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El Brendel

Actor | * 03/25/1890 († 74, 04/09/1964) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel (March 25, 1890 – April 9, 1964) was an American vaudeville comedian turned movie star, best remembered for his dialect routine as a Swedish immigrant. His biggest role was as "Single-0" in the sci-fi musical Just Imagine (1930), produced by Fox Film Corporation. His screen name was pronounced "El Bren-DEL". ()

El Brendel (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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York t ...

If I Had My Way

NR

1940 | 3.3/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy, Kids & Family
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Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutu ...

Wings

PG-13

1927 | 3.6/5 | 2h 21min
Drama, Action, War, Romance / Love
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Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels w ...

The Big Trail

Certification unknown

1930 | 3.4/5 | 2h 2min
Adventure, Western, Romance / Love, Drama
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New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you ...

Just Imagine

Certification unknown

1930 | 2.7/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Science Fiction
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Movies with El Brendel as Actor(70)

as Self (archive footage)1965 Hollywood My Home Town
as Olaf, the butler1956 The She-Creature
as Papa Jensen1953 Paris Model
as Mr. Jorgensen1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1945 Snooper Service
as Professor Brendel1945 Pistol Packin' Nitwits
as Axel Swenson1944 Pick a Peck of Plumbers
as Ollie Swenson1944 Machine Gun Mama
as El1944 Defective Detectives
as Oly1944 I'm from Arkansas
1943 Boobs in the Night
as Oley1943 His Wedding Scare
as Ole - Rookie Policeman1943 A Rookie's Cookie
as Ole Olesen1943 I Spied for You
as Oley1942 Phoney Cronies
as Olaf Hansen1942 Olaf Laughs Last
as himself1942 Ham and Yeggs
as Oley Olsen1941 The Blitz Kiss
as Oley Brendel1941 Yumpin' Yiminy!
as Oley Brendel1941 Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
as Olley Olsen1941 Ready, Willing but Unable
as Zeb1941 Love at First Fright
as Olaf Larsen1940 Gallant Sons
as Slushy1940 Captain Caution
as Axel Swensen1940 If I Had My Way
as Jeff1939 The House of Fear
as 'Baldy'1939 Call a Messenger
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen1939 Code of the Streets
as Axel1939 Risky Business
as 'Fats'1938 Valley of the Giants
as Yonnie1938 Happy Landing
as Ole1938 Little Miss Broadway
as 'Bugs' Svenson1937 The Holy Terror
as Ole Olson1937 God's Country and the Woman
1937 The Super Snooper
as Ollie1936 Ay Tank Ay Go
as Chris Erleson1936 Career Woman
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative1935 What, No Men?
as Knute Knudsen1935 Okay, José
as himself1934 Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Chris Peterson1934 The Meanest Gal in Town
as himself1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur1933 My Lips Betray
as Olsen1933 Hot Pepper
as Newt Olsen1933 The Last Trail
as Carl Lundstrom1932 Handle with Care
as Olsen1932 Disorderly Conduct
as Swedish Waiter1931 The Stolen Jools
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee1931 Mr. Lemon Of Orange
as Ole1931 The Spider
as Chris Jansen1931 Delicious
as Olsen1931 Women of All Nations
as Axel 'Swede' Axelson1931 West of Broadway
as Single O1930 Just Imagine
as Knute Olson1930 The Golden Calf
as Gus1930 The Big Trail
as Alex Svenson1930 New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Axel Olson1929 Hot for Paris
as Swede1929 Frozen Justice
as 'Yump' Olsen1929 The Cock-Eyed World
as Eric Swenson1929 Sunny Side Up
as Minstrel Show Performer1929 Happy Days
as 'Speeding' Shapiro1927 Ten Modern Commandments
as Herman Schwimpf1927 Wings
as Rudolph1927 Rolled Stockings
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson1927 Arizona Bound
as Botts1927 Too Many Crooks
as Horace Pipp1926 Man of the Forest
as Toberchik1926 You Never Know Women
as Knute Knudson1926 The College Flirt

TV Shows/Series with El Brendel as Actor(2)

1952 My Little Margie
1951 Racket Squad

Full Name: Elmer Brendel
Born: Tuesday, 03/25 1890 (March) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 04/09 1964 (April) in Hollywood (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Pennsylvania
El Brendel frequently works together with these people:
David Butler (10x, Crew)
Del Lord (7x, Crew)
Edmund Lowe (6x, Actor)
Raoul Walsh (6x, Crew)
Monte Collins (6x, Actor)
Victor McLaglen (6x, Actor)
Jules White (6x, Crew)
Gary Cooper (5x, Actor)
Marjorie White (5x, Actress)
Buddy G. DeSylva (4x, Crew)
Fifi D'Orsay (4x, Actress)
Edgar Barrier (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:304891, Added: 08/12/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024