Emory Parnell Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Emory Parnell Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Emory Parnell (December 29, 1892 â€" 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".Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Parnell

trained as a musician at Morningside College, a Methodist institution

in Sioux City, Iowa.He spent eight months in the Arctic in 1929,

looking for gold in that area's wastelands. He also worked as a

telegrapher.Parnell spent his early years as a concert violinist. He

performed on the Chautauqua and Lyceum circuits until 1930, when he

relocated to Detroit, Michigan, to narrate and act in commercial and

industrial films. A 1923 newspaper article described an upcoming

Lyceum performance of "Emory Parnell, the one man band," saying that

Parnell "plays an accordion, the snare drum and base [sic] drum, all

at the same time."
Emory Parnell Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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