Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born March 24, 1890
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.
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Court Manager
MovieThe She-Creature
1956
as Olaf, the butler
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
MovieParis Model
1953
as Papa Jensen
TVMy Little Margie
1952
TVRacket Squad
1951
MovieThe Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
as Mr. Jorgensen
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945
as Professor Brendel
MovieSnooper Service
1945
MovieI'm from Arkansas
1944
as Oly
MovieMachine Gun Mama
1944
as Ollie Swenson
MoviePick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
as Axel Swenson
MovieDefective Detectives
1944
as El
A Rookie's Cookie
1943
as Ole - Rookie Policeman
MovieBoobs in the Night
1943
MovieI Spied for You
1943
as Ole Olesen
MovieHis Wedding Scare
1943
as Oley
MovieHam and Yeggs
1942
as El Brendel
Phoney Cronies
1942
as Oley
MovieOlaf Laughs Last
1942
as Olaf Hansen
MovieSweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
as Oley Brendel
The Blitz Kiss
1941
as Oley Olsen
Love at First Fright
1941
as Zeb
Ready, Willing but Unable
1941
as Olley Olsen
MovieYumpin' Yiminy!
1941
as Oley Brendel
MovieGallant Sons
1940
as Olaf Larsen
MovieCaptain Caution
1940
as Slushy
MovieIf I Had My Way
1940
as Axel Swensen
MovieCall a Messenger
1939
as 'Baldy'
MovieThe House of Fear
1939
as Jeff
MovieCode of the Streets
1939
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
MovieRisky Business
1939
as Axel
MovieValley of the Giants
1938
as 'Fats'
MovieLittle Miss Broadway
1938
as Ole
MovieHappy Landing
1938
as Yonnie
MovieBlonde Trouble
1937
as Window Washer
The Super Snooper
1937
MovieThe Holy Terror
1937
as 'Bugs' Svenson
MovieGod's Country and the Woman
1937
as Ole Olson
MovieCareer Woman
1936
as Chris Erleson
MovieAy Tank Ay Go
1936
as Ollie
Okay, José
1935
as Knute Knudsen
MovieWhat, No Men?
1935
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
MovieStar Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
as Self
MovieRadio Scout
1934
as Sven Svenson
MovieHollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934
as Self
MovieThe Meanest Gal in Town
1934
as Chris Peterson
MovieMy Lips Betray
1933
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
MovieThe Last Trail
1933
as Newt Olsen
MovieHot Pepper
1933
as Olsen
MovieOlsen’s Big Moment
1933
as Knute Olsen
Mother's Helper
1933
MovieHandle with Care
1932
as Carl Lundstrom
MovieDisorderly Conduct
1932
as Olsen
MovieDelicious
1931
as Chris Jansen
MovieWest of Broadway
1931
as Axel
MovieThe Spider
1931
as Ole
MovieWomen of All Nations
1931
as Olsen
MovieSix Cylinder Love
1931
as Janitor
MovieThe Stolen Jools
1931
as Swedish Waiter
MovieMr. Lemon Of Orange
1931
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
MovieJust Imagine
1930
as Single O
MovieThe Big Trail
1930
as Gus
MovieNew Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
as Alex Svenson
MovieThe Golden Calf
1930
as Knute Olson
MovieSunny Side Up
1929
as Eric Swenson
MovieHot for Paris
1929
as Axel Olson
MovieThe Cock-Eyed World
1929
as 'Yump' Olsen
MovieFrozen Justice
1929
as Swede
MovieHappy Days
1929
as Minstrel Show Performer
MovieWings
1927
as Herman Schwimpf
MovieTen Modern Commandments
1927
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
MovieRolled Stockings
1927
as Rudolph
MovieArizona Bound
1927
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
MovieToo Many Crooks
1927
as Botts
Help Yourself
1927
MovieMan of the Forest
1926
as Horace Pipp
MovieYou Never Know Women
1926
as Toberchik
MovieThe Campus Flirt
1926
as Knute Knudson
