El Brendel
March 24, 1890
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.
Known For
6 titles
Wings
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.
The Big Trail
Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
The She-Creature
A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Temperamental saloon singer Freddie Jones jealously shoots at her cheating boyfriend Blackie, but mistakenly hits Judge Alfalfa J. O'Toole's honorable behind, forcing her to skip town under the guise of a schoolteacher.
Little Miss Broadway
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show-business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.
