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