Charley Chase Autographs
Charles Joseph Parrott (October 20, 1893 – June 20, 1940), known professionally by stage name Charley Chase, was an American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, screenwriter and film director. He worked for many pioneering comedy studios but is chiefly associated with producer Hal Roach. Chase was the elder brother of comedian/director James Parrott.
Born Charles Joseph Parrott in Baltimore, Maryland, Charley Chase began performing in vaudeville as a teenager and started his career in films by working at the Christie Film Company in 1912. He then moved to Keystone Studios, where he began appearing in bit parts in the Mack Sennett films, including those of Charlie Chaplin. By 1915 he was playing juvenile leads in the Keystones, and directing some of the films as Charles Parrott. His Keystone credentials were good enough to get him steady work as a comedy director with other companies; he directed many of Chaplin imitator Billy West's comedies, which featured a young Oliver Hardy as a villain.
He worked at Henry Lehrman's L-KO Kompany during its final months of existence. Then in 1920, Chase began working as a film director for the Hal Roach studio. Among his notable early work for Roach was supervising the first entries in the Our Gang series. Chase became director-general of the Hal Roach studio in late 1921, supervising the production of all the Roach series except the Harold Lloyd comedies. Following Lloyd's departure from the studio in 1923, Chase moved back in front of the camera with his own series of shorts, adopting the screen name Charley Chase.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Charley Chase (ROBERT FINLAYSON—SIGNED PHOTO—HAL ROACH Silent Comic•Oliver Hardy•Charley Chase) was sold in February 2026 for $6,751.00 while the cheapest item (CHARLEY CHASE autographed ADULT STAR SIGNATURE CARD) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2011. The month with the most items sold (6) was June 2026 with an average selling price of $527.49 for an autographed item of Charley Chase. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2026 with $6,751.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $15.00 was December 2011. In average, an autographed item from Charley Chase is worth $100.00.
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