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.
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Complete Filmography

Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023
Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rar...
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007
as (archive footage)
A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and biographical information.

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
as (archive footage)
Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of contemporary comedians. Hosted by Dom DeLuise.

The Three Stooges Follies
1974
Director
Released to theaters in 1974, this collection of vintage Columbia short subjects included: "Yes, We Have No Bonanza" with The Three Stooges; "Violent ...

4 Clowns
1970
as (archive footage)
Robert Youngson once again compiles scenes from the golden age of comedy's silent film era. Laurel and Hardy are shown battling a gum machine, and Har...

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along w...

30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
Three decades of fun packed into one convenient package with this compilation of classic black-and-white comedy clips featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buste...

Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
as Self (archive footage)
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

When Comedy Was King
1960
as edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

Off Again, On Again
1945
Story
Good samaritan Shemp rescues a girl from an accident, and a newspaper photographer snaps a picture of her thanking Shemp. The paper mixes up the capti...

Open Season for Saps
1944
Story
After his wife complains about the number of nights Woodcock (Shemp Howard) spends at the Hoot Owl Lodge, he takes her on a belated honeymoon. The fir...

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died...

His Bridal Fright
1940
as Charley
Charley writes to girls all over the world in order to get foreign postage stamps for his collection--but winds up with a passel of girls who think he...

South of the Boudoir
1940
as Charley Chase
Charley, over his wife's objections, has invited his boss over for dinner. Mrs. Chase walks out, and Charley hires a waitress to pose as his wife. Mea...

The Heckler
1940
as Noisy
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.

The Awful Goof
1939
as Charley
A girl keeps meeting Charley the wrong moments, including losing her dress in his car, and later he finds himself in her apartment. Her jealous boxer-...

Teacher's Pest
1939
as Charley Chase
Charley arrives in a backward mountain town to be the new schoolteacher and receives a hostile welcome.
Static in the Attic
1939
Director
Walter gets a ham radio for his birthday.

Skinny the Moocher
1939
as Charley Chase
Deep in debt, Charley must marry a wealthy society girl, and attends an afternoon party to announce the engagement. Trouble is, he's menaced by two th...

Rattling Romeo
1939
as Charley
Charley buys a wreck of an automobile that's been made to appear new by a disreputable used car dealer, but he soon realizes it's literally falling ap...

Saved by the Belle
1939
Associate Producer, Director
The stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they ...

The Chump Takes a Bump
1939
as Charley Chase
At a nightclub, Charley fails to recognize his newly blonde wife.
Boom Goes the Groom
1939
Director
Just as he's about to be the wed, Andy learns that his gold mine is worth a fortune.

The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
as Charley
Charley gives his girlfriend a mink coat he was supposed to be guarding for three showgirls; when the ladies want their coat back, Charley goes to gre...

The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939
Screenplay
Charley gives his girlfriend a mink coat he was supposed to be guarding for three showgirls; when the ladies want their coat back, Charley goes to gre...
Mutiny on the Body
1939
Director
Two harried businessmen, owners of a corset company, decide to go to a sanitarium for some rest and relaxation.

Pie a la Maid
1938
as Charley
Charley falls for a waitress who mistakes him for a gangster.

Pie a la Maid
1938
Screenplay
Charley falls for a waitress who mistakes him for a gangster.

Flat Foot Stooges
1938
Writer, Director, Associate Producer
The stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. A salesman who wants to sell the chief some modern equipment plants g...

A Nag in the Bag
1938
as Racetrack Announcer (voice)
Two guys who own a restaurant get word of a sure thing at the races and bet all their money on that horse; unfortunately, they bet on the wrong horse.

A Nag in the Bag
1938
Director
Two guys who own a restaurant get word of a sure thing at the races and bet all their money on that horse; unfortunately, they bet on the wrong horse.

The Nightshirt Bandit
1938
as Professor Chase
A criminology professor sets out to find the "sleepwalking bandit", but when he finally catches up with the somnambulistic thief, it's not quite who h...

Mutts to You
1938
Director, Associate Producer
The stooges, professional dog washers, find a baby on a doorstep and, thinking it to be abandoned, take it home. When they read in the paper the baby ...

Many Sappy Returns
1938
as Charley Chase
Charley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in.

Many Sappy Returns
1938
Story, Screenplay
Charley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in.

Violent Is the Word for Curly
1938
Associate Producer, Director
The stooges are left in charge of a gas station and manage to blow up the car of their first customers, three famous European professors. The stooges ...
Halfway to Hollywood
1938
Director
Johnny writes a screenplay, then gets Tom and his wife to star with him in his amateur production. Their production is about their boss, who walks in ...
Ankles Away
1938
Director
Andy is duped into thinking his bride-to-be has a wooden leg.

The Mind Needer
1938
as Charley Chase
A Charley Chase short, produced at Columbia. Charley is alarmingly forgetful, and this is his wedding anniversary. Will he give his wife a present a...

Tassels in the Air
1938
Director, Associate Producer
The stooges are janitors in an office building. They stencil the wrong names on all the offices, causing a rich lady to mistakes Moe for famous decora...

Time Out for Trouble
1938
as Charley
Charley Chase is engaged to be married and while in a department store, shopping for his fiancée, saves a woman from being hit on the head by a heavy ...
The Old Raid Mule
1938
Director
Andy feuds with his hillbilly neighbor.

Termites of 1938
1938
Associate Producer
The stooges are pest exterminators, mistakenly hired by a rich lady looking for an escort to a fancy society party. The stooges wreck the fancy mansio...

Man Bites Lovebug
1937
as Charles Clayfoot Chase
To test his wife, Charley's friend puts him up to making a play for her, but she's on to it and pretends she's fallen for him, infuriating the friend....

Man Bites Lovebug
1937
Associate Producer
To test his wife, Charley's friend puts him up to making a play for her, but she's on to it and pretends she's fallen for him, infuriating the friend....

Oh, What a Knight!
1937
Director
A barber is mistaken for a rich society woman's new servant.

Gracie at the Bat
1937
Associate Producer
Andy manages an all-girl softball team.

The Big Squirt
1937
as Charley Chase
Soda jerk reads mystery stories, fancies himself a master detective.

Calling All Doctors
1937
as Charley Chase
Charley is a hypochondriac who is driving his family, his friends and his doctor crazy.

The Wrong Miss Wright
1937
as Charley Chase
Charley tries to get out of an arranged marriage so he can marry another girl. What he doesn't realize is that they are one and same girl.

From Bad to Worse
1937
as Charley Chase
Charley's honeymoon is upset by a woman and her jealous husband.

The Grand Hooter
1937
as Charley Chase
Charley's wife accuses him of preferring his Hoot Owl Lodge over her.

Hollywood Party
1937
as Charley Chan Chase, Co-Host
Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending...

Kelly the Second
1936
as Dr. J. Willoughby Klum
A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.

On the Wrong Trek
1936
as Charley Chase
Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in with two vagabond hitchhikers.

On the Wrong Trek
1936
Director
Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in with two vagabond hitchhikers.

Vamp Till Ready
1936
as Charley
Charley's somewhat prudish wife pretends to be a party girl.

Vamp Till Ready
1936
Director, Writer
Charley's somewhat prudish wife pretends to be a party girl.

Neighborhood House
1936
as Charley Chase
Charley, his wife Rosina and their daughter Darla attend "Bank night" at their local movie theater, more eager to win the cash prize than see the pict...

Neighborhood House
1936
Writer, Director
Charley, his wife Rosina and their daughter Darla attend "Bank night" at their local movie theater, more eager to win the cash prize than see the pict...

The Count Takes the Count
1936
as Charley Chase
Charley Chase' insurance company has a million dollar policy on Andrea Leeds' wedding coming off. When Andrea runs away and cons Charley into thinking...

The Count Takes the Count
1936
Director
Charley Chase' insurance company has a million dollar policy on Andrea Leeds' wedding coming off. When Andrea runs away and cons Charley into thinking...

Public Ghost # 1
1935
as Charley Chase
Charley is hired to haunt a house.

Public Ghost # 1
1935
Director
Charley is hired to haunt a house.
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
as Charley Chase
Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
Director
Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.

Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
as Charley
When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.

Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
Director
When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.

Nurse to You!
1935
as Charley
Cautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and goes on to live life to the fullest.

Nurse to You!
1935
Director
Cautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and goes on to live life to the fullest.

The Four Star Boarder
1935
as Charley
In an effort to appease his wife's wealthy aunt (Grace Goodall), newly-wed Charley must masquerade as a boarder in his own home while his wife (Consta...

The Four Star Boarder
1935
Director
In an effort to appease his wife's wealthy aunt (Grace Goodall), newly-wed Charley must masquerade as a boarder in his own home while his wife (Consta...

Southern Exposure
1935
as Colonel Charley Chase / Pappy Chase
Connie Chase receives a letter from Chaseville in Chase County, Kentucky, informing her that her lawyer husband, Jimmie, is a descendant of the Blue G...

Southern Exposure
1935
Director
Connie Chase receives a letter from Chaseville in Chase County, Kentucky, informing her that her lawyer husband, Jimmie, is a descendant of the Blue G...
Poker at Eight
1935
as Charley
Charley Chase movie where Charley wants to go out to have a poker night with the boys but much to his chagrin his wife won't let him.
Poker at Eight
1935
Director
Charley Chase movie where Charley wants to go out to have a poker night with the boys but much to his chagrin his wife won't let him.
Okay Toots!
1935
as Charley
Charley Chase, a stockbroker, gets rich by mistake, has parking trouble, then at home finds his wife Toots seeing a psychic who apparently causes husb...
Okay Toots!
1935
Director
Charley Chase, a stockbroker, gets rich by mistake, has parking trouble, then at home finds his wife Toots seeing a psychic who apparently causes husb...

The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
as Charley Chase
In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an important client and inevitable complications result.

The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
Director
In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an important client and inevitable complications result.

Fate's Fathead
1934
as Charley Chase
Accidental meetings and misconceptions lead a blissfully happy couple to fight and squabble.

Fate's Fathead
1934
Director
Accidental meetings and misconceptions lead a blissfully happy couple to fight and squabble.

You Said a Hatful!
1934
as Charley
When he learns the secret news that it will be sold today at 4pm in Kansas City, international banker J.P. Anderson sets in motion a plan to purchase ...

You Said a Hatful!
1934
Director
When he learns the secret news that it will be sold today at 4pm in Kansas City, international banker J.P. Anderson sets in motion a plan to purchase ...

Something Simple
1934
as Charley
Taken to a hospital, after suffering a dizzy spell, Charley is told by a 'nut', posing as a doctor, that he suffers from 'Tetra-Ethyl", and the only r...

Something Simple
1934
Writer, Director
Taken to a hospital, after suffering a dizzy spell, Charley is told by a 'nut', posing as a doctor, that he suffers from 'Tetra-Ethyl", and the only r...

It Happened One Day
1934
as Charley
Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter.

It Happened One Day
1934
Director
Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter.

Another Wild Idea
1934
as Charley
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. ...

Another Wild Idea
1934
Director
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. ...
Music in Your Hair
1934
Director
Billy Gilbert and Billy Bletcher play neighbors who go to a speak easy to see Gilbert's son perform.

I'll Take Vanilla
1934
as Charley
Ice-cream vendor Charley gets mixed up with a cute girl and her snotty nephew.

I'll Take Vanilla
1934
Director
Ice-cream vendor Charley gets mixed up with a cute girl and her snotty nephew.

Four Parts
1934
as Charley
Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.

Four Parts
1934
Director
Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.

The Cracked Ice Man
1934
as Charley Chase
Charley finds that he got more than he bargained for when he takes a job as a kindergarten teacher.

The Cracked Ice Man
1934
Director
Charley finds that he got more than he bargained for when he takes a job as a kindergarten teacher.

Sons of the Desert
1933
as Charley
Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

Sons of the Desert
1933
Writer
Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

Luncheon at Twelve
1933
as Charley Chase
Charley unwittingly becomes a house painter.

Luncheon at Twelve
1933
Director
Charley unwittingly becomes a house painter.

Sherman Said It
1933
as Charley
Although the war is over, Charley still can't seem to find his way out of France.

Sherman Said It
1933
Director
Although the war is over, Charley still can't seem to find his way out of France.

Midsummer Mush
1933
as Charley
Charley falls in love with Betty on a camping trip.

Midsummer Mush
1933
Director
Charley falls in love with Betty on a camping trip.

Arabian Tights
1933
as Charley
Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.

Arabian Tights
1933
Director
Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.

His Silent Racket
1933
as Charley
James Finlayson manages to con Charley into becoming his partner in a failing dry cleaning shop that has been targeted by gangsters running a protecti...

His Silent Racket
1933
Director
James Finlayson manages to con Charley into becoming his partner in a failing dry cleaning shop that has been targeted by gangsters running a protecti...

The Bargain of the Century
1933
Director
Comedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend fired, the girls must come up with some way to get him re-...

Nature in the Wrong
1933
as Charley Chase
Charley, hoping to find cultured people in his ancestry in order to be suitable to Muriel's family, is tricked by his rival Ronnie into believing hims...

Nature in the Wrong
1933
Director
Charley, hoping to find cultured people in his ancestry in order to be suitable to Muriel's family, is tricked by his rival Ronnie into believing hims...

Fallen Arches
1933
as Charley Chase
Told to "hike" out to his company's West Coast headquarters, Charley does exactly that.

Mr. Bride
1932
as Charley
Charley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley.

Now We'll Tell One
1932
as Charley
Charley unwittingly puts on a belt that has the power to change the wearer's personality.

Girl Grief
1932
as Charley
Although terrified of girls, Charley must take a job teaching at a girls school.

Young Ironsides
1932
as Fearless
Harry is hired by a rich family to stop their daughter from entering a beauty contest.

First in War
1932
as Sgt. Chase
Charley writes the national anthem for the country of Nicarania and winds up getting mixed up in a revolution there.

In Walked Charley
1932
as Mr. Chase
Charley, a travel agent, finds himself in a situation where he has to humor an apparent lunatic.

The Nickel Nurser
1932
as Charley Chase
Charley is an efficiency expert trying to teach a millionaire's daughter the value of money.

The Tabasco Kid
1932
as Charley / Francisco Murietta
A timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy rancher.

Hasty Marriage
1931
as Charley Chase
It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend, and her father foolish her mother and the suitor she pr...

What a Bozo!
1931
as Charley Chase
A bandleader ignores a pretty dancer who fancies him in order to chase after a beautiful, snooty high-society dame.

Skip the Maloo!
1931
as Duke Chase
Charlie Chase, playing the Duke of Chasewick, but hired by Dell Henderson to play himself, and disabuse his wife and daughter of any fondness for nobi...

The Panic Is On
1931
as Charley Chase
Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of cash before she marries him. But, the Depression i...

One of the Smiths
1931
as Charley Chase / Zeb Smith Jr.
Charley, representing a manufacturer of musical instruments, is sent to investigate why certain mail orders have not been settled. Charley, carrying m...

Rough Seas
1931
as Pvt. Charley Chase
On his way home following World War I, Charley smuggles his French sweetheart aboard ship and gets into all kinds of trouble.
Messing Around
1931
as Carlos
Alternate-language version of Rough Seas (1931)

Little Daddy
1931
as Chubby (singing voice)
Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.

The lady from Chicago
1931
as Charley Chase
This movie is the Spanish language version of THE PIP FROM PITTSBURG

The Pip from Pittsburg
1931
as Charley
Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself...
The soul of the party
1931
as Carlitos
An expanded, Spanish-language version of the two-reel comedy Thundering Tenors (1931).

Thundering Tenors
1931
as Charles A. Chase
Charley is invited to a high class party, where he feels ill at ease and has no idea how to act, yet he wants to impress his young lady.

High C's
1930
as Sgt. Charles Augustus Chase
The comic and musical adventures of Charley Chase as he fights in the great war.

A gray in the air
1930
as Carlos Chase
This here is the four-reel Spanish version of Charley Chase's Looser Than Loose.
Keep the Bomb
1930
Garde la bombe is the French speaking version of a Charley Chase comedy short.

Looser Than Loose
1930
as Charley
Charley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain.
Hey, skirts!
1930
as Charley
Alternate-language version of Girl Shock (1930)
The prince of the dollar
1930
El príncipe del dólar is an American comedy short with all speaking Spanish
Gold Diggers
1930
Chercheuses d'or is a American comedy short with all speaking French

Dollar Dizzy
1930
as Charley Chase
Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money. Charlie gets word that a rich uncle h...
Follies of love
1930
as Carlos
Locuras de amor is a comedy short from Charley Chase with all speaking Spanish
Shy in spite of himself
1930
Charley Chase comic short with all speaking French

Girl Shock
1930
as Charley
Charley suffers a hysterical reaction whenever a woman touches him; a psychiatrist attempts to help him overcome his panicked reflex.

Fast Work
1930
as Charley
Charley Chase is obsessed with a woman, however his attempt to meet her father is complicated by an asylum escapee.

Fifty Million Husbands
1930
as Charley Chase
An estranged couple visit their old apartment, which is now occupied by Charley and his wife. Charley's wife, however, misunderstands the purpose of t...
The golf player
1930
With all speaking French, Chase joins a golf club to win its president's daughter. The game descends into chaos when the other players conspire agains...
The golfer
1930
Charley Chase's golf film with all speaking Spanish.

All Teed Up
1930
as Mr Chase
Thelma invites Charley to play golf at her father's exclusive country club.

Whispering Whoopee
1930
as Charley
Charlie hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal.

The Real McCoy
1930
as Charley
Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl.

Great Gobs!
1929
as Charley - 1st Sailor
Charley and Edgar on shore leave in Mexico, fight for the affection of a pretty senorita.

Stepping Out
1929
as Charley
Charley goes out for an evening on the town without his wife.

Crazy Feet
1929
as Charley
Charley intervenes in a fight between Eddie and Thelma inside her small car. Cop Kennedy misinterprets things, and Charley hides in the theatre Thelma...

Snappy Sneezer
1929
as Charley
Charley falls in love with Mary, but his attack of hay fever alienates her father.

Modern Love
1929
as John Jones
In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her boss. An important client arrives from Paris and her ...

Leaping Love
1929
as Charley Chase
Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.

The Big Squawk
1929
as Charley
Shy Charley tries to win his girl.

Movie Night
1929
as Charley Chase
A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...
Thin Twins
1929
as Charley
Thin Twins is a comedy short.

Loud Soup
1929
as Charley Chase
Loud Soup is a comedy short
Off to Buffalo
1929
as Charley Chase
Off to Buffalo is a comedy short

Ruby Lips
1929
as Charley
Ruby Lips is a comedy short

Chasing Husbands
1928
as Charley

The Booster
1928
as Charley
The Booster is a silent comedy short
All Parts
1928
All Parts is a silent comedy short

Is Everybody Happy?
1928
as Charley
Is Everybody Happy? is a silent movie short.

Imagine My Embarrassment
1928
as Charley
Imagine My Embarrassment is a silent comedy short
The Fight Pest
1928
as Charley
The Fight Pest is a silent movie short.

Limousine Love
1928
as The Groom
On the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car

Aching Youth
1928
Aching Youth is a silent comedy short

The Family Group
1928
Charley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.

All for Nothing
1928
Charley brings an actor friend home to dinner without telling his wife beforehand, and she protests. The two instead head to a theater. Charley's wife...

Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927
as Charley
Chase makes tries to escape from a compromising situation with a dame he took to be his wife's sister.

Assistant Wives
1927
as Charley - the Husband
Slapstick film about two married couples.

The Way of All Pants
1927
as Charley
A man delivering a pair of trousers loses his own pants, setting off a chaotic sequence of events.

Call of the Cuckoo
1927
as Asylum Inmate
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

Now I'll Tell One
1927
as Charley
This film was presumed lost for a long time, until the second reel of this movie showed up again in the '90s. So half of the movie can be seen. It's a...

The Lighter That Failed
1927
as Charley
For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Fina...

The Sting of Stings
1927
as Charley
Charley and Edna are feeling very pleased with themselves and their new car. They decide to share their good fortune and offer to take six underprivil...

What Women Did for Me
1927
as Charley
A girl-shy professor runs into trouble at -- a ladies' seminary.

Us
1927
as Charley
Short comedy about airplanes.

The Glorious Fourth
1927
as Top Hat Inebriate
It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her fireworks stand. Briefly left in charge of the sta...

Fluttering Hearts
1927
as Charley
Defying her father's wishes, a young woman runs off to a sale at store. She's pursued by a policeman, but wins him over with the help of a friendly mi...

Bigger and Better Blondes
1927
as Charley
Charley is mistakenly assumed to be a thief

Forgotten Sweeties
1927
as Thurston
Thurston's former sweetheart has married a big brute, and they move in down the hall from him.

A One Mama Man
1927
as Willie Shoemaker / Count Tosky
Charley Chase on a boat with girls.

Are Brunettes Safe?
1927
as The Newspaper Columnist / Bud Gordon
Are Brunettes Safe?

Many Scrappy Returns
1927
as Charley
Charley and his wife (Eugenia Gilbert) decide to teach a lesson to his brother (Eugene Pallette) who constantly battles with his wife (Anita Garvin). ...

There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926
as Charley
Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family.

Be Your Age
1926
as Charley - the Bashful Clerk
Charley needs $10,000 right away. Mrs. Schwartzkopple has inherited $2 million from her late husband and wants to marry a younger man. Mr. Blaylock, h...

Tell 'Em Nothing
1926
as Gladstone, The Great Lover
Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by...

Tell 'Em Nothing
1926
Writer
Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by...

Bromo and Juliet
1926
as Charley
A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesk...

Crazy Like a Fox
1926
as Wilson
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall...

Crazy Like a Fox
1926
Writer
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall...

Merry Widower
1926
as Hobo in Oyster Bar (uncredited)
Julius loses his wife to Rudy because he's too busy going on hunting trips. But when she arranges to meet with a fortune teller, Julius hatches a plan...

Thundering Fleas
1926
as Mustachioed wedding guest
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.

Mighty Like a Moose
1926
as Mr. Moose - The Husband
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.

Long Fliv the King
1926
as Charles Chase
This offbeat comedy from future Hollywood screwball director McCarey is about a princess who must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne. Sh...

Mum's the Word
1926
as Charlie - the Son
A widow has married rich, but didn't tell her husband about her son. And he's coming for a surprise visit. To hide his identity he is introduced as th...

Dog Shy
1926
as Charley
Charley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone avoid getting married.

Mama Behave
1926
as Charles Chase / Jim Chase
A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to impersonate his twin in an attempt to determine his wif...

Charley My Boy!
1926
as Charley
A daughter's rich father wants to marry her off to a rich but older man. The daughter has other ideas however and sets out to find a nice young man sh...

His Wooden Wedding
1925
as The Groom
A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend, gives him an anonymous note, stating that the bride has a wooden leg.

The Uneasy Three
1925
Often hysterical spoof of Tod Browning's THE UNHOLY THREE (and several others of his crime movies) has Charley Chase playing the mastermind of a dimwi...

The Caretaker's Daughter
1925
as The Young Married Man
The two-reel silent film comedy The Caretaker's Daughter was distributed by Pathe in 1925. Produced by the prolific Hal Roach, the film stars the grea...

No Father to Guide Him
1925
as Jimmy Jump
Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to t...

Innocent Husbands
1925
as Melvin
Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in M...

Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
as The Husband
Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife l...

What Price Goofy?
1925
as Jamison
Jamison has a very jealous wife. Mrs. Jamison has a very gossipy friend. When the friend spots Jamison on the street talking to an attractive young wo...

Looking for Sally
1925
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the d...

Big Red Riding Hood
1925
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump is asked by the Swedish Government to translate for educational purposes "Little Red Riding Hood", but he can't afford to buy the book, so ...

Bad Boy
1925
as Jimmie
In this two-reeler, Jimmy Jump wants to please both of his parents, but they disagree about everything. His father wants him to act more manly, althou...

Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
as Jimmie Jump
Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car--but no matter, they still think he...

Hard Boiled
1925
as Charley
Charley Chase slapstick comedy short where he gets involved with a ventriloquist dummy among other wacky adventures.

Should Husbands Be Watched?
1925
as Jamison Jump
Mr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. ...

Plain and Fancy Girls
1925
as Charley
Jimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park. Eventually he realizes he is better off with his no-f...

The Family Entrance
1925
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump and his family go to the movies for their regular Saturday evening recreation. Jimmy likes the picture, but his small daughter is bored and...

Fighting Fluid
1925
as Jimmy Jump
Charley Chase plays the type of character he does best, which is a weak nerd who is constantly letting people push him around. This happens at his wor...

Hello Baby!
1925
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) and his wife find a baby left at their door. They happily take the baby in but find themselves at a loss when they want to ...

The Rat's Knuckles
1925
as Jimmy Jump
Charley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925.

The Royal Razz
1924
as Jimmy Jump
A doting father who plays Santa Claus for Christmas annoys a trolley full of people when he lugs a giant Christmas tree home.

The Poor Fish
1924
as Jimmie Jump
Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the hou...

Just a Real Good Car
1924
as Jimmy Jump
Charley/Jimmy is a car salesman who takes an unruly family of prospective buyers for a picnic in the woods.

Accidental Accidents
1924
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump gets rather wet.

Bungalow Boobs
1924
as Jimmy Jump - The Newlywed Husband
Jimmy Jump brings his bride to a new bungalow home, selected and furnished by him. All the neighbors come to call that first evening. The man next doo...

Too Many Mammas
1924
as Jimmy Jump
Charley is called upon to go out with his boss on a date with the boss' mistress, to act as a beard.

Sittin' Pretty
1924
as Jimmy Jump
When Charlie borrows the policeman's uniform of his girl's father and captures a lunatic, his prospective father-in-law dons the uniform just in time ...

Outdoor Pajamas
1924
as Jimmy Jump
This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the mad rush he ends up leaving his house only dressed...

Why Men Work
1924
as Jimmy Jump
A movie cameraman is on the lookout for new material but a rival plans to copy everything he films.

Sweet Daddy
1924
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump's boss asks him to meet his small niece and her dog and entertain them between trains. Jimmy buys a balloon or two and looks over the stati...

Seeing Nellie Home
1924
as Charley
The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same time such a simple idea -- Charley shows off by t...

A Ten-Minute Egg
1924
as Jimmy Jump
The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure to be reckoned with merely by giving them a busines...
Why Husbands Go Mad
1924
as Jimmy Jump
When Charley's wife buys a bulldog for his birthday present and has a special key made for the room in which she keeps it, trouble begins. He finds th...

Stolen Goods
1924
as Jimmy Jump
A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac.

Jubilo, Jr.
1924
as Director
A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift circu...

Young Oldfield
1924
as Jimmy
Jimmy always fantasied about racing. But now he has to pay the mortgage before noon or else he won't own his shop any longer.
Position Wanted
1924
as Jimmie Jump
Charley looks for a job position but is not anxious to find one. He ends up getting into all sorts of trouble at a masquerade ball.

April Fool
1924
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump is a cracked reporter at a behind-the-times daily newspaper. He also happens to be in love with the managing editor's daughter. It's Monday...

Publicity Pays
1924
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity c...

The King of the Wild Horses
1924
as Boyd Fielding (as Charles Parrott)
A stallion known as "The Black" is the leader of a band of wild horses. A cowboy is determined to capture and break him.

The 'Fraidy Cat
1924
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump is a coward. Everyone and everything makes him afraid. He cowers from the neighborhood children, even though he's old enough to be their fa...
Love's Detour
1924
as Jimmie Jump
Love's Detour is a 1924 comedy short
The Perfect Lady
1924
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump appears as a female impersonator in an amateur show who is forced to wear his costume home. He meets with varied experiences, and is such a...

One of the Family
1924
as Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump is hired as chauffeur by a lady who wishes to make her husband jealous.

Powder and Smoke
1924
A lightning rod salesman gets in the middle of a western shootout.

Hard Knocks
1924
as Jimmie Jump
A man tries to win over the daughter of his boss.

Don't Forget
1924
A man arrives late at his own wedding.

Jeffries, Jr.
1924
A man contacts a boxer in order to get in shape.

Just a Minute
1924
as Jimmy Jump
A car salesman wants to get marreid but has to make one last sell first.

At First Sight
1924
as Jimmy Jump
A man falls in love with a woman he thinks is a rich lady when in fact she is her maid.

All Wet
1924
as Jimmie Jump
Charley Chase has car trouble.

Long Live the King
1923
A young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king dies, and when the prince does not appear, the people be...
Dear Ol' Pal
1923
Director
Two lifelong friends vie for the affection of the same woman.

Jus' Passin' Through
1923
Director, Story
At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.

Her Dangerous Path
1923
as Glen Harper
Her Dangerous Path

Jack Frost
1923
Jack Frost is a silent comedy short

Jack Frost
1923
Director
Jack Frost is a silent comedy short

Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923
Director
The story of the first Thanksgiving is re-imagined as a father tells it to his son.

Sold at Auction
1923
as Customer (uncredited)
This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything goes-quality...

Sold at Auction
1923
Director
This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything goes-quality...
Before the Public
1923
Director
'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off his fame.

A Tough Winter
1923
Director
An ice-cold Snub adopts a gamin and her brother; A mean landlord seeking rent complicates matters and the trio take a train to Florida. But by mistake...

Newly Rich
1922
Director
Newly Rich is a silent comedy short

The Old Sea Dog
1922
Director
Snub Pollard comedy directed by Charley Chase and produced by Hal Roach.
Bone Dry
1922
Director
Paul plays at being a detective until dad, who is a revenue officer, sends him out to prove his worth by rounding up some desperate moonshiners.

365 Days
1922
Director
A very rich old man promises to leave his extended family his fortune if they all move in together and get along for one year.
Touch all the Bases
1922
Writer
After many difficulties getting into a baseball game with his girl, Paul is pressed into service as a pinch hitter.

The Stone Age
1922
The Stone Age is a silent comedy short

The Stone Age
1922
Director
The Stone Age is a silent comedy short
The Dumb-Bell
1922
as Actor wearing top hat
The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the ...
The Dumb-Bell
1922
Director
The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the ...
In the Movies
1922
In the Movies is a silent comedy short
In the Movies
1922
Director
In the Movies is a silent comedy short

Do Me a Favor
1922
Director
Marie's inebriated husband refuses to go to bed, so she asks Snub, a homeless man she finds sleeping in the park, to assist.
Full o' Pep
1922
Director
The monkey gland operation is about to be performed upon Snub. A flash-back shows how the lack of pep has affected his spirits. While under ether he d...

Hot Off the Press
1922
Director
Stop the presses! Snub Pollard is working there.
Blow 'Em Up
1922
Director
The governor's (Snub) life is in constant jeopardy because of the bomb throwers who use every conceivable means to get him.
Years to Come
1922
Director, Writer
Like many a Snub Pollard comedy, "Years to Come" is a complete flight of fancy. In this one, it is the year 2000, and the roles of women and men have ...
The Hustler
1921
The Hustler silent movie
On Location
1921
Director
Snub is an street sweeper with OCD, living in a neighborhood full of fussy people. He is sweeping the street when he anticipates a cop who is about to...

Fifteen Minutes
1921
Director
While his wife is shopping, Snub attempts to take a fifteen minute break.
What a Whopper!
1921
Director
A Hal Roach slapstick comedy featuring 'Snub' Pollard & Marie Mosquini.
At the Ringside
1921
Director
"At the Ringside" is filmed in a "slum" which is rather obviously a studio mock-up on the Hal Roach back lot, and it clearly copies the Lambeth-style ...
Blue Sunday
1921
Blue Sunday is a silent film comedy
Blue Sunday
1921
Director
Blue Sunday is a silent film comedy
Big Game
1921
While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently come to the aid of a kidnapped tourist.
Rush Orders
1921
Director
A typical Pollard-Morrison outing is Rush Orders (1921), in which the pair ride into town on a railroad handcar (with Morrison providing the locomotiv...
His Best Girl
1921
His Best Girl is a silent film comedy
His Best Girl
1921
Director
His Best Girl is a silent film comedy

Moonshine
1920
as Scorekeeper / Revenue Officer
A Lloyd Hamilton slapstick comedy directed by Charley Chase.

Moonshine
1920
Director
A Lloyd Hamilton slapstick comedy directed by Charley Chase.

April Fool
1920
as Supporting Character
Sent as a missionary to cannibals, Lloyd Hamilton boards a ship, but encounters many problems along the voyage.

April Fool
1920
Director
Sent as a missionary to cannibals, Lloyd Hamilton boards a ship, but encounters many problems along the voyage.

Married to Order
1920
as The Suitor
Boy meets girl. Father hates boy. Girl dresses up as her brother to get out of the house to elope but the near-sighted father mistakes her for the twi...

Married to Order
1920
Director
Boy meets girl. Father hates boy. Girl dresses up as her brother to get out of the house to elope but the near-sighted father mistakes her for the twi...
Kids Is Kids
1920
A young married couple volunteer to take charge of several orphans after the asylum has burned down. Of course they find their hands full with their t...
Kids Is Kids
1920
Director
A young married couple volunteer to take charge of several orphans after the asylum has burned down. Of course they find their hands full with their t...
A London Bobby
1920
Director
Snub, as a member of the London police force, is assigned to a neighborhood where a terrific free-for-all battle is taking place. After the struggle i...
Live and Learn
1920
Snub Pollard comedy
Call a Taxi
1920
Director
After being ejected from an establishment for being drunk and disorderly, George Rowe, Sammy Brooks, Hughie Mack and Snub Pollard form a drunken singi...
Don't Rock the Boat
1920
as Ship's Officer
Snub Pollard and Sunshine Sammy Morrison are on a storm tossed ship that soon sinks leaving the pair stranded on a nearby island where comic situation...
Don't Rock the Boat
1920
Director
Snub Pollard and Sunshine Sammy Morrison are on a storm tossed ship that soon sinks leaving the pair stranded on a nearby island where comic situation...
All Dressed Up
1920
Director
A 'Snub' Pollard slapstick comedy for Hal Roach.

Italian Love
1920
Ethelyn Gibson has run away from daddy Ted Lorch because he wants to sell her to Leo White, King of Little Italy, for his music hall. So she dresses a...

Italian Love
1920
Director
Ethelyn Gibson has run away from daddy Ted Lorch because he wants to sell her to Leo White, King of Little Italy, for his music hall. So she dresses a...

Fresh Paint
1920
Director
A bicycle messenger is sent to make a posh delivery to a wealthy artist's estate-- populated with attractive models.
Waltz Me Around
1920
Director
Delivery man 'Snub' Pollard and his assistant Sunshine Sammy nearly run over Marie Mosquini in the street and ends up at dance school.
Getting His Goat
1920
Director
Snub's many humorous experiences in attempting to transport his goat home. Comedy short directed by Charley Chase.
Why Go Home?
1920
'Snub' Pollard and Mildred Davis star in this 1920 comedy short.
Red Hot Hottentotts
1920
Director
Rivalry over a girl in this country moves to the heart of Africa, where the principals get into difficulties with man-eating cannibals.
Way Out West
1920
as Grizzled Gambler (uncredited)
Hank Mann heads Way Out West in this silent comedy.
Mystic Mush
1920
Mystic Mush silent comedy

When Spirits Move
1920
Silent Hank Mann comedy set in a haunted house.

The Nickel Snatcher
1920
as cameo
Hank Mann is the conductor of a horse-drawn trolley that carries a motley assortment of passengers to the beach at Venice in California, where the plo...
Mystic Mush
1920
Director
Mystic Mush silent comedy

When Spirits Move
1920
Director
Silent Hank Mann comedy set in a haunted house.

The Nickel Snatcher
1920
Director
Hank Mann is the conductor of a horse-drawn trolley that carries a motley assortment of passengers to the beach at Venice in California, where the plo...
The Floor Below
1919
Director
Snub Pollard and his friend are clearly under their wives thumbs. But his grandfather turns up and tells them to assert themselves, which they do. Her...
Tough Luck
1919
Director
A comedy short featuring Sunshine Sammy Morrison.
Order in the Court
1919
Director
Snub is confronted by his creditors who have joined the profiteers. He then escapes from them only to be pressed into jury service, which has its brig...
Giving the Bride Away
1919
Director
A comedy short starring Mildred Davis & 'Snub' Pollard
All at Sea
1919
Sailor 'Snub' Pollard on 'beach leave'.
All at Sea
1919
Director
Sailor 'Snub' Pollard on 'beach leave'.

Don't Park Here
1919
Director, Writer
Not one but two of Charlie Chaplin impersonators, Harry Mann and Monty Banks, a film directed by Charley Chase still under the name of Charles Parrott...

One Night Only
1919
Director
Misadventures of a traveling company of actors performing for one night in a small town. When the troupe's leading lady deserts the show for a better ...
Her Tender Feet
1919
Her Tender Feet
Her Tender Feet
1919
Writer, Director
Her Tender Feet

Her First False Hare
1919
Director
Four men are out rabbit hunting and encounter a beautiful young lady, who promises to marry the first one who brings her a white rabbit.

The Flirts
1919
Director
Two guys flirt with women at a hotel.

Coppers and Scents
1919
Director
Monty Banks plays Sherlock McNutt in this Charley Chase short. Partially lost; five minutes survive.

Ship Ahoy
1919
as Henchman (uncredited)
Charlie stays at a seaside lodging house frequented by sailors. He gets involved with a gang of crooks when a sea captain attempts to kidnap his landl...

Ship Ahoy
1919
Director, Writer
Charlie stays at a seaside lodging house frequented by sailors. He gets involved with a gang of crooks when a sea captain attempts to kidnap his landl...
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919
Director
Two hotel bell hops get into all kinds of shenanigans between dames, baths and bags of loot.

Rolling Stone
1919
as Bearded anarchist
A Chaplin-like tramp is mistaken for a Bolshevik

Rolling Stone
1919
Director
A Chaplin-like tramp is mistaken for a Bolshevik

He's In Again
1918
as Piano Player (as Charles Parrott)
A tramp enters a cabaret and orders a drink, but then is thrown out when he cannot pay for it. After trying again, he is told by the manager that if h...

He's In Again
1918
Director
A tramp enters a cabaret and orders a drink, but then is thrown out when he cannot pay for it. After trying again, he is told by the manager that if h...

Hello Trouble
1918
A dishonest undertaker stirs up droll, laughable tragedy between two devoted husbands and their loyal wives in his attempt to build up an insurance si...

Hello Trouble
1918
Director
A dishonest undertaker stirs up droll, laughable tragedy between two devoted husbands and their loyal wives in his attempt to build up an insurance si...
Playmates
1918
as Dope fiend
A comedy inspired by Charles Chaplin's "Easy Street" (1917).
Playmates
1918
Director
A comedy inspired by Charles Chaplin's "Easy Street" (1917).

Bright and Early
1918
Director
Billy West as does fairly random series of gags as a bellboy in a rather poor hotel run by Oliver Hardy.

His Merry Mix-Up
1917
Director, Writer
A summer hotel is a magnet for young marrieds as well as other couples looking to rekindle the spark. Charley Chicken Lover, the hotel proprietor, fin...

There's Many a Fool
1917
Director, Writer
A two part comedy starring Hank Mann and Carmen Phillips, based on the 1909 play A Fool There Was by Porter Emerson Browne.

The Cloud Puncher
1917
Director, Writer
It hasn't rained for week and there are no symptoms of coming rain to be found. An itinerant artist carrying a huge canvas rambles along a country roa...

Chased Into Love
1917
as Charley
The will of T.W. Glutz provides that his bashful nephew, Hank, will inherit the entire estate if married by 2 P.M. of a certain date. Hank loves a gir...

Chased Into Love
1917
Director, Writer
The will of T.W. Glutz provides that his bashful nephew, Hank, will inherit the entire estate if married by 2 P.M. of a certain date. Hank loves a gir...
Hearts and Sparks
1916
Director
Hearts and Sparks is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) and starring Gloria Swanson. When Mack Sennett fi...
A Dash of Courage
1916
Director
A band of crooks, headed by Harry Gribbon, are on a train when they learn of a telegram sent to a fellow passenger, who is a police commissioner. The ...
A Favorite Fool
1915
as The Circus Spieler
Arling, ringmaster of a small wagon circus, abuses Polly and her seven children. Foy, a farmhand, sympathizes with her and she decides to quit her pla...

A Hash House Fraud
1915
Director
A swindle in a tiny downtown restaurant leads to a classic Keystone Cops finale. One and all have an easy time with the pretty and flirtatious cashier...

A Versatile Villain
1915
as Pete - Assistant Baggage Clerk
After being falsely accused of theft, Pete, the station master's assistant, rescues his girlfriend from the genuine villain, marauding crook Desperate...

Love, Loot and Crash
1915
as Harold, Dora's Suitor
A flustered father seeks a cook for his kitchen, his daughter seeks to elope and a pair of crooks seek to get some loot. Add the Keystone Cops and sti...

The Rent Jumpers
1915
as A Young Boarder
The plot is driven by the confusion that results when two pairs of trousers are mixed up. One pair is owned by the landlord of an apartment building a...
Droppington's Devilish Deed
1915
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Thinking he’s performing a good deed stagehand Droppington causes the breakup of the current show when he turns the full strength of the hose on what ...

Settled at the Seaside
1915
as Boyfriend
Two couples are at the seaside. A young man proposes to his gal. She accepts, and promptly tells him to re-tie his tie. He objects, so she returns the...

A One Night Stand
1915
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Two clownish stagehands make life difficult for the manager and cast of a dramatic production.

Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
as Fight Spectator / Man at the Dance (uncredited)
Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires.

That Little Band Of Gold
1915
as Ticket Box Man / Man in Front Row (uncredited)
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his...

Love in Armor
1915
as The Suitor
Mae Busch and Charley Chase are in love. However, her father does not approve. A Baron sees Mae and concocts a fake kidnapping in order to get her att...
A Lucky Leap
1915
as Lizzie's Boy Friend
A Keystone comedy with Charley Chase and the gang.
He Wouldn't Stay Down
1915
as The False Friend
A man plots to kill a friend and marry his wife in order to get hold of insurance money.
He Wouldn't Stay Down
1915
Writer, Director
A man plots to kill a friend and marry his wife in order to get hold of insurance money.
Colored Villainy
1915
as The Traveler
The Keystone gang all in blackface for this one-reeler!

Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
as Cop (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
After Walrus has been shot, Ambrose takes him into his house. When Ambrose sees Walrus flirting with his wife he leaves. When Walrus runs away with Mr...

Hash House Mashers
1915
as The Star Boarder
A boy pines for the girl next door to the dismay of both their parents.

Peanuts and Bullets
1915
as The Accordian Player Boarder
A very young Charley Chase is a starving artist. He does not have much luck stealing fruit from a food vendor's cart. He cannot escape from his landla...
Only a Farmer's Daughter
1915
as The Artist
Only a Farmer's Daughter
Their Fatal Bumping
1914
Director
A Keystone comedy of rival suitors fighting over a girl.

Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Staring Man in Theater (uncredited)
A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope w...

Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
as Party Guest (uncredited)
'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters unexpected difficultie...

Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
as Ambrose's Buddy
After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's taken a train for business, but then his wife reads t...

The Plumber
1914
as Bystander
This Keystone from the end of 1914, involving the usual suspects running around some plumbing issues will not hold many surprises for those familiar w...
Other People's Business
1914
Other People's Business

Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.

The Noise of Bombs
1914
as 3rd Desperado
Four miscreants get revenge on the police chief by planting bombs in his house.
How Heroes Are Made
1914
as The Boy Friend's Chum
It has been arranged between the fathers that their children shall marry. When the young people meet, the intended husband, who is somewhat rakish in ...
How Heroes Are Made
1914
Director
It has been arranged between the fathers that their children shall marry. When the young people meet, the intended husband, who is somewhat rakish in ...

His Musical Career
1914
as Piano Store Manager
Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St.
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
Two dastardly men conspire to keep their ward from marrying in order to maintain control of her vast fortune.

Cursed by His Beauty
1914
as The Art Teacher
Married ice man Charles Murray is "Cursed by His Beauty" (1914) when he becomes a model for a female artist.

Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
as Spectator at Entrance (uncredited)
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole,...

Dough and Dynamite
1914
as Customer
Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks ...
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
1914
as Faro Bill
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
The Love Thief
1914
Chester Conklin steals some hot dogs from the traveling vendor and brings the lady some flowers, then a chase ensues including a chase over roof tops ...
The Love Thief
1914
Director
Chester Conklin steals some hot dogs from the traveling vendor and brings the lady some flowers, then a chase ensues including a chase over roof tops ...
Dash, Love and Splash
1914
Dash, Love and Splash

Zip, the Dodger
1914
as Customer in Second Group (uncredited)
Zip is a young man whose job is to dodge baseballs at a resort concession. To impress a young lady under a parasol he gets a friend to substitute for ...
The Anglers
1914
The Anglers
The Anglers
1914
Director
The Anglers

Those Love Pangs
1914
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Charlie and a rival vie for the favor of their landlady.

Hello, Mabel
1914
as Mabel's Boss
Hello, Mabel (also known as On a Busy Wire) is a 1914 American short silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett.
He Loved the Ladies
1914
as The Husband's Pal

Mabel's Blunder
1914
as Billy Bronx
Mabel is pursued by her boss, despite being engaged to his son, in this gender-bending comedy of errors and mistaken identities.

The Rounders
1914
as Diner
Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.

His New Profession
1914
as Nephew
Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.
Her Last Chance
1914
Her Last Chance

The Masquerader
1914
as Actor
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie ne...

Those Country Kids
1914
as Cop
Those Country Kids is a 1914 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand, and directed by Fatty Arbuckle.[1]
Such a Cook
1914
Such a Cook
A Coat's Tale
1914
as The Tramp
Soldiers of Misfortune
1914
Soldiers of Misfortune

The Great Toe Mystery
1914
as Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
A man goes in hot pursuit of the shoe store clerk he feels has made inappropriate advances towards his wife.
Mabel's New Job
1914
as Boarder
A lost short film starring Mabel Normand.
Sophie of the Films #4
1914
Thus far Sophie has failed completely as a motion picture actress. She has spoiled every scene, but through the general manager she is to be given one...
A Gambling Rube
1914
as (unconfirmed)
A comedy short that revolves around a poker game, both above and underneath the table. This is considered to be a lost film.

Mabel's Busy Day
1914
as Spectator
Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Cha...
Love and Salt Water
1914
In this farce Charley and Minta frolic by the seaside.

The Knockout
1914
as Spectator (uncredited)
To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
Where Hazel Met the Villain is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Phyllis Allen.

Mabel at the Wheel
1914
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.
Across the Hall
1914
as (unconfirmed)
Across the Hall