The Maltese Falcon1941
As Ship's Mate (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Emory Parnell
Born
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.
Filmography (210)
The Andromeda Strain1971
As Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Arabian Nights1942
As Harem Sentry
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sabrina1954
As Charles (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Foreign Correspondent1940
As 'Mohican' Captain
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Saboteur1942
As Henry - Husband in Movie (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Tall in the Saddle1944
As Sheriff Jackson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Man of the West1958
As Henry (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Band Wagon1953
As Man on Train (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Rancho Notorious1952
As Sheriff (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
At the Circus1939
As Ringmaster (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House1948
As Mr. PeDelford
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek1944
As Mr. Tuerck
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Pride of the Yankees1942
As Chicago Policeman O'Doul (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Show Boat1951
As Jake Green (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Long, Long Trailer1954
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mr. Lucky1943
As Dock Watchman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Artists and Models1955
As Mr. Kelly (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Major and the Minor1942
As Conductor #2 (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
I Married a Witch1942
As Allen - Hotel Owner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
A Woman's Secret1949
As Police Lieutenant at Desk
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Angels with Dirty Faces1938
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Roaring Twenties1939
As Gangster (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?1952
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Union Pacific1939
As Foreman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Macao1952
As Ship's Captain (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Casanova Brown1944
As Frank, the Bell Captain
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Outlaw1943
As Dolan (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Stranger on the Third Floor1940
As Grilling Detective in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Pardners1956
As Col. Hart (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lost in Alaska1952
As Sherman
TMDb 6.2 / 10
All Through the Night1942
As Cop Outside Warehouse (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Invisible Stripes1939
As Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Gentleman Jim1942
As Dennis Simmons (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
How to Be Very, Very Popular1955
As Chief of Police
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Alias Jesse James1959
As Angel's Rest Sheriff (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Sing Your Way Home1945
As Ship's captain
TMDb 5.6 / 10
To Please a Lady1950
As Mr. Wendall
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Call Me Madam1953
As Senator Gallagher
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Words and Music1948
As Mr. Feiner
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Mad Miss Manton1938
As Doorman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Two of a Kind1951
As First Deputy (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Blossoms in the Dust1941
As Senator
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Blondie1938
As Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
North West Mounted Police1940
As George Higgins
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend1949
As Mr. Hingleman
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Government Girl1943
As The Chief (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Once Upon a Time1944
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
So Ends Our Night1941
As Weiss
TMDb 6.3 / 10
You Gotta Stay Happy1948
As Bank Watchman
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Key to the City1950
As Council Chairman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
I Stole a Million1939
As Cop at Flower Shop (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Confidentially Connie1953
As Mr. Daveney (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
On Dress Parade1939
As Paddy - Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dreamboat1952
As Crazy Sam (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Deadline at Dawn1946
As Police Captain Bender (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Once Upon a Honeymoon1942
As Quisling (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Battle of Rogue River1954
As Sgt. McClain
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Let's Go Navy!1951
As Police Sgt. Mulloy
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Monster and the Girl1941
As Policeman in Alley
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Du Barry Was a Lady1943
As Gatekeeper (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Badman's Territory1946
As Bitter Creek (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Young Tom Edison1940
As Bob
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Falcon in Hollywood1944
As Inspector McBride
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Two O'Clock Courage1945
As Insp. Bill Brenner
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Slightly Dangerous1943
As Policeman at newspaper office (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Hard Way1943
As Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Rock Island Trail1950
As Sen. Wells
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Secret of Dr. Kildare1939
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Johnny Eager1941
As Policeman Telling Eager to Move His Taxicab (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Crime Doctor's Gamble1947
As O'Reilly
TMDb 6.0 / 10
That Certain Feeling1956
As Senator (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Blonde Ice1948
As Police Capt. Bill Murdock
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Great McGinty1940
As Policeman at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Blondie on a Budget1940
As Policeman Dempsey (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Abe Lincoln in Illinois1940
As Minor Role (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Ma and Pa Kettle1949
As Bill Reed
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To1990
As (archive footage)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Address Unknown1944
As Postman
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Larceny, Inc.1942
As O'Casey
TMDb 7.1 / 10
I Am the Law1938
As Detective Brophy (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Dangerous Blondes1943
As Officer McGuire (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mission to Moscow1943
As Uncaring Businessman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Idiot's Delight1939
As Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop
TMDb 6.1 / 10
You Can't Get Away with Murder1939
As Second Detective (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Wilson1944
As Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Nazty Nuisance1943
As Capt. Spense
TMDb 4.1 / 10
They Shall Have Music1939
As Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Falcon in Mexico1944
As James 'Lucky Diamond' Hughes [Script name: Winthrop Hughes]
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Off the Record1939
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Bounty Killer1965
As Sam - Bartender
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hideout1949
As Arnie Anderson
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Pride of the Blue Grass1954
As Mr. Casey
TMDb 8.0 / 10
They All Kissed the Bride1942
As Mahoney
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm1951
As Billy Reed
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Massacre River1949
As Sgt. Johanssen
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble1944
As Train Conductor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hellfire1949
As Sheriff Duffy
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Little Iodine1946
As Mr. Bigdome
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Guilt of Janet Ames1947
As (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Here Comes Trouble1948
As Winfield 'Windy' Blake
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Trail of Robin Hood1950
As J. Corwin Aldridge
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Lady and the Mob1939
As Policeman Riley
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Night in New Orleans1942
As Jensen (uncredited)
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Rose of the Yukon1949
As Tim MacNab
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Day the Bookies Wept1939
As Motor Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home1954
As Billy Reed
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair1952
As Billy Reed
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Two Little Bears1961
As Grimshaw Wilkins
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Falcon's Alibi1946
As Metcalf
TMDb 5.4 / 10
When in Rome1952
As Ship's Captain
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Unknown Guest1943
As Sheriff Dave Larsen
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Fort Vengeance1953
As Patrick Fitzgibbon
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Summer Holiday1948
As Dannville Beach Club Bartender (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
East Side of Heaven1939
As Doorman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Obliging Young Lady1942
As Motorcycle Policeman Behind Billboard (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Shot in the Dark1941
As Marsotti
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Colonel Effingham's Raid1946
As Joe Alsobrook
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Remarkable Andrew1942
As Policeman
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Unholy Partners1941
As Colonel Mason
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Three Sons o' Guns1941
As Man Delivering Radio
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jungle Gents1954
As Police Captain
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Gallant Journey1946
As Car Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Crime Doctor's Courage1945
As Police Captain Birch
TMDb 6.0 / 10
One Hour to Live1939
As Fats Monoham
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Feathertop1955
As Major Whitby
Two Yanks in Trinidad1942
As Police Chief (uncredited)
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Over My Dead Body1942
As Police Capt. Grady
TMDb 8.0 / 10
All the World's a Stooge1941
As Ajax Bullion
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Notorious Mr. Monks1958
As Sheriff Cobus Anders
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Highways by Night1942
As Police Sergeant Ransome
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Blonde from Singapore1941
As Capt. Nelson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Golden Fleecing1940
As Featherway (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Rocket Man1954
As Big Bill Watkins
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Gas House Kids Go West1947
As Police Sergeat Casey
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Louisiana Purchase1941
As Sam Horowitz, Lawyer
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Meet the O'Briens1954
As Dad
The House of Fear1939
As Policeman
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Call of The Yukon1938
As Swenson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Gobs and Gals1952
As Senator Prentice
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Young Ideas1943
As Judge Canute J. Kelly
TMDb 5.3 / 10
A Night of Adventure1944
As Judge
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Mama Loves Papa1945
As O'Leary
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Calendar Girl1947
As The Mayor
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Show-Off1946
As Mr. Appelton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Case of the Black Parrot1941
As Simmonds
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Chain Gang1950
As Capt. Duncan
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Apache Trail1942
As Mr. Walters (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
All That I Have1951
As Juror Barstow
TMDb 6.0 / 10
My True Story1951
As Ed Praskins
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Abie's Irish Rose1946
As Rabbi Jacob Samuels, Father John Whalen
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sued for Libel1939
As Jerome Walsh
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Lady from Cheyenne1941
As Crowley
TMDb 5.7 / 10
King of Alcatraz1938
As Olaf
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Big Beef1945
As Mr. Bib
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Syncopation1942
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Out West with the Peppers1940
As Ole
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Winter Carnival1939
As Williams - Editor
TMDb 6.7 / 10
So You Want to Be a V.P.
So You Want to Be a V.P.1955
As (uncredited)
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Unmasked1950
As 'Pop' Swenson
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sudden Money1939
As Cop
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Deadline for Murder1946
As Masseur
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Queen of Burlesque1946
As Inspector Crowley
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Devil's Pipeline1940
As R.J. Adams
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Two Señoritas from Chicago1943
As Rupert Shannon
TMDb 6.7 / 10
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
So You Want to Know Your Relatives1954
As Mr. Battan (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Girls on Probation1938
As Officer Craig
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Spellbinder1939
As Club 88 Doorman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Safari Drums1953
As Larry Conrad
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Illegal Traffic1938
TMDb 6.6 / 10
So You Want to Enjoy Life
So You Want to Enjoy Life1952
As Joe's Boss (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Stork Bites Man1947
As Alan Kimberly
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Young Guns1956
As Padgett
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Oklahoma Annie1952
As Judge Byrnes
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Hot Summer Week1972
As Bartender
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Pacific Liner1939
As Olaf
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Doctor Rhythm1938
As Sgt. Olson (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Cadets on Parade1942
As Inspector Kennedy
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Gildersleeve's Ghost1944
As Haley
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Violence1947
As True Dawson
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Shadows of Tombstone1953
As Sheriff Webb
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Riverboat Rhythm1946
As Sheriff Martin
TMDb 6.3 / 10
So You Want to Wear the Pants
So You Want to Wear the Pants1952
As Mr. Batten (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Footlight Varieties1951
As Older Cop
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Tiny Troubles1939
As Officer Clancy
TMDb 6.8 / 10
London Blackout Murders1943
As Henryk Peterson (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
So You Never Tell a Lie1952
As Mr. Batten (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Hot Angel
The Hot Angel1958
As Judd Pfeiffer
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Sweethearts on Parade1953
As Mayor
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Arson Racket Squad1938
As Chief J.P. Riley
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Triple Trouble1944
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Strike It Rich1948
As Carlton
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Lost in a Turkish Bath
Lost in a Turkish Bath1953
As A.J. Corbett
TMDb 5.5 / 10
What, No Cigarettes
What, No Cigarettes1945
As Man in Line at Drugstore
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle1944
As Wilson
So You Want to Learn to Dance
So You Want to Learn to Dance1953
As George Blivens - Joe's Boss
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Twelve Crowded Hours1939
As Doorkeeper (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Disaster1948
As Father Mulvaney (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Two Gun Teacher1954
As Prof. Kleinberg
TMDb 7.0 / 10
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog1945
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Assigned to Danger1948
As Sheriff (uncredited)
TMDb 4.7 / 10
County Fair1950
As Tim Brennan
TMDb 8.0 / 10
So Your Wife Wants to Work
So Your Wife Wants to Work1956
As Mr. Batten (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Feather Your Nest
Feather Your Nest1944
As Farmer
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Let Freedom Ring1939
As Axel (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Fabulous Senorita1952
As Dean Bradshaw
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Alaska Patrol1949
As Capt. Jan Roburt
TMDb 10.0 / 10
You Drive Me Crazy1945
As Mr. Hinkledorfer
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The McGurk Way
The McGurk Way1952
As Dan McGurk Sr.
Strange Triangle1946
As Barney Shaefer
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb