James Parrott
American actor and director (1897–1939)
0.56body-of-work score · ranked #1338 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 2, 1897 · Baltimore
- Died
- May 10, 1939 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, comedian, screenwriter, film actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1932 · United States · comedy
National Film Registry (inducted 1997) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.453 citations - 20.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 67 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1922Mixed Nuts
- 1924Don't Forget
- 1924Hard Knocks
- 1924Just a Minute
- 1924Love's Detour
- 1924Powder and Smoke
- 1924The Fraidy Cat
- 1925Should Sailors Marry?
- 1926On the Front Page
- 1926The Cow's Kimono
- 1926There Ain't No Santa Claus
- 1927A One Mama Man
- 1927Are Brunettes Safe?
- 1927Assistant Wives
- 1927Bigger and Better Blondes
- 1927Fluttering Hearts
- 1927Forgotten Sweeties
- 1927Many Scrappy Returns
- 1927Never the Dames Shall Meet
- 1927Now I'll Tell One
- 1927The Lighter That Failed
- 1927The Sting of Stings
- 1927Us
- 1927What Women Did for Me
- 1928Chasing Husbands
- 1928Habeas Corpus
- 1928Should Married Men Go Home?
- 1928Their Purple Moment
- 1928Two Tars
- 1929Perfect Day
- 1929The Hoose-Gow
- 1929They Go Boom
- 1930Another Fine Mess
- 1930Below Zero
- 1930Blotto
- 1930Brats
- 1930Hog Wild
- 1930La vida nocturna
- 1930Ladrones
- 1930Night Owls
- 1930Noche de duendes
- 1930The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
- 1930Tiembla y Titubea
- 1931Be Big!
- 1931De bote en bote
- 1931Los calaveras
- 1931Pardon Us
- 1932County Hospital
- 1932Helpmates
- 1932The Chimp
- 1932The Music Box
- 1933Lui e l'altro
- 1933Twice Two
- 1934Piano... forte
- 1934Washee Ironee
- 1935Treasure Blues
- 1946Fuori da quelle muraglie
- 1960Le disavventure di Stanlio & Ollio
- 1961Ridiamo con Stanlio & Ollio
- 1962Stanlio & Ollio alla riscossa
- 1970Gli allegri legionari
- 1973Per qualche merendina in più
- 1989Gli allegri passaguai
- 1991Stanlio e Ollio - Le comiche di Natale
- —Sing Sister Sing
- —The Misses Stooge
- —The Tin Man