Emory Parnell
Acting
Born December 28, 1892 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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.
Films (209)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
Hot Summer Week
1972
The Andromeda Strain
1971
The Bounty Killer
1965
The Two Little Bears
1961
Alias Jesse James
1959
The Hot Angel
1958
Man of the West
1958
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
The Young Guns
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
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
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
Shadows of Tombstone
1953
The Band Wagon
1953
Sweethearts on Parade
1953
Safari Drums
1953
Fort Vengeance
1953
So You Want to Learn to Dance
1953
Call Me Madam
1953
Confidentially Connie
1953
Lost in a Turkish Bath
1953
So You Want to Wear the Pants
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
All That I Have
1951
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Show Boat
1951
Two of a Kind
1951
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951
Footlight Varieties
1951
My True Story
1951
Trail of Robin Hood
1950
Chain Gang
1950
To Please a Lady
1950
Rock Island Trail
1950
Key to the City
1950
Unmasked
1950
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
Foreign Correspondent
1940
The Golden Fleecing
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