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