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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, 1892-12-28

Died: 1979-06-22

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Life of Riley	Clay J. Stevenson	75
2	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
3	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
4	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Professor Kleinberg	45
5	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie		40
6	1951	I Love Lucy	Policeman	79
7	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	63
8	1952	The Abbott and Costello Show	Sheriff	71
9	1952	The Abbott and Costello Show	Police Sergeant at Firing Range	71
10	1953	The Life Of Riley	Foreman	60
11	1953	The Life Of Riley	Hawkins	60
12	1953	The Life Of Riley		60
13	1953	General Electric Theater	Nagel, Defense Counsel	63
14	1953	General Electric Theater	Ben Day	63
15	1954	The Joe Palooka Story		0
16	1954	Public Defender	Gunderson	60
17	1955	Gunsmoke	Prospector	66
18	1955	Navy Log		45
19	1955	Cheyenne	Luther Gannon	58
20	1955	Cheyenne	Henry Sawyer	58
21	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Plain-Clothes Man	55
22	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	L.G. Barnes	55
23	1957	Sugarfoot	Simpson	48
24	1957	Perry Mason	Leo Mann	77
25	1957	Maverick		68
26	1957	Maverick	Cousin Lonnie	68
27	1957	Maverick	Hank	68
28	1957	Maverick	Fred Grady	68
29	1957	Maverick	Bill Anders	68
30	1957	The Real McCoys		56
31	1958	The Texan		55
32	1958	Lawman		56
33	1958	Lawman	Hank the Bartender	56
34	1958	Lawman	Hank	56
35	1958	Bat Masterson	Ira Ponder	61
36	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
37	1959	The Alaskans		55
38	1959	Dennis the Menace	O'Reilly	65
39	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Uncle Edward	76
40	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Juror	76
41	1960	The Case of the Dangerous Robin	Arab # 1	0
42	1961	Mister Ed	Murphy	68
43	1963	Petticoat Junction	Sheriff Blake	58
44	1965	Green Acres	Sheriff Blake	73
45	1968	Mayberry R.F.D.	Older Man	57
46	1969	Medical Center	Mr. Oldham	61

Emory Parnell

Film

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1938	Arson Racket Squad	Chief J.P. Riley	0
2	1938	Call of The Yukon	Swenson	47
3	1938	Doctor Rhythm	Sgt. Olson (uncredited)	60
4	1938	I Am the Law	Detective Brophy (uncredited)	66
5	1938	King of Alcatraz	Olaf	57
6	1938	The Mad Miss Manton	Doorman (uncredited)	64
7	1938	Girls on Probation	Officer Craig	59
8	1938	Illegal Traffic		65
9	1938	Angels with Dirty Faces		75
10	1938	Blondie	Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	71
11	1939	Pacific Liner	Olaf	53
12	1939	Off the Record	Policeman (uncredited)	60
13	1939	Idiot's Delight	Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop	61
14	1939	Tiny Troubles	Officer Clancy	60
15	1939	Twelve Crowded Hours	Doorkeeper (uncredited)	52
16	1939	Let Freedom Ring	Axel (uncredited)	60
17	1939	You Can't Get Away with Murder	Second Detective (uncredited)	56
18	1939	Sudden Money	Cop	50
19	1939	The Lady and the Mob	Policeman Riley	63
20	1939	East Side of Heaven	Doorman (uncredited)	71
21	1939	Union Pacific	Foreman (uncredited)	65
22	1939	The House of Fear	Policeman	65
23	1939	The Spellbinder	Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)	60
24	1939	Winter Carnival	Williams - Editor	60
25	1939	I Stole a Million	Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited)	60
26	1939	They Shall Have Music	Policeman in Rain (uncredited)	61
27	1939	The Day the Bookies Wept	Motor Cop (uncredited)	50
28	1939	At the Circus	Ringmaster (uncredited)	63
29	1939	Sued for Libel	Jerome Walsh	54
30	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Gangster (uncredited)	75
31	1939	One Hour To Live	Fats Monoham	0
32	1939	On Dress Parade	Paddy - Policeman (uncredited)	65
33	1939	The Secret of Dr. Kildare	Policeman on Gaylor Ave. (uncredited)	56
34	1939	Invisible Stripes	Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)	63
35	1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Minor Role (uncredited)	70
36	1940	Blondie on a Budget	Policeman Dempsey (uncredited)	60
37	1940	Young Tom Edison	Bob	56
38	1940	Out West with the Peppers	Ole	57
39	1940	The Great McGinty	Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)	69
40	1940	Foreign Correspondent	'Mohican' Captain	70
41	1940	The Golden Fleecing	Featherway (uncredited)	53
42	1940	Stranger on the Third Floor	Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)	65
43	1940	North West Mounted Police	George Higgins	63
44	1940	The Devil's Pipeline	R.J. Adams	60
45	1941	The Case of the Black Parrot	Simmonds	54
46	1941	So Ends Our Night	Weiss	62
47	1941	The Monster and the Girl	Policeman in Alley	58
48	1941	A Shot in the Dark	Marsotti	50
49	1941	The Lady from Cheyenne	Crowley	52
50	1941	All the World's a Stooge	Ajax Bullion	65
51	1941	Three Sons o' Guns	Man Delivering Radio	50
52	1941	Blossoms in the Dust	Senator	66
53	1941	The Blonde from Singapore	Capt. Nelson	50
54	1941	The Maltese Falcon	Ship's Mate (uncredited)	77
55	1941	Unholy Partners	Colonel Mason	70
56	1941	Johnny Eager	Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited)	61
57	1941	Louisiana Purchase	Sam Horowitz, Lawyer	66
58	1942	All Through the Night	Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited)	70
59	1942	Over My Dead Body	Police Capt. Grady	0
60	1942	Cadets on Parade	Inspector Kennedy	60
61	1942	The Remarkable Andrew	Policeman	82
62	1942	Two Yanks in Trinidad	Police Chief (uncredited)	20
63	1942	Obliging Young Lady	Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited)	50
64	1942	Saboteur	Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)	69
65	1942	Larceny, Inc.	O'Casey	69
66	1942	Syncopation		62
67	1942	They All Kissed the Bride	Mahoney	58
68	1942	Night in New Orleans	Jensen (Uncredited)	40
69	1942	The Pride of the Yankees	Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)	74
70	1942	Apache Trail	Mr. Walters (uncredited)	64
71	1942	The Major and the Minor	Conductor #2 (uncredited)	70
72	1942	Highways by Night	Police Sergeant Ransome	60
73	1942	I Married a Witch	Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)	68
74	1942	Gentleman Jim	Dennis Simmons (uncredited)	72
75	1942	Once Upon a Honeymoon	Quisling (uncredited)	62
76	1942	Arabian Nights	Harem Sentry	60
77	1943	The Hard Way	Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)	66
78	1943	London Blackout Murders	Henryk Peterson (uncredited)	50
79	1943	The Outlaw	Dolan (uncredited)	54
80	1943	Slightly Dangerous	Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited)	60
81	1943	Mission to Moscow	Uncaring Businessman (uncredited)	53
82	1943	Two Señoritas from Chicago	Rupert Shannon	60
83	1943	Mr. Lucky	Dock Watchman (uncredited)	70
84	1943	Young Ideas	Judge Canute J. Kelly	46
85	1943	Nazty Nuisance	Capt. Spense	37
86	1943	Du Barry Was a Lady	Gatekeeper	61
87	1943	Dangerous Blondes	Officer McGuire (uncredited)	60
88	1943	The Unknown Guest	Sheriff Dave Larsen	0
89	1943	Government Girl	The Chief (uncredited)	52
90	1944	The Case of the Tremendous Trifle	Wilson	0
91	1944	Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble	Train Conductor (uncredited)	58
92	1944	Address Unknown	Postman	64
93	1944	Gildersleeve's Ghost	Haley	50
94	1944	A Night of Adventure	Judge	51
95	1944	Once Upon a Time	Policeman (uncredited)	58
96	1944	Wilson	Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)	55
97	1944	The Falcon in Mexico	James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes]	53
98	1944	Casanova Brown	Frank, the Bell Captain	63
99	1944	Triple Trouble		0
100	1944	The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek	Mr. Tuerck	68
101	1944	Tall in the Saddle	Sheriff Jackson	65
102	1944	Feather Your Nest	Farmer	0
103	1944	The Falcon in Hollywood	Inspector McBride	60
104	1945	The Crime Doctor's Courage	Police Captain Birch	54
105	1945	Two O'Clock Courage	Insp. Bill Brenner	61
106	1945	It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog		0
107	1945	Mama Loves Papa	O'Leary	0
108	1945	You Drive Me Crazy	Mr. Hinkledorfer	0
109	1945	The Big Beef	Mr. Bib	0
110	1945	Sing Your Way Home	Ship's captain	52
111	1946	Colonel Effingham's Raid	Joe Alsobrook	57
112	1946	Riverboat Rhythm	Sheriff Martin	50
113	1946	Deadline at Dawn	Police Captain Bender (uncredited)	63
114	1946	The Falcon's Alibi	Metcalf	52
115	1946	Badman's Territory	Bitter Creek (uncredited)	57
116	1946	Strange Triangle	Barney Shaefer	36
117	1946	Deadline for Murder	Masseur	0
118	1946	Queen of Burlesque	Inspector Crowley	0
119	1946	Gallant Journey	Car Driver (uncredited)	61
120	1946	Little Iodine	Mr. Bigdome	30
121	1946	The Show-Off	Mr. Appelton	70
122	1946	Abie's Irish Rose	Rabbi Jacob Samuels	0
123	1946	Abie's Irish Rose	Father John Whalen	0
124	1947	Calendar Girl	The Mayor	54
125	1947	The Guilt of Janet Ames	(uncredited)	57
126	1947	Violence	True Dawson	52
127	1947	Gas House Kids Go West	Police Sergeat Casey	60
128	1947	Stork Bites Man	Alan Kimberly	0
129	1948	Here Comes Trouble	Winfield 'Windy' Blake	46
130	1948	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House	Mr. PeDelford	70
131	1948	Summer Holiday	Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited)	49
132	1948	Assigned to Danger	Sheriff (uncredited)	50
133	1948	Blonde Ice	Police Capt. Bill Murdock	57
134	1948	You Gotta Stay Happy	Bank Watchman	65
135	1948	Strike It Rich	Carlton	0
136	1948	Disaster	Father Mulvaney (uncredited)	50
137	1948	Words and Music	Mr. Feiner	57
138	1949	Rose of the Yukon	Tim MacNab	0
139	1949	A Woman's Secret	Police Lieutenant at Desk	56
140	1949	Hideout	Arnie Anderson	54
141	1949	Alaska Patrol	Capt. Jan Roburt	0
142	1949	Ma and Pa Kettle	Bill Reed	73
143	1949	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend	Mr. Hingleman	58
144	1949	Hellfire	Sheriff Duffy	58
145	1949	Massacre River	Sgt. Johanssen	62
146	1950	Unmasked	'Pop' Swenson	52
147	1950	Key to the City	Council Chairman	62
148	1950	Rock Island Trail	Sen. Wells	60
149	1950	To Please a Lady	Mr. Wendall	63
150	1950	Chain Gang	Capt. Duncan	67
151	1950	Trail of Robin Hood	J. Corwin Aldridge	52
152	1951	My True Story	Ed Praskins	60
153	1951	Footlight Varieties	Older Cop	10
154	1951	Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm	Billy Reed	63
155	1951	Two of a Kind	First Deputy (uncredited)	67
156	1951	Show Boat	Jake Green (uncredited)	61
157	1951	Let's Go Navy!	Police Sgt. Mulloy	70
158	1951	All That I Have	Juror Barstow	50
159	1952	The McGurk Way	Dan McGurk Sr.	0
160	1952	Rancho Notorious	Sheriff (uncredited)	65
161	1952	Oklahoma Annie	Judge Byrnes	80
162	1952	So You Want to Enjoy Life	Joe's Boss (uncredited)	20
163	1952	The Fabulous Senorita	Dean Bradshaw	60
164	1952	Macao	Ship's Captain (uncredited)	62
165	1952	Gobs and Gals	Senator Prentice	0
166	1952	When in Rome	Ship's Captain	0
167	1952	Has Anybody Seen My Gal?	Policeman (uncredited)	69
168	1952	Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair	Billy Reed	59
169	1952	Dreamboat	Crazy Sam	60
170	1952	So You Never Tell a Lie	Mr. Batten (uncredited)	60
171	1952	Lost in Alaska	Sherman	60
172	1952	So You Want to Wear the Pants	Mr. Batten (uncredited)	50
173	1953	Lost in a Turkish Bath	A.J. Corbett	0
174	1953	Confidentially Connie	Mr. Daveney (uncredited)	53
175	1953	Call Me Madam	Senator Gallagher	63
176	1953	Fort Vengeance	Patrick Fitzgibbon	62
177	1953	So You Want to Learn to Dance	George Blivens - Joe's Boss	0
178	1953	Safari Drums	Larry Conrad	52
179	1953	Sweethearts on Parade	Mayor	0
180	1953	The Band Wagon	Man on Train (uncredited)	71
181	1953	Shadows of Tombstone	Sheriff Webb	60
182	1954	The Long, Long Trailer	Policeman (uncredited)	68
183	1954	The Rocket Man	Big Bill Watkins	63
184	1954	Pride of the Blue Grass	Mr. Casey	0
185	1954	Battle of Rogue River	Sgt. McClain	57
186	1954	Jungle Gents	Police Captain	40
187	1954	Sabrina	Charles	75
188	1954	So You Want to Know Your Relatives	Mr. Battan (uncredited)	0
189	1954	The Two Gun Teacher	Prof. Kleinberg	0
190	1955	How To Be Very, Very Popular	Chief of Police	47
191	1955	So You Want to Be a V.P.	(uncredited)	85
192	1955	Artists and Models	Mr. Kelly (uncredited)	66
193	1955	Feathertop	Major Whitby	0
194	1956	That Certain Feeling	Senator	53
195	1956	So Your Wife Wants to Work	Mr. Batten (uncredited)	70
196	1956	Pardners	Col. Hart (uncredited)	67
197	1956	The Young Guns	Padgett	68
198	1958	The Notorious Mr. Monks	Sheriff Cobus Anders	0
199	1958	Man of the West	Henry (uncredited)	66
200	1958	The Hot Angel	Judd Pfeiffer	50
201	1959	Alias Jesse James	Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)	59
202	1961	The Two Little Bears	Grimshaw Wilkins	60
203	1965	The Bounty Killer	Sam - Bartender	58
204	1971	The Andromeda Strain	Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)	70
205	1972	Hot Summer Week	Bartender	20
206	1990	Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To	(archive footage)	90