James Parrott

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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

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Shine 'Em Up

1922-11-04

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Paste and Paper

1923-01-13

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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

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The Uncovered Wagon

1923-07-07

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Shoot Straight

1923-03-10

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Blaze Away

1922-12-03

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Harvest Hands

1922-11-19

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Young Mr. Jazz

1919-04-20

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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

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Count Your Change

1919-08-10

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An Auto Nut

1919-01-01

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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

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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

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The Landlubber

1922-09-09

5.1

Hustling for Health

1919-02-02

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The Caretaker's Daughter

1925-10-10

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Sittin' Pretty

1924-09-27

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Take Next Car

1922-07-29

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Bone Dry

1922-09-17

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Look Pleasant, Please

1918-03-10

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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

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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

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Block-Heads

1938-08-19

5.2

Furnace Trouble

1929-02-04

5.2

Lesson No. 1

1929-02-12

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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