Emory Parnell
Born: 1892-12-28 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died: 1979-06-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
1990
- Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To as (archive footage)
1972
- Hot Summer Week as Bartender
1971
- The Andromeda Strain as Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)
1969
- Medical Center as Mr. Oldham
1968
- Mayberry R.F.D. as Older Man
1965
- Green Acres as Sheriff Blake
- The Bounty Killer as Sam - Bartender
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Sheriff Blake
1961
- Mister Ed as Murphy
- The Two Little Bears as Grimshaw Wilkins
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Uncle Edward
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Arab # 1
1959
- Dennis the Menace as O'Reilly
- The Alaskans
- Alias Jesse James as Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)
1958
- Lawman
- Bat Masterson as Ira Ponder
- 77 Sunset Strip
- The Texan
- Man of the West as Henry (uncredited)
- The Notorious Mr. Monks as Sheriff Cobus Anders
- The Hot Angel as Judd Pfeiffer
1957
- Perry Mason as Leo Mann
- Maverick as Cousin Lonnie
- Sugarfoot as Simpson
- The Real McCoys
1956
- Pardners as Col. Hart (uncredited)
- That Certain Feeling as Senator
- Hey, Jeannie! as Plain-Clothes Man
- The Young Guns as Padgett
- So Your Wife Wants to Work as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
1955
- Cheyenne as Luther Gannon
- Gunsmoke as Prospector
- Navy Log as Capt. Jurgesson
- Feathertop as Major Whitby
- How To Be Very, Very Popular as Chief of Police
- Artists and Models as Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
- So You Want to Be a V.P. as (uncredited)
1954
- Sabrina as Charles
- Jungle Gents as Police Captain
- Public Defender as Gunderson
- The Long, Long Trailer as Policeman (uncredited)
- Battle of Rogue River as Sgt. McClain
- Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as Billy Reed
- The Rocket Man as Big Bill Watkins
- So You Want to Know Your Relatives as Mr. Battan (uncredited)
- The Two Gun Teacher as Prof. Kleinberg
- The Joe Palooka Story
- Meet the O'Briens as Dad
- Pride of the Blue Grass as Mr. Casey
1953
- The Life Of Riley as Foreman
- Fort Vengeance as Patrick Fitzgibbon
- Safari Drums as Larry Conrad
- Confidentially Connie as Mr. Daveney (uncredited)
- The Band Wagon as Man on Train (uncredited)
- Call Me Madam as Senator Gallagher
- So You Want to Learn to Dance as George Blivens - Joe's Boss
- Sweethearts on Parade as Mayor
- General Electric Theater as Nagel, Defense Counsel
- Shadows of Tombstone as Sheriff Webb
- Lost in a Turkish Bath as A.J. Corbett
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- Macao as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
- Dreamboat as Crazy Sam (uncredited)
- The Abbott and Costello Show as Sheriff
- Oklahoma Annie as Judge Byrnes
- So You Want to Wear the Pants as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
- When in Rome as Ship's Captain
- Rancho Notorious as Sheriff (uncredited)
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Policeman (uncredited)
- Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair as Billy Reed
- So You Want to Enjoy Life as Joe's Boss (uncredited)
- Lost in Alaska as Sherman
- The Fabulous Senorita as Dean Bradshaw
- The McGurk Way as Dan McGurk Sr.
- So You Never Tell a Lie as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
- Gobs and Gals as Senator Prentice
1951
- I Love Lucy as Policeman
- Footlight Varieties as Older Cop
- Show Boat as Jake Green (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Boston Blackie
- Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm as Billy Reed
- Let's Go Navy! as Police Sgt. Mulloy
- All That I Have as Juror Barstow
- Two of a Kind as First Deputy (uncredited)
- My True Story as Ed Praskins
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Unmasked as 'Pop' Swenson
- Key to the City as Council Chairman
- Chain Gang as Capt. Duncan
- Rock Island Trail as Sen. Wells
- Trail of Robin Hood as J. Corwin Aldridge
- To Please a Lady as Mr. Wendall
1949
- Massacre River as Sgt. Johanssen
- Hellfire as Sheriff Duffy
- Alaska Patrol as Capt. Jan Roburt
- A Woman's Secret as Police Lieutenant at Desk
- Rose of the Yukon as Tim MacNab
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend as Mr. Hingleman
- Ma and Pa Kettle as Bill Reed
- The Life of Riley as Clay J. Stevenson
- Hideout as Arnie Anderson
1948
- Summer Holiday as Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited)
- Disaster as Father Mulvaney (uncredited)
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Mr. PeDelford
- Words and Music as Mr. Feiner
- You Gotta Stay Happy as Bank Watchman
- Assigned to Danger as Sheriff (uncredited)
- Strike It Rich as Carlton
- Here Comes Trouble as Winfield 'Windy' Blake
- Blonde Ice as Police Capt. Bill Murdock
1947
- The Guilt of Janet Ames as (uncredited)
- Violence as True Dawson
- Gas House Kids Go West as Police Sergeat Casey
- The Crime Doctor's Gamble as O'Reilly
- Stork Bites Man as Alan Kimberly
- Calendar Girl as The Mayor
1946
- Little Iodine as Mr. Bigdome
- Strange Triangle as Barney Shaefer
- Riverboat Rhythm as Sheriff Martin
- Badman's Territory as Bitter Creek (uncredited)
- Deadline at Dawn as Police Captain Bender (uncredited)
- Abie's Irish Rose as Rabbi Jacob Samuels
- Queen of Burlesque as Inspector Crowley
- Gallant Journey as Car Driver (uncredited)
- The Falcon's Alibi as Metcalf
- Colonel Effingham's Raid as Joe Alsobrook
- The Show-Off as Mr. Appelton
- Deadline for Murder as Masseur
1945
- What, No Cigarettes as Man in Line at Drugstore
- Two O'Clock Courage as Insp. Bill Brenner
- Sing Your Way Home as Ship's captain
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
- The Big Beef as Mr. Bib
- The Crime Doctor's Courage as Police Captain Birch
- Mama Loves Papa as O'Leary
- You Drive Me Crazy as Mr. Hinkledorfer
1944
- Address Unknown as Postman
- Wilson as Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)
- The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek as Mr. Tuerck
- Tall in the Saddle as Sheriff Jackson
- The Falcon in Hollywood as Inspector McBride
- Once Upon a Time as Policeman (uncredited)
- The Falcon in Mexico as James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes]
- Triple Trouble
- Gildersleeve's Ghost as Haley
- Feather Your Nest as Farmer
- A Night of Adventure as Judge
- Casanova Brown as Frank, the Bell Captain
- Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- The Case of the Tremendous Trifle as Wilson
1943
- Young Ideas as Judge Canute J. Kelly
- Slightly Dangerous as Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited)
- The Outlaw as Dolan (uncredited)
- Du Barry Was a Lady as Gatekeeper (uncredited)
- Government Girl as The Chief (uncredited)
- Mr. Lucky as Dock Watchman (uncredited)
- Mission to Moscow as Uncaring Businessman (uncredited)
- London Blackout Murders as Henryk Peterson (uncredited)
- The Unknown Guest as Sheriff Dave Larsen
- The Hard Way as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
- Nazty Nuisance as Capt. Spense
- Dangerous Blondes as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
- Two Señoritas from Chicago as Rupert Shannon
1942
- Gentleman Jim as Dennis Simmons (uncredited)
- Syncopation
- Arabian Nights as Harem Sentry
- Once Upon a Honeymoon as Quisling (uncredited)
- The Pride of the Yankees as Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)
- The Major and the Minor as Conductor #2 (uncredited)
- I Married a Witch as Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)
- Night in New Orleans as Jensen (uncredited)
- The Remarkable Andrew as Policeman
- Over My Dead Body as Police Capt. Grady
- They All Kissed the Bride as Mahoney
- Obliging Young Lady as Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited)
- Cadets on Parade as Inspector Kennedy
- Saboteur as Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)
- All Through the Night as Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited)
- Highways by Night as Police Sergeant Ransome
- Larceny, Inc. as O'Casey
- Two Yanks in Trinidad as Police Chief (uncredited)
- Apache Trail as Mr. Walters (uncredited)
1941
- Johnny Eager as Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited)
- Louisiana Purchase as Sam Horowitz, Lawyer
- The Maltese Falcon as Ship's Mate (uncredited)
- Unholy Partners as Colonel Mason
- The Monster and the Girl as Policeman in Alley
- A Shot in the Dark as Marsotti
- The Lady from Cheyenne as Crowley
- Blossoms in the Dust as Senator
- So Ends Our Night as Weiss
- Three Sons o' Guns as Man Delivering Radio
- The Blonde from Singapore as Capt. Nelson
- All the World's a Stooge as Ajax Bullion
- The Case of the Black Parrot as Simmonds
1940
- Foreign Correspondent as 'Mohican' Captain
- The Great McGinty as Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
- The Devil's Pipeline as R.J. Adams
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Stranger on the Third Floor as Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
- Blondie on a Budget as Policeman Dempsey (uncredited)
- Young Tom Edison as Bob
- North West Mounted Police as George Higgins
- The Golden Fleecing as Featherway (uncredited)
- Out West with the Peppers as Ole
1939
- Pacific Liner as Olaf
- Sudden Money as Cop
- Tiny Troubles as Officer Clancy
- Invisible Stripes as Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)
- Winter Carnival as Williams - Editor
- They Shall Have Music as Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
- East Side of Heaven as Doorman (uncredited)
- The Roaring Twenties as Gangster (uncredited)
- Sued for Libel as Jerome Walsh
- At the Circus as Ringmaster (uncredited)
- I Stole a Million as Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited)
- Union Pacific as Foreman (uncredited)
- The Secret of Dr. Kildare as Policeman on Gaylor Ave. (uncredited)
- Off the Record as Policeman (uncredited)
- Let Freedom Ring as Axel (uncredited)
- Idiot's Delight as Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop
- The Day the Bookies Wept as Motor Cop (uncredited)
- The House of Fear as Policeman
- You Can't Get Away with Murder as Second Detective (uncredited)
- The Lady and the Mob as Policeman Riley
- One Hour To Live as Fats Monoham
- On Dress Parade as Paddy - Policeman (uncredited)
- The Spellbinder as Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)
- Twelve Crowded Hours as Doorkeeper (uncredited)
1938
- Doctor Rhythm as Sgt. Olson (uncredited)
- Angels with Dirty Faces
- Girls on Probation as Officer Craig
- The Mad Miss Manton as Doorman (uncredited)
- I Am the Law as Detective Brophy (uncredited)
- King of Alcatraz as Olaf
- Blondie as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- Arson Racket Squad as Chief J.P. Riley
- Illegal Traffic
- Call of The Yukon as Swenson