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