ACTOR · FROM PHILADELPHIA, USA
El Brendel
1890–196476 credits since 1926
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ABOUT EL
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born24 March 1890
Died9 April 1964
BirthplacePhiladelphia, USA
Known forActing
On Cineora10 of 76 titles
Known for
The titles people know El from.
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 10
- Average IMDb
- 6.2
- Highest rated
- Perry MasonIMDb 8.3
- Working since
- 1926
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1950s
5 titles · IMDb 6.1 on average
Seriesas Court Manager · 1 episode
Movieas Olaf, the butler
as Papa Jensen
1 episode
1 episode
The 1940s
22 titles · IMDb 5.8 on average
Movieas Mr. Jorgensen
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
Not on Cineoraas Professor Brendel
as Oly
as Ollie Swenson
as Axel Swenson
as El
A Rookie's Cookie
Not on Cineoraas Ole - Rookie Policeman
The 1930s
35 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average
as 'Baldy'
as Jeff
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
as Axel
as 'Fats'
Movieas Ole
as Yonnie
as Window Washer
The 1920s
14 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average
Movieas Eric Swenson
as Axel Olson
as 'Yump' Olsen
as Swede
as Minstrel Show Performer
Movieas Herman Schwimpf
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
as Rudolph
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in El’s titles.
David ButlerDirector · Just Imagine and Sunny Side Up
Lew BrownWriter · Just Imagine and Sunny Side Up
Ernest PalmerCinematographer · Just Imagine and Sunny Side Up
Ray HendersonWriter · Just Imagine and Sunny Side Up
Buddy G. DeSylvaWriter · Just Imagine and Sunny Side Up
Marjorie WhiteJust Imagine and Sunny Side Up