James Parrott
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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 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.
During the 1930s Parrott had acquired serious drinking and drug problems (his diet medications were really addictive amphetamines) and although still able to direct quality shorts, he had developed a reputation as unreliable. 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.
By 1937, Parrott was accepting any jobs that came his way. He could no longer be counted on to direct or write, and relied on his brother to support him financially. There was a brief marriage to Ruby Ellen McCoy in 1937, but as his various addictions worsened, so did his state of mind.
Parrott died at the age of 41 of heart failure. His brother Charley was devastated, and died 13 months later.
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Films (157)
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
1934 · Director
Benny, from Panama
1934 · Director
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
Pardon Us
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
1929 · Director
Lesson No. 1
1929 · Director
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
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
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
Hard Knocks
1924 · Writer, Director
Powder and Smoke
1924 · Director, Writer
Don't Forget
1924 · Director, Writer
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
1923 · Bill Bunion
The Smile Wins
1923
Shoot Straight
1923
Tight Shoes
1923 · The New Clerk
Jailed and Bailed
1923 · Paul (as Paul Parrott)
Paste and Paper
1923
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
1922 · The Newlywed Husband
Face the Camera
1922
Bone Dry
1922
The Landlubber
1922
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
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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