Cast
Emory Parnell
Acting
Cast
Emory Parnell
Known for
Acting
Born
1892-12-28
From
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died
1979-06-22
Also known as Emery Parnell, Emery Parnel, Emory Parnel
Biography
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.
★7.5
MOVIE1954
Sabrina
as Charles (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1971
The Andromeda Strain
as Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1941
The Maltese Falcon
as Ship's Mate (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Foreign Correspondent
as 'Mohican' Captain
★6.7
MOVIE1955
Artists and Models
as Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1940
North West Mounted Police
as George Higgins
★4.1
MOVIE1943
Nazty Nuisance
as Capt. Spense
★6.9
MOVIE1942
Saboteur
as Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1949
Hideout
as Arnie Anderson
★6.6
MOVIE1958
Man of the West
as Henry (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Angels with Dirty Faces
★6.9
MOVIE1942
I Married a Witch
as Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Mr. Lucky
as Dock Watchman (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Gatekeeper (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1944
Casanova Brown
as Frank, the Bell Captain
MOVIE1955
Feathertop
as Major Whitby
★6.0
MOVIE1959
Alias Jesse James
as Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1941
All the World's a Stooge
as Ajax Bullion
★6.2
MOVIE1951
Show Boat
as Jake Green (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1943
Government Girl
as The Chief (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1944
Tall in the Saddle
as Sheriff Jackson
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Blondie
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1943
The Outlaw
as Dolan (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1942
They All Kissed the Bride
as Mahoney
★6.9
MOVIE1954
The Long, Long Trailer
as Policeman (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Unknown Guest
as Sheriff Dave Larsen
★7.5
MOVIE1939
The Roaring Twenties
as Gangster (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1948
Here Comes Trouble
as Winfield 'Windy' Blake
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Arabian Nights
as Harem Sentry
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Union Pacific
as Foreman (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1938
I Am the Law
as Detective Brophy (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1942
All Through the Night
as Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1939
On Dress Parade
as Paddy - Policeman (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1944
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1951
Let's Go Navy!
as Police Sgt. Mulloy
★7.2
MOVIE1953
The Band Wagon
as Man on Train (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1939
Invisible Stripes
as Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1952
Macao
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1947
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
as O'Reilly
★6.0
MOVIE1945
The Crime Doctor's Courage
as Police Captain Birch
★5.9
MOVIE1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Mr. Hingleman
★5.6
MOVIE1949
A Woman's Secret
as Police Lieutenant at Desk
★7.3
MOVIE1942
Highways by Night
as Police Sergeant Ransome
★5.8
MOVIE1948
Words and Music
as Mr. Feiner
★6.8
MOVIE1951
Two of a Kind
as First Deputy (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1939
At the Circus
as Ringmaster (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1942
The Major and the Minor
as Conductor #2 (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Mr. PeDelford
★5.8
MOVIE1941
The Blonde from Singapore
as Capt. Nelson
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1953
Confidentially Connie
as Mr. Daveney (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1950
Trail of Robin Hood
as J. Corwin Aldridge
★5.9
MOVIE1940
Young Tom Edison
as Bob
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Policeman (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1942
The Remarkable Andrew
as Policeman
★5.8
MOVIE1944
Once Upon a Time
as Policeman (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1938
The Mad Miss Manton
as Doorman (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1942
Gentleman Jim
as Dennis Simmons (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1945
Mama Loves Papa
as O'Leary
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Obliging Young Lady
as Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1948
Blonde Ice
as Police Capt. Bill Murdock
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
★4.3
MOVIE1972
Hot Summer Week
as Bartender
★7.6
MOVIE1941
Unholy Partners
as Colonel Mason
★5.8
MOVIE1941
The Monster and the Girl
as Policeman in Alley
MOVIE1954
Meet the O'Briens
as Dad
★6.1
MOVIE1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Policeman (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1953
Call Me Madam
as Senator Gallagher
★6.7
MOVIE1956
Pardners
as Col. Hart (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Bank Watchman
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Gobs and Gals
as Senator Prentice
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Over My Dead Body
as Police Capt. Grady
★7.1
MOVIE1942
Larceny, Inc.
as O'Casey
★6.1
MOVIE1939
Idiot's Delight
as Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop
★7.0
MOVIE1945
The Big Beef
as Mr. Bib
★5.7
MOVIE1939
Twelve Crowded Hours
as Doorkeeper (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Key to the City
as Council Chairman
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Dangerous Blondes
as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as Mr. Tuerck
★5.7
MOVIE1943
Mission to Moscow
as Uncaring Businessman (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1946
The Show-Off
as Mr. Appelton
★5.6
MOVIE1956
That Certain Feeling
as Senator
★7.0
MOVIE1946
Abie's Irish Rose
as Rabbi Jacob Samuels
★7.0
MOVIE1946
Abie's Irish Rose
as Father John Whalen
★7.2
MOVIE1949
Ma and Pa Kettle
as Bill Reed
★6.5
MOVIE1952
Rancho Notorious
as Sheriff (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Apache Trail
as Mr. Walters (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1954
The Rocket Man
as Big Bill Watkins
★5.8
MOVIE1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Second Detective (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Arson Racket Squad
as Chief J.P. Riley
★6.5
MOVIE1944
Address Unknown
as Postman
★6.3
MOVIE1946
Badman's Territory
as Bitter Creek (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1954
Pride of the Blue Grass
as Mr. Casey
★4.6
MOVIE1955
How to Be Very, Very Popular
as Chief of Police
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
as Billy Reed
★6.2
MOVIE1941
Johnny Eager
as Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1945
Sing Your Way Home
as Ship's captain
★6.3
MOVIE1952
Lost in Alaska
as Sherman
★7.5
MOVIE1958
The Hot Angel
as Judd Pfeiffer
★6.5
MOVIE1939
They Shall Have Music
as Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1948
Summer Holiday
as Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1950
Unmasked
as 'Pop' Swenson
★6.0
MOVIE1943
Slightly Dangerous
as Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1965
The Bounty Killer
as Sam - Bartender
★7.7
MOVIE1939
The House of Fear
as Policeman
★8.7
MOVIE1952
Oklahoma Annie
as Judge Byrnes
★5.6
MOVIE1944
Wilson
as Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1943
The Hard Way
as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Louisiana Purchase
as Sam Horowitz, Lawyer
★7.0
MOVIE1940
The Great McGinty
as Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1939
I Stole a Million
as Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1954
Battle of Rogue River
as Sgt. McClain
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Gallant Journey
as Car Driver (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1947
Violence
as True Dawson
★9.0
MOVIE1946
Deadline for Murder
as Masseur
★5.5
MOVIE1944
The Falcon in Mexico
as James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes]
★5.9
MOVIE1940
The Golden Fleecing
as Featherway (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1942
Syncopation
★4.7
MOVIE1946
Little Iodine
as Mr. Bigdome
★6.2
MOVIE1938
Girls on Probation
as Officer Craig
★6.2
MOVIE1953
Safari Drums
as Larry Conrad
★6.7
MOVIE1951
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
as Billy Reed
★9.0
MOVIE1944
Feather Your Nest
as Farmer
★6.0
MOVIE1938
King of Alcatraz
as Olaf
★7.0
MOVIE1958
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Sheriff Cobus Anders
★8.5
MOVIE1952
When in Rome
as Ship's Captain
★7.2
MOVIE1956
The Young Guns
as Padgett
★6.1
MOVIE1952
Dreamboat
as Crazy Sam (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Quisling (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1949
Hellfire
as Sheriff Duffy
★4.0
MOVIE1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Police Chief (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1939
Off the Record
as Policeman (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1951
My True Story
as Ed Praskins
★6.6
MOVIE1938
Illegal Traffic
★8.0
MOVIE1953
Sweethearts on Parade
as Mayor
★6.7
MOVIE1943
London Blackout Murders
as Henryk Peterson (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1946
Riverboat Rhythm
as Sheriff Martin
★10.0
MOVIE1949
Alaska Patrol
as Capt. Jan Roburt
★6.5
MOVIE1950
To Please a Lady
as Mr. Wendall
★10.0
MOVIE1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Mr. Battan (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1947
Calendar Girl
as The Mayor
★6.5
MOVIE1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Billy Reed
★6.3
MOVIE1945
Two O'Clock Courage
as Insp. Bill Brenner
★5.2
MOVIE1954
Jungle Gents
as Police Captain
★4.2
MOVIE1942
Night in New Orleans
as Jensen (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1950
Rock Island Trail
as Sen. Wells
★5.7
MOVIE1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Crowley
★5.3
MOVIE1943
Young Ideas
as Judge Canute J. Kelly
★3.3
MOVIE1951
Footlight Varieties
as Older Cop
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Doctor Rhythm
as Sgt. Olson (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1952
The Fabulous Senorita
as Dean Bradshaw
★7.4
MOVIE1939
East Side of Heaven
as Doorman (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1939
Let Freedom Ring
as Axel (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Blondie on a Budget
as Policeman Dempsey (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1939
Sued for Libel
as Jerome Walsh
★6.6
MOVIE1949
Massacre River
as Sgt. Johanssen
★6.5
MOVIE1939
One Hour to Live
as Fats Monoham
★8.5
MOVIE1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE1947
Stork Bites Man
as Alan Kimberly
★7.5
MOVIE1950
Chain Gang
as Capt. Duncan
★5.3
MOVIE1944
Gildersleeve's Ghost
as Haley
★6.0
MOVIE1951
All That I Have
as Juror Barstow
★6.3
MOVIE1939
The Spellbinder
as Club 88 Doorman (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1946
The Falcon's Alibi
as Metcalf
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Winter Carnival
as Williams - Editor
★7.5
MOVIE1945
What, No Cigarettes
as Man in Line at Drugstore
★5.0
MOVIE1944
A Night of Adventure
as Judge
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Call of The Yukon
as Swenson
★5.7
MOVIE1941
A Shot in the Dark
as Marsotti
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Pacific Liner
as Olaf
★6.5
MOVIE1953
Shadows of Tombstone
as Sheriff Webb
★4.1
MOVIE1946
Strange Triangle
as Barney Shaefer
★10.0
MOVIE1953
So You Want to Learn to Dance
as George Blivens - Joe's Boss
★6.0
MOVIE1946
Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Joe Alsobrook
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Cadets on Parade
as Inspector Kennedy
★6.3
MOVIE1941
So Ends Our Night
as Weiss
★8.8
MOVIE1955
So You Want to Be a V.P.
as (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1946
Queen of Burlesque
as Inspector Crowley
★6.2
MOVIE1946
Deadline at Dawn
as Police Captain Bender (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1953
Fort Vengeance
as Patrick Fitzgibbon
★8.0
MOVIE1948
Strike It Rich
as Carlton
★6.0
MOVIE1940
Out West with the Peppers
as Ole
★6.5
MOVIE1939
The Lady and the Mob
as Policeman Riley
★4.7
MOVIE1948
Assigned to Danger
as Sheriff (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1945
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
★7.0
MOVIE1949
Rose of the Yukon
as Tim MacNab
MOVIE1952
The McGurk Way
as Dan McGurk Sr.
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Sudden Money
as Cop
★6.7
MOVIE1943
Two Señoritas from Chicago
as Rupert Shannon
★7.0
MOVIE1961
The Two Little Bears
as Grimshaw Wilkins
★7.0
MOVIE1954
The Two Gun Teacher
as Prof. Kleinberg
★7.3
MOVIE1956
So Your Wife Wants to Work
as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1944
The Falcon in Hollywood
as Inspector McBride
★6.3
MOVIE1952
So You Want to Wear the Pants
as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Gas House Kids Go West
as Police Sergeat Casey
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Three Sons o' Guns
as Man Delivering Radio
★5.7
MOVIE1941
The Case of the Black Parrot
as Simmonds
★6.8
MOVIE1939
Tiny Troubles
as Officer Clancy
★9.0
MOVIE1945
You Drive Me Crazy
as Mr. Hinkledorfer
★7.0
MOVIE1940
The Devil's Pipeline
as R.J. Adams
★6.7
MOVIE1952
So You Never Tell a Lie
as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
MOVIE1944
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
as Wilson
★10.0
MOVIE1944
Triple Trouble
★6.0
MOVIE1948
Disaster
as Father Mulvaney (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1953
Lost in a Turkish Bath
as A.J. Corbett
★8.0
MOVIE1950
County Fair
as Tim Brennan
★6.3
MOVIE1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life
as Joe's Boss (uncredited)