El Brendel
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.
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Movies (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
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
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
1942 · Oley
Olaf Laughs Last
1942 · Olaf Hansen
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941 · Oley Brendel
The Blitz Kiss
1941 · Oley Olsen
Love at First Fright
1941 · Zeb
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
Happy Landing
1938 · Yonnie
Blonde Trouble
1937 · Window Washer
The Super Snooper
1937
The Holy Terror
1937 · 'Bugs' Svenson
God's Country and the Woman
1937 · Ole Olson
Career Woman
1936 · Chris Erleson
Ay Tank Ay Go
1936 · Ollie
Okay, José
1935 · Knute Knudsen
What, No Men?
1935 · Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934 · Self
Radio Scout
1934 · Sven Svenson
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934 · Self
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934 · Chris Peterson
My Lips Betray
1933 · Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
Mother's Helper
1933
The Last Trail
1933 · Newt Olsen
Hot Pepper
1933 · Olsen
Olsen’s Big Moment
1933 · Knute Olsen
Handle with Care
1932 · Carl Lundstrom
Disorderly Conduct
1932 · Olsen
Delicious
1931 · Chris Jansen
West of Broadway
1931 · Axel
The Spider
1931 · Ole
Women of All Nations
1931 · Olsen
Six Cylinder Love
1931 · Janitor
The Stolen Jools
1931 · Swedish Waiter
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
1931 · Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
Just Imagine
1930 · Single O
The Big Trail
1930 · Gus
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930 · Alex Svenson
The Golden Calf
1930 · Knute Olson
Sunny Side Up
1929 · Eric Swenson
Hot for Paris
1929 · Axel Olson
The Cock-Eyed World
1929 · 'Yump' Olsen
Frozen Justice
1929 · Swede
Happy Days
1929 · Minstrel Show Performer
Wings
1927 · Herman Schwimpf
Ten Modern Commandments
1927 · 'Speeding' Shapiro
Rolled Stockings
1927 · Rudolph
Arizona Bound
1927 · 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Too Many Crooks
1927 · Botts
Help Yourself
1927
Man of the Forest
1926 · Horace Pipp
You Never Know Women
1926 · Toberchik
The Campus Flirt
1926 · Knute Knudson
