El Brendel
Department: Acting
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 For
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934
Man of the Forest
1926
Wings
1927
The Big Trail
1930
The She-Creature
1956
Happy Landing
1938
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
Just Imagine
1930
Sunny Side Up
1929
God's Country and the Woman
1937
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
1931
Women of All Nations
1931
Delicious
1931
Happy Days
1929
West of Broadway
1931
Machine Gun Mama
1944
The Spider
1931
Gallant Sons
1940
Ay Tank Ay Go
1936
Paris Model
1953
Hot Pepper
1933
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
Little Miss Broadway
1938
Disorderly Conduct
1932
Call a Messenger
1939
I'm from Arkansas
1944
Defective Detectives
1944
Risky Business
1939
You Never Know Women
1926
Hot for Paris
1929
My Lips Betray
1933
The Cock-Eyed World
1929
The House of Fear
1939
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
Six Cylinder Love
1931
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Captain Caution
1940
Valley of the Giants
1938
Code of the Streets
1939
The Stolen Jools
1931
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945
Okay, José
1935
What, No Men?
1935
Love at First Fright
1941
Career Woman
1936
The Last Trail
1933
The Super Snooper
1937
I Spied for You
1943
Ready, Willing but Unable
1941
The Blitz Kiss
1941
Yumpin' Yiminy!
1941
Olaf Laughs Last
1942
Phoney Cronies
1942
Ham and Yeggs
1942
His Wedding Scare
1943
Boobs in the Night
1943
A Rookie's Cookie
1943
Snooper Service
1945
The Golden Calf
1930
If I Had My Way
1940
Handle with Care
1932
Frozen Justice
1929
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
The Holy Terror
1937
Too Many Crooks
1927
The Campus Flirt
1926
Rolled Stockings
1927
Arizona Bound
1927
Radio Scout
1934
Help Yourself
1927
Mother's Helper
1933
Blonde Trouble
1937
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933
My Little Margie
1952
Racket Squad
1951
The George Gobel Show
1954
Perry Mason
1957