Emory Parnell

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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.

Filmography (242 Appearances)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990

Hot Summer Week

1972

The Andromeda Strain

1971

Medical Center

1969

Mayberry R.F.D.

1968

Green Acres

1965

The Bounty Killer

1965

Petticoat Junction

1963

The Two Little Bears

1961

Mister Ed

1961

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

1960

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

The Alaskans

1959

Dennis the Menace

1959

Alias Jesse James

1959

The Hot Angel

1958

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Bat Masterson

1958

Lawman

1958

Man of the West

1958

The Texan

1958

The Notorious Mr. Monks

1958

The Real McCoys

1957

Maverick

1957

Perry Mason

1957

Sugarfoot

1957

Conflict

1956

The Young Guns

1956

Hey, Jeannie!

1956

Pardners

1956

So Your Wife Wants to Work

1956

That Certain Feeling

1956

Feathertop

1955

Artists and Models

1955

So You Want to Be a V.P.

1955

Navy Log

1955

Cheyenne

1955

Gunsmoke

1955

How to Be Very, Very Popular

1955

The Two Gun Teacher

1954

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

1954

Jungle Gents

1954

Sabrina

1954

Meet the O'Briens

1954

Battle of Rogue River

1954

Pride of the Blue Grass

1954

The Rocket Man

1954

Public Defender

1954

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

1954

The Long, Long Trailer

1954

The Joe Palooka Story

1954

Shadows of Tombstone

1953

The Band Wagon

1953

Sweethearts on Parade

1953

Safari Drums

1953

So You Want to Learn to Dance

1953

Fort Vengeance

1953

Call Me Madam

1953

Confidentially Connie

1953

General Electric Theater

1953

Lost in a Turkish Bath

1953

The Life Of Riley

1953

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952

So You Want to Wear the Pants

1952

Four Star Playhouse

1952

Lost in Alaska

1952

So You Never Tell a Lie

1952

Dreamboat

1952

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

1952

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

1952

When in Rome

1952

Gobs and Gals

1952

Macao

1952

Rancho Notorious

1952

The Fabulous Senorita

1952

So You Want to Enjoy Life

1952

Oklahoma Annie

1952

The McGurk Way

1952

I Love Lucy

1951

All That I Have

1951

Boston Blackie

1951

Let's Go Navy!

1951

Show Boat

1951

Two of a Kind

1951

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

Footlight Varieties

1951

My True Story

1951

Trail of Robin Hood

1950

Chain Gang

1950

To Please a Lady

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

Rock Island Trail

1950

Key to the City

1950

Unmasked

1950

The Life of Riley

1949

Massacre River

1949

Hellfire

1949

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949

Ma and Pa Kettle

1949

Alaska Patrol

1949

Hideout

1949

A Woman's Secret

1949

Rose of the Yukon

1949

Words and Music

1948

Disaster

1948

Strike It Rich

1948

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948

Blonde Ice

1948

Assigned to Danger

1948

Summer Holiday

1948

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948

Here Comes Trouble

1948

The Crime Doctor's Gamble

1947

Stork Bites Man

1947

Gas House Kids Go West

1947

Violence

1947

The Guilt of Janet Ames

1947

Calendar Girl

1947

Abie's Irish Rose

1946

The Show-Off

1946

Little Iodine

1946

Gallant Journey

1946

Queen of Burlesque

1946

Deadline for Murder

1946

Strange Triangle

1946

Badman's Territory

1946

The Falcon's Alibi

1946

Deadline at Dawn

1946

Riverboat Rhythm

1946

Colonel Effingham's Raid

1946

Sing Your Way Home

1945

The Big Beef

1945

You Drive Me Crazy

1945

Mama Loves Papa

1945

What, No Cigarettes

1945

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1945

Two O'Clock Courage

1945

The Crime Doctor's Courage

1945

The Falcon in Hollywood

1944

Feather Your Nest

1944

Tall in the Saddle

1944

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944

Triple Trouble

1944

Casanova Brown

1944

The Falcon in Mexico

1944

Wilson

1944

Once Upon a Time

1944

A Night of Adventure

1944

Address Unknown

1944

Gildersleeve's Ghost

1944

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944

The Case of the Tremendous Trifle

1944

Government Girl

1943

The Unknown Guest

1943

Dangerous Blondes

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943

Nazty Nuisance

1943

Young Ideas

1943

Mr. Lucky

1943

Two Señoritas from Chicago

1943

Mission to Moscow

1943

Slightly Dangerous

1943

The Outlaw

1943

London Blackout Murders

1943

The Hard Way

1943

Arabian Nights

1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon

1942

Gentleman Jim

1942

I Married a Witch

1942

Highways by Night

1942

The Major and the Minor

1942

Apache Trail

1942

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

Night in New Orleans

1942

They All Kissed the Bride

1942

Syncopation

1942

Larceny, Inc.

1942

Saboteur

1942

Obliging Young Lady

1942

Two Yanks in Trinidad

1942

The Remarkable Andrew

1942

Cadets on Parade

1942

Over My Dead Body

1942

All Through the Night

1942

Louisiana Purchase

1941

Johnny Eager

1941

Unholy Partners

1941

The Maltese Falcon

1941

The Blonde from Singapore

1941

Blossoms in the Dust

1941

Three Sons o' Guns

1941

All the World's a Stooge

1941

The Lady from Cheyenne

1941

A Shot in the Dark

1941

The Monster and the Girl

1941

So Ends Our Night

1941

The Case of the Black Parrot

1941

The Devil's Pipeline

1940

North West Mounted Police

1940

The Golden Fleecing

1940

Foreign Correspondent

1940

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940

The Great McGinty

1940

Out West with the Peppers

1940

Young Tom Edison

1940

Blondie on a Budget

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940

Invisible Stripes

1939

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

On Dress Parade

1939

One Hour to Live

1939

The Roaring Twenties

1939

Sued for Libel

1939

At the Circus

1939

The Day the Bookies Wept

1939

They Shall Have Music

1939

I Stole a Million

1939

The Spellbinder

1939

Winter Carnival

1939

The House of Fear

1939

Union Pacific

1939

East Side of Heaven

1939

The Lady and the Mob

1939

Sudden Money

1939

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939

Let Freedom Ring

1939

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939

Tiny Troubles

1939

Idiot's Delight

1939

Off the Record

1939

Pacific Liner

1939

Blondie

1938

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938

Illegal Traffic

1938

Girls on Probation

1938

The Mad Miss Manton

1938

King of Alcatraz

1938

I Am the Law

1938

Doctor Rhythm

1938

Call of The Yukon

1938

Arson Racket Squad

1938 Debut
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