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El Brendel
Acting
24 Mar 1890
† 09 Apr 1964
Philadelphia, 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.
Also Known As
Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel, Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
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El Brendel's Movies
72%
Wings
12 Aug 1927
67%
The Big Trail
01 Nov 1930
41%
The She-Creature
01 Aug 1956
56%
The Stolen Jools
04 Apr 1931
58%
Just Imagine
23 Nov 1930
65%
Little Miss Broadway
29 Jul 1938
59%
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
27 May 1949
71%
Sunny Side Up
25 Dec 1929
57%
Captain Caution
09 Aug 1940
60%
What, No Men?
05 Jan 1935
64%
You Never Know Women
20 Sept 1926
33%
Women of All Nations
31 May 1931
74%
Gallant Sons
15 Nov 1940
60%
I'm from Arkansas
31 Oct 1944
70%
If I Had My Way
05 May 1940
45%
Machine Gun Mama
18 Aug 1944
52%
Hot Pepper
15 Jan 1933
67%
Valley of the Giants
17 Sept 1938
52%
God's Country and the Woman
16 Jan 1937
65%
Delicious
27 Dec 1931
