James Parrott

 

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James Parrott var en regissör, skådespelare och manusförfattare. Hen föddes i Baltimore, Maryland, USA den 2 augusti 1897. James Parrott dog 10 maj 1939, hen blev 41 år. Hen är känd för bland annat County Hospital (1932), Pardon Us (1931), Blotto (1930), The Music Box (1932) och They Go Boom! (1929).

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James Parrott

Född 1897-08-02 (127 år sedan) i Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Död 1939-05-10 (41 år).

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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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