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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 28, 1892
Died
June 22, 1979
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- Emery Parnell
- Emery Parnel
- Emory Parnel
- The Big Swede
Emory Parnell
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
9.0
(archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
2.0
Bartender
Hot Summer Week
1972
7.0
Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)
The Andromeda Strain
1971
6.1
Mr. Oldham
Medical Center
1969
5.7
Older Man
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
7.3
Sheriff Blake
Green Acres
1965
5.8
Sam - Bartender
The Bounty Killer
1965
5.8
Sheriff Blake
Petticoat Junction
1963
6.0
Grimshaw Wilkins
The Two Little Bears
1961
6.8
Murphy
Mister Ed
1961
Credits
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1990
9.0
Hot Summer Week
as Bartender
1972
2.0
The Andromeda Strain
as Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)
1971
7.0
Medical Center
as Mr. Oldham
1969
6.1
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Older Man
1968
5.7
Green Acres
as Sheriff Blake
1965
7.3
The Bounty Killer
as Sam - Bartender
1965
5.8
Petticoat Junction
as Sheriff Blake
1963
5.8
The Two Little Bears
as Grimshaw Wilkins
1961
6.0
Mister Ed
as Murphy
1961
6.8
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
as Arab # 1
1960
0.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Uncle Edward
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Juror
1960
7.6
Dennis the Menace
as O'Reilly
1959
6.5
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
Alias Jesse James
as Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)
1959
5.9
🎬
The Hot Angel
as Judd Pfeiffer
1958
5.0
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Ira Ponder
1958
6.1
Lawman
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Hank the Bartender
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Hank
1958
5.6
The Texan
1958
5.5
Man of the West
as Henry (uncredited)
1958
6.6
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Sheriff Cobus Anders
1958
0.0
The Real McCoys
1957
5.6
Maverick
1957
6.8
Maverick
as Cousin Lonnie
1957
6.8
Maverick
as Hank
1957
6.8
Maverick
as Fred Grady
1957
6.8
Maverick
as Bill Anders
1957
6.8
Perry Mason
as Leo Mann
1957
7.7
Sugarfoot
as Simpson
1957
4.8
The Young Guns
as Padgett
1956
6.8
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Plain-Clothes Man
1956
5.5
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as L.G. Barnes
1956
5.5
Pardners
as Col. Hart (uncredited)
1956
6.7
🎬
So Your Wife Wants to Work
as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
1956
7.0
That Certain Feeling
as Senator
1956
5.3
Feathertop
as Major Whitby
1955
0.0
Artists and Models
as Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
1955
6.7
🎬
So You Want to Be a V.P.
as (uncredited)
1955
8.5
Cheyenne
as Luther Gannon
1955
5.8
Cheyenne
as Henry Sawyer
1955
5.8
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Prospector
1955
6.6
How To Be Very, Very Popular
as Chief of Police
1955
4.7
The Two Gun Teacher
as Prof. Kleinberg
1954
0.0
🎬
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Mr. Battan (uncredited)
1954
0.0
Sabrina
as Charles
1954
7.5
Jungle Gents
as Police Captain
1954
4.0
Battle of Rogue River
as Sgt. McClain
1954
5.7
Pride of the Blue Grass
as Mr. Casey
1954
0.0
The Rocket Man
as Big Bill Watkins
1954
6.3
Public Defender
as Gunderson
1954
6.0
The Long, Long Trailer
as Policeman (uncredited)
1954
6.8
🎬
The Joe Palooka Story
1954
0.0
Shadows of Tombstone
as Sheriff Webb
1953
6.0
The Band Wagon
as Man on Train (uncredited)
1953
7.1
Sweethearts on Parade
as Mayor
1953
0.0
Safari Drums
as Larry Conrad
1953
5.2
Fort Vengeance
as Patrick Fitzgibbon
1953
6.2
🎬
So You Want to Learn to Dance
as George Blivens - Joe's Boss
1953
0.0
Call Me Madam
as Senator Gallagher
1953
6.3
Confidentially Connie
as Mr. Daveney (uncredited)
1953
5.3
General Electric Theater
as Nagel, Defense Counsel
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Ben Day
1953
6.3
🎬
Lost in a Turkish Bath
as A.J. Corbett
1953
0.0
The Life Of Riley
as Foreman
1953
6.0
The Life Of Riley
as Hawkins
1953
6.0
The Life Of Riley
1953
6.0
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Sheriff
1952
7.1
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Police Sergeant at Firing Range
1952
7.1
🎬
So You Want to Wear the Pants
as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
1952
5.0
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Lost in Alaska
as Sherman
1952
6.0
So You Never Tell a Lie
as Mr. Batten (uncredited)
1952
6.0
Dreamboat
as Crazy Sam
1952
6.0
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Billy Reed
1952
5.9
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Policeman (uncredited)
1952
6.9
When in Rome
as Ship's Captain
1952
0.0
🎬
Gobs and Gals
as Senator Prentice
1952
0.0
Macao
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
1952
6.2
The Fabulous Senorita
as Dean Bradshaw
1952
6.0
🎬
So You Want to Enjoy Life
as Joe's Boss (uncredited)
1952
2.0
Oklahoma Annie
as Judge Byrnes
1952
8.0
Rancho Notorious
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1952
6.5
🎬
The McGurk Way
as Dan McGurk Sr.
1952
0.0
I Love Lucy
as Policeman
1951
7.9
All That I Have
as Juror Barstow
1951
5.0
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
1951
4.0
Let's Go Navy!
as Police Sgt. Mulloy
1951
7.0
Show Boat
as Jake Green (uncredited)
1951
6.1
Two of a Kind
as First Deputy (uncredited)
1951
6.7
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
as Billy Reed
1951
6.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Professor Kleinberg
1951
4.5
Footlight Varieties
as Older Cop
1951
1.0
My True Story
as Ed Praskins
1951
6.0
Trail of Robin Hood
as J. Corwin Aldridge
1950
5.2
Chain Gang
as Capt. Duncan
1950
6.7
To Please a Lady
as Mr. Wendall
1950
6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Rock Island Trail
as Sen. Wells
1950
6.0
Key to the City
as Council Chairman
1950
6.2
Unmasked
as 'Pop' Swenson
1950
5.2
The Life of Riley
as Clay J. Stevenson
1949
7.5
Massacre River
as Sgt. Johanssen
1949
6.2
Hellfire
as Sheriff Duffy
1949
5.8
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Mr. Hingleman
1949
5.8
Ma and Pa Kettle
as Bill Reed
1949
7.3
Alaska Patrol
as Capt. Jan Roburt
1949
0.0
Hideout
as Arnie Anderson
1949
5.4
A Woman's Secret
as Police Lieutenant at Desk
1949
5.6
Rose of the Yukon
as Tim MacNab
1949
0.0
Words and Music
as Mr. Feiner
1948
5.7
Disaster
as Father Mulvaney (uncredited)
1948
5.0
Strike It Rich
as Carlton
1948
0.0
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Bank Watchman
1948
6.5
Blonde Ice
as Police Capt. Bill Murdock
1948
5.7
Assigned to Danger
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1948
5.0
Summer Holiday
as Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited)
1948
4.9
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Mr. PeDelford
1948
7.0
Here Comes Trouble
as Winfield 'Windy' Blake
1948
4.6
Stork Bites Man
as Alan Kimberly
1947
0.0
Gas House Kids Go West
as Police Sergeat Casey
1947
6.0
Violence
as True Dawson
1947
5.2
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as (uncredited)
1947
5.7
Calendar Girl
as The Mayor
1947
5.4
Abie's Irish Rose
as Rabbi Jacob Samuels
1946
0.0
Abie's Irish Rose
as Father John Whalen
1946
0.0
The Show-Off
as Mr. Appelton
1946
7.0
Little Iodine
as Mr. Bigdome
1946
3.0
Gallant Journey
as Car Driver (uncredited)
1946
6.1
Queen of Burlesque
as Inspector Crowley
1946
0.0
Deadline for Murder
as Masseur
1946
0.0
Strange Triangle
as Barney Shaefer
1946
3.6
Badman's Territory
as Bitter Creek (uncredited)
1946
5.7
The Falcon's Alibi
as Metcalf
1946
5.2
Deadline at Dawn
as Police Captain Bender (uncredited)
1946
6.3
Riverboat Rhythm
as Sheriff Martin
1946
5.0
Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Joe Alsobrook
1946
5.7
Sing Your Way Home
as Ship's captain
1945
5.2
The Big Beef
as Mr. Bib
1945
0.0
You Drive Me Crazy
as Mr. Hinkledorfer
1945
0.0
Mama Loves Papa
as O'Leary
1945
0.0
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1945
0.0
Two O'Clock Courage
as Insp. Bill Brenner
1945
6.1
The Crime Doctor's Courage
as Police Captain Birch
1945
5.4
The Falcon in Hollywood
as Inspector McBride
1944
6.0
🎬
Feather Your Nest
as Farmer
1944
0.0
Tall in the Saddle
as Sheriff Jackson
1944
6.5
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Mr. Tuerck
1944
6.8
Triple Trouble
1944
0.0
Casanova Brown
as Frank, the Bell Captain
1944
6.3
The Falcon in Mexico
as James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes]
1944
5.3
Wilson
as Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Once Upon a Time
as Policeman (uncredited)
1944
5.8
A Night of Adventure
as Judge
1944
4.9
Address Unknown
as Postman
1944
6.4
Gildersleeve's Ghost
as Haley
1944
5.0
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1944
5.8
🎬
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
as Wilson
1944
0.0
Government Girl
as The Chief (uncredited)
1943
5.2
The Unknown Guest
as Sheriff Dave Larsen
1943
0.0
Dangerous Blondes
as Officer McGuire (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Gatekeeper
1943
6.1
Nazty Nuisance
as Capt. Spense
1943
3.8
Young Ideas
as Judge Canute J. Kelly
1943
4.6
Mr. Lucky
as Dock Watchman (uncredited)
1943
6.9
Two Señoritas from Chicago
as Rupert Shannon
1943
6.0
Mission to Moscow
as Uncaring Businessman (uncredited)
1943
5.3
Slightly Dangerous
as Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited)
1943
5.8
The Outlaw
as Dolan (uncredited)
1943
5.4
London Blackout Murders
as Henryk Peterson (uncredited)
1943
5.0
The Hard Way
as Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
1943
6.6
Arabian Nights
as Harem Sentry
1942
6.0
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Quisling (uncredited)
1942
6.2
Gentleman Jim
as Dennis Simmons (uncredited)
1942
7.2
I Married a Witch
as Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)
1942
6.8
Highways by Night
as Police Sergeant Ransome
1942
6.0
The Major and the Minor
as Conductor #2 (uncredited)
1942
7.0
Apache Trail
as Mr. Walters (uncredited)
1942
6.4
The Pride of the Yankees
as Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)
1942
7.4
Night in New Orleans
as Jensen (Uncredited)
1942
4.0
They All Kissed the Bride
as Mahoney
1942
5.8
Syncopation
1942
6.8
Saboteur
as Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)
1942
6.9
Larceny, Inc.
as O'Casey
1942
6.9
Obliging Young Lady
as Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited)
1942
5.0
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1942
2.0
The Remarkable Andrew
as Policeman
1942
8.2
Cadets on Parade
as Inspector Kennedy
1942
6.0
Over My Dead Body
as Police Capt. Grady
1942
0.0
All Through the Night
as Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited)
1942
7.0
Louisiana Purchase
as Sam Horowitz, Lawyer
1941
6.6
Johnny Eager
as Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited)
1941
6.1
Unholy Partners
as Colonel Mason
1941
7.0
The Maltese Falcon
as Ship's Mate (uncredited)
1941
7.7
The Blonde from Singapore
as Capt. Nelson
1941
5.0
Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
1941
6.6
Three Sons o' Guns
as Man Delivering Radio
1941
5.0
All the World's a Stooge
as Ajax Bullion
1941
6.5
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Crowley
1941
5.2
A Shot in the Dark
as Marsotti
1941
5.0
The Monster and the Girl
as Policeman in Alley
1941
5.8
So Ends Our Night
as Weiss
1941
6.2
The Case of the Black Parrot
as Simmonds
1941
5.4
The Devil's Pipeline
as R.J. Adams
1940
6.0
North West Mounted Police
as George Higgins
1940
6.3
Foreign Correspondent
as 'Mohican' Captain
1940
7.0
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
1940
6.5
The Golden Fleecing
as Featherway (uncredited)
1940
5.3
The Great McGinty
as Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Out West with the Peppers
as Ole
1940
5.7
Young Tom Edison
as Bob
1940
5.6
Blondie on a Budget
as Policeman Dempsey (uncredited)
1940
6.0
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
7.0
Invisible Stripes
as Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)
1939
6.3
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Policeman on Gaylor Ave. (uncredited)
1939
5.6
On Dress Parade
as Paddy - Policeman (uncredited)
1939
6.5
One Hour To Live
as Fats Monoham
1939
0.0
The Roaring Twenties
as Gangster (uncredited)
1939
7.5
Sued for Libel
as Jerome Walsh
1939
5.4
At the Circus
as Ringmaster (uncredited)
1939
6.3
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
1939
5.0
They Shall Have Music
as Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
1939
6.1
I Stole a Million
as Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited)
1939
6.0
The Spellbinder
as Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)
1939
6.0
Winter Carnival
as Williams - Editor
1939
6.0
The House of Fear
as Policeman
1939
6.5
Union Pacific
as Foreman (uncredited)
1939
6.5
East Side of Heaven
as Doorman (uncredited)
1939
7.1
The Lady and the Mob
as Policeman Riley
1939
6.3
Sudden Money
as Cop
1939
5.0
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Second Detective (uncredited)
1939
5.6
Let Freedom Ring
as Axel (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Twelve Crowded Hours
as Doorkeeper (uncredited)
1939
5.2
Tiny Troubles
as Officer Clancy
1939
6.0
Idiot's Delight
as Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop
1939
6.1
Off the Record
as Policeman (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Pacific Liner
as Olaf
1939
5.3
Blondie
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1938
7.1
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
7.5
Illegal Traffic
1938
6.5
Girls on Probation
as Officer Craig
1938
5.9
The Mad Miss Manton
as Doorman (uncredited)
1938
6.4
King of Alcatraz
as Olaf
1938
5.7
I Am the Law
as Detective Brophy (uncredited)
1938
6.6
Doctor Rhythm
as Sgt. Olson (uncredited)
1938
6.0
Call of The Yukon
as Swenson
1938
4.7
Arson Racket Squad
as Chief J.P. Riley
1938
0.0