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