El Brendel
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

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

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