Charley Chase
Charley Chase actually Charles Joseph Parrott Jr. ( born October 20, 1893 in Baltimore, Maryland, † June 20, 1940 in Hollywood) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
Life
The comedian Charley Chase made his first short film in 1914, and came into his early years under director Mack Sennett, the one called the King of Comedy in those years, in addition to Charlie Chaplin. After he worked as a director at the beginning of his career, he was engaged by 1920, the famous comedy producer Hal Roach for his short films as a director and was responsible for some parts of the series The Little Rascals. As a performer, Chase worked in the 1920s, especially with Leo McCarey together. Also in the 1930s, Chase was successful with his first sound film comedies and a popular supporting actor at the Hal Roach productions as Sons of the Desert with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Charley Chase became known in Germany in the 1970s by the compiled for ZDF short films in the series fathers of oldies.
Charley Chase died in 1940 at the age of 46 of a heart attack. Until then, he works in over 270 films as an actor. He also conducted in more than 150 movies directed. In his honor, there is a star on the Walk of Fame.