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