James Parrott

ArtDirectorWriterActor Aug 1 (died age 41) Baltimore, Maryland, USA 1918–2007 (89 year career)

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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 c…

Known For

Film

The Music Box

Director

Film

Way Out West

Screenplay

Film

Block-Heads

Writer

Film

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Set Decoration

Film

Helpmates

Director

Film

County Hospital

Director

Film

Perfect Day

Director

Film

Hog Wild

Director

Filmography

Acting (59)

Movies (59)

The King

1930

as Minor Role (uncredited)

3.6

Don't Butt In

1926

as The Roustabout

Pay the Cashier

1926

Soft Pedal

1926

as Willing

Between Meals

1926

as In Trouble

Are Parents Pickles?

1925

as Fire Salesman

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925

as The Caretaker (as Jimmie Parrott)

2.7

The House of Flickers

A Deep Sea Panic

Sittin' Pretty

as Bearded Lunatic

Get Busy

as Taller pal

The Smile Wins

Dear Ol' Pal

as Lucian Dillgiggle

Paste and Paper

1923

Join the Circus

1923

as Trainer

Take the Air

1923

as Iron-worker

Shoot Straight

1923

Watch Your Wife

1923

Tight Shoes

1923

as The New Clerk

No Pets

Post No Bills

as The Bill Poster

The Uncovered Wagon

as Bill Bunion

Jailed and Bailed

as Paul (as Paul Parrott)

Take Next Car

1922

as Chief Engineer

Shiver and Shake

1922

as The Newlywed Husband

The Landlubber

Bone Dry

Harvest Hands

as The Son

Blaze Away

Touch all the Bases

as Paul Parrott

The Golf Bug

1922

as Paul

5.5

The Sleuth

1922

as Bellboy / the Sleuth

Face the Camera

Shine 'Em Up

as Paul, the Hustler

Big Town Ideas

as Spick Spague

Way Out West

1920

His First Flat Tire

1920

Do You Love Your Wife?

1919

5.7

Hustling for Health

1919

as Man missing his train

A Sammy in Siberia

as (uncredited)

Young Mr. Jazz

as (uncredited)

Don't Park Here

as A Car Owner

Count Your Change

An Auto Nut

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

Don't Shove

as Party Guest

Pipe the Whiskers

The Lamb

Hey There

A Gasoline Wedding

It's a Wild Life

as Cab driver

Here Come the Girls

An Ozark Romance

Bride and Gloom

Hit Him Again

Look Pleasant, Please

1918

as Drunken Swell (uncredited)

5.0

Beat It

1918

Just Rambling Along

1918

as Waiter / Chef Assistant

5.2

Fireman Save My Child

1918

5.5

Let's Go

1918

as Sophisticated gentleman

Crew (108)

Movies (108)

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

2007

Set Decoration

7.2

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

Director

Block-Heads

Writer

Swiss Miss

Screenplay

Way Out West

Screenplay

The Misses Stooge

Director

Treasure Blues

1935

Director

The Tin Man

1935

Director

7.0

Do Your Stuff

1935

Director

Sing Sister Sing

Director

Benny, from Panama

Director

Washee Ironee

Director

Mixed Nuts

Director

Opened by Mistake

Director

A Duke for a Day

1934

Director

The Midnight Patrol

Writer

Twice Two

Director

Twice Two

Writer

Mr. Bride

Director

Girl Grief

Director

Young Ironsides

Director

The Music Box

Director

The Music Box

Writer

County Hospital

Director

Hinter Schloss und Riegel

Director

The Chimp

Director

The Chimp

Writer

Helpmates

Director

Helpmates

Writer

Their First Mistake

Writer

Now We'll Tell One

Director

Haunted at Midnight

1931

Director

7.8

The lady from Chicago

1931

Director

Pardon Us

Director

What a Bozo!

Director

One of the Smiths

Director

One Good Turn

Writer

Come Clean

Writer

Rough Seas

Director

The Pip from Pittsburg

1931

Director

6.3

Messing Around

1931

Director

Skip the Maloo!

Director

The Panic Is On

Director

Another Fine Mess

Director

Hog Wild

Director

Hog Wild

Story

Blotto

Director

Radiomanía

Director

Thieves

Director

Below Zero

Director

Night of Goblins

Director

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930

Director

6.8

Shivering and Shaking

Director

Night Owls

Director

Brats

Director

Brats

Writer

The Night Life

Director

Perfect Day

Director

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

1929

Director

Lesson No. 1

1929

Director

They Go Boom!

Director

The Hoose-Gow

Director

Furnace Trouble

Director

Ruby Lips

1929

Director

All for Nothing

1928

Director

Two Tars

Director

Their Purple Moment

Director

Chasing Husbands

Director

Habeas Corpus

1928

Director

6.6

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928

Director

6.4

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928

Writer

6.4

Galloping Ghosts

1928

Director

The Sting of Stings

1927

Director

Never the Dames Shall Meet

1927

Director

What Women Did for Me

1927

Director

Are Brunettes Safe?

1927

Director

Many Scrappy Returns

1927

Director

The Lighter That Failed

1927

Director

Assistant Wives

1927

Director

A One Mama Man

1927

Director

Bigger and Better Blondes

1927

Director

Fluttering Hearts

Director

Director

Forgotten Sweeties

Director

Now I'll Tell One

Director

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

Writer

Wandering Papas

Writer

Along Came Auntie

Writer

Get 'Em Young

Writer

Say It with Babies

Writer

On the Front Page

Director

On the Front Page

Writer

There Ain't No Santa Claus

Director

Unfriendly Enemies

Writer

Chasing the Chaser

Writer

Laughing Ladies

Scenario Writer

Should Sailors Marry?

Director

Just a Minute

Director

Just a Minute

Writer

The 'Fraidy Cat

Director

Don't Forget

Director

Don't Forget

Writer

Powder and Smoke

Director

Powder and Smoke

Writer

Hard Knocks

Director

Hard Knocks

Writer

Love's Detour

Director

The Pickaninny

1921

Director