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James G. Parrott, Jimmie Parrott, Jimmy Parrott, Paul Parrott, James Gibbons Parrott
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1897-08-01
- event Death Date 1939-05-10
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 1.7
- info Birth Place Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Big Town Ideas
1921-05-20
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Way Out West
1920-01-01
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Between Meals
1926-01-03
5
Shine 'Em Up
1922-11-04
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Paste and Paper
1923-01-13
5
Post No Bills
1923-08-05
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Are Parents Pickles?
1925-11-08
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An Ozark Romance
1918-07-06
5
The Uncovered Wagon
1923-07-07
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Shoot Straight
1923-03-10
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Blaze Away
1922-12-03
5
Harvest Hands
1922-11-19
5.8
Young Mr. Jazz
1919-04-20
4
Don't Park Here
1920-05-19
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The Sleuth
1922-07-16
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Soft Pedal
1926-01-31
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Dear Ol' Pal
1923-11-11
5.5
The Golf Bug
1922-10-30
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Jailed and Bailed
1923-02-11
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A Deep Sea Panic
1924-09-28
5
Count Your Change
1919-08-10
5
An Auto Nut
1919-01-01
4.3
The King
1930-06-14
6.9
Hey There
1918-04-28
5.5
Don't Shove
1919-08-31
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Shiver and Shake
1922-10-22
5.7
Do You Love Your Wife?
1919-01-05
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Touch all the Bases
1922-08-13
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Watch Your Wife
1923-01-07
3
The Landlubber
1922-09-09
5.1
Hustling for Health
1919-02-02
3.5
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925-10-10
5
Sittin' Pretty
1924-09-27
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Take Next Car
1922-07-29
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Bone Dry
1922-09-17
5
Look Pleasant, Please
1918-03-10
5.5
Fireman Save My Child
1918-05-25
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Hit Him Again
1918-02-17
5.2
Just Rambling Along
1918-11-03
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Pay the Cashier
1926-02-14
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Bride and Gloom
1918-08-18
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His First Flat Tire
1920-01-02
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No Pets
1923-10-07
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Take the Air
1923-09-09
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Tight Shoes
1923-02-25
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Join the Circus
1923-12-02
5
Get Busy
1924-04-27
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Don't Butt In
1926-01-17
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The Smile Wins
1923-04-08
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The House of Flickers
1925-03-15
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Face the Camera
1922-10-01
5.2
A Sammy in Siberia
1919-04-06
movie_edit Directing
5.2
Block-Heads
1938-08-19
5.2
Furnace Trouble
1929-02-04
5.2
Lesson No. 1
1929-02-12
5.2
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929-03-29
5.2
The Music Box
1932-04-16
5.2
Below Zero
1930-04-26
5.2
The Chimp
1932-05-21
5.2
County Hospital
1932-06-25
5.2
Perfect Day
1929-08-10
5.2
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930-08-08
5.2
Fluttering Hearts
1927-06-19
5.2
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928-09-08
5.2
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928-09-08
5.2
Night Owls
1930-01-04
5.2
Their Purple Moment
1928-05-19
5.2
Brats
1930-03-22
5.2
Another Fine Mess
1930-11-29
5.2
Helpmates
1932-01-23
5.2
Blotto
1930-02-08
5.2
Two Tars
1928-11-03
5.2
The Hoose-Gow
1929-11-16
5.2
Twice Two
1933-02-25
5.2
Habeas Corpus
1928-12-01
5.2
Hog Wild
1930-05-31
5.2
They Go Boom!
1929-09-21
5.2
Night of Goblins
1930-10-16
5.2
Get 'Em Young
1926-10-31
5.2
A One Mama Man
1927-03-06
5.2
Shivering and Shaking
1930-04-28
5.2
Washee Ironee
1934-11-13
5.2
The 'Fraidy Cat
1924-03-29
5.2
Thieves
1930-01-07
5.2
Mixed Nuts
1934-02-16
5.2
Now I'll Tell One
1927-10-04
5.2
The Panic Is On
1931-08-14
5.2
Forgotten Sweeties
1927-04-10
5.2
Rough Seas
1931-04-24
5.2
Girl Grief
1932-10-08
5.2
The Pip from Pittsburg
1931-03-21
5.2
The Tin Man
1935-03-30
5.2
Benny, from Panama
1934-05-26
5.2
Opened by Mistake
1934-10-05
5.2
Sing Sister Sing
1935-03-02
5.2
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926-10-02
5.2
A Duke for a Day
1934-05-12
5.2
Treasure Blues
1935-01-26
5.2
The Misses Stooge
1935-04-20
5.2
Chasing the Chaser
1925-07-04
5.2
The Night Life
1930-04-19
5.2
Unfriendly Enemies
1925-09-13
5.2
Along Came Auntie
1926-07-25
5.2
Way Out West
1937-04-16
5.2
Love's Detour
1924-03-09
5.2
The Lighter That Failed
1927-10-01
5.2
Many Scrappy Returns
1927-01-09
5.2
Are Brunettes Safe?
1927-02-06
5.2
Never the Dames Shall Meet
1927-12-24
5.2
All for Nothing
1928-01-21
5.2
Ruby Lips
1929-01-19
5.2
Messing Around
1931-04-08
5.2
Pardon Us
1931-08-15
5.2
Brats
1930-03-22
5.2
Hog Wild
1930-05-31
5.2
One Good Turn
1931-10-31
5.2
Come Clean
1931-09-02
5.2
Helpmates
1932-01-23
5.2
The Chimp
1932-05-21
5.2
The Music Box
1932-04-16
5.2
Twice Two
1933-02-25
5.2
Their First Mistake
1932-11-05
5.2
The Midnight Patrol
1933-08-03
5.2
Wandering Papas
1926-02-21
5.2
On the Front Page
1926-11-28
5.2
On the Front Page
1926-11-28
5.2
The Pickaninny
1921-12-04
5.2
Young Ironsides
1932-09-02
5.2
Just a Minute
1924-02-02
5.2
Just a Minute
1924-02-02
5.2
Powder and Smoke
1924-02-02
5.2
Powder and Smoke
1924-02-02
5.2
Hard Knocks
1924-02-02
5.2
Hard Knocks
1924-02-02
5.2
Don't Forget
1924-02-02
5.2
Don't Forget
1924-02-02
5.2
Mr. Bride
1932-12-24
5.2
Do Your Stuff
1935-06-15
5.2
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926-12-12
5.2
Radiomanía
1930-07-19
5.2
Us
1927-08-08
5.2
Assistant Wives
1927-08-08
5.2
The Sting of Stings
1927-09-03
5.2
Haunted at Midnight
1931-05-21
5.2
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002-01-22
5.2
Swiss Miss
1938-05-20
5.2
Skip the Maloo!
1931-09-03
5.2
What a Bozo!
1931-11-07
5.2
The lady from Chicago
1931-03-22
5.2
One of the Smiths
1931-05-23
5.2
Should Sailors Marry?
1925-11-08
5.2
Now We'll Tell One
1932-11-19
5.2
Chasing Husbands
1928-12-22
5.2
Bigger and Better Blondes
1927-05-15
5.2
What Women Did for Me
1927-08-14
5.2
Say It with Babies
1926-05-16
5.2
Laughing Ladies
1925-01-01
5.2
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007-05-18