Cast & crew

Charley Chase

Born October 20, 1893
Died June 20, 1940

Biography

Hal Roach star in his own right: a dapper, fast-talking light comedian who directed, wrote, and occasionally crossed paths with Laurel and Hardy on the same Culver City lot.

Filmography

Year	Films	Role	Character
1918	He's In Again	Cast	Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
1918	Playmates	Cast	Dope fiend
1918	Bright and Early	Director	Charley Chase
1918	He's In Again	Director	Charley Chase
1918	Playmates	Director	Charley Chase
1919	All at Sea	Cast	Charley Chase
1919	All at Sea	Director	Director
1919	The Floor Below	Director	Director
1919	Giving the Bride Away	Director	Director
1919	Order in the Court	Director	Director
1919	Tough Luck	Director	Director
1920	Don't Rock the Boat	Cast	Ship's Officer
1920	Live and Learn	Cast	Charley Chase
1920	Married to Order	Cast	The Suitor
1920	Why Go Home?	Cast	Charley Chase
1920	All Dressed Up	Director	Director
1920	Call a Taxi!	Director	Director
1920	Don't Rock the Boat	Director	Director
1920	Fresh Paint	Director	Director
1920	Getting His Goat	Director	Director
1920	A London Bobby	Director	Director
1920	Married to Order	Director	Charley Chase
1920	Waltz Me Around	Director	Director
1921	His Best Girl	Cast	Charley Chase
1921	The Hustler	Cast	Charley Chase
1921	At the Ringside	Director	Director
1921	Fifteen Minutes	Director	Director
1921	His Best Girl	Director	Director
1921	On Location	Director	Director
1921	Rush Orders	Director	Director
1921	What a Whopper!	Director	Director
1922	In the Movies	Cast	On-screen actor
1922	The Stone Age	Cast	Charley Chase
1922	365 Days	Director	Director
1922	Blow 'Em Up	Director	Director
1922	Bone Dry	Director	Director
1922	Do Me a Favor	Director	Director
1922	The Dumb-Bell	Director	Director
1922	Full o' Pep	Director	Director
1922	Hot Off the Press	Director	Director
1922	In the Movies	Director	Director
1922	Newly Rich	Director	Director
1922	The Old Sea Dog	Director	Director
1922	The Stone Age	Director	Director
1922	Touch all the Bases	Writer	Writer
1922	Years to Come	Director	Director
1922	Years to Come	Writer	Writer
1923	Jack Frost	Cast	Charley Chase
1923	Sold at Auction!	Cast	Customer (uncredited)
1923	Before the Public	Director	Director
1923	Courtship of Miles Sandwich	Director	Director
1923	Dear Ol' Pal	Director	Director
1923	Jack Frost	Director	Director
1923	Jus' Passin' Through	Director	Director
1923	Jus' Passin' Through	Writer	Story
1923	Sold at Auction!	Director	Director
1923	A Tough Winter	Director	Director
1923	Walkout, The	Cast	—
1923	Safety Last!	Cast	Bystander as Harold climbs the building
1924	A Ten-Minute Egg	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Accidental Accidents	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	All Wet	Cast	Jimmie Jump
1924	April Fool	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	At First Sight	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Bungalow Boobs	Cast	Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
1924	Don't Forget	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	The 'Fraidy Cat	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Hard Knocks	Cast	Jimmie Jump
1924	Jeffries, Jr.	Cast	Charley Chase
1924	Jubilo, Jr.	Cast	Director
1924	Just a Minute	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	The King of the Wild Horses	Cast	Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
1924	Love's Detour	Cast	Jimmie Jump
1924	One of the Family	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Outdoor Pajamas	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	The Poor Fish	Cast	Jimmie Jump
1924	Position Wanted	Cast	Jimmie Jump
1924	Powder and Smoke	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Publicity Pays	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	The Royal Razz	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Seeing Nellie Home	Cast	Charley
1924	Sittin' Pretty	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Stolen Goods	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Sweet Daddy	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	A Ten-Minute Egg	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	The 'Fraidy Cat	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	The Poor Fish	Cast	Jimmie Jump
1924	The Royal Razz	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Too Many Mammas	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Why Husbands Go Mad	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Why Men Work	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1924	Young Oldfield	Cast	Jimmy
1924	A Perfect Lady	Cast	—
1924	Perfect Lady, A	Cast	—
1924	Seein' Things	Cast	Detonator
1925	Bad Boy	Cast	Jimmie
1925	The Caretaker's Daughter	Cast	The Young Married Man
1925	The Family Entrance	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1925	Fighting Fluid	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1925	Hard Boiled	Cast	Charley
1925	Hello Baby!	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1925	His Wooden Wedding	Cast	The Groom
1925	Innocent Husbands	Cast	Melvin
1925	Is Marriage the Bunk?	Cast	Jimmie Jump
1925	Isn't Life Terrible?	Cast	The Husband
1925	Looking for Sally	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1925	No Father to Guide Him	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1925	Plain and Fancy Girls	Cast	Charley
1925	The Rat's Knuckles	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1925	Should Husbands Be Watched?	Cast	Jamison Jump
1925	The Caretaker's Daughter	Cast	The Young Married Man
1925	The Family Entrance	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1925	The Rat's Knuckles	Cast	Jimmy Jump
1925	The Uneasy Three	Cast	Crook
1925	The Uneasy Three	Cast	Crook
1925	What Price Goofy?	Cast	Jamison
1925	Big Red Ridinghood	Writer	—
1925	Big Red Ridinghood	Cast	—
1926	Be Your Age	Cast	Charley - the Bashful Clerk
1926	Bromo and Juliet	Cast	Charley
1926	Charley My Boy!	Cast	Charley
1926	Crazy Like a Fox	Cast	Wilson
1926	Dog Shy	Cast	Charley
1926	Long Fliv the King	Cast	Charles Chase
1926	Mama Behave	Cast	Charles Chase / Jim Chase
1926	Mighty Like a Moose	Cast	Mr. Moose - The Husband
1926	Mum's the Word	Cast	Charlie - the Son
1926	Tell 'Em Nothing	Cast	Gladstone, The Great Lover
1926	There Ain't No Santa Claus	Cast	Charley
1926	Crazy Like a Fox	Writer	Charley Chase
1926	Tell 'Em Nothing	Writer	Writer
1926	Merry Widower, The	Cast	Hobo in oyster bar
1927	Call of the Cuckoo	Cast	Asylum Inmate
1927	A One Mama Man	Cast	Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
1927	Are Brunettes Safe?	Cast	The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
1927	Assistant Wives	Cast	Charley - the Husband
1927	Bigger and Better Blondes	Cast	Charley
1927	Fluttering Hearts	Cast	Charley
1927	Forgotten Sweeties	Cast	Thurston
1927	The Glorious Fourth	Cast	Top Hat Inebriate
1927	The Lighter That Failed	Cast	Charley
1927	Many Scrappy Returns	Cast	Charley
1927	Never the Dames Shall Meet	Cast	Charley
1927	Now I'll Tell One	Cast	Charley
1927	A One Mama Man	Cast	Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
1927	The Sting of Stings	Cast	Charley
1927	The Glorious Fourth	Cast	Top Hat Inebriate
1927	The Lighter That Failed	Cast	Charley
1927	The Sting of Stings	Cast	Charley
1927	The Way of All Pants	Cast	Charley
1927	Us	Cast	Charley
1927	The Way of All Pants	Cast	Charley
1927	What Women Did for Me	Cast	Charley
1928	Aching Youth	Cast	Charley
1928	All for Nothing	Cast	Charley Chase
1928	All Parts	Cast	Charley Chase
1928	The Booster	Cast	Charley
1928	Chasing Husbands	Cast	Charley
1928	The Family Group	Cast	Charley Chase
1928	The Fight Pest	Cast	Charley
1928	Imagine My Embarrassment	Cast	Charley
1928	Is Everybody Happy?	Cast	Charley
1928	Limousine Love	Cast	The Groom
1928	The Booster	Cast	Charley
1928	The Family Group	Cast	Charley Chase
1928	The Fight Pest	Cast	Charley
1929	The Big Squawk	Cast	Charley
1929	Crazy Feet	Cast	Charley
1929	Great Gobs!	Cast	Charley - 1st Sailor
1929	Leaping Love	Cast	Charley Chase
1929	Loud Soup	Cast	Charley Chase
1929	Movie Night	Cast	Charley Chase
1929	Off to Buffalo	Cast	Charley Chase
1929	Ruby Lips	Cast	Charley
1929	Snappy Sneezer	Cast	Charley
1929	Stepping Out	Cast	Charley
1929	The Big Squawk	Cast	Charley
1929	Thin Twins	Cast	Charley
1930	All Teed Up	Cast	Mr Chase
1930	Dollar Dizzy	Cast	Charley Chase
1930	The golfer	Cast	Charley Chase
1930	The prince of the dollar	Cast	Charley Chase
1930	Fast Work	Cast	Charley
1930	Fifty Million Husbands	Cast	Charley Chase
1930	Keep the Bomb	Cast	Charley Chase
1930	Girl Shock	Cast	Charley
1930	High C's	Cast	Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
1930	Hey, skirts!	Cast	Charley
1930	The golf player	Cast	Charley Chase
1930	Follies of love	Cast	Carlos
1930	Looser Than Loose	Cast	Charley
1930	The Real McCoy	Cast	Charley
1930	The Real McCoy	Cast	Charley
1930	Shy in spite of himself	Cast	Charley Chase
1930	A gray in the air	Cast	Carlos Chase
1930	Whispering Whoopee	Cast	Charley
1930	Les Chercheuses d'or	Cast	—
1931	The soul of the party	Cast	Carlitos
1931	Hasty Marriage	Cast	Charley Chase
1931	The lady from Chicago	Cast	Charley Chase
1931	Messing Around	Cast	Carlos
1931	One of the Smiths	Cast	Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
1931	The Panic Is On	Cast	Charley Chase
1931	The Pip from Pittsburg	Cast	Charley
1931	Rough Seas	Cast	Pvt. Charley Chase
1931	Skip the Maloo!	Cast	Duke Chase
1931	The Panic Is On	Cast	Charley Chase
1931	The Pip from Pittsburg	Cast	Charley
1931	Thundering Tenors	Cast	Charles A. Chase
1931	What a Bozo!	Cast	Charley Chase
1932	First in War	Cast	Sgt. Chase
1932	Girl Grief	Cast	Charley
1932	In Walked Charley	Cast	Mr. Chase
1932	Mr. Bride	Cast	Charley
1932	The Nickel Nurser	Cast	Charley Chase
1932	Now We'll Tell One	Cast	Charley
1932	The Tabasco Kid	Cast	Charley / Francisco Murietta
1932	The Nickel Nurser	Cast	Charley Chase
1932	The Tabasco Kid	Cast	Charley / Francisco Murietta
1932	Young Ironsides	Cast	Fearless
1933	Sons of the Desert	Cast	Charley
1933	Arabian Tights	Cast	Charley
1933	Fallen Arches	Cast	Charley Chase
1933	His Silent Racket	Cast	Charley
1933	Luncheon at Twelve	Cast	Charley Chase
1933	Midsummer Mush	Cast	Charley
1933	Nature in the Wrong	Cast	Charley Chase
1933	Sherman Said It	Cast	Charley
1933	Sons of the Desert	Writer	Writer
1933	Arabian Tights	Director	Director
1933	The Bargain of the Century	Director	Director
1933	His Silent Racket	Director	Director
1933	Luncheon at Twelve	Director	Director
1933	Midsummer Mush	Director	Director
1933	Nature in the Wrong	Director	Director
1933	Sherman Said It	Director	Director
1934	Another Wild Idea	Cast	Charley
1934	The Chases of Pimple Street	Cast	Charley Chase
1934	The Cracked Ice Man	Cast	Charley Chase
1934	Fate's Fathead	Cast	Charley Chase
1934	Four Parts	Cast	Charley
1934	I'll Take Vanilla	Cast	Charley
1934	It Happened One Day	Cast	Charley
1934	Something Simple	Cast	Charley
1934	The Chases of Pimple Street	Cast	Charley Chase
1934	You Said a Hatful!	Cast	Charley
1934	Another Wild Idea	Director	Director
1934	The Chases of Pimple Street	Director	Director
1934	The Cracked Ice Man	Director	Director
1934	Fate's Fathead	Director	Director
1934	Four Parts	Director	Director
1934	I'll Take Vanilla	Director	Director
1934	It Happened One Day	Director	Director
1934	Music in Your Hair	Director	Director
1934	Something Simple	Director	Director
1934	Something Simple	Writer	Writer
1934	The Chases of Pimple Street	Director	Director
1934	You Said a Hatful!	Director	Director
1934	The Cracked Iceman	Director	—
1934	The Cracked Iceman	Cast	—
1935	The Four Star Boarder	Cast	Charley
1935	Manhattan Monkey Business	Cast	Charley
1935	Nurse to You!	Cast	Charley
1935	Okay Toots!	Cast	Charley
1935	Poker at Eight	Cast	Charley
1935	Public Ghost # 1	Cast	Charley Chase
1935	Southern Exposure	Cast	Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
1935	The Four Star Boarder	Cast	Charley
1935	The Four Star Boarder	Director	Director
1935	Manhattan Monkey Business	Director	Director
1935	Nurse to You!	Director	Director
1935	Okay Toots!	Director	Director
1935	Poker at Eight	Director	Director
1935	Public Ghost # 1	Director	Director
1935	Southern Exposure	Director	Director
1935	The Four Star Boarder	Director	Director
1936	On the Wrong Trek	Cast	Charley Chase
1936	The Count Takes the Count	Cast	Charley Chase
1936	Kelly the Second	Cast	Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
1936	Neighborhood House	Cast	Charley Chase
1936	The Count Takes the Count	Cast	Charley Chase
1936	Vamp Till Ready	Cast	Charley
1936	On the Wrong Trek	Director	Director
1936	The Count Takes the Count	Director	Director
1936	Neighborhood House	Director	Director
1936	Neighborhood House	Writer	Writer
1936	The Count Takes the Count	Director	Director
1936	Vamp Till Ready	Director	Director
1936	Vamp Till Ready	Writer	Writer
1936	Life Hesitates At 40	Cast	—
1960	When Comedy Was King	Cast	(archive footage) (uncredited)
1963	30 Years of Fun	Cast	(archive footage)
1967	The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy	Cast	Charley Chase
1970	4 Clowns	Cast	(archive footage)