El Brendel

Born: 1890-03-24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 1964-04-09

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

• Perry Mason (1957)
• Paris Model (1953)
• Rolled Stockings (1927)
• The Big Trail (1930)
• Just Imagine (1930)
• Happy Landing (1938)
• Hot Pepper (1933)
• Defective Detectives (1944)
• The She-Creature (1956)
• Valley of the Giants (1938)
• Yumpin' Yiminy! (1941)
• Captain Caution (1940)
• Little Miss Broadway (1938)
• The Stolen Jools (1931)
• The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
• Mother's Helper (1933)
• Hot for Paris (1929)
• Career Woman (1936)
• The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
• Olsen’s Big Moment (1933)
• Sweet Spirits of the Nighter (1941)
• My Lips Betray (1933)
• You Never Know Women (1926)
• Blonde Trouble (1937)
• Ten Modern Commandments (1927)
• If I Had My Way (1940)
• Six Cylinder Love (1931)
• God's Country and the Woman (1937)
• The Golden Calf (1930)
• Mr. Lemon Of Orange (1931)