Biography
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.
Filmography
all 78
Movies 74
TV Shows 4
self 4
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Narrator of "mouse family" sequence
Tobo the Happy Clown (1965)
Movie
Court Manager
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
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Columbia Laff Hour (1956)
Movie
Papa Jensen
Paris Model (1953)
Movie
Mr. Jorgensen
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Movie
Professor Brendel
Pistol Packin' Nitwits (1945)
Movie
Ollie Swenson
Machine Gun Mama (1944)
Movie
Axel Swenson
Pick a Peck of Plumbers (1944)
Movie
Ole - Rookie Policeman
A Rookie's Cookie (1943)
Movie
Oley Olesen
I Spied for You (1943)
Movie
El Brendel
Ham and Yeggs (1942)
Movie
Olaf Hansen
Olaf Laughs Last (1942)
Movie
Oley Brendel
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter (1941)
Movie
Oley Olsen
The Blitz Kiss (1941)
Movie
Olley Olsen
Ready, Willing but Unable (1941)
Movie
Oley Brendel
Yumpin' Yiminy! (1941)
Movie
Olaf Larsen
Gallant Sons (1940)
Movie
Axel Swenson
If I Had My Way (1940)
Movie
'Baldy'
Call a Messenger (1939)
Movie
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
Code of the Streets (1939)
Movie
Window Washer
Blonde Trouble (1937)
Movie
'Bugs' Svenson
The Holy Terror (1937)
Movie
Ole Oleson
God's Country and the Woman (1937)
Movie
Chris Erleson
Career Woman (1936)
Movie
Knute Knudsen
Okay, José (1935)
Movie
Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
What, No Men? (1935)
Movie
Chris Peterson
The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)
Movie
Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
My Lips Betray (1933)
Movie
Newt Olsen
The Last Trail (1933)
Movie
Carl Lundstrom
Handle with Care (1932)
Movie
Chris Jansen
Delicious (1931)
Movie
Axel 'Swede' Axelson
West of Broadway (1931)
Movie
Swedish Waiter
The Stolen Jools (1931)
Movie
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Oscar Lemon
Mr. Lemon Of Orange (1931)
Movie
Single O
Just Imagine (1930)
Movie
Alex Svenson
New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930)
Movie
Knute Olson
The Golden Calf (1930)
Movie
Eric Swenson
Sunny Side Up (1929)
Movie
Axel Olson
Hot for Paris (1929)
Movie
'Yump' Olson
The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
Movie
Minstrel Show Performer
Happy Days (1929)
Movie
Herman Schwimpf
Wings (1927)
Movie
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'Speeding' Shapiro
Ten Modern Commandments (1927)
Movie
Rudolph
Rolled Stockings (1927)
Movie
'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Arizona Bound (1927)
Movie
Horace Pipp
Man of the Forest (1926)
Movie
Toberchik
You Never Know Women (1926)
Movie
Knute Knudson
The College Flirt (1926)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1890-03-25
Deathday1964-04-09 (74 years old)
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsElmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel, Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
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