
El Brendel
March 24, 1890 (135 years old) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Court Manager
- 1956 · The She-Creature as Olaf, the butler
- 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1953 · Paris Model as Papa Jensen
- 1952 · My Little Margie as
- 1951 · Racket Squad as
- 1949 · The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend as Mr. Jorgensen
- 1945 · Pistol Packin' Nitwits as Professor Brendel
- 1945 · Snooper Service as
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 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 Self
- 1934 · Radio Scout as Sven Svenson
- 1934 · Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 as Self
- 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
- 1931 · The Spider as Ole
- 1931 · Women of All Nations as Olsen
- 1931 · Six Cylinder Love as Janitor
- 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 Campus Flirt as Knute Knudson