Acting

El Brendel

Born 1890-03-24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 1964-04-09

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

Newest first

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