El Brendel

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 71

Gender Male

Birthday 1890-03-25

Day of Death 1964-04-09 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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El Brendel

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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.

Known For

Acting

1965

as Self (archive footage)

1956

as Olaf, the butler

1953

as Papa Jensen

1952

(1 episode)

1951

(1 episode)

1949

as Mr. Jorgensen

1945		Pistol Packin' Nitwits as Professor Brendel
1945		Snooper Service

1944		I'm from Arkansas as Oly
1944		Machine Gun Mama as Ollie Swenson
1944		Pick a Peck of Plumbers as Axel Swenson
1944		Defective Detectives as El

1943		A Rookie's Cookie as Ole - Rookie Policeman
1943		Boobs in the Night
1943		I Spied for You as Ole Olesen
1943		His Wedding Scare as Oley

1942		Ham and Yeggs as El Brendel
1942		Phoney Cronies as Oley
1942		Olaf Laughs Last as Olaf Hansen

1941		Sweet Spirits of the Nighter as Oley Brendel
1941		The Blitz Kiss as Oley Olsen
1941		Love at First Fright as Zeb
1941		Ready, Willing but Unable as Olley Olsen
1941		Yumpin' Yiminy! as Oley Brendel

1940		Gallant Sons as Olaf Larsen
1940		Captain Caution as Slushy
1940		If I Had My Way as Axel Swensen

1939		Call a Messenger as 'Baldy'
1939		The House of Fear as Jeff
1939		Code of the Streets as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
1939		Risky Business as Axel

1938		Valley of the Giants as 'Fats'
1938		Little Miss Broadway as Ole
1938		Happy Landing as Yonnie

1937		The Super Snooper
1937		The Holy Terror as 'Bugs' Svenson
1937		God's Country and the Woman as Ole Olson

1936		Career Woman as Chris Erleson
1936		Ay Tank Ay Go as Ollie

1935		Okay, José as Knute Knudsen
1935		What, No Men? as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative

1934		Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove as Himself
1934		The Meanest Gal in Town as Chris Peterson

1933		My Lips Betray as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
1933		The Last Trail as Newt Olsen
1933		Hot Pepper as Olsen

1932		Handle with Care as Carl Lundstrom
1932		Disorderly Conduct as Olsen

1931		Delicious as Chris Jansen
1931		West of Broadway as Axel 'Swede' Axelson
1931		The Spider as Ole
1931		Women of All Nations as Olsen
1931		The Stolen Jools as Swedish Waiter
1931		Mr. Lemon Of Orange as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee

1930		Just Imagine as Single O
1930		The Big Trail as Gus
1930		New Movietone Follies of 1930 as Alex Svenson
1930		The Golden Calf as Knute Olson

1929		Sunny Side Up as Eric Swenson
1929		Hot for Paris as Axel Olson
1929		The Cock-Eyed World as 'Yump' Olsen
1929		Frozen Justice as Swede
1929		Happy Days as Minstrel Show Performer

1927		Wings as Herman Schwimpf
1927		Ten Modern Commandments as 'Speeding' Shapiro
1927		Rolled Stockings as Rudolph
1927		Arizona Bound as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
1927		Too Many Crooks as Botts

1926		Man of the Forest as Horace Pipp
1926		You Never Know Women as Toberchik
1926		The College Flirt as Knute Knudson

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