El Brendel

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

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1890-03-24

Died: 1964-04-09

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1926	The College Flirt	Knute Knudson	0
2	1926	You Never Know Women	Toberchik	58
3	1926	Man of the Forest	Horace Pipp	0
4	1927	Too Many Crooks	Botts	0
5	1927	Arizona Bound	'Oley Smoke' Oleson	0
6	1927	Rolled Stockings	Rudolph	0
7	1927	Ten Modern Commandments	'Speeding' Shapiro	0
8	1927	Wings	Herman Schwimpf	72
9	1929	Happy Days	Minstrel Show Performer	60
10	1929	Frozen Justice	Swede	10
11	1929	The Cock-Eyed World	'Yump' Olsen	43
12	1929	Hot for Paris	Axel Olson	0
13	1929	Sunny Side Up	Eric Swenson	73
14	1930	The Golden Calf	Knute Olson	10
15	1930	New Movietone Follies of 1930	Alex Svenson	0
16	1930	The Big Trail	Gus	67
17	1930	Just Imagine	Single O	55
18	1931	Mr. Lemon Of Orange	Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee	60
19	1931	The Stolen Jools	Swedish Waiter	56
20	1931	Six Cylinder Love	Janitor	0
21	1931	Women of All Nations	Olsen	26
22	1931	The Spider	Ole	60
23	1931	West of Broadway	Axel 'Swede' Axelson	60
24	1931	Delicious	Chris Jansen	62
25	1932	Disorderly Conduct	Olsen	0
26	1932	Handle with Care	Carl Lundstrom	0
27	1933	Hot Pepper	Olsen	45
28	1933	The Last Trail	Newt Olsen	0
29	1933	My Lips Betray	Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur	0
30	1934	The Meanest Gal in Town	Chris Peterson	65
31	1934	Hollywood on Parade No. B-4	Self	0
32	1934	Radio Scout	Sven Svenson	0
33	1934	Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove	Self	55
34	1935	What, No Men?	Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative	57
35	1935	Okay, José	Knute Knudsen	50
36	1936	Ay Tank Ay Go	Ollie	0
37	1936	Career Woman	Chris Erleson	60
38	1937	God's Country and the Woman	Ole Olson	42
39	1937	The Holy Terror	'Bugs' Svenson	10
40	1937	The Super Snooper		0
41	1938	Happy Landing	Yonnie	53
42	1938	Little Miss Broadway	Ole	66
43	1938	Valley of the Giants	'Fats'	60
44	1939	Risky Business	Axel	60
45	1939	Code of the Streets	Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen	70
46	1939	The House of Fear	Jeff	65
47	1939	Call a Messenger	'Baldy'	0
48	1940	If I Had My Way	Axel Swensen	64
49	1940	Captain Caution	Slushy	53
50	1940	Gallant Sons	Olaf Larsen	72
51	1941	Yumpin' Yiminy!	Oley Brendel	0
52	1941	Ready, Willing but Unable	Olley Olsen	0
53	1941	Love at First Fright	Zeb	0
54	1941	The Blitz Kiss	Oley Olsen	0
55	1941	Sweet Spirits of the Nighter	Oley Brendel	0
56	1942	Olaf Laughs Last	Olaf Hansen	0
57	1942	Phoney Cronies	Oley	0
58	1942	Ham and Yeggs	El Brendel	0
59	1943	His Wedding Scare	Oley	0
60	1943	I Spied for You	Ole Olesen	0
61	1943	Boobs in the Night		0
62	1943	A Rookie's Cookie	Ole - Rookie Policeman	20
63	1944	Defective Detectives	El	0
64	1944	Pick a Peck of Plumbers	Axel Swenson	0
65	1944	Machine Gun Mama	Ollie Swenson	38
66	1944	I'm from Arkansas	Oly	54
67	1945	Snooper Service		0
68	1945	Pistol Packin' Nitwits	Professor Brendel	0
69	1949	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend	Mr. Jorgensen	58
70	1953	Paris Model	Papa Jensen	30
71	1956	The She-Creature	Olaf, the butler	41

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Racket Squad		60
2	1952	My Little Margie		30
3	1954	The George Gobel Show	Self	70
4	1957	Perry Mason	Court Manager	77