939

Rattling Romeo

70%

Charley

1939

Saved by the Belle

57%

Associate Producer

1939

Saved by the Belle

57%

Director

1939

The Chump Takes a Bump

80%

Charley Chase

1939

Boom Goes the Groom

90%

Director

1939

The Sap Takes a Wrap

80%

Charley

1939

The Sap Takes a Wrap

80%

Screenplay

1939

Mutiny on the Body

70%

Director

1939