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.
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 |
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