El Brendel
Born
24 March 1890 (136)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel, Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
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 (40)
The She-Creature
1956
Paris Model
1953
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945
Snooper Service
1945
I'm from Arkansas
1944
Machine Gun Mama
1944
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
Defective Detectives
1944
A Rookie's Cookie
1943
Boobs in the Night
1943
I Spied for You
1943
His Wedding Scare
1943
Ham and Yeggs
1942
Phoney Cronies
1942
Olaf Laughs Last
1942
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
The Blitz Kiss
1941
Love at First Fright
1941
Ready, Willing but Unable
1941
Yumpin' Yiminy!
1941
Gallant Sons
1940
Captain Caution
1940
If I Had My Way
1940
Call a Messenger
1939
The House of Fear
1939
Code of the Streets
1939
Risky Business
1939
Valley of the Giants
1938
Little Miss Broadway
1938
Happy Landing
1938
Blonde Trouble
1937
The Super Snooper
1937
The Holy Terror
1937
God's Country and the Woman
1937
Career Woman
1936
Ay Tank Ay Go
1936
Okay, José
1935
What, No Men?
1935
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934