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 75
Movies 73
self 3
TV Shows 2
Narrator 1
Narrator of "mouse family" sequence
Tobo the Happy Clown (1965)
Movie
Olaf, the butler
The She-Creature (1956)
Movie
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Columbia Laff Hour (1956)
Movie
Papa Jensen
Paris Model (1953)
Movie
My Little Margie (1952)
TV
ArchiveFootage
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952)
Movie
Racket Squad (1951)
TV
Mr. Jorgensen
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Movie
Professor Brendel
Pistol Packin' Nitwits (1945)
Movie
Actor
Snooper Service (1945)
Movie
Oly
I'm from Arkansas (1944)
Movie
Ollie Swenson
Machine Gun Mama (1944)
Movie
Axel Swenson
Pick a Peck of Plumbers (1944)
Movie
El
Defective Detectives (1944)
Movie
Ole - Rookie Policeman
A Rookie's Cookie (1943)
Movie
Actor
Boobs in the Night (1943)
Movie
Oley Olesen
I Spied for You (1943)
Movie
Oley
His Wedding Scare (1943)
Movie
El Brendel
Ham and Yeggs (1942)
Movie
Oley
Phoney Cronies (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
Zeb
Love at First Fright (1941)
Movie
Olley Olsen
Ready, Willing but Unable (1941)
Movie
Oley Brendel
Yumpin' Yiminy! (1941)
Movie
Olaf Larsen
Gallant Sons (1940)
Movie
Slushy
Captain Caution (1940)
Movie
Axel Swenson
If I Had My Way (1940)
Movie
'Baldy'
Call a Messenger (1939)
Movie
Jeff
The House of Fear (1939)
Movie
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
Code of the Streets (1939)
Movie
Axel
Risky Business (1939)
Movie
'Fats'
Valley of the Giants (1938)
Movie
Ole
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Movie
Yonnie
Happy Landing (1938)
Movie
Actor
The Super Snooper (1937)
Movie
'Bugs' Svenson
The Holy Terror (1937)
Movie
Ole Olson
God's Country and the Woman (1937)
Movie
Chris Erleson
Career Woman (1936)
Movie
Ollie
Ay Tank Ay Go (1936)
Movie
Knute Knudsen
Okay, José (1935)
Movie
Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
What, No Men? (1935)
Movie
Self
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
Movie
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 (1934)
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
Olsen
Hot Pepper (1933)
Movie
Carl Lundstrom
Handle with Care (1932)
Movie
Olsen
Disorderly Conduct (1932)
Movie
Chris Jansen
Delicious (1931)
Movie
Axel 'Swede' Axelson
West of Broadway (1931)
Movie
Ole
The Spider (1931)
Movie
Olsen
Women of All Nations (1931)
Movie
Janitor
Six Cylinder Love (1931)
Movie
Swedish Waiter
The Stolen Jools (1931)
Movie
6
Oscar Lemon / Silent McGee
Mr. Lemon Of Orange (1931)
Movie
Single O
Just Imagine (1930)
Movie
Gus
The Big Trail (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' Olsen
The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
Movie
Swede
Frozen Justice (1929)
Movie
Minstrel Show Performer
Happy Days (1929)
Movie
Herman Schwimpf
Wings (1927)
Movie
4.33
'Speeding' Shapiro
Ten Modern Commandments (1927)
Movie
Rudolph
Rolled Stockings (1927)
Movie
'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Arizona Bound (1927)
Movie
Botts
Too Many Crooks (1927)
Movie
Horace Pipp
Man of the Forest (1926)
Movie
Toberchik
You Never Know Women (1926)
Movie
Knute Knudson
The College Flirt (1926)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.05
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1931
1937
1932
1965
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1890-03-25
Deathday1964-04-09 (74 years old)
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsElmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel, Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
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