James Parrott

Known For: Directing
Born: August 1, 1897
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died: May 10, 1939

James Parrott

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 James had reached his teens, he too, had quit school, and became involved with the street gangs of Baltimore. Later, Charley's connections in the film industry helped get his younger brother established in movies, and he would appear during the 1920s i…

Filmography

The Parrott Chase

The Parrott Chase

2009 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

2007 · Set Decoration

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

2002 · Director

Block-Heads

1938 · Writer

Swiss Miss

1938 · Screenplay

Way Out West

1937 · Screenplay

Do Your Stuff

1935 · Director

The Misses Stooge

1935 · Director

The Tin Man

1935 · Director

Sing Sister Sing

1935 · Director

Treasure Blues

1935 · Director

Washee Ironee

1934 · Director

Opened by Mistake

Opened by Mistake

1934 · Director

Benny, from Panama

Benny, from Panama

1934 · Director

A Duke for a Day

A Duke for a Day

1934 · Director

Mixed Nuts

1934 · Director

The Midnight Patrol

1933 · Writer

Twice Two

1933 · Director, Writer

Mr. Bride

1932 · Director

Now We'll Tell One

1932 · Director

Their First Mistake

1932 · Writer

Girl Grief

1932 · Director

Young Ironsides

1932 · Director

County Hospital

1932 · Director

The Chimp

1932 · Director, Writer

Hinter Schloss und Riegel

1932 · Director

The Music Box

1932 · Director, Writer

Helpmates

1932 · Director, Writer

What a Bozo!

1931 · Director

One Good Turn

1931 · Writer

Skip the Maloo!

1931 · Director

Come Clean

1931 · Writer

Pardon Us

1931 · Director

The Panic Is On

1931 · Director

One of the Smiths

1931 · Director

Haunted at Midnight

1931 · Director

Rough Seas

1931 · Director

Messing Around

1931 · Director

The lady from Chicago

1931 · Director

The Pip from Pittsburg

1931 · Director

Another Fine Mess

1930 · Director

Night of Goblins

1930 · Director

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930 · Director

Radiomanía

1930 · Director

The King

1930 · Minor Role (uncredited)

Hog Wild

1930 · Director, Story

Shivering and Shaking

1930 · Director

Below Zero

1930 · Director

The Night Life

1930 · Director

Brats

1930 · Director, Writer

Blotto

1930 · Director

Thieves

1930 · Director

Night Owls

1930 · Director

The Hoose-Gow

1929 · Director

They Go Boom!

1929 · Director

Perfect Day

1929 · Director

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

1929 · Director

Lesson No. 1

1929 · Director

Furnace Trouble

Furnace Trouble

1929 · Director

Ruby Lips

1929 · Director

Chasing Husbands

1928 · Director

Habeas Corpus

1928 · Director

Two Tars

1928 · Director

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928 · Writer, Director

Their Purple Moment

1928 · Director

Galloping Ghosts

1928 · Director

All for Nothing

1928 · Director

Never the Dames Shall Meet

1927 · Director

Assistant Wives

1927 · Director

Now I'll Tell One

1927 · Director

The Lighter That Failed

1927 · Director

The Sting of Stings

1927 · Director

What Women Did for Me

1927 · Director

Us

1927 · Director

Fluttering Hearts

1927 · Director

Bigger and Better Blondes

1927 · Director

Forgotten Sweeties

1927 · Director

A One Mama Man

1927 · Director

Are Brunettes Safe?

1927 · Director

Many Scrappy Returns

1927 · Director

There Ain't No Santa Claus

1926 · Director

On the Front Page

1926 · Writer, Director

Get 'Em Young

1926 · Writer

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926 · Writer

Along Came Auntie

1926 · Writer

Say It with Babies

1926 · Writer

Wandering Papas

1926 · Writer

Pay the Cashier

Pay the Cashier

1926

Soft Pedal

1926 · Willing

Don't Butt In

1926 · The Roustabout

Between Meals

1926 · In Trouble

Are Parents Pickles?

1925 · Fire Salesman

Should Sailors Marry?

1925 · Director

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925 · The Caretaker (as Jimmie Parrott)

Unfriendly Enemies

1925 · Writer

Chasing the Chaser

1925 · Writer

The House of Flickers

1925

Laughing Ladies

1925 · Scenario Writer

A Deep Sea Panic

A Deep Sea Panic

1924

Sittin' Pretty

1924 · Bearded Lunatic

Get Busy

1924 · Taller pal

The 'Fraidy Cat

1924 · Director

Love's Detour

1924 · Director

Just a Minute

1924 · Director, Writer

Powder and Smoke

1924 · Director, Writer

Hard Knocks

1924 · Director, Writer

Don't Forget

1924 · Writer, Director

Join the Circus

1923 · Trainer

Dear Ol' Pal

1923 · Lucian Dillgiggle

No Pets

1923

Take the Air

1923 · Iron-worker

Post No Bills

1923 · The Bill Poster

The Uncovered Wagon

The Uncovered Wagon

1923 · Bill Bunion

The Smile Wins

1923

Shoot Straight

1923

Tight Shoes

1923 · The New Clerk

Jailed and Bailed

Jailed and Bailed

1923 · Paul (as Paul Parrott)

Paste and Paper

Paste and Paper

1923

Watch Your Wife

Watch Your Wife

1923

Blaze Away

1922

Harvest Hands

1922 · The Son

Shine 'Em Up

1922 · Paul, the Hustler

The Golf Bug

1922 · Paul

Shiver and Shake

Shiver and Shake

1922 · The Newlywed Husband

Face the Camera

Face the Camera

1922

Bone Dry

1922

The Landlubber

1922

Touch all the Bases

Touch all the Bases

1922 · Paul Parrott

Take Next Car

1922 · Chief Engineer

The Sleuth

1922 · Bellboy / the Sleuth

The Pickaninny

1921 · Director

Big Town Ideas

1921 · Spick Spague

His First Flat Tire

His First Flat Tire

1920

Way Out West

1920

Don't Shove

1919 · Party Guest

Count Your Change

1919

Don't Park Here

1919 · A Car Owner

Young Mr. Jazz

1919 · (uncredited)

A Sammy in Siberia

1919 · (uncredited)

Hustling for Health

1919 · Man missing his train

Do You Love Your Wife?

1919

An Auto Nut

1919 · The Auto Nut's Lawyer (as Paul Parrott)

Just Rambling Along

1918 · Waiter / Chef Assistant

Bride and Gloom

1918

An Ozark Romance

1918

Fireman Save My Child

1918

Hey There

1918

It's a Wild Life

1918 · Cab driver

Pipe the Whiskers

1918

Let's Go

1918 · Sophisticated gentleman

Here Come the Girls

1918

Look Pleasant, Please

1918 · Drunken Swell (uncredited)

A Gasoline Wedding

1918

Beat It

1918

Hit Him Again

1918

The Lamb

1918

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