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James Parrott (1897–1939)

Actor | Director | Writer

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Prolific silent screen comedian under contract to Hal Roach. Increasingly busy as director of two-reel comedies, particularly for Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy from 1928-33. See more trivia »

Born:

James Gibbons Parrott
in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Died:

(age 41) in Hollywood, California, USA

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1934 Washee Ironee (short)
Man walking by laundry
 
1931 Pardon Us
Marching Prisoner Next to Hardy (uncredited)
 
1930 The King (short)
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1926 The Old War-Horse (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1926 Hired and Fired (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1926 The Only Son (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1926 Pay the Cashier (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1926 Soft Pedal (short)
Willing, i.e. the Wizard of Finance (as Paul Parrott)
 
1926 Don't Butt In (short)
The Roustabout (as Paul Parrott)
 
1926 Between Meals (short)
In Trouble (as Paul Parrott)
 
1925 Whispering Lions (short)
Rhino (as Paul Parrott)
 
1925 Are Parents Pickles? (short)
Fire Salesman (as Jimmie Parrott)
 
1925 The Caretaker's Daughter (short)
The Caretaker (as Jimmie Parrott)
 
1924/I The Masked Marvel (short)
Wilfred Flopp (as Paul Parrott)
 
1924 A Deep Sea Panic (short)
A Shanghaied Sailor
 
1924 Sittin' Pretty (short)
Bearded Lunatic
 
1924 Pain as You Enter (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1924 Get Busy (short)
Taller pal (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Join the Circus (short)
Trainer (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Dear Ol' Pal (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Winner Take All (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 No Pets (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923/II Finger Prints (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Take the Air (short)
Iron-worker (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Live Wires (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Post No Bills (short)
The Partner (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 For Guests Only (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 The Uncovered Wagon (short)
Bill Bunion (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Fresh Eggs (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 For Art's Sake (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Sunny Spain (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Speed the Swede (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Good Riddance (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 The Smile Wins (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Get Your Man (short)
The Northwest Mounted Policeman (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Bowled Over (short)
The Challenger (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 For Safe Keeping (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Shoot Straight (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Do Your Stuff (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Tight Shoes (short)
The New Clerk (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 A Loose Tightwad (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Jailed and Bailed (short)
Paul (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Once Over (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Don't Say Die (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Mr. Hyppo (short)
Professor Egg (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Paste and Paper (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Watch Your Wife (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Fire the Fireman (short)
The Fire Department Recruit (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 The White Blacksmith (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Fair Week (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 I'll Take Vanilla (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922/II Blaze Away (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 The Flivver (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Harvest Hands (short)
The Son (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Washed Ashore (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Shine 'Em Up! (short)
Paul, the Hustler (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 The Golf Bug (short)
Paul (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Shiver and Shake (short)
The Newlywed Husband (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Out on Bail (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 The Uppercut (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Face the Camera (short)
 
1922 Soak the Sheik (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Bone Dry (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 The Landlubber (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Wet Weather (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Rough on Romeo (short)
Lionel (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 The Truth Juggler (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Touch All the Bases (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Take Next Car (short)
Chief Engineer (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Busy Bees (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 The Bride-to-Be (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 The Sleuth (short)
Bellboy/house detective (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 A Bed of Roses (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 The Late Lamented (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922/II Friday, the Thirteenth (short)
Superstitious Sammy (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Stand Pat (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Rich Man, Poor Man (short)
The Janitor (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Loose Change (short)
The Son of the Bank President (as Paul Parrott)
 
1922 Try, Try Again (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1921 Big Town Ideas
Spick Sprague
 
1920 Don't Park Here (short)
A Car Owner (as Jimmy Parrott)
 
1920 His First Flat Tire (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1920 Way Out West (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1919 Don't Shove (short)
Party guest
 
1919 Heap Big Chief (short)
 
1919 Chop Suey & Co. (short)
 
1919 Count Your Change (short)
 
1919 A Jazzed Honeymoon (short)
 
1919 At the Old Stage Door (short)
 
1919 Off the Trolley (short)
 
1919 Swat the Crook (short)
 
1919 Pistols for Breakfast (short)
 
1919 Si, Senor (short)
 
1919 Ring Up the Curtain (short)
 
1919 Crack Your Heels (short)
 
1919 Young Mr. Jazz (short)
 
1919 A Sammy in Siberia (short)
 
1919 The Dutiful Dub (short)
 
1919 I'm on My Way (short) (uncredited)
 
1919 Hoot Mon! (short)
 
1919 Ask Father (short)
Willie - Rival Suitor (uncredited)
 
1919 Hustling for Health (short)
Man missing his train (uncredited)
 
1919 Going! Going! Gone! (short)
 
1919 Wanted - $5,000 (short)
 
1919 Do You Love Your Wife?
 
1919 An Auto Nut (short)
The Auto Nut's Lawyer (as Paul Parrott)
 
1918 She Loves Me Not (short)
 
1918 Hear 'Em Rave (short)
 
1918 Just Rambling Along (short)
Waiter/chef assistant
 
1918 Why Pick on Me? (short)
 
1918 No Place Like Jail (short)
 
1918 Two Scrambled (short)
 
1918 Bride and Gloom (short)
 
1918 That's Him (short)
 
1918 Kicking the Germ Out of Germany (short)
 
1918 An Ozark Romance (short)
 
1918 Somewhere in Turkey (short)
 
1918 Sic 'Em, Towser (short)
 
1918 Fireman Save My Child (short)
 
1918 Two-Gun Gussie (short) (uncredited)
 
1918 Kicked Out (short)
 
1918 Hey There (short)
 
1918 It's a Wild Life (short)
 
1918 Pipe the Whiskers (short)
 
1918 Follow the Crowd (short)
 
1918/II On the Jump (short)
 
1918 Let's Go (short)
 
1918 Here Come the Girls (short)
 
1918 Look Pleasant, Please (short)
 
1918 A Gasoline Wedding (short)
 
1918 Beat It (short)
 
1918 Hit Him Again (short)
 
1918 The Lamb (short)
 
1917 The Big Idea
 
1917 An Aerial Joy Ride (short)
 
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1955 The Little Rascals (TV series) (short "Washee Irony")
 
1935 Do Your Stuff (short)
 
1935 The Misses Stooge (short)
 
1935 The Tin Man (short)
 
1935 Sing, Sister, Sing (short)
 
1935 Treasure Blues (short)
 
1934 Opened by Mistake (short)
 
1934 Washee Ironee (short)
 
1934 Benny, from Panama (short)
 
1934 A Duke for a Day (short)
 
1934 Mixed Nuts (short)
 
1933 Twin Screws (short)
 
1933 Twice Two (short)
 
1932 Mr. Bride (short)
 
1932 Now We'll Tell One (short)
 
1932 Girl Grief (short)
 
1932 Young Ironsides (short)
 
1932 County Hospital (short)
 
1932 The Chimp (short)
 
1932 The Music Box (short)
 
1932 Helpmates (short)
 
1931 What a Bozo! (short)
 
1931 Skip the Maloo! (short)
 
1931 Pardon Us
 
1931 The Panic Is On (short)
 
1931 One of the Smiths (short)
 
1931 Spuk um Mitternacht
 
1931 Rough Seas (short)
 
1931 Monerías
 
1931 The Pip from Pittsburg (short)
 
1931 Los presidiarios
 
1931 Glückliche Kindheit (short)
 
1931 Be Big! (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1931 Hinter Schloss und Riegel (short)
 
1931 La señorita de Chicago (short)
 
1931 Muraglie
 
1931 Sous les verrous
 
1930 Another Fine Mess (short)
 
1930 Noche de duendes
 
1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (short)
 
1930 Hog Wild (short)
 
1930 Below Zero (short)
 
1930 La vida nocturna (short)
 
1930 Brats (short)
 
1930 Blotto (short)
 
1930 Night Owls (short)
 
1930 Feu mon oncle
 
1930 Ladrones (short)
 
1930 Radiomanía (short)
 
1930 Tiembla y Titubea (short)
 
1930 Une nuit extravagante (short)
 
1929 The Hoose-Gow (short)
 
1929 They Go Boom! (short)
 
1929 Perfect Day (short)
 
1929 Stewed, Fried and Boiled (short)
 
1929 Happy Birthday (short)
 
1929 Lesson No. 1 (short)
 
1929 Furnace Trouble (short)
 
1929 Ruby Lips (short)
 
1928 Chasing Husbands (short)
 
1928 Habeas Corpus (short)
 
1928 Two Tars (short)
 
1928 Should Married Men Go Home? (short)
 
1928 Their Purple Moment (short)
 
1928 Galloping Ghosts (short)
 
1928 All for Nothing (short)
 
1927 Never the Dames Shall Meet (short)
 
1927 Assistant Wives (short)
 
1927 Us (short)
 
1927 Now I'll Tell One (short)
 
1927 The Lighter That Failed (short)
 
1927 The Sting of Stings (short)
 
1927 What Women Did for Me (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1927 Fluttering Hearts (short)
 
1927 Bigger and Better Blondes (short)
 
1927 Forgotten Sweeties (short)
 
1927 A One Mama Man (short)
 
1927 Are Brunettes Safe? (short)
 
1927 Many Scrappy Returns (short)
 
1926 There Ain't No Santa Claus (short)
 
1926 On the Front Page (short)
 
1926 The Cow's Kimona (short) (as Paul Parrott)
 
1924 Don't Forget (short)
 
1924 The Fraidy Cat (short) (as James G. Parrott)
 
1924 Love's Detour (short)
 
1924 Hard Knocks (short) (as James G. Parrott)
 
1924 Powder and Smoke (short)
 
1924 Just a Minute (short)
 
1921 The Pickaninny (short)
 
1920 Open the Bars (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (22 titles)
1938 Block-Heads (original story and screen play)
 
1938 Swiss Miss (screen play)
 
1937 All Over Town (comedy construction)
 
1937 Way Out West (screen play)
 
1936 The Bohemian Girl (uncredited)
 
1935 Curly Top (contributor to special sequences - uncredited)
 
1928 Should Married Men Go Home? (short) (writer)
 
1928 Galloping Ghosts (short) (writer)
 
1926 On the Front Page (short)
 
1926 Get 'Em Young (short)
 
1926 Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (short)
 
1926 Should Husbands Pay? (short)
 
1926 Along Came Auntie (short)
 
1926 Never Too Old (short)
 
1926 Say It with Babies (short) (scenario)
 
1926 Wandering Papas (short)
 
1926 Your Husband's Past (short)
 
1925 Laughing Ladies (short)
 
1925 Unfriendly Enemies (short)
 
1925 Chasing the Chaser (short)
 
1923 Take the Air (short) (scenario / as Paul Parrott)
 
1923 Sunny Spain (short) (scenario / as Paul Parrott)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1973 Laurel und Hardy auf der Jagd nach dem Mammon (director: archive footage)
 
1934 Four Parts (short) (double: Charley Chase - uncredited)
 
1926 He Forgot to Remember (short) (director: re-takes)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1934 Benny, from Panama (short) (writer: "Now That We're Alone" - uncredited)
 
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James G. Parrott | Jimmie Parrott | Jimmy Parrott | Paul Parrott

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

Prolific silent screen comedian under contract to Hal Roach. Increasingly busy as director of two-reel comedies, particularly for Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy from 1928-33. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo