Acting
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Man
28 Dec 1892
22 Jun 1979 (86)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Emory Parnell
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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) |
1972 | Hot Summer Week | Bartender |
1971 | The Andromeda Strain | Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited) |
1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Older Man |
1965 | Green Acres | Sheriff Blake |
1965 | The Bounty Killer | Sam - Bartender |
1963 | Petticoat Junction | Sheriff Blake |
1961 | Mister Ed | Murphy |
1961 | The Two Little Bears | Grimshaw Wilkins |
1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Uncle Edward |
1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Juror |
1960 | The Case of the Dangerous Robin | Arab # 1 |
1959 | Dennis the Menace | O'Reilly |
1959 | Alias Jesse James | Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited) |
1959 | The Alaskans | |
1958 | Man of the West | Henry (uncredited) |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
1958 | Bat Masterson | Ira Ponder |
1958 | Lawman | |
1958 | Lawman | Hank the Bartender |
1958 | Lawman | Hank |
1958 | The Texan | |
1958 | The Hot Angel | Judd Pfeiffer |
1958 | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Sheriff Cobus Anders |
1957 | Perry Mason | Leo Mann |
1957 | Maverick | |
1957 | Maverick | Cousin Lonnie |
1957 | Maverick | Hank |
1957 | Maverick | Fred Grady |
1957 | Maverick | Bill Anders |
1957 | The Real McCoys | |
1957 | Sugarfoot | Simpson |
1956 | Pardners | Col. Hart (uncredited) |
1956 | That Certain Feeling | Senator |
1956 | The Young Guns | Padgett |
1956 | Hey, Jeannie! | Plain-Clothes Man |
1956 | Hey, Jeannie! | L.G. Barnes |
1956 | So Your Wife Wants to Work | Mr. Batten (uncredited) |
1955 | Artists and Models | Mr. Kelly (uncredited) |
1955 | Gunsmoke | Prospector |
1955 | Cheyenne | Luther Gannon |
1955 | Cheyenne | Henry Sawyer |
1955 | The Looters | Joe Sr. (unconfirmed) |
1955 | How To Be Very, Very Popular | Chief of Police |
1955 | Navy Log | |
1955 | So You Want to Be a V.P. | (uncredited) |
1954 | Sabrina | Charles |
1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Policeman (uncredited) |
1954 | Battle of Rogue River | Sgt. McClain |
1954 | The Rocket Man | Big Bill Watkins |
1954 | Jungle Gents | Police Captain |
1954 | Public Defender | Gunderson |
1954 | Pride of the Blue Grass | Mr. Casey |
1954 | The Two Gun Teacher | Prof. Kleinberg |
1954 | So You Want to Know Your Relatives | Mr. Battan (uncredited) |
1954 | The Joe Palooka Story | |
1953 | The Band Wagon | Man on Train (uncredited) |
1953 | Call Me Madam | Senator Gallagher |
1953 | Fort Vengeance | Patrick Fitzgibbon |
1953 | Confidentially Connie | Mr. Daveney (uncredited) |
1953 | Safari Drums | Larry Conrad |
1953 | General Electric Theater | Nagel, Defense Counsel |
1953 | General Electric Theater | Ben Day |
1953 | The Life Of Riley | Foreman |
1953 | The Life Of Riley | Hawkins |
1953 | The Life Of Riley | |
1953 | Shadows of Tombstone | Sheriff Webb |
1953 | Sweethearts on Parade | Mayor |
1952 | Rancho Notorious | Sheriff (uncredited) |
1952 | Macao | Ship's Captain (uncredited) |
1952 | Lost in Alaska | Sherman |
1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Sheriff |
1952 | Dreamboat | Crazy Sam |
1952 | Has Anybody Seen My Gal? | Policeman (uncredited) |
1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Billy Reed |
1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
1952 | Oklahoma Annie | Judge Byrnes |
1952 | So You Want to Enjoy Life | Joe's Boss (uncredited) |
1952 | So You Want to Wear the Pants | Mr. Batten (uncredited) |
1952 | The Fabulous Senorita | Dean Bradshaw |
1952 | The McGurk Way | Dan McGurk Sr. |
1952 | Gobs and Gals | Senator Prentice |
1952 | When in Rome | Ship's Captain |
1952 | So You Never Tell a Lie | Mr. Batten (uncredited) |
1951 | I Love Lucy | Policeman |
1951 | Show Boat | Jake Green (uncredited) |
1951 | Two of a Kind | First Deputy (uncredited) |
1951 | Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | Billy Reed |
1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | |
1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Professor Kleinberg |
1951 | My True Story | Ed Praskins |
1951 | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | |
1951 | Footlight Varieties | Older Cop |
1951 | Let's Go Navy! | Police Sgt. Mulloy |
1951 | All That I Have | Juror Barstow |
1950 | To Please a Lady | Mr. Wendall |
1950 | Unmasked | 'Pop' Swenson |
1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
1950 | Key to the City | Council Chairman |
1950 | Rock Island Trail | Sen. Wells |
1950 | Chain Gang | Capt. Duncan |
1950 | Trail of Robin Hood | J. Corwin Aldridge |
1949 | A Woman's Secret | Police Lieutenant at Desk |
1949 | Ma and Pa Kettle | Bill Reed |
1949 | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Mr. Hingleman |
1949 | Hellfire | Sheriff Duffy |
1949 | Hideout | Arnie Anderson |
1949 | Massacre River | Sgt. Johanssen |
1949 | The Life of Riley | Clay J. Stevenson |
1949 | Alaska Patrol | Capt. Jan Roburt |
1949 | Rose of the Yukon | Tim MacNab |
1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Mr. PeDelford |
1948 | Blonde Ice | Police Capt. Bill Murdock |
1948 | Words and Music | Mr. Feiner |
1948 | You Gotta Stay Happy | Bank Watchman |
1948 | Summer Holiday | Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited) |
1948 | Here Comes Trouble | Winfield 'Windy' Blake |
1948 | Assigned to Danger | Sheriff (uncredited) |
1948 | Disaster | Father Mulvaney (uncredited) |
1948 | Strike It Rich | Carlton |
1947 | Violence | True Dawson |
1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames | (uncredited) |
1947 | Calendar Girl | The Mayor |
1947 | Gas House Kids Go West | Police Sergeat Casey |
1947 | Stork Bites Man | Alan Kimberly |
1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Police Captain Bender (uncredited) |
1946 | Strange Triangle | Barney Shaefer |
1946 | The Falcon's Alibi | Metcalf |
1946 | Badman's Territory | Bitter Creek (uncredited) |
1946 | Colonel Effingham's Raid | Joe Alsobrook |
1946 | Riverboat Rhythm | Sheriff Martin |
1946 | The Show-Off | Mr. Appelton |
1946 | Little Iodine | Mr. Bigdome |
1946 | Deadline for Murder | Masseur |
1946 | Queen of Burlesque | Inspector Crowley |
1946 | Abie's Irish Rose | Rabbi Jacob Samuels |
1946 | Abie's Irish Rose | Father John Whalen |
1945 | Two O'Clock Courage | Insp. Bill Brenner |
1945 | The Crime Doctor's Courage | Police Captain Birch |
1945 | Sing Your Way Home | Ship's captain |
1945 | Mama Loves Papa | O'Leary |
1945 | It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | |
1945 | You Drive Me Crazy | Mr. Hinkledorfer |
1945 | The Big Beef | Mr. Bib |
1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Sheriff Jackson |
1944 | Wilson | Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited) |
1944 | Address Unknown | Postman |
1944 | Casanova Brown | Frank, the Bell Captain |
1944 | The Falcon in Hollywood | Inspector McBride |
1944 | Once Upon a Time | Policeman (uncredited) |
1944 | The Falcon in Mexico | James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes] |
1944 | Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
1944 | A Night of Adventure | Judge |
1944 | Gildersleeve's Ghost | Haley |
1944 | Triple Trouble | |
1944 | The Case of the Tremendous Trifle | Wilson |
1944 | Feather Your Nest | Farmer |
1943 | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Mr. Tuerck |
1943 | The Outlaw | Dolan (uncredited) |
1943 | Mr. Lucky | Dock Watchman (uncredited) |
1943 | The Hard Way | Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited) |
1943 | Mission to Moscow | Uncaring Businessman (uncredited) |
1943 | Du Barry was a Lady | Gatekeeper |
1943 | Nazty Nuisance | Capt. Spense |
1943 | Government Girl | The Chief (uncredited) |
1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited) |
1943 | Dangerous Blondes | Officer McGuire (uncredited) |
1943 | Young Ideas | Judge Canute J. Kelly |
1943 | London Blackout Murders | Henryk Peterson (uncredited) |
1943 | Two Señoritas from Chicago | Rupert Shannon |
1943 | The Unknown Guest | Sheriff Dave Larsen |
1942 | Saboteur | Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited) |
1942 | I Married a Witch | Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited) |
1942 | The Major and the Minor | Conductor #2 (uncredited) |
1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited) |
1942 | Gentleman Jim | Dennis Simmons (uncredited) |
1942 | All Through the Night | Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited) |
1942 | Arabian Nights | Harem Sentry |
1942 | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Quisling (uncredited) |
1942 | Larceny, Inc. | O'Casey |
1942 | They All Kissed the Bride | Mahoney |
1942 | Apache Trail | Mr. Walters (uncredited) |
1942 | Syncopation | |
1942 | Night in New Orleans | Jensen (Uncredited) |
1942 | Highways by Night | Police Sergeant Ransome |
1942 | The Remarkable Andrew | Policeman |
1942 | Obliging Young Lady | Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited) |
1942 | Cadets on Parade | Inspector Kennedy |
1942 | Over My Dead Body | Police Capt. Grady |
1941 | The Maltese Falcon | Ship's Mate (uncredited) |
1941 | Johnny Eager | Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited) |
1941 | Blossoms in the Dust | Senator |
1941 | The Monster and the Girl | Policeman in Alley |
1941 | All the World's a Stooge | Ajax Bullion |
1941 | So Ends Our Night | Weiss |
1941 | Louisiana Purchase | Sam Horowitz, Lawyer |
1941 | A Shot in the Dark | Marsotti |
1941 | Unholy Partners | Colonel Mason |
1941 | The Case of the Black Parrot | Simmonds |
1941 | The Blonde from Singapore | Capt. Nelson |
1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Crowley |
1941 | Three Sons o' Guns | Man Delivering Radio |
1940 | Foreign Correspondent | 'Mohican' Captain |
1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor | Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited) |
1940 | The Great McGinty | Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited) |
1940 | North West Mounted Police | George Higgins |
1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Minor Role (uncredited) |
1940 | Young Tom Edison | Bob |
1940 | Blondie on a Budget | Policeman Dempsey (uncredited) |
1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Featherway (uncredited) |
1940 | Out West with the Peppers | Ole |
1940 | The Devil's Pipeline | R.J. Adams |
1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Gangster (uncredited) |
1939 | At the Circus | Ringmaster (uncredited) |
1939 | Union Pacific | Foreman (uncredited) |
1939 | Invisible Stripes | Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited) |
1939 | The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Policeman on Gaylor Ave. (uncredited) |
1939 | Pacific Liner | Olaf |
1939 | Idiot's Delight | Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop |
1939 | They Shall Have Music | Policeman in Rain (uncredited) |
1939 | East Side of Heaven | Doorman (uncredited) |
1939 | Sued for Libel | Jerome Walsh |
1939 | Off the Record | Policeman (uncredited) |
1939 | The Lady and the Mob | Policeman Riley |
1939 | Let Freedom Ring | Axel (uncredited) |
1939 | On Dress Parade | Paddy - Policeman (uncredited) |
1939 | Twelve Crowded Hours | Doorkeeper (uncredited) |
1939 | Tiny Troubles | Officer Clancy |
1939 | The House of Fear | Policeman |
1939 | The Spellbinder | Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited) |
1939 | The Day the Bookies Wept | Motor Cop (uncredited) |
1939 | Winter Carnival | Williams - Editor |
1939 | I Stole a Million | Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited) |
1939 | Sudden Money | Cop |
1939 | One Hour To Live | Fats Monoham |
1938 | The Mad Miss Manton | Doorman (uncredited) |
1938 | I Am the Law | Detective Brophy (uncredited) |
1938 | Blondie | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
1938 | Girls on Probation | Officer Craig |
1938 | Call of The Yukon | Swenson |
1938 | Illegal Traffic | |
1938 | King of Alcatraz | Olaf |
1938 | Doctor Rhythm | Sgt. Olson (uncredited) |
1938 | Arson Racket Squad | Chief J.P. Riley |