Acting
El Brendel
Acting · Born 1890-03-24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Credits · 75
Perry Mason
1957 · Court Manager
FilmThe She-Creature
1956 · Olaf, the butler
The George Gobel Show
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
FilmParis Model
1953 · Papa Jensen
My Little Margie
1952
Racket Squad
1951
FilmThe Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 · Mr. Jorgensen
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
FilmPistol Packin' Nitwits
1945 · Professor Brendel
FilmSnooper Service
1945
FilmI'm from Arkansas
1944 · Oly
FilmMachine Gun Mama
1944 · Ollie Swenson
FilmPick a Peck of Plumbers
1944 · Axel Swenson
FilmDefective Detectives
1944 · El
A Rookie's Cookie
FilmA Rookie's Cookie
1943 · Ole - Rookie Policeman
FilmBoobs in the Night
1943
FilmI Spied for You
1943 · Ole Olesen
FilmHis Wedding Scare
1943 · Oley
FilmHam and Yeggs
1942 · El Brendel
Phoney Cronies
FilmPhoney Cronies
1942 · Oley
FilmOlaf Laughs Last
1942 · Olaf Hansen
FilmSweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941 · Oley Brendel
The Blitz Kiss
FilmThe Blitz Kiss
1941 · Oley Olsen
Love at First Fright
FilmLove at First Fright
1941 · Zeb
Ready, Willing but Unable
FilmReady, Willing but Unable
1941 · Olley Olsen
FilmYumpin' Yiminy!
1941 · Oley Brendel
FilmGallant Sons
1940 · Olaf Larsen
FilmCaptain Caution
1940 · Slushy
FilmIf I Had My Way
1940 · Axel Swensen
FilmCall a Messenger
1939 · 'Baldy'
FilmThe House of Fear
1939 · Jeff
FilmCode of the Streets
1939 · Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
FilmRisky Business
1939 · Axel
FilmValley of the Giants
1938 · 'Fats'
FilmLittle Miss Broadway
1938 · Ole
FilmHappy Landing
1938 · Yonnie
FilmBlonde Trouble
1937 · Window Washer
The Super Snooper
FilmThe Super Snooper
1937
FilmThe Holy Terror
1937 · 'Bugs' Svenson
FilmGod's Country and the Woman
1937 · Ole Olson
FilmCareer Woman
1936 · Chris Erleson
FilmAy Tank Ay Go
1936 · Ollie
Okay, José
FilmOkay, José
1935 · Knute Knudsen
FilmWhat, No Men?
1935 · Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
FilmStar Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934 · Self
FilmThe Meanest Gal in Town
1934 · Chris Peterson
FilmMy Lips Betray
1933 · Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
FilmThe Last Trail
1933 · Newt Olsen
FilmHot Pepper
1933 · Olsen
FilmOlsen’s Big Moment
1933 · Knute Olsen
FilmHandle with Care
1932 · Carl Lundstrom
FilmDisorderly Conduct
1932 · Olsen
FilmDelicious
1931 · Chris Jansen
FilmWest of Broadway
1931 · Axel
FilmThe Spider
1931 · Ole
FilmWomen of All Nations
1931 · Olsen
FilmSix Cylinder Love
1931 · Janitor
FilmThe Stolen Jools
1931 · Swedish Waiter
FilmMr. Lemon Of Orange
1931 · Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
FilmJust Imagine
1930 · Single O
FilmThe Big Trail
1930 · Gus
FilmNew Movietone Follies of 1930
1930 · Alex Svenson
FilmThe Golden Calf
1930 · Knute Olson
FilmSunny Side Up
1929 · Eric Swenson
FilmHot for Paris
1929 · Axel Olson
FilmThe Cock-Eyed World
1929 · 'Yump' Olsen
FilmFrozen Justice
1929 · Swede
FilmHappy Days
1929 · Minstrel Show Performer
FilmWings
1927 · Herman Schwimpf
FilmTen Modern Commandments
1927 · 'Speeding' Shapiro
FilmRolled Stockings
1927 · Rudolph
FilmArizona Bound
1927 · 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
FilmToo Many Crooks
1927 · Botts
FilmMan of the Forest
1926 · Horace Pipp
FilmYou Never Know Women
1926 · Toberchik
FilmThe Campus Flirt
1926 · Knute Knudson