El Brendel

Acting

Born 24/03/1890
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died 09/04/1964

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.

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Known For

Perry Mason
1957
The She-Creature
1956
Paris Model
1953
My Little Margie
1952
Racket Squad
1951
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Snooper Service
1945
I'm from Arkansas
1944
Machine Gun Mama
1944
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
Defective Detectives
1944
Boobs in the Night
1943
I Spied for You
1943
His Wedding Scare
1943
Ham and Yeggs
1942
Olaf Laughs Last
1942
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
Yumpin' Yiminy!
1941
Gallant Sons
1940
Captain Caution
1940
If I Had My Way
1940
Call a Messenger
1939
The House of Fear
1939
Code of the Streets
1939
Risky Business
1939
Valley of the Giants
1938
Little Miss Broadway
1938
Happy Landing
1938
Blonde Trouble
1937
The Holy Terror
1937
God's Country and the Woman
1937
Career Woman
1936
Ay Tank Ay Go
1936
What, No Men?
1935
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
Radio Scout
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
My Lips Betray
1933
Mother's Helper
1933
The Last Trail
1933
Hot Pepper
1933
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933
Handle with Care
1932
Disorderly Conduct
1932
Delicious
1931
West of Broadway
1931
The Spider
1931
Women of All Nations
1931
Six Cylinder Love
1931
The Stolen Jools
1931
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
1931
Just Imagine
1930
The Big Trail
1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
The Golden Calf
1930
Sunny Side Up
1929
Hot for Paris
1929
The Cock-Eyed World
1929
Frozen Justice
1929
Happy Days
1929
Wings
1927
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
Rolled Stockings
1927
Arizona Bound
1927
Too Many Crooks
1927
Man of the Forest
1926
You Never Know Women
1926
The Campus Flirt
1926