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El Brendel
ActingBORN: 1890-03-24Philadelphia, 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.
Top Filmography
7.2
Wings
1927 // MOVIE
7.7
Perry Mason
1957 // TV
6.7
The Big Trail
1930 // MOVIE
4.1
The She-Creature
1956 // MOVIE
5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931 // MOVIE
5.8
Just Imagine
1930 // MOVIE
6.3
Little Miss Broadway
1938 // MOVIE
5.8
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 // MOVIE
6.8
Sunny Side Up
1929 // MOVIE
5.6
Captain Caution
1940 // MOVIE
5.8
What, No Men?
1935 // MOVIE
2.3
Women of All Nations
1931 // MOVIE
7.0
Gallant Sons
1940 // MOVIE
6.0
You Never Know Women
1926 // MOVIE
3.8
Machine Gun Mama
1944 // MOVIE