El Brendel

Known for: Acting

Born: 1890-03-24 – 1964-04-09 (aged 74)

From: 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.

Filmography (79)

TV★ 7.7
Perry Mason
1957
as Court Manager
MOVIE★ 4.1
The She-Creature
1956
as Olaf, the butler
TV★ 7.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.6
Paris Model
1953
as Papa Jensen
TV★ 5.0
My Little Margie
1952
TV★ 6.5
Racket Squad
1951
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
as Mr. Jorgensen
MOVIE★ 10.0
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945
as Professor Brendel
MOVIE★ 8.0
Snooper Service
1945
MOVIE★ 6.0
I'm from Arkansas
1944
as Oly
MOVIE★ 4.5
Machine Gun Mama
1944
as Ollie Swenson
MOVIE★ 6.7
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
as Axel Swenson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Defective Detectives
1944
as El
MOVIE★ 4.3
A Rookie's Cookie
1943
as Ole - Rookie Policeman
MOVIE★ 10.0
Boobs in the Night
1943
MOVIE★ 9.0
I Spied for You
1943
as Ole Olesen
MOVIE★ 8.0
His Wedding Scare
1943
as Oley
MOVIE★ 8.0
Ham and Yeggs
1942
as El Brendel
MOVIE★ 7.0
Phoney Cronies
1942
as Oley
MOVIE★ 7.0
Olaf Laughs Last
1942
as Olaf Hansen
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
as Oley Brendel
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Blitz Kiss
1941
as Oley Olsen
MOVIE★ 9.0
Love at First Fright
1941
as Zeb
MOVIE★ 10.0
Ready, Willing but Unable
1941
as Olley Olsen
MOVIE★ 7.0
Yumpin' Yiminy!
1941
as Oley Brendel
MOVIE★ 7.4
Gallant Sons
1940
as Olaf Larsen
MOVIE★ 5.7
Captain Caution
1940
as Slushy
MOVIE★ 7.0
If I Had My Way
1940
as Axel Swensen
MOVIE★ 8.0
Call a Messenger
1939
as 'Baldy'
MOVIE★ 7.7
The House of Fear
1939
as Jeff
MOVIE★ 7.7
Code of the Streets
1939
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
MOVIE★ 6.5
Risky Business
1939
as Axel
MOVIE★ 6.7
Valley of the Giants
1938
as 'Fats'
MOVIE★ 6.5
Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Ole
MOVIE★ 6.3
Happy Landing
1938
as Yonnie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Blonde Trouble
1937
as Window Washer
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Super Snooper
1937
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Holy Terror
1937
as 'Bugs' Svenson
MOVIE★ 5.2
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Ole Olson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Career Woman
1936
as Chris Erleson
MOVIE★ 10.0
Ay Tank Ay Go
1936
as Ollie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Okay, José
1935
as Knute Knudsen
MOVIE★ 6.0
What, No Men?
1935
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
MOVIE★ 6.0
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
as Self
MOVIE
Radio Scout
1934
as Sven Svenson
MOVIE
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
as Chris Peterson
MOVIE★ 10.0
My Lips Betray
1933
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Trail
1933
as Newt Olsen
MOVIE★ 5.2
Hot Pepper
1933
as Olsen
MOVIE★ 9.0
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933
as Knute Olsen
MOVIE
Mother's Helper
1933
MOVIE★ 10.0
Handle with Care
1932
as Carl Lundstrom
MOVIE★ 8.0
Disorderly Conduct
1932
as Olsen
MOVIE★ 6.5
Delicious
1931
as Chris Jansen
MOVIE★ 6.8
West of Broadway
1931
as Axel
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Spider
1931
as Ole
MOVIE★ 3.3
Women of All Nations
1931
as Olsen
MOVIE★ 9.0
Six Cylinder Love
1931
as Janitor
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Swedish Waiter
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
1931
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
MOVIE★ 5.8
Just Imagine
1930
as Single O
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Big Trail
1930
as Gus
MOVIE★ 10.0
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
as Alex Svenson
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Golden Calf
1930
as Knute Olson
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sunny Side Up
1929
as Eric Swenson
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hot for Paris
1929
as Axel Olson
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Cock-Eyed World
1929
as 'Yump' Olsen
MOVIE★ 3.7
Frozen Justice
1929
as Swede
MOVIE★ 6.3
Happy Days
1929
as Minstrel Show Performer
MOVIE★ 7.2
Wings
1927
as Herman Schwimpf
MOVIE★ 10.0
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rolled Stockings
1927
as Rudolph
MOVIE★ 10.0
Arizona Bound
1927
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
MOVIE★ 10.0
Too Many Crooks
1927
as Botts
MOVIE
Help Yourself
1927
MOVIE★ 10.0
Man of the Forest
1926
as Horace Pipp
MOVIE★ 6.1
You Never Know Women
1926
as Toberchik
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Campus Flirt
1926
as Knute Knudson