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:
- 51
- 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 | Defective Detectives | El | 1944-04-03 |
| Movie | Pick a Peck of Plumbers | Axel Swenson | 1944-07-23 |
| Movie | Machine Gun Mama | Ollie Swenson | 1944-08-18 |
| Movie | I'm from Arkansas | Oly | 1944-10-31 |
| Movie | Love at First Fright | Zeb | 1941-06-25 |
| Movie | Sweet Spirits of the Nighter | Oley Brendel | 1941-12-25 |
| Movie | Captain Caution | Slushy | 1940-08-09 |
| Movie | Gallant Sons | Olaf Larsen | 1940-11-15 |
| Movie | Code of the Streets | Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen | 1939-04-13 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Axel | 1939-03-03 |
| Movie | The House of Fear | Jeff | 1939-06-30 |
| Movie | Call a Messenger | 'Baldy' | 1939-11-03 |
| Movie | Little Miss Broadway | Ole | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | Happy Landing | Yonnie | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | Valley of the Giants | 'Fats' | 1938-09-17 |
| Movie | God's Country and the Woman | Ole Olson | 1937-01-16 |
| 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 | The Last Trail | Newt Olsen | 1933-08-25 |
| Movie | Hot Pepper | Olsen | 1933-01-15 |
| Movie | My Lips Betray | Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur | 1933-11-04 |
| Movie | Disorderly Conduct | Olsen | 1932-03-20 |
| Movie | Six Cylinder Love | Janitor | 1931-05-10 |
| Movie | Mr. Lemon Of Orange | Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee | 1931-03-22 |
| 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 | New Movietone Follies of 1930 | Alex Svenson | 1930-05-04 |
| Movie | Just Imagine | Single O | 1930-11-23 |
| Movie | The Big Trail | Gus | 1930-11-01 |
| Movie | Happy Days | Minstrel Show Performer | 1929-09-16 |
| Movie | Frozen Justice | Swede | 1929-10-13 |
| Movie | Sunny Side Up | Eric Swenson | 1929-12-25 |
| Movie | The Cock-Eyed World | 'Yump' Olsen | 1929-10-19 |
| Movie | Hot for Paris | Axel Olson | 1929-12-22 |
| Movie | Rolled Stockings | Rudolph | 1927-06-18 |
| Movie | Wings | Herman Schwimpf | 1927-08-12 |
| Movie | You Never Know Women | Toberchik | 1926-09-20 |