El Brendel
Born: 1890-03-24 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1964-04-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
1957
- Perry Mason as Court Manager
1956
- The She-Creature as Olaf, the butler
1954
- The George Gobel Show as Self
1953
- Paris Model as Papa Jensen
1952
1951
1949
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend as Mr. Jorgensen
1945
- Snooper Service
- Pistol Packin' Nitwits as Professor Brendel
1944
- I'm from Arkansas as Oly
- Defective Detectives as El
- Machine Gun Mama as Ollie Swenson
- Pick a Peck of Plumbers as Axel Swenson
1943
- His Wedding Scare as Oley
- A Rookie's Cookie as Ole - Rookie Policeman
- Boobs in the Night
- I Spied for You as Ole Olesen
1942
- Ham and Yeggs as El Brendel
- Olaf Laughs Last as Olaf Hansen
- Phoney Cronies as Oley
1941
- Sweet Spirits of the Nighter as Oley Brendel
- Yumpin' Yiminy! as Oley Brendel
- Love at First Fright as Zeb
- Ready, Willing but Unable as Olley Olsen
- The Blitz Kiss as Oley Olsen
1940
- If I Had My Way as Axel Swensen
- Gallant Sons as Olaf Larsen
- Captain Caution as Slushy
1939
- Risky Business as Axel
- The House of Fear as Jeff
- Code of the Streets as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
- Call a Messenger as 'Baldy'
1938
- Happy Landing as Yonnie
- Valley of the Giants as 'Fats'
- Little Miss Broadway as Ole
1937
- God's Country and the Woman as Ole Olson
- The Holy Terror as 'Bugs' Svenson
- The Super Snooper
1936
- Career Woman as Chris Erleson
- Ay Tank Ay Go as Ollie
1935
- What, No Men? as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
- Okay, José as Knute Knudsen
1934
- The Meanest Gal in Town as Chris Peterson
- Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove as Self
- Radio Scout as Sven Svenson
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 as Self
1933
- Hot Pepper as Olsen
- The Last Trail as Newt Olsen
- My Lips Betray as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
- Mother's Helper
1932
- Disorderly Conduct as Olsen
- Handle with Care as Carl Lundstrom
1931
- The Spider as Ole
- Delicious as Chris Jansen
- West of Broadway as Axel
- Women of All Nations as Olsen
- The Stolen Jools as Swedish Waiter
- Six Cylinder Love as Janitor
- Mr. Lemon Of Orange as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
1930
- Just Imagine as Single O
- The Big Trail as Gus
- New Movietone Follies of 1930 as Alex Svenson
- The Golden Calf as Knute Olson
1929
- Happy Days as Minstrel Show Performer
- Hot for Paris as Axel Olson
- Sunny Side Up as Eric Swenson
- The Cock-Eyed World as 'Yump' Olsen
- Frozen Justice as Swede
1927
- Wings as Herman Schwimpf
- Ten Modern Commandments as 'Speeding' Shapiro
- Too Many Crooks as Botts
- Rolled Stockings as Rudolph
- Arizona Bound as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
- Help Yourself
1926
- Man of the Forest as Horace Pipp
- You Never Know Women as Toberchik
- The Campus Flirt as Knute Knudson