El Brendel
Actor
Born March 24, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
Perry Mason
Court Manager
The She-Creature
Olaf, the butler
Paris Model
Papa Jensen
My Little Margie
Racket Squad
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Mr. Jorgensen
Snooper Service
I'm from Arkansas
Oly
Machine Gun Mama
Ollie Swenson
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
Axel Swenson
Defective Detectives
El
Boobs in the Night
I Spied for You
Ole Olesen
His Wedding Scare
Oley
Ham and Yeggs
El Brendel
Olaf Laughs Last
Olaf Hansen
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Oley Brendel
Yumpin' Yiminy!
Oley Brendel
Gallant Sons
Olaf Larsen
Captain Caution
Slushy
If I Had My Way
Axel Swensen
Call a Messenger
'Baldy'
The House of Fear
Jeff
Code of the Streets
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
Risky Business
Axel
Valley of the Giants
'Fats'
Little Miss Broadway
Ole
Happy Landing
Yonnie
Blonde Trouble
Window Washer
The Holy Terror
'Bugs' Svenson
God's Country and the Woman
Ole Olson
Career Woman
Chris Erleson
Ay Tank Ay Go
Ollie
What, No Men?
Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
Radio Scout
Sven Svenson
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
Self
The Meanest Gal in Town
Chris Peterson
My Lips Betray
Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
The Last Trail
Newt Olsen
Hot Pepper
Olsen
Olsen’s Big Moment
Knute Olsen
Handle with Care
Carl Lundstrom
Disorderly Conduct
Olsen
Delicious
Chris Jansen
West of Broadway
Axel
The Spider
Ole
Women of All Nations
Olsen
Six Cylinder Love
Janitor
The Stolen Jools
Swedish Waiter
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
Just Imagine
Single O
The Big Trail
Gus
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Alex Svenson
The Golden Calf
Knute Olson
Sunny Side Up
Eric Swenson
Hot for Paris
Axel Olson
The Cock-Eyed World
'Yump' Olsen
Frozen Justice
Swede
Happy Days
Minstrel Show Performer
Wings
Herman Schwimpf
Ten Modern Commandments
'Speeding' Shapiro
Rolled Stockings
Rudolph
Arizona Bound
'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Too Many Crooks
Botts
Man of the Forest
Horace Pipp
You Never Know Women
Toberchik
The Campus Flirt
Knute Knudson