James Parrott

Directing •1897-08-01 •Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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 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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2007 •Set Decoration

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

2002 •Director

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1938 •Writer

Swiss Miss

1938 •Screenplay

老瑞和哈迪之西部历险

1937 •Screenplay

The Tin Man

1935 •Director

Sing Sister Sing

1935 •Director

Treasure Blues

1935 •Director

The Misses Stooge

1935 •Director

Do Your Stuff

1935 •Director

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Washee Ironee

1934 •Director

Mixed Nuts

1934 •Director

Benny, from Panama

1934 •Director

Opened by Mistake

1934 •Director

A Duke for a Day

1934 •Director

Twice Two

1933 •Director

Twice Two

1933 •Writer

午夜巡逻

1933 •Writer

音乐盒

1932 •Director

黑猩猩

1932 •Director

县城医院

1932 •Director

好帮手

1932 •Director

Girl Grief

1932 •Director

好帮手

1932 •Writer

音乐盒

1932 •Writer

黑猩猩

1932 •Writer

一误再误

1932 •Writer

Young Ironsides

1932 •Director

Mr. Bride

1932 •Director

Now We'll Tell One

1932 •Director

Hinter Schloss und Riegel

1932 •Director

The Panic Is On

1931 •Director

Rough Seas

1931 •Director

The Pip from Pittsburg

1931 •Director

Monerías

1931 •Director

双宝入狱记

1931 •Director

Come Clean

1931 •Writer

好人有好报

1931 •Writer

Spuk um Mitternacht

1931 •Director

One of the Smiths

1931 •Director

Skip the Maloo!

1931 •Director

What a Bozo!

1931 •Director

La señorita de Chicago

1931 •Director

The King

1930 •Minor Role (uncredited)

Below Zero

1930 •Director

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930 •Director

Night Owls

1930 •Director

老瑞和哈迪之小皮孩儿

1930 •Director

Another Fine Mess

1930 •Director

Blotto

1930 •Director

尽情疯狂

1930 •Director

Noche de duendes

1930 •Director

Tiembla y Titubea

1930 •Director

Ladrones

1930 •Director

La vida nocturna

1930 •Director

老瑞和哈迪之小皮孩儿

1930 •Writer

尽情疯狂

1930 •Story

Radiomanía

1930 •Director

Furnace Trouble

1929 •Director

Lesson No. 1

1929 •Director

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

1929 •Director

Perfect Day

1929 •Director

The Hoose-Gow

1929 •Director

They Go Boom!

1929 •Director

Ruby Lips

1929 •Director

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928 •Director

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928 •Writer

Their Purple Moment

1928 •Director

Two Tars

1928 •Director

Habeas Corpus

1928 •Director

All for Nothing

1928 •Director

Chasing Husbands

1928 •Director

Galloping Ghosts

1928 •Director

Fluttering Hearts

1927 •Director

A One Mama Man

1927 •Director

Now I'll Tell One

1927 •Director

Forgotten Sweeties

1927 •Director

Many Scrappy Returns

1927 •Director

Are Brunettes Safe?

1927 •Director

The Lighter That Failed

1927 •Director

Never the Dames Shall Meet

1927 •Director

Assistant Wives

1927 •Director

The Sting of Stings

1927 •Director

Bigger and Better Blondes

1927 •Director

What Women Did for Me

1927 •Director

Between Meals

1926 •In Trouble

Soft Pedal

1926 •Willing

Pay the Cashier

1926

Don't Butt In

1926 •The Roustabout

Get 'Em Young

1926 •Writer

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926 •Writer

Along Came Auntie

1926 •Writer

Wandering Papas

1926 •Writer

On the Front Page

1926 •Director

On the Front Page

1926 •Writer

There Ain't No Santa Claus

1926 •Director

Say It with Babies

1926 •Writer

Are Parents Pickles?

1925 •Fire Salesman

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925 •The Caretaker (as Jimmie Parrott)

The House of Flickers

1925

Chasing the Chaser

1925 •Writer

Unfriendly Enemies

1925 •Writer

Should Sailors Marry?

1925 •Director

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

Just a Minute

1924 •Writer

Powder and Smoke

1924 •Director

Powder and Smoke

1924 •Writer

Hard Knocks

1924 •Director

Hard Knocks

1924 •Writer

Don't Forget

1924 •Director

Don't Forget

1924 •Writer

Post No Bills

1923 •The Bill Poster

Paste and Paper

1923

The Uncovered Wagon

1923 •Bill Bunion

Shoot Straight

1923

Dear Ol' Pal

1923 •Lucian Dillgiggle

Jailed and Bailed

1923 •Paul (as Paul Parrott)

Watch Your Wife

1923

No Pets

1923

Tight Shoes

1923 •The New Clerk

Join the Circus

1923 •Trainer

Take the Air

1923 •Iron-worker

The Smile Wins

1923

Shine 'Em Up

1922 •Paul, the Hustler

Blaze Away

1922

Harvest Hands

1922 •The Son

The Sleuth

1922 •Bellboy / the Sleuth

The Golf Bug

1922 •Paul

Shiver and Shake

1922 •The Newlywed Husband

Touch all the Bases

1922 •Paul Parrott

The Landlubber

1922

Take Next Car

1922 •Chief Engineer

Bone Dry

1922

Face the Camera

1922

Big Town Ideas

1921 •Spick Spague

The Pickaninny

1921 •Director

Way Out West

1920

His First Flat Tire

1920

Young Mr. Jazz

1919 •(uncredited)

Don't Park Here

1919 •A Car Owner

Count Your Change

1919

An Auto Nut

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

Don't Shove

1919 •Party Guest

Do You Love Your Wife?

1919

Hustling for Health

1919 •Man missing his train

A Sammy in Siberia

1919 •(uncredited)

An Ozark Romance

1918

Hey There

1918

Hit Him Again

1918

Fireman Save My Child

1918

Look Pleasant, Please

1918 •Drunken Swell (uncredited)

Just Rambling Along

1918 •Waiter / Chef Assistant

Bride and Gloom

1918

Let's Go

1918 •Sophisticated gentleman

A Gasoline Wedding

1918

Beat It

1918

The Lamb

1918

It's a Wild Life

1918 •Cab driver

Pipe the Whiskers

1918

Here Come the Girls

1918