Emory Parnell
Biography
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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.
Acting (197 movies)
Confidentially Connie
1953
Disaster
1948
The Band Wagon
1953
Hot Summer Week
1972
Pride of the Blue Grass
1954
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
Strange Triangle
1946
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
Triple Trouble
1944
Blonde Ice
1948
The Great McGinty
1940
Mama Loves Papa
1945
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944
Unmasked
1950
Violence
1947
Two O'Clock Courage
1945
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944
Call Me Madam
1953
The Falcon in Mexico
1944
The Falcon's Alibi
1946
Casanova Brown
1944
Hideout
1949
Wilson
1944
A Woman's Secret
1949
The Crime Doctor's Courage
1945
Footlight Varieties
1951
Unholy Partners
1941
Pardners
1956
I Am the Law
1938
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Address Unknown
1944
Deadline for Murder
1946
The Case of the Black Parrot
1941
All the World's a Stooge
1941
The Rocket Man
1954
Chain Gang
1950
Calendar Girl
1947
Safari Drums
1953
Johnny Eager
1941
That Certain Feeling
1956
Here Comes Trouble
1948
Young Ideas
1943
To Please a Lady
1950
Trail of Robin Hood
1950
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Sued for Libel
1939
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944
Queen of Burlesque
1946
Sing Your Way Home
1945
The Young Guns
1956
A Night of Adventure
1944
Out West with the Peppers
1940
The Two Little Bears
1961
Oklahoma Annie
1952
Doctor Rhythm
1938
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Key to the City
1950
Sabrina
1954
The Unknown Guest
1943
Call of The Yukon
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
Riverboat Rhythm
1946
Alaska Patrol
1949
Rose of the Yukon
1949
Illegal Traffic
1938
Tiny Troubles
1939
Dreamboat
1952
All Through the Night
1942
Show Boat
1951
Blondie
1938
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
Abie's Irish Rose
1946
Abie's Irish Rose
1946
The Lady and the Mob
1939
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
The Outlaw
1943
Words and Music
1948
Girls on Probation
1938
Pacific Liner
1939
Fort Vengeance
1953
Idiot's Delight
1939
Let Freedom Ring
1939
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
East Side of Heaven
1939
Union Pacific
1939
At the Circus
1939
They Shall Have Music
1939
The House of Fear
1939
The Spellbinder
1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Battle of Rogue River
1954
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
Tall in the Saddle
1944
Artists and Models
1955
Gobs and Gals
1952
Deadline at Dawn
1946
London Blackout Murders
1943
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951
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