Emory Parnell
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Emory Parnell (December 29, 1892 – June 22, 1979) was an American vaudeville performer and actor who appeared in over 250 films in his 36-year career. He was nicknamed "The Big Swede" and was sometimes credited as "Emery" or "Parnel".
Seeking better opportunities in Hollywood, Parnell and his wife moved to Los Angeles, California, where, helped by his red-faced Irish look of frustration, he immediately began to appear in films in a variety of role, such as policemen, doormen, landlords, and small town businessmen. One of his first films was Doctor Rhythm (1938).
Although his appearances were often in "B" films, such as the Ma and Pa Kettle series, he also made credible showings in "A" films as well. One notable part was as a Paramount studio executive who sang about avoiding libel suits to open 1941's Louisiana Purchase. Parnell was also part of writer-director Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors in the 1940s, appearing in five of Sturges' films, including The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, where he played the crooked banker, "Mr. Tuerck", the chief antagonist of William Demarest's "Constable Kockenlocker". He also made a memorable appearance as grumpy socialite Ajax Bullion in the Three Stooges short subject All the World's a Stooge.
Movies
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
Hot Summer Week
Bartender
The Andromeda Strain
Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)
The Bounty Killer
Sam - Bartender
The Two Little Bears
Grimshaw Wilkins
Alias Jesse James
Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)
The Hot Angel
Judd Pfeiffer
Man of the West
Henry (uncredited)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Sheriff Cobus Anders
The Young Guns
Padgett
Pardners
Col. Hart (uncredited)
So Your Wife Wants to Work
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
That Certain Feeling
Senator
Feathertop
Major Whitby
Artists and Models
Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a V.P.
(uncredited)
How To Be Very, Very Popular
Chief of Police
The Two Gun Teacher
Prof. Kleinberg
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Mr. Battan (uncredited)
Jungle Gents
Police Captain
Sabrina
Charles
Meet the O'Briens
Dad
Battle of Rogue River
Sgt. McClain
Pride of the Blue Grass
Mr. Casey
The Rocket Man
Big Bill Watkins
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Billy Reed
The Long, Long Trailer
Policeman (uncredited)
Shadows of Tombstone
Sheriff Webb
The Band Wagon
Man on Train (uncredited)
Sweethearts on Parade
Mayor
Safari Drums
Larry Conrad
Fort Vengeance
Patrick Fitzgibbon
So You Want to Learn to Dance
George Blivens - Joe's Boss
Call Me Madam
Senator Gallagher
Confidentially Connie
Mr. Daveney (uncredited)
Lost in a Turkish Bath
A.J. Corbett
So You Want to Wear the Pants
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
Lost in Alaska
Sherman
So You Never Tell a Lie
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
Dreamboat
Crazy Sam (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Billy Reed
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Policeman (uncredited)
When in Rome
Ship's Captain
Gobs and Gals
Senator Prentice
Macao
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
Sheriff (uncredited)
The Fabulous Senorita
Dean Bradshaw
So You Want to Enjoy Life
Joe's Boss (uncredited)
Oklahoma Annie
Judge Byrnes
The McGurk Way
Dan McGurk Sr.
All That I Have
Juror Barstow
Let's Go Navy!
Police Sgt. Mulloy
Show Boat
Jake Green (uncredited)
Two of a Kind
First Deputy (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Billy Reed
Footlight Varieties
Older Cop
My True Story
Ed Praskins
Trail of Robin Hood
J. Corwin Aldridge
Chain Gang
Capt. Duncan
To Please a Lady
Mr. Wendall
Rock Island Trail
Sen. Wells
Key to the City
Council Chairman
Unmasked
'Pop' Swenson
Massacre River
Sgt. Johanssen
Hellfire
Sheriff Duffy
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Mr. Hingleman
Ma and Pa Kettle
Bill Reed
Alaska Patrol
Capt. Jan Roburt
Hideout
Arnie Anderson
A Woman's Secret
Police Lieutenant at Desk
Rose of the Yukon
Tim MacNab
Words and Music
Mr. Feiner
Disaster
Father Mulvaney (uncredited)
Strike It Rich
Carlton
You Gotta Stay Happy
Bank Watchman
Blonde Ice
Police Capt. Bill Murdock
Assigned to Danger
Sheriff (uncredited)
Summer Holiday
Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mr. PeDelford
Here Comes Trouble
Winfield 'Windy' Blake
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
O'Reilly
Stork Bites Man
Alan Kimberly
Gas House Kids Go West
Police Sergeat Casey
Violence
True Dawson
The Guilt of Janet Ames
(uncredited)
Calendar Girl
The Mayor
Abie's Irish Rose
Rabbi Jacob Samuels
The Show-Off
Mr. Appelton
Little Iodine
Mr. Bigdome
Gallant Journey
Car Driver (uncredited)
Queen of Burlesque
Inspector Crowley
Deadline for Murder
Masseur
Strange Triangle
Barney Shaefer
Badman's Territory
Bitter Creek (uncredited)
The Falcon's Alibi
Metcalf
Deadline at Dawn
Police Captain Bender (uncredited)
Riverboat Rhythm
Sheriff Martin
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Joe Alsobrook
Sing Your Way Home
Ship's captain
The Big Beef
Mr. Bib
You Drive Me Crazy
Mr. Hinkledorfer
Mama Loves Papa
O'Leary
What, No Cigarettes
Man in Line at Drugstore
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Two O'Clock Courage
Insp. Bill Brenner
The Crime Doctor's Courage
Police Captain Birch
The Falcon in Hollywood
Inspector McBride
Feather Your Nest
Farmer
Tall in the Saddle
Sheriff Jackson
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Mr. Tuerck
Triple Trouble
Casanova Brown
Frank, the Bell Captain
The Falcon in Mexico
James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes]
Wilson
Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time
Policeman (uncredited)
A Night of Adventure
Judge
Address Unknown
Postman
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Haley
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
Wilson
Government Girl
The Chief (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
Sheriff Dave Larsen
Dangerous Blondes
Officer McGuire (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
Gatekeeper (uncredited)
Nazty Nuisance
Capt. Spense
Young Ideas
Judge Canute J. Kelly
Mr. Lucky
Dock Watchman (uncredited)
Two Señoritas from Chicago
Rupert Shannon
Mission to Moscow
Uncaring Businessman (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited)
The Outlaw
Dolan (uncredited)
London Blackout Murders
Henryk Peterson (uncredited)
The Hard Way
Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
Arabian Nights
Harem Sentry
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Quisling (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
Dennis Simmons (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)
Highways by Night
Police Sergeant Ransome
The Major and the Minor
Conductor #2 (uncredited)
Apache Trail
Mr. Walters (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans
Jensen (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride
Mahoney
Syncopation
Saboteur
Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
O'Casey
Obliging Young Lady
Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Police Chief (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew
Policeman
Cadets on Parade
Inspector Kennedy
Over My Dead Body
Police Capt. Grady
All Through the Night
Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
Sam Horowitz, Lawyer
Johnny Eager
Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited)
Unholy Partners
Colonel Mason
The Maltese Falcon
Ship's Mate (uncredited)
The Blonde from Singapore
Capt. Nelson
Blossoms in the Dust
Senator
Three Sons o' Guns
Man Delivering Radio
All the World's a Stooge
Ajax Bullion
The Lady from Cheyenne
Crowley
A Shot in the Dark
Marsotti
The Monster and the Girl
Policeman in Alley
So Ends Our Night
Weiss
The Case of the Black Parrot
Simmonds
The Devil's Pipeline
R.J. Adams
North West Mounted Police
George Higgins
Foreign Correspondent
'Mohican' Captain
The Golden Fleecing
Featherway (uncredited)
Stranger on the Third Floor
Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Out West with the Peppers
Ole
Young Tom Edison
Bob
Blondie on a Budget
Policeman Dempsey (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Minor Role (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Policeman on Gaylor Ave. (uncredited)
On Dress Parade
Paddy - Policeman (uncredited)
One Hour To Live
Fats Monoham
The Roaring Twenties
Gangster (uncredited)
Sued for Libel
Jerome Walsh
At the Circus
Ringmaster (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
Motor Cop (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)
Winter Carnival
Williams - Editor
The House of Fear
Policeman
Union Pacific
Foreman (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
Doorman (uncredited)
The Lady and the Mob
Policeman Riley
Sudden Money
Cop
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Second Detective (uncredited)
Let Freedom Ring
Axel (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
Doorkeeper (uncredited)
Tiny Troubles
Officer Clancy
Idiot's Delight
Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop
Off the Record
Policeman (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
Olaf
Blondie
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces
Illegal Traffic
Girls on Probation
Officer Craig
The Mad Miss Manton
Doorman (uncredited)
King of Alcatraz
Olaf
I Am the Law
Detective Brophy (uncredited)
Doctor Rhythm
Sgt. Olson (uncredited)
Call of The Yukon
Swenson
Arson Racket Squad
Chief J.P. Riley
TV Series
Medical Center
Mr. Oldham
1 Episode
Mayberry R.F.D.
Older Man
1 Episode
Green Acres
Sheriff Blake
1 Episode
Petticoat Junction
Sheriff Blake
1 Episode
Mister Ed
Murphy
1 Episode
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Arab # 1
1 Episode
The Andy Griffith Show
Uncle Edward
1 Episode
The Alaskans
2 Episodes
Dennis the Menace
O'Reilly
1 Episode
77 Sunset Strip
1 Episode
Bat Masterson
Ira Ponder
1 Episode
Lawman
7 Episodes
The Texan
2 Episodes
The Real McCoys
1 Episode
Maverick
Cousin Lonnie
1 Episode
Perry Mason
Leo Mann
1 Episode
Sugarfoot
Simpson
1 Episode
Hey, Jeannie!
Plain-Clothes Man
1 Episode
Navy Log
Capt. Jurgesson
1 Episode
Cheyenne
Luther Gannon
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Prospector
2 Episodes
Public Defender
Gunderson
1 Episode
The Joe Palooka Story
1 Episode
General Electric Theater
Nagel, Defense Counsel
1 Episode
The Life Of Riley
Foreman
3 Episodes
The Abbott and Costello Show
Sheriff
1 Episode
Four Star Playhouse
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1 Episode
I Love Lucy
Policeman
1 Episode
Boston Blackie
1 Episode
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
2 Episodes
The Life of Riley
Clay J. Stevenson
1 Episode