Joe Brunnel

born: 08 February 1875 Vienna, Austria

died: 25 April 1943 Gardena, California, United States of America (gastric hemorrhage/stomach cancer, age 68)

Austrian actor and extra who immigrated to the United States in 1906.

Real name: Josef Johann Georg Podhradecky Height: 5'7"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1930 Shivering Shakespeare [?] Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJB-S4F (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RTV-BC5R (1935 declaration of intention) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RBF-BL7W (1935 declaration of intention) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RBF-NF9Y (1935 declaration of intention) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RTV-BC5Y (1939 petition for nat.) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX31-CFW (CA Nat. Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX3G-C3M (CA Nat. Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX32-SGG (CA Nat. Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97X-5CG (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPVR-RXD (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGGS-CXPG (death certificate) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGW2-4GT2 (death/burial records) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K48-MFMY (Social Security Numident File) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WZ2-GG8 (son Charles Podhradecky's birth, 1908) http://theluckycorner.com/rmt/095.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 30 June 2026