Charley Chase — Actor (51)
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One of the Smiths (1931) IMDb TMDB
One of the Smiths
director: James Parrott actor: Charley Chase / James Finlayson …
Charley, representing a manufacturer of musical instruments, is sent to investigate why certain mail orders have not been settled. Charley, carrying multiple bulky instruments, boards a train and gives the conductor, the porter, and the passengers a terrible night as he tries to settle into his upper berth. Arriving at his rural destination of Beaver Dam, Charley masquerades as a hillbilly to track down the missing instruments. At the barn dance, he sings "Handsome Jim."
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Crazy Feet (1929) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Crazy Feet
director: Warren Doane actor: Charley Chase / Thelma Todd …
Charley intervenes in a fight between Eddie and Thelma inside her small car. Cop Kennedy misinterprets things, and Charley hides in the theatre Thelma is rehearsing in. Charley replaces Eddie as Thelma's partner in an artistic dance act, and makes a fiasco of it.
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Is Marriage the Bunk? (1925) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Is Marriage the Bunk?
director: Leo McCarey actor: Charley Chase / Katherine Grant …
Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car—but no matter, they still think he's a drip—as does his wife. Later, when he's given a simple job to do by his boss, he screws it up—and loses face once again with his family.
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Fighting Fluid (1925) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Fighting Fluid
director: Leo McCarey actor: Charley Chase / Pierre Couderc …
Charley Chase plays the type of character he does best, which is a weak nerd who is constantly letting people push him around. This happens at his work when a co-worker sneaks off with the boss's daughter who just happens to be the crush for Charley. After accidentally getting loaded on bootleg whiskey, Charley gets some courage and goes out to get his woman.
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A Ten-Minute Egg (1924) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Ten-Minute Egg
director: Leo McCarey actor: Charley Chase / Ena Gregory …
other title: A Ten Minute Egg
The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure to be reckoned with merely by giving them a business card identifying him as the bouncer of the "Bucket of Blood Cafe."
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Seeing Nellie Home (1924) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Seeing Nellie Home
director: Leo McCarey actor: Charley Chase / Ena Gregory …
The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same time such a simple idea -- Charley shows off by taking a pretty girl back home, wreaks havoc trying to get her in, then discovers that she's married.