El Brendel

Actor

Born: March 24, 1890 (74 years old)

Died: April 9, 1964

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography (19)

• Wings (1927, ★ 7.2)
• Sunny Side Up (1929, ★ 6.8)
• Gallant Sons (1940, ★ 7)
• Perry Mason (1957, ★ 7.7)
• The Big Trail (1930, ★ 6.7)
• Just Imagine (1930, ★ 5.8)
• Little Miss Broadway (1938, ★ 6.3)
• I'm from Arkansas (1944, ★ 5.4)
• You Never Know Women (1926, ★ 6)
• The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949, ★ 5.8)
• Captain Caution (1940, ★ 5.6)
• Valley of the Giants (1938, ★ 6)
• The Stolen Jools (1931, ★ 5.6)
• What, No Men? (1935, ★ 5.8)
• If I Had My Way (1940, ★ 6.4)
• The She-Creature (1956, ★ 4.1)
• Machine Gun Mama (1944, ★ 3.8)
• Hot Pepper (1933, ★ 4.2)
• Women of All Nations (1931, ★ 2.3)