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