Emory Parnell
Acting
1892-12-28 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990 · Movie
Hot Summer Week
1972 · Movie
The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Movie
Medical Center
1969 · Series
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968 · Series
Green Acres
1965 · Series
The Bounty Killer
1965 · Movie
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Series
The Two Little Bears
1961 · Movie
Mister Ed
1961 · Series
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960 · Series
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Series
Dennis the Menace
1959 · Series
The Alaskans
1959 · Series
Alias Jesse James
1959 · Movie
The Hot Angel
1958 · Movie
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
Bat Masterson
1958 · Series
Lawman
1958 · Series
Man of the West
1958 · Movie
The Texan
1958 · Series
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958 · Movie
The Real McCoys
1957 · Series
Maverick
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
Conflict
1956 · Series
The Young Guns
1956 · Movie
Hey, Jeannie!
1956 · Series
Pardners
1956 · Movie
So Your Wife Wants to Work
1956 · Movie
That Certain Feeling
1956 · Movie
Feathertop
1955 · Movie
Artists and Models
1955 · Movie
So You Want to Be a V.P.
1955 · Movie
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Navy Log
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955 · Movie
The Two Gun Teacher
1954 · Movie
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954 · Movie
Jungle Gents
1954 · Movie
Sabrina
1954 · Movie
Meet the O'Briens
1954 · Movie
Battle of Rogue River
1954 · Movie
Pride of the Blue Grass
1954 · Movie
The Rocket Man
1954 · Movie
Public Defender
1954 · Series
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954 · Movie
The Long, Long Trailer
1954 · Movie
The Joe Palooka Story
1954 · Series
Shadows of Tombstone
1953 · Movie
The Band Wagon
1953 · Movie
Sweethearts on Parade
1953 · Movie
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953 · Series
Safari Drums
1953 · Movie
Fort Vengeance
1953 · Movie
So You Want to Learn to Dance
1953 · Movie
Call Me Madam
1953 · Movie
Confidentially Connie
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Lost in a Turkish Bath
1953 · Movie
The Life Of Riley
1953 · Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Series
So You Want to Wear the Pants
1952 · Movie
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
Lost in Alaska
1952 · Movie
So You Never Tell a Lie
1952 · Movie
Dreamboat
1952 · Movie
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 · Movie
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952 · Movie
When in Rome
1952 · Movie
Gobs and Gals
1952 · Movie
Macao
1952 · Movie
Rancho Notorious
1952 · Movie
The Fabulous Senorita
1952 · Movie
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952 · Movie
Oklahoma Annie
1952 · Movie
The McGurk Way
1952 · Movie
I Love Lucy
1951 · Series
All That I Have
1951 · Movie
Boston Blackie
1951 · Series
Let's Go Navy!
1951 · Movie
Show Boat
1951 · Movie
Two of a Kind
1951 · Movie
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951 · Movie
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Series
Footlight Varieties
1951 · Movie
My True Story
1951 · Movie
Trail of Robin Hood
1950 · Movie
Chain Gang
1950 · Movie
To Please a Lady
1950 · Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
County Fair
1950 · Movie
Rock Island Trail
1950 · Movie
Key to the City
1950 · Movie
Unmasked
1950 · Movie
The Life of Riley
1949 · Series
Massacre River
1949 · Movie
Hellfire
1949 · Movie
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 · Movie
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949 · Movie
Alaska Patrol
1949 · Movie
Hideout
1949 · Movie
A Woman's Secret
1949 · Movie
Rose of the Yukon
1949 · Movie
Words and Music
1948 · Movie
Disaster
1948 · Movie
Strike It Rich
1948 · Movie
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Movie
Blonde Ice
1948 · Movie
Assigned to Danger
1948 · Movie
Summer Holiday
1948 · Movie
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Movie
Here Comes Trouble
1948 · Movie
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947 · Movie
Stork Bites Man
1947 · Movie
Gas House Kids Go West
1947 · Movie
Violence
1947 · Movie
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947 · Movie
Calendar Girl
1947 · Movie
Abie's Irish Rose
1946 · Movie
The Show-Off
1946 · Movie
Little Iodine
1946 · Movie
Gallant Journey
1946 · Movie
Queen of Burlesque
1946 · Movie
Deadline for Murder
1946 · Movie
Strange Triangle
1946 · Movie
Badman's Territory
1946 · Movie
The Falcon's Alibi
1946 · Movie
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Movie
Riverboat Rhythm
1946 · Movie
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946 · Movie
Sing Your Way Home
1945 · Movie
The Big Beef
1945 · Movie
You Drive Me Crazy
1945 · Movie
Mama Loves Papa
1945 · Movie
What, No Cigarettes
1945 · Movie
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945 · Movie
Two O'Clock Courage
1945 · Movie
The Crime Doctor's Courage
1945 · Movie
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944 · Movie
Feather Your Nest
1944 · Movie
Tall in the Saddle
1944 · Movie
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Movie
Triple Trouble
1944 · Movie
Casanova Brown
1944 · Movie
The Falcon in Mexico
1944 · Movie
Wilson
1944 · Movie
Once Upon a Time
1944 · Movie
A Night of Adventure
1944 · Movie
Address Unknown
1944 · Movie
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944 · Movie
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944 · Movie
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
1944 · Movie
Government Girl
1943 · Movie
The Unknown Guest
1943 · Movie
Dangerous Blondes
1943 · Movie
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Movie
Nazty Nuisance
1943 · Movie
Young Ideas
1943 · Movie
Mr. Lucky
1943 · Movie
Two Señoritas from Chicago
1943 · Movie
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Movie
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Movie
The Outlaw
1943 · Movie
London Blackout Murders
1943 · Movie
The Hard Way
1943 · Movie
Arabian Nights
1942 · Movie
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 · Movie
Gentleman Jim
1942 · Movie
I Married a Witch
1942 · Movie
Highways by Night
1942 · Movie
The Major and the Minor
1942 · Movie
Apache Trail
1942 · Movie
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Movie
Night in New Orleans
1942 · Movie
They All Kissed the Bride
1942 · Movie
Syncopation
1942 · Movie
Larceny, Inc.
1942 · Movie
Saboteur
1942 · Movie
Obliging Young Lady
1942 · Movie
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 · Movie
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Movie
Cadets on Parade
1942 · Movie
Over My Dead Body
1942 · Movie
All Through the Night
1942 · Movie
Louisiana Purchase
1941 · Movie
Johnny Eager
1941 · Movie
Unholy Partners
1941 · Movie
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Movie
The Blonde from Singapore
1941 · Movie
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 · Movie
Three Sons o' Guns
1941 · Movie
All the World's a Stooge
1941 · Movie
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Movie
A Shot in the Dark
1941 · Movie
The Monster and the Girl
1941 · Movie
So Ends Our Night
1941 · Movie
The Case of the Black Parrot
1941 · Movie
The Devil's Pipeline
1940 · Movie
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Movie
Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Movie
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940 · Movie
The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Movie
The Great McGinty
1940 · Movie
Out West with the Peppers
1940 · Movie
Young Tom Edison
1940 · Movie
Blondie on a Budget
1940 · Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Movie
Invisible Stripes
1939 · Movie
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939 · Movie
On Dress Parade
1939 · Movie
One Hour to Live
1939 · Movie
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Movie
Sued for Libel
1939 · Movie
At the Circus
1939 · Movie
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939 · Movie
They Shall Have Music
1939 · Movie
I Stole a Million
1939 · Movie
The Spellbinder
1939 · Movie
Winter Carnival
1939 · Movie
The House of Fear
1939 · Movie
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
East Side of Heaven
1939 · Movie
The Lady and the Mob
1939 · Movie
Sudden Money
1939 · Movie
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939 · Movie
Let Freedom Ring
1939 · Movie
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939 · Movie
Tiny Troubles
1939 · Movie
Idiot's Delight
1939 · Movie
Off the Record
1939 · Movie
Pacific Liner
1939 · Movie
Blondie
1938 · Movie
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Movie
Illegal Traffic
1938 · Movie
Girls on Probation
1938 · Movie
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Movie
King of Alcatraz
1938 · Movie
I Am the Law
1938 · Movie
Doctor Rhythm
1938 · Movie
Call of The Yukon
1938 · Movie
Arson Racket Squad
1938 · Movie