Emory Parnell

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.

Known For

Mr. Daveney (uncredited)

Confidentially Connie

Father Mulvaney (uncredited)

Disaster

Man on Train (uncredited)

The Band Wagon

Bartender

Hot Summer Week

Mr. Casey

Pride of the Blue Grass

Mr. PeDelford

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Barney Shaefer

Strange Triangle

Quisling (uncredited)

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Triple Trouble

Police Capt. Bill Murdock

Blonde Ice

Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)

The Great McGinty

O'Leary

Mama Loves Papa

Mr. Tuerck

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

'Pop' Swenson

Unmasked

True Dawson

Violence

Insp. Bill Brenner

Two O'Clock Courage

Inspector McBride

The Falcon in Hollywood

Senator Gallagher

Call Me Madam

James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes]

The Falcon in Mexico

Metcalf

The Falcon's Alibi

Frank, the Bell Captain

Casanova Brown

Arnie Anderson

Hideout

Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)

Wilson

Police Lieutenant at Desk

A Woman's Secret

Police Captain Birch

The Crime Doctor's Courage

Older Cop

Footlight Varieties

Colonel Mason

Unholy Partners

Col. Hart (uncredited)

Pardners

Detective Brophy (uncredited)

I Am the Law

Sheriff Cobus Anders

The Notorious Mr. Monks

Police Sgt. Mulloy

Let's Go Navy!

Postman

Address Unknown

Masseur

Deadline for Murder

Simmonds

The Case of the Black Parrot

Ajax Bullion

All the World's a Stooge

Big Bill Watkins

The Rocket Man

Capt. Duncan

Chain Gang

The Mayor

Calendar Girl

Larry Conrad

Safari Drums

Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited)

Johnny Eager

Senator

That Certain Feeling

Winfield 'Windy' Blake

Here Comes Trouble

Judd Pfeiffer

The Hot Angel

Judge Canute J. Kelly

Young Ideas

Mr. Wendall

To Please a Lady

J. Corwin Aldridge

Trail of Robin Hood

Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

Jerome Walsh

Sued for Libel

Haley

Gildersleeve's Ghost

Inspector Crowley

Queen of Burlesque

Ship's captain

Sing Your Way Home

Padgett

The Young Guns

Judge

A Night of Adventure

Ole

Out West with the Peppers

Grimshaw Wilkins

The Two Little Bears

Judge Byrnes

Oklahoma Annie

Sgt. Olson (uncredited)

Doctor Rhythm

Ship's Mate (uncredited)

The Maltese Falcon

Council Chairman

Key to the City

Charles

Sabrina

Sheriff Dave Larsen

The Unknown Guest

Swenson

Call of The Yukon

Doorman (uncredited)

The Mad Miss Manton

Sheriff Martin

Riverboat Rhythm

Capt. Jan Roburt

Alaska Patrol

Tim MacNab

Rose of the Yukon

Illegal Traffic

Officer Clancy

Tiny Troubles

Crazy Sam

Dreamboat

Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited)

All Through the Night

Jake Green (uncredited)

Show Boat

Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Blondie

Policeman (uncredited)

The Long, Long Trailer

Dan McGurk Sr.

The McGurk Way

Rabbi Jacob Samuels

Abie's Irish Rose

Father John Whalen

Abie's Irish Rose

Policeman Riley

The Lady and the Mob

Capt. Nelson

The Blonde from Singapore

Dolan (uncredited)

The Outlaw

Mr. Feiner

Words and Music

Officer Craig

Girls on Probation

Olaf

Pacific Liner

Patrick Fitzgibbon

Fort Vengeance

Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop

Idiot's Delight

Axel (uncredited)

Let Freedom Ring

Man Delivering Radio

Three Sons o' Guns

Doorman (uncredited)

East Side of Heaven

Foreman (uncredited)

Union Pacific

Ringmaster (uncredited)

At the Circus

Policeman in Rain (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

Policeman

The House of Fear

Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)

The Spellbinder

Policeman on Gaylor Ave. (uncredited)

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Gangster (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

Sgt. McClain

Battle of Rogue River

Motor Cop (uncredited)

The Day the Bookies Wept

(uncredited)

So You Want to Be a V.P.

Sheriff Jackson

Tall in the Saddle

Mr. Kelly (uncredited)

Artists and Models

Senator Prentice

Gobs and Gals

Police Captain Bender (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn

Henryk Peterson (uncredited)

London Blackout Murders

Billy Reed

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

Bob

Young Tom Edison

Minor Role (uncredited)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Policeman Dempsey (uncredited)

Blondie on a Budget

'Mohican' Captain

Foreign Correspondent

Mr. Appelton

The Show-Off

Chief J.P. Riley

Arson Racket Squad

Ship's Captain (uncredited)

Macao

Police Sergeant Ransome

Highways by Night

Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)

Saboteur

Police Captain

Jungle Gents

Syncopation

Crowley

The Lady from Cheyenne

Marsotti

A Shot in the Dark

Sheriff Duffy

Hellfire

Police Sergeat Casey

Gas House Kids Go West

Mr. Batten (uncredited)

So Your Wife Wants to Work

Carlton

Strike It Rich

Sgt. Johanssen

Massacre River

Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited)

Summer Holiday

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

George Higgins

North West Mounted Police

The Chief (uncredited)

Government Girl

Dennis Simmons (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim

Featherway (uncredited)

The Golden Fleecing

Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)

Stranger on the Third Floor

Sheriff Webb

Shadows of Tombstone

Sen. Wells

Rock Island Trail

Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)

I Married a Witch

Prof. Kleinberg

The Two Gun Teacher

Ed Praskins

My True Story

Mr. Hingleman

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Mr. Walters (uncredited)

Apache Trail

Sherman

Lost in Alaska

Weiss

So Ends Our Night

Harem Sentry

Arabian Nights

Senator

Blossoms in the Dust

Rupert Shannon

Two Señoritas from Chicago

Sam - Bartender

The Bounty Killer

Williams - Editor

Winter Carnival

Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited)

I Stole a Million

O'Casey

Larceny, Inc.

Policeman

The Remarkable Andrew

Mr. Bigdome

Little Iodine

Cop

Sudden Money

Police Capt. Grady

Over My Dead Body

Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited)

Obliging Young Lady

Policeman (uncredited)

Off the Record

Officer McGuire (uncredited)

Dangerous Blondes

Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

(archive footage)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

Juror Barstow

All That I Have

First Deputy (uncredited)

Two of a Kind

Olaf

King of Alcatraz

Policeman (uncredited)

Once Upon a Time

Billy Reed

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

Bill Reed

Ma and Pa Kettle

Policeman in Alley

The Monster and the Girl

Sheriff (uncredited)

Rancho Notorious

Paddy - Policeman (uncredited)

On Dress Parade

Gatekeeper

Du Barry Was a Lady

Uncaring Businessman (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Dock Watchman (uncredited)

Mr. Lucky

Inspector Kennedy

Cadets on Parade

Wilson

The Case of the Tremendous Trifle

Capt. Spense

Nazty Nuisance

Farmer

Feather Your Nest

Mahoney

They All Kissed the Bride

Sheriff (uncredited)

Assigned to Danger

Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)

Alias Jesse James

Bitter Creek (uncredited)

Badman's Territory

Conductor #2 (uncredited)

The Major and the Minor

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Mr. Hinkledorfer

You Drive Me Crazy

Mr. Bib

The Big Beef

Doorkeeper (uncredited)

Twelve Crowded Hours

Jensen (Uncredited)

Night in New Orleans

Alan Kimberly

Stork Bites Man

Fats Monoham

One Hour To Live

Bank Watchman

You Gotta Stay Happy

Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)

The Andromeda Strain

Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)

The Hard Way

Ship's Captain

When in Rome

Mr. Battan (uncredited)

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

Sam Horowitz, Lawyer

Louisiana Purchase

Policeman (uncredited)

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Joe's Boss (uncredited)

So You Want to Enjoy Life

Mr. Batten (uncredited)

So You Want to Wear the Pants

Mr. Batten (uncredited)

So You Never Tell a Lie

Joe Alsobrook

Colonel Effingham's Raid

Chief of Police

How To Be Very, Very Popular

Dean Bradshaw

The Fabulous Senorita

Mayor

Sweethearts on Parade

Henry (uncredited)

Man of the West

(uncredited)

The Guilt of Janet Ames

R.J. Adams

The Devil's Pipeline

Major Whitby

Feathertop

A.J. Corbett

Lost in a Turkish Bath

George Blivens - Joe's Boss

So You Want to Learn to Dance

Police Chief (uncredited)

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Car Driver (uncredited)

Gallant Journey

Angels with Dirty Faces

Second Detective (uncredited)

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

206

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-12-28

Place of Birth

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As

Emery Parnell