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.
Birth Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Born | 1890-03-24 |
Died | 1964-04-09 |