El Brendel

Actor

Born: March 24, 1890
Died: April 9, 1964 (age 74)
From: 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 (75)

The She-Creature (1956)
Olaf, the butler
Paris Model (1953)
Papa Jensen
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Mr. Jorgensen
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
Pistol Packin' Nitwits (1945)
Professor Brendel
Snooper Service (1945)
I'm from Arkansas (1944)
Oly
Machine Gun Mama (1944)
Ollie Swenson
Pick a Peck of Plumbers (1944)
Axel Swenson
Defective Detectives (1944)
El
A Rookie's Cookie
A Rookie's Cookie (1943)
Ole - Rookie Policeman
Boobs in the Night (1943)
I Spied for You (1943)
Ole Olesen
His Wedding Scare (1943)
Oley
Ham and Yeggs (1942)
El Brendel
Phoney Cronies
Phoney Cronies (1942)
Oley
Olaf Laughs Last (1942)
Olaf Hansen
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter (1941)
Oley Brendel
The Blitz Kiss
The Blitz Kiss (1941)
Oley Olsen
Love at First Fright
Love at First Fright (1941)
Zeb
Ready, Willing but Unable
Ready, Willing but Unable (1941)
Olley Olsen
Yumpin' Yiminy! (1941)
Oley Brendel
Gallant Sons (1940)
Olaf Larsen
Captain Caution (1940)
Slushy
If I Had My Way (1940)
Axel Swensen
Call a Messenger (1939)
'Baldy'
The House of Fear (1939)
Jeff
Code of the Streets (1939)
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
Risky Business (1939)
Axel
Valley of the Giants (1938)
'Fats'
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Ole