Charley Chase

born: 20 October 1893 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

died: 20 June 1940 Hollywood, California, United States of America (heart attack, age 46)

Popular American actor-director who began acting under the guidance of Mack Sennett at Keystone before progressing to being a part-time director.  In 1924, after signing for Hal Roach, Chase starred in his own 'Jimmy Jump' series of 1- and 2-reelers.  He left Roach in 1936 and moved to Columbia, where he starred in twenty films between 1937-1940.  His health was in a precarious state owing to excessive drinking and it is believed this contributed to his premature death at the age of only 46. He is the older brother of veteran Laurel and Hardy director James Parrott and the father of actress Polly Chase. See also Charley Chase Menu.

Real name: Charles Joseph Parrott Height: 6'0"

Films listed on this page: complete filmography.

"Smile When The Raindrops Fall" Brian Anthony & Andy Edmonds and "The Charley Chase Talkies 1929-1940" James L. Neibaur Available on Amazon. (click images for details)

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1919 All At Sea [?] 1920 Why Go Home? [?] 1920 Don't Rock The Boat Ship's officer   1920 Live And Learn [?] 1921 His Best Girl [unidentified character]   1921 Blue Sunday [unidentified character]   1922 In The Movies On-screen actor 1922 The Dumb-Bell Actor wearing top hat   1922 The Stone Age [unidentified character]   1923 Safety Last! Bystander as Harold climbs the building 1923 Sold At Auction! Customer   1923 Her Dangerous Path Glen Harper   1923 The Walkout [?] 1924 At First Sight Jimmy Jump 1924 One Of The Family Jimmy Jump 1924 Just A Minute Jimmy Jump 1924 Powder And Smoke! Jimmy Jump 1924 A Perfect Lady Jimmy Jump 1924 Hard Knocks Jimmy Jump 1924 Love's Detour Jimmy Jump 1924 Don't Forget Jimmy Jump 1924 The 'Fraidy Cat Jimmy Jump 1924 Seein' Things Detonator 1924 The King Of Wild Horses Boyd Fielding 1924 Publicity Pays Jimmy Jump 1924 April Fool Jimmy Jump 1924 Position Wanted Jimmy Jump   1924 Young Oldfield Jimmy Jump 1924 Stolen Goods Jimmy Jump 1924 Jubilo, Jr. Director 1924 Jeffries, Jr. Jimmy Jump 1924 Why Husbands Go Mad Jimmy Jump   1924 A Ten-Minute Egg Jimmy Jump 1924 Seeing Nellie Home Jimmy Jump 1924 Sweet Daddy Jimmy Jump   1924 Why Men Work Jimmy Jump   1924 Outdoor Pajamas Jimmy Jump 1924 Sittin' Pretty Jimmy Jump 1924 Too Many Mammas Jimmy Jump 1924 Bungalow Boobs Jimmy Jump   1924 Accidental Accidents Jimmy Jump 1924 All Wet Jimmy Jump   1924 The Poor Fish Jimmy Jump 1924 The Royal Razz Jimmy Jump   1925 The Rat's Knuckles Jimmy Jump 1925 Hello Baby! Jimmy Jump 1925 Fighting Fluid Jimmy Jump 1925 The Family Entrance Charley   1925 Plain And Fancy Girls Jimmy Jump 1925 Should Husbands Be Watched? Jamison Jump 1925 Hard Boiled Jimmy Jump   1925 Is Marriage The Bunk? Jimmy Jump   1925 Bad Boy Jimmy Jump 1925 Big Red Ridinghood Jimmy Jump 1925 Looking For Sally Jimmy Jump 1925 What Price Goofy? Jamison 1925 Isn't Life Terrible? Husband 1925 Innocent Husbands Melvin 1925 No Father To Guide Him Husband 1925 The Caretaker's Daughter Husband 1925 The Uneasy Three Crook 1925 His Wooden Wedding Groom 1926 Charley My Boy! Charley Chase 1926 Mama Behave Charley Chase/Jim Chase 1926 Dog Shy Charley Chase 1926 Mum's The Word Charley 1926 Long Fliv The King Charles Chase 1926 Mighty Like A Moose Mr. Moose 1926 Thundering Fleas Wedding guest with moustache 1926 The Merry Widower Hobo in oyster bar 1926 Crazy Like A Fox Wilson, the groom 1926 Bromo And Juliet Charley 1926 Tell 'Em Nothing Gladstone, the great lawyer 1926 Be Your Age Charley, the bashful clerk 1926 There Ain't No Santa Claus Charley Chase 1927 Many Scrappy Returns Charley Chase 1927 Are Brunettes Safe? Charley Chase/Bud Gordon 1927 A One Mama Man Willie Shoemaker/ Count Tosky 1927 Forgotten Sweeties Thurston 1927 Bigger And Better Blondes Charley 1927 Fluttering Hearts Charley 1927 The Glorious Fourth Top hat inebriate   1927 What Women Did For Me Charley 1927 The Sting Of Stings Charley 1927 The Lighter That Failed Charley 1927 Now I'll Tell One Charley 1927 Call Of The Cuckoo Crazy neighbor 1927 The Way Of All Pants Charley 1927 Us Charley 1927 Assistant Wives Charley 1927 Never The Dames Shall Meet Charley 1928 All For Nothing [?] [*image is from a still] 1928 The Family Group Charley 1928 Aching Youth [unidentified character]   1928 Limousine Love Charley 1928 The Fight Pest Charley   1928 Imagine My Embarrassment Charley   1928 Is Everybody Happy? Charley 1928 All Parts Charley 1928 The Booster Charley 1928 Chasing Husbands Charley [Image is from film still] 1929 Ruby Lips Charley 1929 Off To Buffalo Charley 1929 Loud Soup Charley 1929 Thin Twins Charley 1929 Movie Night Charley 1929 The Big Squawk Charley 1929 Leaping Love Charley 1929 Snappy Sneezer Charley 1929 Crazy Feet Charley 1929 Stepping Out Charley 1929 Great Gobs! Charley 1930 The Real McCoy Charley 1930 Whispering Whoopee Charley 1930 All Teed Up Charley 1930 El Jugador de Golf  [?] 1930 Le Joueur de Golf  [?] 1930 Fifty Million Husbands Charley 1930 Fast Work Charley 1930 Locuras de Amor  [?] 1930 Girl Shock Charley 1930 Huye-Faldas  Señor Charley Chase 1930 Timide Malgré Lui  [?] 1930 Dollar Dizzy Charley 1930 El Principe del Dolar  [?] 1930 Les Chercheuses d'or  [?] 1930 Looser Than Loose Charley 1930 Una Cana Al Aire  Señor Carlos Chase 1930 Garde la Bombe  [?] 1930 High C's Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase 1931 Thundering Tenors Charles A. Chase 1931 El Alma de la Fiesta  Carlitos 1931 The Pip From Pittsburg Charley 1931 La Señorita De Chicago  Señor Charley Chase 1931 Rough Seas Private Charley Chase 1931 Monerias  Carlos 1931 One Of The Smiths Charley/Zeb Smith Jr. 1931 The Panic Is On Charley 1931 Skip The Maloo! Duke Chase 1931 What A Bozo! Charley 1931 Hasty Marriage Charley 1932 The Tabasco Kid Charley/Francisco Murietta 1932 The Nickel Nurser Charley 1932 In Walked Charley Charley 1932 First In War Charley 1932 Young Ironsides Charley ('Fearless') 1932 Girl Grief Charley 1932 Now We'll Tell One Charley 1932 Mr. Bride Charley 1933 Fallen Arches Charley 1933 Nature In The Wrong Charley/Tarzan 1933 His Silent Racket Charley 1933 Arabian Tights Charley 1933 Sherman Said It Sergeant Charley Chase 1933 Midsummer Mush Charley 1933 Luncheon At Twelve Charley 1933 Sons Of The Desert Charley 1934 The Cracked Ice Man Charley 1934 Four Parts Charley (and others) 1934 I'll Take Vanilla Charley Chase 1934 Another Wild Idea Charley Chase/ King Henry VIII 1934 It Happened One Day Charley Chase 1934 Something Simple Charley 1934 You Said A Hatful! Charley 1934 Fate's Fathead Charley 1934 The Chases Of Pimple Street Charley 1935 Okay Toots! Charley 1935 Poker At Eight Charley 1935 Southern Exposure Colonel Charley Chase/ Pappy Chase 1935 The Four Star Boarder Charley 1935 Nurse To You! Charley Chase 1935 Manhattan Monkey Business Charley/Francois 1935 Public Ghost #1 Charley 1936 Life Hesitates At 40 Charley 1936 The Count Takes The Count Charley 1936 Vamp Till Ready Charley 1936 On The Wrong Trek Charley 1936 Neighborhood House Charley 1936 Kelly The Second Doc Klum ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1914 Mabel At The Wheel Race spectator   1914 The Knockout Spectator 1914 Mabel's Busy Day Spectator 1914 Love And Bullets [unidentified character]   1914 Mabel's New Job Boarder   1914 The Great Toe Mystery Mr. Birdie, the shoe clerk 1914 A Coat's Tale Tramp   1914 Those Country Kids Cop 1914 The Masquerader Actor 1914 His New Profession Nephew 1914 The Rounders Diner 1914 Mabel's Blunder Billy Bronx 1914 He Loved The Ladies The husband's pal   1914 Hello, Mabel Mabel's boss 1914 Those Love Pangs Movie patron 1914 Zip, The Dodger Customer in second group   1914 Stout Hearts But Weak Knees Faro Bill   1914 Dough And Dynamite Customer at table 1914 Gentlemen Of Nerve Spectator at entrance   1914 Cursed By His Beauty Art teacher 1914 His Musical Career Piano store manager 1914 How Heroes Are Made The boy friend's chum   1914 The Noise Of Bombs 3rd desperado 1914 Leading Lizzie Astray Café patron - in from the mines 1914 The Plumber Bystander 1914 Fatty's Magic Pants Party guest 1914 Ambrose's First Falsehood Ambrose's buddy 1914 Tillie's Punctured Romance Detective in movie theater 1915 Only A Farmer's Daughter Artist   1915 Hash House Mashers Star boarder 1915 Colored Villainy Traveler 1915 Peanuts And Bullets Accordian player boarder   1915 A Lucky Leap Lizzie's boyfriend 1915 Love In Armor Suitor 1915 That Little Band Of Gold Ticket box man/ Man in front row   1915 Fatty's Faithful Fido Gymnasium man/ Man at the dance 1915 A One Night Stand Audience spectator 1915 Settled At The Seaside Boyfriend 1915 Droppington's Devilish Deed Audience member   1915 The Rent Jumpers Boarder 1915 Love, Loot And Crash Harold, Dora's suitor 1915 A Human Hound's Triumph [unidentified character]   1915 He Wouldn't Stay Down False friend 1915 A Versatile Villain Pete, assistant baggage clerk 1915 A Favorite Fool Circus spieler   1918 Playmates Dope fiend 1918 Hello Trouble [unidentified character]   1918 He's In Again Piano player 1919 Rolling Stone Bearded anarchist   1919 Ship Ahoy Henchman   1919 Her Tender Feet [unidentified character]   1920 Italian Love Missionary 1920 Married To Order Suitor 1920 April Fool Thug who steals Ham's wallet 1920 When Spirits Move [unidentified character]   1920 Way Out West Grizzled gambler   1921 Moonshine Scorekeeper/ Revenue officer 1921 The Hustler [unidentified character]   1923 Long Live The King [unidentified character]   1929 Modern Love John Jones 1937 Hollywood Party Charley Chan Chase 1937 The Grand Hooter Charley 1937 From Bad To Worse Charley 1937 The Wrong Miss Wright Charley   1937 Calling All Doctors Charley 1937 The Big Squirt Charley 1937 Man Bites Lovebug Charley 1938 Time Out For Trouble Charley   1938 The Mind Needer Charley 1938 Many Sappy Returns Charley   1938 The Nightshirt Bandit Charley   1938 Pie à la Maid Charley   1939 The Sap Takes A Wrap Charley Chase, Attorney at law 1939 The Chump Takes A Bump Charley   1939 Rattling Romeo Charley 1939 Skinny The Moocher Charley 1939 Teacher's Pest Charley   1939 The Awful Goof Charley   1940 The Heckler Charley 1940 South Of The Boudoir Charley 1940 His Bridal Fright Charley Acknowledgements: Smile When The Raindrops Fall by Brian Anthony & Andy Edmonds (book) The Charley Chase Talkies 1929-1940 by James L. Neibaur (book) Jesse Brisson (identification in Safety Last!) This page was last updated on: 21 January 2025