
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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