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Charley Chase
Total Credits at Criticker: 186 (Actor), 76 (Director), 11 (Writer)
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Off Again, on Again (1945) - Short Film
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 caption, implying that Shemp and the girl are lovers. This doesn't sit well with Shemp's fiancee, who breaks off their engagement, leaving him so heartbroken he asks the rescued girl's gangster boyfriend to kill him. When Shemp's intended returns and apologizes, he realizes that his days are numbered unless he can find the gangster and call off
The Sap Takes a Wrap (1939) - Short Film
'Mother' (Ethel Clayton) reads a newspaper article about Charley's engagement to her daughter, but she isn't impressed. When Charley finds out about the paper he threatens to sue the writer (John Tyrrell) for publishing an untrue story before kicking him out of his office.
Many Sappy Returns (1938) - Short Film
Charley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in. (imdb)
Pie a la Maid (1938) - Short Film
Charley falls for a waitress who mistakes him for a gangster. (imdb)
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 picture. When little Darla is selected to choose the winning ticket, she draws her father's number. The crowd reacts angrily, thinking that the drawing is a fraud, forcing the child to choose another number. This one turns out to be her own ticket, after which a third drawing yields her mother's ticket.
Something Simple (1934) - Short Film
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 remedy is to sit down, relax, clear the mind and recite a nursery rhyme. The fake doctor gives Charley a package to deliver to Mr. Henderson, the "Supreme Crown of the Knights of the Brown Derby." At the hotel, hosting a convention of "Brown Derbies," Charley suffers a dizzy spell and the only place he can find to sit down is in Mr. Henderson's lap.
Jus' Passin' Through (1923) - Short Film
At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.
Years to Come (1922) - Short Film
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 been completely reversed. That's where almost all the jokes come from. (imdb)
Don't Park Here (1920) - Short Film
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. They go driving around town experiencing various car problems.
Rolling Stone (1919) - Short Film
Billy is mistaken for a dangerous Bolshevik, and thrown into jail.











