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:
- 58
- 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 | I'm from Arkansas | Oly | 1944-10-31 |
| Movie | Pick a Peck of Plumbers | Axel Swenson | 1944-07-23 |
| Movie | Defective Detectives | El | 1944-04-03 |
| Movie | Machine Gun Mama | Ollie Swenson | 1944-08-18 |
| Movie | His Wedding Scare | Oley | 1943-01-15 |
| Movie | Sweet Spirits of the Nighter | Oley Brendel | 1941-12-25 |
| Movie | If I Had My Way | Axel Swensen | 1940-05-05 |
| Movie | Captain Caution | Slushy | 1940-08-09 |
| Movie | Gallant Sons | Olaf Larsen | 1940-11-15 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Axel | 1939-03-03 |
| Movie | Code of the Streets | Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen | 1939-04-13 |
| Movie | The House of Fear | Jeff | 1939-06-30 |
| Movie | Call a Messenger | 'Baldy' | 1939-11-03 |
| Movie | Happy Landing | Yonnie | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | Little Miss Broadway | Ole | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | Valley of the Giants | 'Fats' | 1938-09-17 |
| Movie | The Holy Terror | 'Bugs' Svenson | 1937-02-05 |
| Movie | God's Country and the Woman | Ole Olson | 1937-01-16 |
| Movie | The Super Snooper | 1937-02-25 | |
| Movie | Ay Tank Ay Go | Ollie | 1936-12-04 |
| Movie | Career Woman | Chris Erleson | 1936-12-18 |
| 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 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 | Self | 1934-01-22 |
| Movie | Hot Pepper | Olsen | 1933-01-15 |
| Movie | The Last Trail | Newt Olsen | 1933-08-25 |
| Movie | My Lips Betray | Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur | 1933-11-04 |
| Movie | Disorderly Conduct | Olsen | 1932-03-20 |
| Movie | Handle with Care | Carl Lundstrom | 1932-12-25 |
| Movie | Six Cylinder Love | Janitor | 1931-05-10 |
| Movie | Women of All Nations | Olsen | 1931-05-31 |
| 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 | The Golden Calf | Knute Olson | 1930-03-16 |
| Movie | New Movietone Follies of 1930 | Alex Svenson | 1930-05-04 |
| Movie | The Big Trail | Gus | 1930-11-01 |
| Movie | Just Imagine | Single O | 1930-11-23 |
| Movie | Happy Days | Minstrel Show Performer | 1929-09-16 |
| Movie | Frozen Justice | Swede | 1929-10-13 |
| 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 | Arizona Bound | 'Oley Smoke' Oleson | 1927-04-09 |
| Movie | Too Many Crooks | Botts | 1927-04-02 |
| Movie | Rolled Stockings | Rudolph | 1927-06-18 |
| Movie | Wings | Herman Schwimpf | 1927-08-12 |
| Movie | You Never Know Women | Toberchik | 1926-09-20 |