El Brendel
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Perry Mason
Court Manager
1957
Series
Racket Squad
1951
Series
My Little Margie
1952
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Film
Wings
Herman Schwimpf
1927
Film
The Big Trail
Gus
1930
Film
Paris Model
Papa Jensen
1953
Film
Just Imagine
Single O
1930
Film
Happy Landing
Yonnie
1938
Film
The Stolen Jools
Swedish Waiter
1931
Film
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Mr. Jorgensen
1949
Film
The She-Creature
Olaf, the butler
1956
Film
Valley of the Giants
'Fats'
1938
Film
Blonde Trouble
Window Washer
1937
Help Yourself
1927
Film
Captain Caution
Slushy
1940
Film
Defective Detectives
El
1944
Film
Little Miss Broadway
Ole
1938
Film
God's Country and the Woman
Ole Olson
1937
Film
Rolled Stockings
Rudolph
1927
Film
Happy Days
Minstrel Show Performer
1929
Film
Hot Pepper
Olsen
1933
Film
If I Had My Way
Axel Swensen
1940
Film
Gallant Sons
Olaf Larsen
1940
Film
The Spider
Ole
1931
Film
The Cock-Eyed World
'Yump' Olsen
1929
Phoney Cronies
Oley
1942
Film
Snooper Service
1945
Film
Handle with Care
Carl Lundstrom
1932
Film
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
1934
Film
The House of Fear
Jeff
1939
Film
Career Woman
Chris Erleson
1936
Film
Risky Business
Axel
1939
Film
Olsen’s Big Moment
Knute Olsen
1933
Film
West of Broadway
Axel
1931
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
Professor Brendel
1945
Okay, José
Knute Knudsen
1935
Film
Code of the Streets
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
1939
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
Self
1934
Film
Disorderly Conduct
Olsen
1932
Film
Yumpin' Yiminy!
Oley Brendel
1941
Film
The Meanest Gal in Town
Chris Peterson
1934
Film
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
Axel Swenson
1944
Film
His Wedding Scare
Oley
1943
Film
Call a Messenger
'Baldy'
1939
Film
Six Cylinder Love
Janitor
1931
Film
Hot for Paris
Axel Olson
1929
Film
Ham and Yeggs
El Brendel
1942
Film
The Golden Calf
Knute Olson
1930
Film
You Never Know Women
Toberchik
1926
Film
Women of All Nations
Olsen
1931
Film
Ten Modern Commandments
'Speeding' Shapiro
1927
Ready, Willing but Unable
Olley Olsen
1941
The Super Snooper
1937
Film
Arizona Bound
'Oley Smoke' Oleson
1927
Film
Too Many Crooks
Botts
1927
Film
The Holy Terror
'Bugs' Svenson
1937
Film
I'm from Arkansas
Oly
1944
Film
Machine Gun Mama
Ollie Swenson
1944
Film
My Lips Betray
Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
1933
Film
The Last Trail
Newt Olsen
1933
Film
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Oley Brendel
1941
Film
Man of the Forest
Horace Pipp
1926
Film
Boobs in the Night
1943
Film
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
1931
Film
The Campus Flirt
Knute Knudson
1926
Film
Sunny Side Up
Eric Swenson
1929
Film
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Alex Svenson
1930
Film
Radio Scout
Sven Svenson
1934
Film
Frozen Justice
Swede
1929
Film
I Spied for You
Ole Olesen
1943
Mother's Helper
1933
Film
Delicious
Chris Jansen
1931
Film
Olaf Laughs Last
Olaf Hansen
1942
Film
Ay Tank Ay Go
Ollie
1936
The Blitz Kiss
Oley Olsen
1941
Film
What, No Men?
Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
1935
Love at First Fright
Zeb
1941
A Rookie's Cookie
Ole - Rookie Policeman
1943