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.
243 acting credits
Acting · 243
Perry Mason
1957
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Maverick
1957
Petticoat Junction
1963
Cheyenne
1955
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Lawman
1958
Medical Center
1969
I Love Lucy
1951
Green Acres
1965
Bat Masterson
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Mister Ed
1961
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Texan
1958
Sugarfoot
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
Dennis the Menace
1959
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
Navy Log
1955
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
The Life Of Riley
1953
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Public Defender
1954
The Alaskans
1959
Boston Blackie
1951
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Sabrina
1954
The Life of Riley
1949
The Maltese Falcon
1941
General Electric Theater
1953
Conflict
1956
The Andromeda Strain
1971
Saboteur
1942
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Foreign Correspondent
1940
The Joe Palooka Story
1954
Man of the West
1958
I Married a Witch
1942
The Outlaw
1943
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
North West Mounted Police
1940
Mr. Lucky
1943
Arabian Nights
1942
Blonde Ice
1948
The Band Wagon
1953
Rancho Notorious
1952
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Show Boat
1951
Alias Jesse James
1959
The Major and the Minor
1942
Dreamboat
1952
Macao
1952
Tall in the Saddle
1944
Two O'Clock Courage
1945
Gentleman Jim
1942
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
So Ends Our Night
1941
Idiot's Delight
1939
At the Circus
1939
Union Pacific
1939
Artists and Models
1955
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
Pardners
1956
Invisible Stripes
1939
Badman's Territory
1946
Mission to Moscow
1943
Once Upon a Time
1944
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
Unmasked
1950
Hellfire
1949
Deadline at Dawn
1946
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
A Woman's Secret
1949
Words and Music
1948
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
Let Freedom Ring
1939
The Monster and the Girl
1941
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Blondie
1938
All Through the Night
1942
The Bounty Killer
1965
Young Tom Edison
1940
Blondie on a Budget
1940
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955
East Side of Heaven
1939
Key to the City
1950
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
Johnny Eager
1941
Wilson
1944
The Hard Way
1943
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944
The Case of the Black Parrot
1941
Dangerous Blondes
1943
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
The Great McGinty
1940
Illegal Traffic
1938
To Please a Lady
1950
Casanova Brown
1944
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
Slightly Dangerous
1943
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Larceny, Inc.
1942
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
Jungle Gents
1954
They Shall Have Music
1939
The Golden Fleecing
1940
The Devil's Pipeline
1940
Government Girl
1943
A Night of Adventure
1944
Call Me Madam
1953
Pride of the Blue Grass
1954
That Certain Feeling
1956
Summer Holiday
1948
The Young Guns
1956
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
The Spellbinder
1939
Battle of Rogue River
1954
Rock Island Trail
1950
The House of Fear
1939
Nazty Nuisance
1943
Stork Bites Man
1947
Alaska Patrol
1949
Off the Record
1939
When in Rome
1952
All That I Have
1951
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949
I Am the Law
1938
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954
Fort Vengeance
1953
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946
Footlight Varieties
1951
Gallant Journey
1946
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
Oklahoma Annie
1952
King of Alcatraz
1938
Louisiana Purchase
1941
Disaster
1948
Out West with the Peppers
1940
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
Little Iodine
1946
I Stole a Million
1939
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
Night in New Orleans
1942
On Dress Parade
1939
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952
Two of a Kind
1951
Sudden Money
1939
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
Pacific Liner
1939
Doctor Rhythm
1938
The Rocket Man
1954
The Falcon in Mexico
1944
Lost in Alaska
1952
Address Unknown
1944
The Two Gun Teacher
1954
Obliging Young Lady
1942
Young Ideas
1943
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
Girls on Probation
1938
Strange Triangle
1946
Assigned to Danger
1948
The Unknown Guest
1943
Confidentially Connie
1953
Trail of Robin Hood
1950
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Over My Dead Body
1942
One Hour to Live
1939
Rose of the Yukon
1949
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
Hideout
1949
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947
Deadline for Murder
1946
A Shot in the Dark
1941
Apache Trail
1942
Here Comes Trouble
1948
Syncopation
1942
Sued for Libel
1939
Call of The Yukon
1938
So You Want to Wear the Pants
1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
Massacre River
1949
Arson Racket Squad
1938
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945
Violence
1947
Unholy Partners
1941
Feather Your Nest
1944
Chain Gang
1950
The Show-Off
1946
London Blackout Murders
1943
Highways by Night
1942
So You Want to Be a V.P.
1955
Tiny Troubles
1939
Sweethearts on Parade
1953
The Crime Doctor's Courage
1945
Safari Drums
1953
Abie's Irish Rose
1946
You Drive Me Crazy
1945
The Fabulous Senorita
1952
What, No Cigarettes
1945
Strike It Rich
1948
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
Gobs and Gals
1952
Calendar Girl
1947
Winter Carnival
1939
Riverboat Rhythm
1946
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
The Hot Angel
1958
The Big Beef
1945
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
So Your Wife Wants to Work
1956
The Falcon's Alibi
1946
The Lady and the Mob
1939
The McGurk Way
1952
All the World's a Stooge
1941
Sing Your Way Home
1945
Cadets on Parade
1942
So You Never Tell a Lie
1952
Feathertop
1955
Two Señoritas from Chicago
1943
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
1944
So You Want to Learn to Dance
1953
Lost in a Turkish Bath
1953
My True Story
1951
Hot Summer Week
1972
Queen of Burlesque
1946
The Two Little Bears
1961
Mama Loves Papa
1945
Gas House Kids Go West
1947
Meet the O'Briens
1954
Triple Trouble
1944