Name James Parrott | Years active 1913-1939 | |
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City Talk: James Parrott/Charles Brecher-NYC Budget
James Parrott (August 2, 1897 – May 10, 1939) was an American actor and film director; and the younger brother of film comedian Charley Chase.
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Biography
James Gibbons Parrott was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Charles and Blanche Thompson Parrott. Charley Jr. left home at age 16 to travel the vaudeville circuit as a singer and comedic performer. Later, Charley's connections in the film industry helped get his younger brother established in movies, and he would appear during the 1920s in a series of relatively successful comedies for producer Hal Roach. He was billed first as "Paul Parrott," then "Jimmie Parrott." Approximately 75 comedies were produced from 1921 to 1923, with titles continuing to be released through Pathé until 1926. Frequent co-stars included Marie Mosquini, Jobyna Ralston, Eddie Baker, and Sunshine Sammy.
Parrott is probably best known as a comedy director. As "James Parrott," he specialized in the two-reel misadventures of Laurel and Hardy, including the Oscar-winning classic The Music Box, and Helpmates.
By the mid-1930s his work was spotty: Stan Laurel used him sporadically to contribute gags to the Laurel and Hardy features, and he would direct an Our Gang short in 1934, plus several acceptable entries in Thelma Todd-Patsy Kelly series.
Parrott died at the age of 41. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).
Filmography
Actor
1934
Washee Ironee (Short) as
Man walking by laundry
1931
Pardon Us as
Marching Prisoner Next to Hardy (uncredited)
1930
The King (Short) as
The King's Advisor (uncredited)
1926
The Old War-Horse (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1926
Hired and Fired (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1926
The Only Son (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1926
Pay the Cashier (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1926
Soft Pedal (Short) as
Willing, i.e. the Wizard of Finance (as Paul Parrott)
1926
Don't Butt In (Short) as
The Roustabout (as Paul Parrott)
1926
Between Meals (Short) as
In Trouble (as Paul Parrott)
1925
Whispering Lions (Short) as
Rhino (as Paul Parrott)
1925
Are Parents Pickles? (Short) as
Fire Salesman (as Jimmie Parrott)
1925
The Caretaker's Daughter (Short) as
The Caretaker (as Jimmie Parrott)
1925
The House of Flickers (Short) as
The Projectionist
1924
The Masked Marvel (Short) as
Wilfred Flopp (as Paul Parrott)
1924
A Deep Sea Panic (Short) as
A Shanghaied Sailor
1924
Sittin' Pretty (Short) as
Loco Larry - Bearded Lunatic
1924
The Diving Fool (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1924
Sweet Papa (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1924
Pain as You Enter (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1924
Get Busy (Short) as
Taller pal (as Paul Parrott)
1923
Join the Circus (Short) as
Trainer (as Paul Parrott)
1923
Dear Ol' Pal (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Winner Take All (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
No Pets (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Finger Prints (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Take the Air (Short) as
Iron-worker (as Paul Parrott)
1923
Live Wires (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Post No Bills (Short) as
The Bill Poster (as Paul Parrott)
1923
For Guests Only (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
The Uncovered Wagon (Short) as
Bill Bunion (as Paul Parrott)
1923
Fresh Eggs (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
For Art's Sake (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Sunny Spain (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Speed the Swede (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Good Riddance (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
The Smile Wins (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Get Your Man (Short) as
The Northwest Mounted Policeman (as Paul Parrott)
1923
Bowled Over (Short) as
The Challenger (as Paul Parrott)
1923
For Safe Keeping (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Shoot Straight (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Do Your Stuff (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Tight Shoes (Short) as
The New Clerk (as Paul Parrott)
1923
A Loose Tightwad (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Jailed and Bailed (Short) as
Paul (as Paul Parrott)
1923
Once Over (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Don't Say Die (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Mr. Hyppo (Short) as
Professor Egg (as Paul Parrott)
1923
Paste and Paper (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1923
Watch Your Wife (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Fire the Fireman (Short) as
The Fire Department Recruit (as Paul Parrott)
1922
Scatter Your Shots (Short)
1922
The White Blacksmith (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Fair Week (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
I'll Take Vanilla (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Blaze Away (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
The Flivver (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Harvest Hands (Short) as
The Son (as Paul Parrott)
1922
Washed Ashore (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Shine 'em Up! (Short) as
Paul, the Hustler (as Paul Parrott)
1922
The Golf Bug (Short) as
Paul (as Paul Parrott)
1922
Shiver and Shake (Short) as
The Newlywed Husband (as Paul Parrott)
1922
Out on Bail (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
The Uppercut (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Face the Camera (Short)
1922
Soak the Sheik (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Bone Dry (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
The Landlubber (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Wet Weather (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Rough on Romeo (Short) as
Lionel (as Paul Parrott)
1922
The Truth Juggler (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Touch All the Bases (Short) as
The Baseball Fan (as Paul Parrott)
1922
Take Next Car (Short) as
Chief Engineer (as Paul Parrott)
1922
Busy Bees (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
The Bride-to-Be (Short) as
The Groom-to-Be (as Paul Parrott)
1922
The Sleuth (Short) as
Bellboy / house detective (as Paul Parrott)
1922
A Bed of Roses (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
The Late Lamented (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Friday, the Thirteenth (Short) as
Superstitious Sammy (as Paul Parrott)
1922
Stand Pat (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1922
Rich Man, Poor Man (Short) as
The Janitor (as Paul Parrott)
1922
Loose Change (Short) as
The Son of the Bank President (as Paul Parrott)
1922
Try, Try Again (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1921
Big Town Ideas as
Spick Sprague
1920
His First Flat Tire (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1920
Way Out West (as Paul Parrott)
1920
The Window Trimmer (Short)(as Paul Parrott)
1919
An Auto Nut (Short) as
The Auto Nut's Lawyer (as Paul Parrott)
1919
Don't Park Here (Short) as
A Car Owner (as Jimmy Parrott)
1919
Don't Shove (Short) as
Party guest
1919
Heap Big Chief (Short)
1919
Chop Suey & Co. (Short)
1919
Count Your Change (Short)
1919
A Jazzed Honeymoon (Short)
1919
At the Old Stage Door (Short)
1919
Off the Trolley (Short) as
Man Who Dumps Flowers / policeman (uncredited)
1919
Swat the Crook (Short)
1919
Pistols for Breakfast (Short)
1919
Si, Senor (Short)
1919
Ring Up the Curtain (Short)
1919
Crack Your Heels (Short)
1919
Young Mr. Jazz (Short)(uncredited)
1919
A Sammy in Siberia (Short)(uncredited)
1919
Next Aisle Over (Short)
1919
The Dutiful Dub (Short)
1919
I'm on My Way (Short)(uncredited)
1919
Hoot Mon! (Short)
1919
Ask Father (Short) as
Willie - Rival Suitor (uncredited)
1919
Hustling for Health (Short) as
Man missing his train (uncredited)
1919
Going! Going! Gone! (Short)
1919
Wanted - $5, 000 (Short)
1919
Do You Love Your Wife? (Short)
1918
She Loves Me Not (Short)
1918
Hear 'Em Rave (Short)
1918
Just Rambling Along (Short) as
Waiter / chef assistant
1918
Why Pick on Me? (Short)
1918
No Place Like Jail (Short)
1918
Two Scrambled (Short)
1918
Bride and Gloom (Short)
1918
That's Him (Short)
1918
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany (Short)
1918
An Ozark Romance (Short)
1918
Somewhere in Turkey (Short)
1918
Sic 'Em, Towser (Short)
1918
Fireman Save My Child (Short) as
Fireman
1918
Two-Gun Gussie (Short)(uncredited)
1918
Kicked Out (Short)
1918
Hey There (Short)
1918
It's a Wild Life (Short)
1918
Pipe the Whiskers (Short)
1918
Follow the Crowd (Short)
1918
On the Jump (Short)
1918
Let's Go (Short)
1918
Here Come the Girls (Short)
1918
Look Pleasant, Please (Short) as
Drunken Swell (uncredited)
1918
A Gasoline Wedding (Short)(uncredited)
1918
Beat It (Short)
1918
Hit Him Again (Short)
1918
The Lamb (Short)
1917
The Big Idea (Short)(uncredited)
1917
An Aerial Joy Ride (Short)
Director
1955
The Little Rascals (TV Series) (short "Washee Irony")
1935
Do Your Stuff (Short)
1935
The Misses Stooge (Short)
1935
The Tin Man (Short)
1935
Sing Sister Sing (Short)
1935
Treasure Blues (Short)
1934
Opened by Mistake (Short)
1934
Washee Ironee (Short)
1934
Benny, from Panama (Short)
1934
A Duke for a Day (Short)
1934
Mixed Nuts (Short)
1933
Twin Screws (Short)
1933
Twice Two (Short)
1932
Mr. Bride (Short)
1932
Now We'll Tell One (Short)
1932
Girl Grief (Short)
1932
Young Ironsides (Short)
1932
County Hospital (Short)
1932
The Chimp (Short)
1932
The Music Box (Short)
1932
Helpmates (Short)
1931
What a Bozo! (Short)
1931
Skip the Maloo! (Short)
1931
Hinter Schloss und Riegel (Short)
1931
Pardon Us
1931
The Panic Is On (Short)
1931
One of the Smiths (Short)
1931
Spuk um Mitternacht (Short)
1931
Rough Seas (Short)
1931
Pardon Us
1931
Monerías
1931
La señorita de Chicago (Short)
1931
The Pip from Pittsburg (Short)
1931
Los presidiarios
1931
Glückliche Kindheit (Short)
1931
Be Big! (Short) (unconfirmed)
1930
Pêle-Mêle (Short)
1930
Another Fine Mess (Short)
1930
Noche de duendes
1930
Feu mon oncle
1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (Short)
1930
Une nuit extravagante (Short)
1930
Radiomanía (Short)
1930
Hog Wild (Short)
1930
Tiembla y Titubea (Short)
1930
Below Zero (Short)
1930
La vida nocturna (Short)
1930
Brats (Short)
1930
Blotto (Short)
1930
Ladrones (Short)
1930
Night Owls (Short)
1929
The Hoose-Gow (Short)
1929
They Go Boom! (Short)
1929
Perfect Day (Short)
1929
Stewed, Fried and Boiled (Short)
1929
Happy Birthday (Short)
1929
Lesson No. 1 (Short)
1929
Furnace Trouble (Short)
1929
Ruby Lips (Short)
1928
Chasing Husbands (Short)
1928
Habeas Corpus (Short)
1928
Two Tars (Short)
1928
Should Married Men Go Home? (Short)
1928
Their Purple Moment (Short)
1928
Blow by Blow (Short)
1928
Galloping Ghosts (Short)
1928
All for Nothing (Short)
1927
Never the Dames Shall Meet (Short)
1927
Assistant Wives (Short)
1927
Us (Short)
1927
Now I'll Tell One (Short)
1927
The Lighter That Failed (Short)
1927
The Sting of Stings (Short)
1927
What Women Did for Me (Short) (as Paul Parrott)
1927
Fluttering Hearts (Short)
1927
Bigger and Better Blondes (Short)
1927
Forgotten Sweeties (Short)
1927
A One Mama Man (Short)
1927
Are Brunettes Safe? (Short)
1927
Many Scrappy Returns (Short)
1926
There Ain't No Santa Claus (Short)
1926
On the Front Page (Short)
1926
The Cow's Kimona (Short) (as Paul Parrott)
1925
Should Sailors Marry? (Short)
1924
Don't Forget (Short)
1924
The Fraidy Cat (Short) (as James G. Parrott)
1924
Love's Detour (Short)
1924
Hard Knocks (Short) (as James G. Parrott)
1924
Powder and Smoke (Short)
1924
Just a Minute (Short)
1921
The Pickaninny (Short)
1920
Open the Bars (Short)
Writer
1938
Block-Heads (original story and screen play)
1938
Swiss Miss (screen play)
1937
All Over Town (comedy construction)
1937
Way Out West (screen play)
1936
The Bohemian Girl (uncredited)
1935
Curly Top (contributor to special sequences - uncredited)
1935
Beginner's Luck (Short)
1932
The Chimp (Short) (story - uncredited)
1931
Be Big! (Short) (story - uncredited)
1930
Laughing Gravy (Short) (story - uncredited)
1930
Hog Wild (Short) (story - uncredited)
1930
Blotto (Short) (story - uncredited)
1929
The Hoose-Gow (Short) (story - uncredited)
1928
Should Married Men Go Home? (Short) (writer)
1928
Galloping Ghosts (Short) (scenario)
1926
On the Front Page (Short)
1926
Get 'Em Young (Short)
1926
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (Short)
1926
Should Husbands Pay? (Short)
1926
Along Came Auntie (Short)
1926
Never Too Old (Short)
1926
Say It with Babies (Short) (scenario)
1926
Wandering Papas (Short)
1926
Your Husband's Past (Short)
1925
Laughing Ladies (Short)
1925
Unfriendly Enemies (Short)
1925
Chasing the Chaser (Short)
1923
Take the Air (Short) (scenario - as Paul Parrott)
1923
Sunny Spain (Short) (scenario - as Paul Parrott)
Soundtrack
1935
Sing Sister Sing (Short) (lyrics: "I Wake Up with a Song" - uncredited)
1934
Benny, from Panama (Short) (lyrics: "Now That We're Alone", "We Came to Pay Our Respects" - uncredited)
1934
A Duke for a Day (Short) (lyrics: "I Wake Up with a Song" - uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1973
Laurel und Hardy auf der Jagd nach dem Mammon (director: archive footage)
1934
Four Parts (Short) (double: Charley Chase - uncredited)
1926
He Forgot to Remember (Short) (director: re-takes)
Thanks
2009
Tapped (Documentary) (special thanks)
Archive Footage
1986
The Laurel and Hardy Show (TV Series) as
Prisoner (1986)
References
James Parrott Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA