Emory Parnell
Acting • Born 1892-12-28 – Died 1979-06-22
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
256 credits
Confidentially Connie
Movie • 1953
Mr. Daveney (uncredited)
Disaster
Movie • 1948
Father Mulvaney (uncredited)
The Band Wagon
Movie • 1953
Man on Train (uncredited)
Hot Summer Week
Movie • 1972
Bartender
Pride of the Blue Grass
Movie • 1954
Mr. Casey
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie • 1948
Mr. PeDelford
Strange Triangle
Movie • 1946
Barney Shaefer
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Movie • 1942
Quisling (uncredited)
Triple Trouble
Movie • 1944
Blonde Ice
Movie • 1948
Police Capt. Bill Murdock
The Great McGinty
Movie • 1940
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Mama Loves Papa
Movie • 1945
O'Leary
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie • 1944
Mr. Tuerck
Unmasked
Movie • 1950
'Pop' Swenson
Violence
Movie • 1947
True Dawson
Two O'Clock Courage
Movie • 1945
Insp. Bill Brenner
The Falcon in Hollywood
Movie • 1944
Inspector McBride
Call Me Madam
Movie • 1953
Senator Gallagher
The Falcon in Mexico
Movie • 1944
James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes]
The Falcon's Alibi
Movie • 1946
Metcalf
Casanova Brown
Movie • 1944
Frank, the Bell Captain
Hideout
Movie • 1949
Arnie Anderson
Wilson
Movie • 1944
Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
Movie • 1949
Police Lieutenant at Desk
The Crime Doctor's Courage
Movie • 1945
Police Captain Birch
Footlight Varieties
Movie • 1951
Older Cop
Unholy Partners
Movie • 1941
Colonel Mason
Pardners
Movie • 1956
Col. Hart (uncredited)
I Am the Law
Movie • 1938
Detective Brophy (uncredited)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Movie • 1958
Sheriff Cobus Anders
Let's Go Navy!
Movie • 1951
Police Sgt. Mulloy
Address Unknown
Movie • 1944
Postman
Deadline for Murder
Movie • 1946
Masseur
The Case of the Black Parrot
Movie • 1941
Simmonds
All the World's a Stooge
Movie • 1941
Ajax Bullion
The Rocket Man
Movie • 1954
Big Bill Watkins
Chain Gang
Movie • 1950
Capt. Duncan
Calendar Girl
Movie • 1947
The Mayor
Safari Drums
Movie • 1953
Larry Conrad
Johnny Eager
Movie • 1941
Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited)
That Certain Feeling
Movie • 1956
Senator
Here Comes Trouble
Movie • 1948
Winfield 'Windy' Blake
The Hot Angel
Movie • 1958
Judd Pfeiffer
Young Ideas
Movie • 1943
Judge Canute J. Kelly
To Please a Lady
Movie • 1950
Mr. Wendall
Trail of Robin Hood
Movie • 1950
J. Corwin Aldridge
The Pride of the Yankees
Movie • 1942
Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)
Sued for Libel
Movie • 1939
Jerome Walsh
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Movie • 1944
Haley
Queen of Burlesque
Movie • 1946
Inspector Crowley
Sing Your Way Home
Movie • 1945
Ship's captain
The Young Guns
Movie • 1956
Padgett
A Night of Adventure
Movie • 1944
Judge
Out West with the Peppers
Movie • 1940
Ole
The Two Little Bears
Movie • 1961
Grimshaw Wilkins
Oklahoma Annie
Movie • 1952
Judge Byrnes
Doctor Rhythm
Movie • 1938
Sgt. Olson (uncredited)
The Maltese Falcon
Movie • 1941
Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Key to the City
Movie • 1950
Council Chairman
Sabrina
Movie • 1954
Charles (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
Movie • 1943
Sheriff Dave Larsen
Call of The Yukon
Movie • 1938
Swenson
The Mad Miss Manton
Movie • 1938
Doorman (uncredited)
Riverboat Rhythm
Movie • 1946
Sheriff Martin
Alaska Patrol
Movie • 1949
Capt. Jan Roburt
Rose of the Yukon
Movie • 1949
Tim MacNab
Illegal Traffic
Movie • 1938
Tiny Troubles
Movie • 1939
Officer Clancy
Dreamboat
Movie • 1952
Crazy Sam (uncredited)
All Through the Night
Movie • 1942
Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited)
Show Boat
Movie • 1951
Jake Green (uncredited)
Blondie
Movie • 1938
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trailer
Movie • 1954
Policeman (uncredited)
The McGurk Way
Movie • 1952
Dan McGurk Sr.
Abie's Irish Rose
Movie • 1946
Rabbi Jacob Samuels
Abie's Irish Rose
Movie • 1946
Father John Whalen
The Lady and the Mob
Movie • 1939
Policeman Riley
The Blonde from Singapore
Movie • 1941
Capt. Nelson
The Outlaw
Movie • 1943
Dolan (uncredited)
Words and Music
Movie • 1948
Mr. Feiner
Girls on Probation
Movie • 1938
Officer Craig
Pacific Liner
Movie • 1939
Olaf
Fort Vengeance
Movie • 1953
Patrick Fitzgibbon
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop
Let Freedom Ring
Movie • 1939
Axel (uncredited)
Three Sons o' Guns
Movie • 1941
Man Delivering Radio
East Side of Heaven
Movie • 1939
Doorman (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Foreman (uncredited)
At the Circus
Movie • 1939
Ringmaster (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
Movie • 1939
Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
The House of Fear
Movie • 1939
Policeman
The Spellbinder
Movie • 1939
Club 88 Doorman (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Policeman on Gaylor Ave. (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
Movie • 1939
Gangster (uncredited)
Battle of Rogue River
Movie • 1954
Sgt. McClain
The Day the Bookies Wept
Movie • 1939
Motor Cop (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a V.P.
Movie • 1955
(uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
Movie • 1944
Sheriff Jackson
Artists and Models
Movie • 1955
Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
Gobs and Gals
Movie • 1952
Senator Prentice
Deadline at Dawn
Movie • 1946
Police Captain Bender (uncredited)
London Blackout Murders
Movie • 1943
Henryk Peterson (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Movie • 1951
Billy Reed
Young Tom Edison
Movie • 1940
Bob
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Minor Role (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget
Movie • 1940
Policeman Dempsey (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Movie • 1940
'Mohican' Captain
The Show-Off
Movie • 1946
Mr. Appelton
Arson Racket Squad
Movie • 1938
Chief J.P. Riley
Macao
Movie • 1952
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Highways by Night
Movie • 1942
Police Sergeant Ransome
Saboteur
Movie • 1942
Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)
Jungle Gents
Movie • 1954
Police Captain
Syncopation
Movie • 1942
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie • 1941
Crowley
A Shot in the Dark
Movie • 1941
Marsotti
Hellfire
Movie • 1949
Sheriff Duffy
Gas House Kids Go West
Movie • 1947
Police Sergeat Casey
So Your Wife Wants to Work
Movie • 1956
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
Strike It Rich
Movie • 1948
Carlton
Massacre River
Movie • 1949
Sgt. Johanssen
Summer Holiday
Movie • 1948
Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Movie • 1944
Train Conductor (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
Movie • 1940
George Higgins
Government Girl
Movie • 1943
The Chief (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
Movie • 1942
Dennis Simmons (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing
Movie • 1940
Featherway (uncredited)
Stranger on the Third Floor
Movie • 1940
Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Shadows of Tombstone
Movie • 1953
Sheriff Webb
Rock Island Trail
Movie • 1950
Sen. Wells
I Married a Witch
Movie • 1942
Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)
The Two Gun Teacher
Movie • 1954
Prof. Kleinberg
My True Story
Movie • 1951
Ed Praskins
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Movie • 1949
Mr. Hingleman
Apache Trail
Movie • 1942
Mr. Walters (uncredited)
Lost in Alaska
Movie • 1952
Sherman
So Ends Our Night
Movie • 1941
Weiss
Arabian Nights
Movie • 1942
Harem Sentry
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie • 1941
Senator
Two Señoritas from Chicago
Movie • 1943
Rupert Shannon
The Bounty Killer
Movie • 1965
Sam - Bartender
Winter Carnival
Movie • 1939
Williams - Editor
I Stole a Million
Movie • 1939
Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
Movie • 1942
O'Casey
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie • 1942
Policeman
Little Iodine
Movie • 1946
Mr. Bigdome
Sudden Money
Movie • 1939
Cop
Over My Dead Body
Movie • 1942
Police Capt. Grady
Obliging Young Lady
Movie • 1942
Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited)
Off the Record
Movie • 1939
Policeman (uncredited)
Dangerous Blondes
Movie • 1943
Officer McGuire (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Movie • 1943
Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Movie • 1990
(archive footage)
All That I Have
Movie • 1951
Juror Barstow
Two of a Kind
Movie • 1951
First Deputy (uncredited)
King of Alcatraz
Movie • 1938
Olaf
Once Upon a Time
Movie • 1944
Policeman (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Movie • 1952
Billy Reed
Ma and Pa Kettle
Movie • 1949
Bill Reed
The Monster and the Girl
Movie • 1941
Policeman in Alley
Rancho Notorious
Movie • 1952
Sheriff (uncredited)
On Dress Parade
Movie • 1939
Paddy - Policeman (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie • 1943
Gatekeeper (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Uncaring Businessman (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky
Movie • 1943
Dock Watchman (uncredited)
Cadets on Parade
Movie • 1942
Inspector Kennedy
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
Movie • 1944
Wilson
Nazty Nuisance
Movie • 1943
Capt. Spense
Feather Your Nest
Movie • 1944
Farmer
They All Kissed the Bride
Movie • 1942
Mahoney
Assigned to Danger
Movie • 1948
Sheriff (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
Movie • 1959
Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
Movie • 1946
Bitter Creek (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
Movie • 1942
Conductor #2 (uncredited)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Movie • 1945
You Drive Me Crazy
Movie • 1945
Mr. Hinkledorfer
The Big Beef
Movie • 1945
Mr. Bib
Twelve Crowded Hours
Movie • 1939
Doorkeeper (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans
Movie • 1942
Jensen (uncredited)
Stork Bites Man
Movie • 1947
Alan Kimberly
One Hour To Live
Movie • 1939
Fats Monoham
You Gotta Stay Happy
Movie • 1948
Bank Watchman
The Andromeda Strain
Movie • 1971
Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)
The Hard Way
Movie • 1943
Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
When in Rome
Movie • 1952
Ship's Captain
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Movie • 1954
Mr. Battan (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Movie • 1939
Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
Movie • 1941
Sam Horowitz, Lawyer
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Movie • 1952
Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want to Enjoy Life
Movie • 1952
Joe's Boss (uncredited)
So You Want to Wear the Pants
Movie • 1952
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
So You Never Tell a Lie
Movie • 1952
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Movie • 1946
Joe Alsobrook
How to Be Very, Very Popular
Movie • 1955
Chief of Police
The Fabulous Senorita
Movie • 1952
Dean Bradshaw
Sweethearts on Parade
Movie • 1953
Mayor
Man of the West
Movie • 1958
Henry (uncredited)
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Movie • 1947
(uncredited)
The Devil's Pipeline
Movie • 1940
R.J. Adams
Feathertop
Movie • 1955
Major Whitby
Lost in a Turkish Bath
Movie • 1953
A.J. Corbett
So You Want to Learn to Dance
Movie • 1953
George Blivens - Joe's Boss
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Movie • 1942
Police Chief (uncredited)
Gallant Journey
Movie • 1946
Car Driver (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces
Movie • 1938
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie • 1939
Second Detective (uncredited)
Meet the O'Briens
Movie • 1954
Dad
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
Movie • 1947
O'Reilly
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Movie • 1954
Billy Reed
What, No Cigarettes
Movie • 1945
Man in Line at Drugstore
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Uncle Edward
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Policeman
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Sheriff Blake
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Prospector
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Leo Mann
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Nagel, Defense Counsel
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
The Alaskans
TV • 1959
Navy Log
TV • 1955
Capt. Jurgesson
Lawman
TV • 1958
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Ira Ponder
The Texan
TV • 1958
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Luther Gannon
Lawman
TV • 1958
Hank the Bartender
Boston Blackie
TV • 1951
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
Plain-Clothes Man
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
L.G. Barnes
Maverick
TV • 1957
Cousin Lonnie
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Gunderson
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Sheriff
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Murphy
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Foreman
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Juror
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Ben Day
Maverick
TV • 1957
Hank
Maverick
TV • 1957
Fred Grady
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
Older Man
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Professor Kleinberg
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
TV • 1960
Arab # 1
The Joe Palooka Story
TV • 1954
The Life of Riley
TV • 1949
Clay J. Stevenson
Lawman
TV • 1958
Hank
Maverick
TV • 1957
Bill Anders
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
O'Reilly
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Henry Sawyer
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Simpson
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Hawkins
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Sheriff Blake
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Mr. Oldham
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Police Sergeant at Firing Range
Maverick
TV • 1957
Clarence