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Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel / ˈ ɛ l b r ɛ n ˈ d ɛ l / (March 25, 1890 – April 9, 1964) was an American vaudeville comedian turned movie star, best remembered for his dialect routine as a Swedish immigrant.
El Brendel was born on 25 March 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Just Imagine (1930), Wings (1927) and The Big Trail (1930). He was married to Flo Bert. He died on 9 April 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Hollywood, California, USA
El Brendel was born on March 25, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Just Imagine (1930), Wings (1927) and The Big Trail (1930). He was married to Flo Bert. He died on April 9, 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- March 25, 1890
- April 9, 1964
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.
HOLLYWOOD, April 9 (UPI)—El Brendel, the actor who parlayed the saying “yumpin'yiming” and a comical Swedish accent into movie fame, died of a heart attack today at Hollywood Presbyterian...
Nov 19, 2022 · SPECIAL THANKS TO RALPH CELENTANO!A Columbia Pictures fright comedy from the early forties starring dialect comedian El Brendel and Tom Kennedy!
- 16 min
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- Geno's House of Rare Films
Dec 5, 2007 · Between 1929 and 1931, Brendel was featured in most of Fox’s major releases, including “Sunny Side Up” and the sadly lost “New Movietone Follies of 1930”. In 1930, Brendel was given the lead role in the science fiction romantic comedy musical “Just Imagine”, which I blogged about recently.
