El Brendel
Known for: Acting
Born: March 24, 1890
Died: April 9, 1964
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Advertisement
Filmography
75 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
4.1
The She-Creature
19567.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
3.6
Paris Model
1953
5.0
My Little Margie
1952
6.5
Racket Squad
1951
5.9
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
194910.0
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945
8.0
Snooper Service
1945
6.0
I'm from Arkansas
1944
4.5
Machine Gun Mama
1944
6.7
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
9.0
Defective Detectives
19444.3
A Rookie's Cookie
1943
10.0
Boobs in the Night
1943
9.0
I Spied for You
1943
8.0
His Wedding Scare
1943
8.0
Ham and Yeggs
19427.0
Phoney Cronies
1942
7.0
Olaf Laughs Last
1942
10.0
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
19419.0
The Blitz Kiss
19419.0
Love at First Fright
194110.0
Ready, Willing but Unable
1941
7.0
Yumpin' Yiminy!
1941
7.4
Gallant Sons
1940
5.7
Captain Caution
1940
7.0
If I Had My Way
1940
8.0
Call a Messenger
1939
7.7
The House of Fear
1939
7.7
Code of the Streets
1939
6.5
Risky Business
1939
6.7
Valley of the Giants
1938
6.5
Little Miss Broadway
1938
6.3
Happy Landing
1938
7.0
Blonde Trouble
19377.0
The Super Snooper
1937
5.0
The Holy Terror
1937
5.2
God's Country and the Woman
1937
6.0
Career Woman
1936
10.0
Ay Tank Ay Go
19367.0
Okay, José
1935
6.0
What, No Men?
1935
6.0
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
NR
Radio Scout
1934
NR
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934
7.3
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
10.0
My Lips Betray
1933
7.0
The Last Trail
1933
5.2
Hot Pepper
1933
9.0
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933NR
Mother's Helper
1933
10.0
Handle with Care
1932
8.0
Disorderly Conduct
1932
6.5
Delicious
1931
6.8
West of Broadway
1931
7.0
The Spider
1931
3.3
Women of All Nations
1931
9.0
Six Cylinder Love
1931
5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931
7.0
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
1931
5.8
Just Imagine
1930
6.7
The Big Trail
1930
10.0
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
4.0
The Golden Calf
1930
7.1
Sunny Side Up
1929
10.0
Hot for Paris
1929
4.8
The Cock-Eyed World
1929
3.7
Frozen Justice
1929
6.3
Happy Days
1929
7.2
Wings
1927
10.0
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
8.0
Rolled Stockings
1927
10.0
Arizona Bound
1927
10.0
Too Many Crooks
1927NR
Help Yourself
1927
10.0
Man of the Forest
1926
6.1
You Never Know Women
1926
7.0
The Campus Flirt
1926