James Parrott

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-08-01 (42 years old)

Deathday

1939-05-10

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

James Parrott

Biography

From Wikipedia James Parrott (August 2, 1897 – May 10, 1939) was an American actor and film director; and the younger brother of film comedian Charley Chase. James Gibbons Parrott was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Charles and Blanche Thompson Parrott. In 1903, his father died from a heart attack, leaving the family in bad financial shape, which forced them to move in with a relative. Charley Jr. quit school, so he could go to work, in order to support his mother and brother. Eventually the call of the stage beckoned him, and Charley Jr. left home at age 16 to travel the vaudeville circuit as a singer and comedic performer. By the time Jam...

Acting

1921

Big Town Ideas

as Spick Spague

1926

Between Meals

as In Trouble

1922

Shine 'Em Up

as Paul, the Hustler

1923

Post No Bills

as The Bill Poster

1925

Are Parents Pickles?

as Fire Salesman

1923

The Uncovered Wagon

as Bill Bunion

1922

Harvest Hands

as The Son

1919

Young Mr. Jazz

as (uncredited)

1919

Don't Park Here

as A Car Owner

1922

The Sleuth

as Bellboy / the Sleuth

1923

Dear Ol' Pal

as Lucian Dillgiggle

1926

Soft Pedal

as Willing

1922

1923

Jailed and Bailed

as Paul (as Paul Parrott)

1919

An Auto Nut

as The Auto Nut's Lawyer (as Paul Parrott)

1930

The King

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1919

Don't Shove

as Party Guest

1922

Shiver and Shake

as The Newlywed Husband

1922

Touch all the Bases

as Paul Parrott

1919

Hustling for Health

as Man missing his train

1924

Sittin' Pretty

as Bearded Lunatic

1925

The Caretaker's Daughter

as The Caretaker (as Jimmie Parrott)

1922

Take Next Car

as Chief Engineer

1918

Look Pleasant, Please

as Drunken Swell (uncredited)

1918

Just Rambling Along

as Waiter / chef assistant

1923

Tight Shoes

as The New Clerk

1923

Join the Circus

as Trainer

1923

Take the Air

as Iron-worker

1924

Get Busy

as Taller pal

1926

Don't Butt In

as The Roustabout

1919

A Sammy in Siberia

as (uncredited)

1918

Let's Go

as Sophisticated gentleman

1918

It's a Wild Life

as Cab driver

Production

1938

Block-Heads

as Writer

1929

Furnace Trouble

as Director

1929

Lesson No. 1

as Director

1932

The Music Box

as Director

1930

Below Zero

as Director

1932

The Chimp

as Director

1932

County Hospital

as Director

1929

Perfect Day

as Director

1927

1930

Night Owls

as Director

1928

1930

Brats

as Director

1930

1930

Blotto

as Director

1929

The Hoose-Gow

as Director

1929

They Go Boom!

as Director

1933

Twice Two

as Director

1928

Two Tars

as Director

1928

Habeas Corpus

as Director

1932

Helpmates

as Director

1930

Hog Wild

as Director

1930

Night of Goblins

as Director

1926

Get 'Em Young

as Writer

1927

A One Mama Man

as Director

1930

1934

Washee Ironee

as Director

1924

The 'Fraidy Cat

as Director

1930

Thieves

as Director

1934

Mixed Nuts

as Director

1927

1931

The Panic Is On

as Director

1927

1931

Rough Seas

as Director

1932

Girl Grief

as Director

1931

1935

The Tin Man

as Director

1934

1934

1935

Sing Sister Sing

as Director

1934

A Duke for a Day

as Director

1935

Treasure Blues

as Director

1935

1925

1930

The Night Life

as Director

1925

1926

1937

Way Out West

as Screenplay

1924

Love's Detour

as Director

1927

1927

1928

All for Nothing

as Director

1929

Ruby Lips

as Director

1931

Messing Around

as Director

1931

Pardon Us

as Director

1930

Brats

as Writer

1930

Hog Wild

as Story

1931

Come Clean

as Writer

1931

One Good Turn

as Writer

1932

Helpmates

as Writer

1932

The Music Box

as Writer

1932

The Chimp

as Writer

1932

1933

Twice Two

as Writer

1933

1926

1926

1926

1921

The Pickaninny

as Director

1932

Young Ironsides

as Director

1924

Just a Minute

as Director

1924

Just a Minute

as Writer

1924

Powder and Smoke

as Director

1924

1924

Hard Knocks

as Director

1924

Hard Knocks

as Writer

1924

Don't Forget

as Director

1924

Don't Forget

as Writer

1932

Mr. Bride

as Director

1935

Do Your Stuff

as Director

1930

Radiomanía

as Director

1927

Us

as Director

1927

Assistant Wives

as Director

1927

1931

1938

Swiss Miss

as Screenplay

1931

1931

Skip the Maloo!

as Director

1931

What a Bozo!

as Director

1931

1925

1932

1928

Chasing Husbands

as Director

1927

1926

1925

Laughing Ladies

as Scenario Writer

1928

Galloping Ghosts

as Director

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