El Brendel
Acting Born: 1890-03-24 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.
Movies
Wings
Hot Pepper
The Spider
Just Imagine
Disorderly Conduct
Career Woman
Delicious
The Big Trail
Risky Business
Happy Landing
Happy Days
The She-Creature
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Valley of the Giants
I'm from Arkansas
West of Broadway
Defective Detectives
The House of Fear
Little Miss Broadway
Code of the Streets