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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.
Movies
Strange Triangle
Barney Shaefer
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mr. PeDelford
Blonde Ice
Police Capt. Bill Murdock
The Great McGinty
Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Mr. Tuerck
Unmasked
'Pop' Swenson
Violence
True Dawson
Two O'Clock Courage
Insp. Bill Brenner
The Falcon in Hollywood
Inspector McBride
Call Me Madam
Senator Gallagher
The Falcon in Mexico
James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes]
The Falcon's Alibi
Metcalf
Hideout
Arnie Anderson
Casanova Brown
Frank, the Bell Captain
A Woman's Secret
Police Lieutenant at Desk
The Crime Doctor's Courage
Police Captain Birch
Unholy Partners
Colonel Mason
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Sheriff Cobus Anders
Address Unknown
Postman
Deadline for Murder
Masseur
The Case of the Black Parrot
Simmonds
Chain Gang
Capt. Duncan
All the World's a Stooge
Ajax Bullion
The Rocket Man
Big Bill Watkins
The Bounty Killer
Sam - Bartender
Calendar Girl
The Mayor
Safari Drums
Larry Conrad
That Certain Feeling
Senator
Here Comes Trouble
Winfield 'Windy' Blake
Young Ideas
Judge Canute J. Kelly
The Hot Angel
Judd Pfeiffer
To Please a Lady
Mr. Wendall
Trail of Robin Hood
J. Corwin Aldridge
Sued for Libel
Jerome Walsh
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Haley
Queen of Burlesque
Inspector Crowley
Sing Your Way Home
Ship's captain
A Night of Adventure
Judge
Out West with the Peppers
Ole
Oklahoma Annie
Judge Byrnes
Doctor Rhythm
Sgt. Olson (uncredited)
The Two Little Bears
Grimshaw Wilkins
The Maltese Falcon
Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Key to the City
Council Chairman
Sabrina
Charles
Call of The Yukon
Swenson
The Mad Miss Manton
Doorman (uncredited)
Riverboat Rhythm
Sheriff Martin
Dreamboat
Crazy Sam
Blondie
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Abie's Irish Rose
Rabbi Jacob Samuels
Abie's Irish Rose
Father John Whalen
The Lady and the Mob
Policeman Riley
Words and Music
Mr. Feiner
The Roaring Twenties
Gangster (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Billy Reed
Fort Vengeance
Patrick Fitzgibbon
Girls on Probation
Officer Craig
Pacific Liner
Olaf
Let Freedom Ring
Axel (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop
Three Sons o' Guns
Man Delivering Radio
East Side of Heaven
Doorman (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
The House of Fear
Policeman
The Spellbinder
Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Policeman on Gaylor Ave. (uncredited)
Battle of Rogue River
Sgt. McClain
The Day the Bookies Wept
Motor Cop (uncredited)
Artists and Models
Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
Sheriff Jackson
Union Pacific
Foreman (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Minor Role (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
Bob
Blondie on a Budget
Policeman Dempsey (uncredited)
At the Circus
Ringmaster (uncredited)
The Show-Off
Mr. Appelton
Foreign Correspondent
'Mohican' Captain
Arson Racket Squad
Chief J.P. Riley
Jungle Gents
Police Captain
Highways by Night
Police Sergeant Ransome
A Shot in the Dark
Marsotti
Hellfire
Sheriff Duffy
The Lady from Cheyenne
Crowley
Gas House Kids Go West
Police Sergeat Casey
So Your Wife Wants to Work
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Strike It Rich
Carlton
Summer Holiday
Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited)
Massacre River
Sgt. Johanssen
North West Mounted Police
George Higgins
Government Girl
The Chief (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
Dennis Simmons (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing
Featherway (uncredited)
Stranger on the Third Floor
Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Shadows of Tombstone
Sheriff Webb
Rock Island Trail
Sen. Wells
I Married a Witch
Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)
The Two Gun Teacher
Prof. Kleinberg
My True Story
Ed Praskins
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Mr. Hingleman
Apache Trail
Mr. Walters (uncredited)
Lost in Alaska
Sherman
So Ends Our Night
Weiss
Arabian Nights
Harem Sentry
Blossoms in the Dust
Senator
Two Señoritas from Chicago
Rupert Shannon
Winter Carnival
Williams - Editor
I Stole a Million
Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
O'Casey
Sudden Money
Cop
Little Iodine
Mr. Bigdome
The Remarkable Andrew
Policeman
Over My Dead Body
Police Capt. Grady
Obliging Young Lady
Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited)
Off the Record
Policeman (uncredited)
Dangerous Blondes
Officer McGuire
Slightly Dangerous
Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
All That I Have
Juror Barstow
King of Alcatraz
Olaf
Once Upon a Time
Policeman (uncredited)
Two of a Kind
First Deputy (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Billy Reed
Ma and Pa Kettle
Bill Reed
The Monster and the Girl
Policeman in Alley
Rancho Notorious
Sheriff (uncredited)
On Dress Parade
Paddy - Policeman (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky
Dock Watchman (uncredited)
Du Barry was a Lady
Gatekeeper
Mission to Moscow
Uncaring Businessman (uncredited)
Cadets on Parade
Inspector Kennedy
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
Wilson
Feather Your Nest
Farmer
Nazty Nuisance
Capt. Spense
They All Kissed the Bride
Mahoney
Assigned to Danger
Sheriff (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
Bitter Creek (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
Conductor #2 (uncredited)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
The Big Beef
Mr. Bib
You Drive Me Crazy
Mr. Hinkledorfer
Twelve Crowded Hours
Doorkeeper (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans
Jensen (Uncredited)
Stork Bites Man
Alan Kimberly
One Hour To Live
Fats Monoham
You Gotta Stay Happy
Bank Watchman
The Andromeda Strain
Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold
The Hard Way
Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
When in Rome
Ship's Captain
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Mr. Battan (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
Sam Horowitz, Lawyer
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want to Wear the Pants
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
So You Want to Enjoy Life
Joe's Boss (uncredited)
So You Never Tell a Lie
Mr. Batten (uncredited)
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Joe Alsobrook
The Fabulous Senorita
Dean Bradshaw
How To Be Very, Very Popular
Chief of Police
Man of the West
Henry (uncredited)
Sweethearts on Parade
Mayor
The Guilt of Janet Ames
(uncredited)
The Devil's Pipeline
R.J. Adams
Hot Summer Week
Bartender
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Quisling (uncredited)
Triple Trouble
Mama Loves Papa
O'Leary
Let's Go Navy!
Police Sgt. Mulloy
Johnny Eager
Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
Sheriff Dave Larsen
Alaska Patrol
Capt. Jan Roburt
Illegal Traffic
Rose of the Yukon
Tim MacNab
The Outlaw
Dolan (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Police Captain Bender (uncredited)
Confidentially Connie
Mr. Daveney (uncredited)
Disaster
Father Mulvaney (uncredited)
The Band Wagon
Man on Train (uncredited)
The Looters
Joe Sr. (unconfirmed)
Pride of the Blue Grass
Mr. Casey
Wilson
Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)
Footlight Varieties
Older Cop
Pardners
Col. Hart (uncredited)
I Am the Law
Detective Brophy (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)
The Young Guns
Padgett
Tiny Troubles
Officer Clancy
All Through the Night
Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited)
Show Boat
Jake Green (uncredited)
The Long, Long Trailer
Policeman (uncredited)
The McGurk Way
Dan McGurk Sr.
The Blonde from Singapore
Capt. Nelson
So You Want to Be a V.P.
(uncredited)
Gobs and Gals
Senator Prentice
London Blackout Murders
Henryk Peterson (uncredited)
Macao
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Saboteur
Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)
Syncopation
Shows
The Andy Griffith Show
Uncle Edward
I Love Lucy
Policeman
Petticoat Junction
Sheriff Blake
Gunsmoke
Prospector
Perry Mason
Leo Mann
General Electric Theater
Nagel, Defense Counsel
The Alaskans
Lawman
The Texan
Green Acres
77 Sunset Strip
Maverick
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Real McCoys
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Navy Log
Bat Masterson
Ira Ponder
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
The Joe Palooka Story
Hey, Jeannie!
Plain-Clothes Man
Hey, Jeannie!
L.G. Barnes
General Electric Theater
Ben Day
Four Star Playhouse
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
Simpson
Cheyenne
Henry Sawyer
Lawman
Hank the Bartender
Cheyenne
Luther Gannon
Maverick
Cousin Lonnie
The Abbott and Costello Show
Sheriff
Public Defender
Gunderson
Mister Ed
Murphy
The Life Of Riley
Foreman
The Andy Griffith Show
Juror
Maverick
Hank
Maverick
Fred Grady
Mayberry R.F.D.
Older Man
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Professor Kleinberg
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Arab # 1
Lawman
Hank
The Life of Riley
Clay J. Stevenson
Maverick
Bill Anders
Dennis the Menace
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