El Brendel
Acting

El Brendel

Born 24 March 1890 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Died 9 April 1964

El Brendel (March 24, 1890 - April 9, 1964); born Elmer Goodfellow Brendel), nicknamed "The Synthetic Swede", was an American stage, film, and television actor. Although of German and Irish parentage, he adopted the comedic persona of a Swede who speaks fractured English.

Known for

Wings
The Big Trail
The She-Creature
The Stolen Jools
Just Imagine
Little Miss Broadway
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Sunny Side Up
Captain Caution
What, No Men?
You Never Know Women
Women of All Nations
The She-Creature
Paris Model
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Snooper Service
Machine Gun Mama
I'm from Arkansas
Defective Detectives
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
I Spied for You
His Wedding Scare
Boobs in the Night
Olaf Laughs Last
Ham and Yeggs
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Yumpin' Yiminy!
Gallant Sons
Captain Caution
If I Had My Way
Call a Messenger
Risky Business
The House of Fear
Code of the Streets
Happy Landing
Little Miss Broadway
Valley of the Giants
God's Country and the Woman
The Holy Terror
Blonde Trouble
Ay Tank Ay Go
Career Woman
What, No Men?
The Meanest Gal in Town
Radio Scout
Hot Pepper
My Lips Betray
The Last Trail
Mother's Helper
Olsen’s Big Moment
Disorderly Conduct
Handle with Care
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
Women of All Nations
Delicious
West of Broadway
The Spider
Six Cylinder Love
The Stolen Jools
The Big Trail
Just Imagine
New Movietone Follies of 1930
The Golden Calf
Sunny Side Up
Happy Days
Hot for Paris
The Cock-Eyed World
Frozen Justice
Wings
Ten Modern Commandments
Too Many Crooks
Rolled Stockings
Arizona Bound
Man of the Forest
You Never Know Women
The Campus Flirt
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