El Brendel
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El Brendel (March 24, 1890 - April 9, 1964); 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.
Known for
Credits
Wings (1927)
as Herman Schwimpf
Happy Landing (1938)
as Yonnie
The Big Trail (1930)
as Gus
Paris Model (1953)
as Papa Jensen
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
as Self
Happy Days (1929)
as Minstrel Show Performer
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
as Mr. Jorgensen
Valley of the Giants (1938)
as 'Fats'
Just Imagine (1930)
as Single O
Blonde Trouble (1937)
as Window Washer
Call a Messenger (1939)
as 'Baldy'
Hot Pepper (1933)
as Olsen
Olsen’s Big Moment (1933)
as Knute Olsen
Six Cylinder Love (1931)
as Janitor
Rolled Stockings (1927)
as Rudolph
The Super Snooper (1937)
Actor
Man of the Forest (1926)
as Horace Pipp
The She-Creature (1956)
as Olaf, the butler
The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
as 'Yump' Olsen
Hot for Paris (1929)
as Axel Olson
Phoney Cronies (1942)
as Oley
My Lips Betray (1933)
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
Pick a Peck of Plumbers (1944)
as Axel Swenson
Pistol Packin' Nitwits (1945)
as Professor Brendel
The Holy Terror (1937)
as 'Bugs' Svenson
The House of Fear (1939)
as Jeff
Help Yourself (1927)
Actor
Mother's Helper (1933)
Actor
If I Had My Way (1940)
as Axel Swensen
New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930)
as Alex Svenson
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 (1934)
as Self
Handle with Care (1932)
as Carl Lundstrom
Defective Detectives (1944)
as El
Frozen Justice (1929)
as Swede
Women of All Nations (1931)
as Olsen
Boobs in the Night (1943)
Actor
Mr. Lemon Of Orange (1931)
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
West of Broadway (1931)
as Axel
God's Country and the Woman (1937)
as Ole Olson
Captain Caution (1940)
as Slushy
Risky Business (1939)
as Axel
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
as Ole
Gallant Sons (1940)
as Olaf Larsen
The Spider (1931)
as Ole
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter (1941)
as Oley Brendel
Ready, Willing but Unable (1941)
as Olley Olsen
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Swedish Waiter
Ay Tank Ay Go (1936)
as Ollie
The Blitz Kiss (1941)
as Oley Olsen
The Campus Flirt (1926)
as Knute Knudson
Sunny Side Up (1929)
as Eric Swenson
The Last Trail (1933)
as Newt Olsen
Career Woman (1936)
as Chris Erleson
I Spied for You (1943)
as Ole Olesen
You Never Know Women (1926)
as Toberchik
I'm from Arkansas (1944)
as Oly
Too Many Crooks (1927)
as Botts
Yumpin' Yiminy! (1941)
as Oley Brendel
Code of the Streets (1939)
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)
as Chris Peterson
Disorderly Conduct (1932)
as Olsen
Ham and Yeggs (1942)
as El Brendel
Delicious (1931)
as Chris Jansen
Arizona Bound (1927)
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Olaf Laughs Last (1942)
as Olaf Hansen
Snooper Service (1945)
Actor
Radio Scout (1934)
as Sven Svenson
His Wedding Scare (1943)
as Oley
What, No Men? (1935)
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
Machine Gun Mama (1944)
as Ollie Swenson
A Rookie's Cookie (1943)
as Ole - Rookie Policeman
Love at First Fright (1941)
as Zeb
The Golden Calf (1930)
as Knute Olson
Ten Modern Commandments (1927)
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
Okay, José (1935)
as Knute Knudsen