El Brendel
El Brendel (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.
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- Born:
- Mar 25, 1890 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 59
- First Appeared:
- In the movie You Never Know Women 1926-09-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hollywood My Home Town 1965-12-31
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | The She-Creature | Olaf, the butler | 1956-08-01 |
| Movie | Paris Model | Papa Jensen | 1953-11-10 |
| Series | My Little Margie | Unknown | 1952-06-16 |
| Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
| Movie | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Mr. Jorgensen | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | Pistol Packin' Nitwits | Professor Brendel | 1945-04-04 |
| Movie | Snooper Service | 1945-02-03 | |
| Movie | I'm from Arkansas | Oly | 1944-10-31 |
| Movie | Machine Gun Mama | Ollie Swenson | 1944-08-18 |
| Movie | Pick a Peck of Plumbers | Axel Swenson | 1944-07-23 |
| Movie | Defective Detectives | El | 1944-04-03 |
| Movie | A Rookie's Cookie | Ole - Rookie Policeman | 1943-10-08 |
| Movie | His Wedding Scare | Oley | 1943-01-15 |
| Movie | Ready, Willing but Unable | Olley Olsen | 1941-05-30 |
| Movie | Sweet Spirits of the Nighter | Oley Brendel | 1941-12-25 |
| Movie | Love at First Fright | Zeb | 1941-06-25 |
| Movie | Gallant Sons | Olaf Larsen | 1940-11-15 |
| Movie | Captain Caution | Slushy | 1940-08-09 |
| Movie | If I Had My Way | Axel Swensen | 1940-05-05 |
| Movie | Call a Messenger | 'Baldy' | 1939-11-03 |
| Movie | The House of Fear | Jeff | 1939-06-30 |
| Movie | Code of the Streets | Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen | 1939-04-13 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Axel | 1939-03-03 |
| Movie | Valley of the Giants | 'Fats' | 1938-09-17 |
| Movie | Little Miss Broadway | Ole | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | Happy Landing | Yonnie | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | The Holy Terror | 'Bugs' Svenson | 1937-02-05 |
| Movie | God's Country and the Woman | Ole Olson | 1937-01-16 |
| Movie | Career Woman | Chris Erleson | 1936-12-18 |
| Movie | Ay Tank Ay Go | Ollie | 1936-12-04 |
| Movie | What, No Men? | Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative | 1935-01-05 |
| Movie | Okay, José | Knute Knudsen | 1935-12-07 |
| Movie | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self | 1934-12-01 |
| Movie | The Meanest Gal in Town | Chris Peterson | 1934-01-12 |
| Movie | My Lips Betray | Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur | 1933-11-04 |
| Movie | The Last Trail | Newt Olsen | 1933-08-25 |
| Movie | Hot Pepper | Olsen | 1933-01-15 |
| Movie | Disorderly Conduct | Olsen | 1932-03-20 |
| Movie | Women of All Nations | Olsen | 1931-05-31 |
| Movie | Six Cylinder Love | Janitor | 1931-05-10 |
| Movie | The Stolen Jools | Swedish Waiter | 1931-04-04 |
| Movie | The Spider | Ole | 1931-09-23 |
| Movie | Delicious | Chris Jansen | 1931-12-27 |
| Movie | West of Broadway | Axel 'Swede' Axelson | 1931-11-28 |
| Movie | Just Imagine | Single O | 1930-11-23 |
| Movie | The Big Trail | Gus | 1930-11-01 |
| Movie | New Movietone Follies of 1930 | Alex Svenson | 1930-05-04 |
| Movie | The Golden Calf | Knute Olson | 1930-03-16 |
| Movie | Frozen Justice | Swede | 1929-10-13 |
| Movie | Happy Days | Minstrel Show Performer | 1929-09-16 |
| Movie | Hot for Paris | Axel Olson | 1929-12-22 |
| Movie | The Cock-Eyed World | 'Yump' Olsen | 1929-10-19 |
| Movie | Sunny Side Up | Eric Swenson | 1929-12-25 |
| Movie | Wings | Herman Schwimpf | 1927-08-12 |
| Movie | Rolled Stockings | Rudolph | 1927-06-18 |
| Movie | Arizona Bound | 'Oley Smoke' Oleson | 1927-04-09 |
| Movie | Too Many Crooks | Botts | 1927-04-02 |
| Movie | You Never Know Women | Toberchik | 1926-09-20 |