El Brendel

Born

3/24/1890

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

El Brendel

Biography

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 For63 Movies

Wings
1927
★7.2
The Big Trail
1930
★6.7
Paris Model
1953
★3.6
Just Imagine
1930
★5.8
Defective Detectives
1944
★9.0
Happy Landing
1938
★6.3
Little Miss Broadway
1938
★6.5
Rolled Stockings
1927
★8.0
Happy Days
1929
★6.3
Hot Pepper
1933
★5.2
Blonde Trouble
1937
★7.0
Valley of the Giants
1938
★6.7
Yumpin' Yiminy!
1941
★7.0
The She-Creature
1956
★4.1
Captain Caution
1940
★5.7
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
★5.9
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
★6.0
The Stolen Jools
1931
★5.6
Hot for Paris
1929
★10.0
The Spider
1931
★7.0
Ham and Yeggs
1942
★8.0
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
1931
★7.0
My Lips Betray
1933
★10.0
You Never Know Women
1926
★6.1
West of Broadway
1931
★6.8
Boobs in the Night
1943
★10.0
If I Had My Way
1940
★7.0
God's Country and the Woman
1937
★5.2
Handle with Care
1932
★10.0
Six Cylinder Love
1931
★9.0
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
★7.3
Frozen Justice
1929
★3.7
Career Woman
1936
★6.0
The Cock-Eyed World
1929
★4.8
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933
★9.0
Code of the Streets
1939
★7.7
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
★10.0
Risky Business
1939
★6.5
Women of All Nations
1931
★3.3
Disorderly Conduct
1932
★8.0
Delicious
1931
★6.5
The Campus Flirt
1926
★7.0
The House of Fear
1939
★7.7
Man of the Forest
1926
★10.0
Gallant Sons
1940
★7.4
The Holy Terror
1937
★5.0
I'm from Arkansas
1944
★6.0
Olaf Laughs Last
1942
★7.0
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
★6.7
Snooper Service
1945
★8.0
I Spied for You
1943
★9.0
Arizona Bound
1927
★10.0
Sunny Side Up
1929
★7.1
The Golden Calf
1930
★4.0
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
★10.0
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
★10.0
His Wedding Scare
1943
★8.0
Too Many Crooks
1927
★10.0
Call a Messenger
1939
★8.0
The Last Trail
1933
★7.0
Machine Gun Mama
1944
★4.5
Ay Tank Ay Go
1936
★10.0
What, No Men?
1935
★6.0