El Brendel
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1004 |
| Birthday | 1890-03-24 |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Also Known As | Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel, Elmer Goodfellow Brendel, |
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
0/0
Songwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft with him and shows them sights around Hollywood.
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1926
Man of the Forest
10/1
Nancy Raynor (Georgia Hale) is arriving from the East to see her dying uncle. Clint Beasley (Oland) and his gang are determined to kidnap her before s...
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Man of the Forest
1927
Wings
7.222/322
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 du...
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Wings
1930
The Big Trail
6.723/128
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 Camer...
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The Big Trail
1956
The She-Creature
4.171/35
A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
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The She-Creature
1938
Happy Landing
6.25/4
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
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Happy Landing
1927
Ten Modern Commandments
10/1
A chorus girl falls in love with a budding composer.
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Ten Modern Commandments
1930
Just Imagine
5.82/25
New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love,...
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Just Imagine
1929
Sunny Side Up
7.077/13
Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long I...
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Sunny Side Up
1937
God's Country and the Woman
5.2/5
Hard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Steve becomes stranded on the competition's property and...
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God's Country and the Woman
1931
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
7/2
A fast and uproarious farce of gunmen, gun molls, and the Swedish boy's night out.
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Mr. Lemon Of Orange
1931
Women of All Nations
3.286/7
Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go to Sweden and compete for the love of Else. Next they g...
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Women of All Nations
1931
Delicious
6.5/5
A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.
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Delicious
1929
Happy Days
6.333/3
In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing that the show is in arrears, goes to New York to g...
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Happy Days
1931
West of Broadway
6.75/4
A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just met...
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West of Broadway
1944
Machine Gun Mama
4.5/6
Two Americans stranded in Mexico with an elephant try to sell their animal to a traveling carnival. Low-budget comedy with songs and a misleading titl...
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Machine Gun Mama
1931
The Spider
7/3
Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occur...
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The Spider
1940
Gallant Sons
7.429/7
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
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Gallant Sons
1936
Ay Tank Ay Go
10/1
Boy loves girl, but she's on the other side in a hillbilly feud.
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Ay Tank Ay Go
1953
Paris Model
3.6/5
A new dress plays a key role in the lives of four women who are not acquainted with each other.
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Paris Model
1933
Hot Pepper
5.167/6
In this comedy, a pair of ex-Marines team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin...
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Hot Pepper
1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930
10/1
Minimum plot. Maximum stars of early cinema. Rich young Conrad Sterling (William Collier Jr.) is in love with struggling actress Mary Mason (Miriam Se...
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New Movietone Follies of 1930
1934
The Meanest Gal in Town
7.667/3
A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
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The Meanest Gal in Town
1938
Little Miss Broadway
6.5/16
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 wa...
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Little Miss Broadway
1932
Disorderly Conduct
8/1
When motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed influence leads to his demotion to foot patrolman.
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Disorderly Conduct
1939
Call a Messenger
8/1
A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. H...
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Call a Messenger
1944
I'm from Arkansas
6/6
A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets.
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I'm from Arkansas
1944
Defective Detectives
9/1
El and Harry are two office cleaners turned detectives who are assigned to chase a gangster, but they end up catching the husband and wife they are su...
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Defective Detectives
1939
Risky Business
6.5/2
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
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Risky Business
1926
You Never Know Women
6.143/7
On her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling girder by Eugene Foster, a wealthy broker who persists...
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You Never Know Women
1929
Hot for Paris
10/1
Rough sea dog John Patrick Duke has a weakness for women and strong drink. Little does he know that he won a million dollars on Longchamp with the hor...
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Hot for Paris
1933
My Lips Betray
10/1
In a make-believe, mittleuropean kingdom, a vivacious but dim country girl sings in a beer garden for her rent money. Meanwhile, the king is facing ba...
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My Lips Betray
1929
The Cock-Eyed World
4.8/5
Two Marines are sent to South Sea island where they fight over a local island girl.
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The Cock-Eyed World
1939
The House of Fear
7.667/3
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...
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The House of Fear
1941
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
10/1
Officers Brendel and Kennedy are dispatched to a house where scientists are conducting experiments to revive the dead.
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Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1944
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
6.667/3
After backing over a police motorcycle, Axel and Elmer are fined $100 and given 48 hours to come up with the money or go to jail. Knowing nothing abou...
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Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1931
Six Cylinder Love
9/1
Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for rides.
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Six Cylinder Love
1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
5.857/14
Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news f...
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1940
Captain Caution
5.727/11
When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
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Captain Caution
1938
Valley of the Giants
6.667/6
A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to drive everyone else out of business.
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Valley of the Giants
1939
Code of the Streets
7.667/3
Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and Yap. The son of disgraced police officer Lt. Lewis, Bo...
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Code of the Streets
1931
The Stolen Jools
5.629/31
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tubercu...
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The Stolen Jools
1945
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
10/1
Harry and his pal protect a pretty saloonkeeper from a gang of thugs.
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Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1935
Okay, José
7/2
A Salesman tries to locate a notorious Mexican bandit.
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Okay, José
1935
What, No Men?
6/9
A bill collector and a policeman are captured by a group of mad scientists and taken to an all-female Indian tribe for study.
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What, No Men?
1941
Love at First Fright
9/1
A family of hillbillies mistake a radio announcer for their long-lost relative.
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Love at First Fright
1936
Career Woman
6/3
A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend accus...
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Career Woman
1933
The Last Trail
7/1
Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad...
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The Last Trail
1937
The Super Snooper
7/1
Two dimwitted detectives investigate the robbery of an express company.
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The Super Snooper
1943
I Spied for You
9/1
Ole discovers Nazi spies planning to take over the ship he's working on.
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I Spied for You
1941
Yumpin' Yiminy!
7/1
El uknowingly becomes the assistant to a jewel thief.
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Yumpin' Yiminy!
1941
Ready, Willing but Unable
10/1
El accidentally hits a mannequin with his automobile; believing he's killed a man, he and Tom set out to dispose of the body.
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Ready, Willing but Unable
1941
The Blitz Kiss
9/1
Gardeners El and Tom find themselves drafted in the army and struggle to make good.
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The Blitz Kiss
1942
Olaf Laughs Last
7/1
El tries to save his girlfriend, disinterested in him, from a gang of kidnappers.
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Olaf Laughs Last
1942
Phoney Cronies
7/1
Three klutzy moving men end up in a museum that may or may not be haunted - slapstick hijinks ensue.
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Phoney Cronies
1942
Ham and Yeggs
8/1
A vamp pursues El, who's inherited $500,000.
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Ham and Yeggs
1943
His Wedding Scare
8/1
El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her former husbands.
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His Wedding Scare
1943
Boobs in the Night
10/1
Auxiliary home defense workers El and Monte are sent to a spooky house where they come across a mad scientist and his assistant.
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Boobs in the Night
1943
A Rookie's Cookie
4.333/3
El, a rookie cop, falls for a girl who is being hounded by a racketeer.
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A Rookie's Cookie
1945
Snooper Service
8/1
Harry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl.
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Snooper Service
1930
The Golden Calf
4/3
In this pygmalionesque musical, a drab secretary leads a boring life until a good friend intervenes. The friend begins a total make-over upon her frie...
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The Golden Calf
1940
If I Had My Way
7/6
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, alon...
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If I Had My Way
1932
Handle with Care
10/1
Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots Mallory), who is raising two cute motherless children wh...
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Handle with Care
1929
Frozen Justice
3.667/3
The picture is based on the 1920 novel, Norden For Lov og Ret, by Ejnar Mikkelsen, set in Nome, Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 and 1899....
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Frozen Justice
1934
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
6.333/3
Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.
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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1937
The Holy Terror
5/2
Corky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for the troops, uncovers a group of spies.
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The Holy Terror
1927
Too Many Crooks
10/1
Too Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written by E.J. Rath and Rex Taylor, and starring Mildred Dav...
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Too Many Crooks
1926
The Campus Flirt
7/1
A product of wealth and high society, Patricia Mansfield is sent to Colton College by her father, who hopes to eradicate her snobbish veneer. On the t...
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The Campus Flirt
1927
Rolled Stockings
8/1
Though billed second, the stunningly beautiful Louise Brooks is the focal point of the campus comedy Rolled Stockings. It's the old one about two coll...
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Rolled Stockings
1927
Arizona Bound
10/1
Dave Saulter, a rambling young cowboy drifts into a small western town the day a big gold shipment is leaving by stagecoach. Two different people plan...
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Arizona Bound
1934
Radio Scout
0/0
A radio station's janitor is sent to the Kentucky Hills to round-up some hillbilly talent. He poses as a hillbilly (from the Minnesota sector) to gain...
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Radio Scout
1927
Help Yourself
0/0
A hungry man enters a cafeteria hoping to get a bite to eat, and finds love instead.
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Help Yourself
1933
Mother's Helper
0/0
Fox Film’s promotional short subject for the Federal Government’s National Recovery Act, in which working man El Brendel explains to his wife (ZaSu Pi...
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Mother's Helper
1937
Blonde Trouble
7/1
Fred Stevens is an aspiring songwriter from Schenectady who journeys to New York City, hoping to make a name for himself. On the train he meets dental...
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Blonde Trouble
1933
Olsen’s Big Moment
9/1
Gangsters, gold-digging dames, and other assorted characters nettle an overworked custodian in this odd farce.
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