El Brendel

Born · March 24, 1890

Died · April 9, 1964 (74 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Bio

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

Wings

Perry Mason

The Big Trail

The She-Creature

Perry Mason

Court Manager · (1 episode)

7.7

1957

The She-Creature

Olaf, the butler

4.1

1956

The George Gobel Show

Self · (1 episode)

7.3

1954

Paris Model

Papa Jensen

3.0

1953

My Little Margie

(1 episode)

3.0

1952

Racket Squad

(1 episode)

6.0

1951

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Mr. Jorgensen

5.8

1949

Pistol Packin' Nitwits

Professor Brendel

0.0

1945

Snooper Service

0.0

1945

I'm from Arkansas

Oly

5.4

1944

Machine Gun Mama

Ollie Swenson

3.8

1944

Pick a Peck of Plumbers

Axel Swenson

0.0

1944

Defective Detectives

0.0

1944

A Rookie's Cookie

Ole - Rookie Policeman

2.0

1943

Boobs in the Night

0.0

1943

I Spied for You

Ole Olesen

0.0

1943

His Wedding Scare

Oley

0.0

1943

Ham and Yeggs

El Brendel

0.0

1942

Phoney Cronies

Oley

0.0

1942

Olaf Laughs Last

Olaf Hansen

0.0

1942

Sweet Spirits of the Nighter

Oley Brendel

0.0

1941

The Blitz Kiss

Oley Olsen

0.0

1941

Love at First Fright

Zeb

0.0

1941

Ready, Willing but Unable

Olley Olsen

0.0

1941

Yumpin' Yiminy!

Oley Brendel

0.0

1941

Gallant Sons

Olaf Larsen

7.2

1940

Captain Caution

Slushy

5.6

1940

If I Had My Way

Axel Swensen

6.4

1940

Call a Messenger

'Baldy'

0.0

1939

The House of Fear

Jeff

6.5

1939

Code of the Streets

Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen

7.0

1939

Risky Business

Axel

6.0

1939

Valley of the Giants

'Fats'

6.0

1938

Little Miss Broadway

Ole

6.6

1938

Happy Landing

Yonnie

5.3

1938

The Super Snooper

0.0

1937

The Holy Terror

'Bugs' Svenson

1.0

1937

God's Country and the Woman

Ole Olson

4.2

1937

Career Woman

Chris Erleson

6.0

1936

Ay Tank Ay Go

Ollie

0.0

1936

Okay, José

Knute Knudsen

5.0

1935

What, No Men?

Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative

5.8

1935

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

Self

5.5

1934

Radio Scout

Sven Svenson

0.0

1934

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

Self

0.0

1934

The Meanest Gal in Town

Chris Peterson

6.5

1934

My Lips Betray

Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur

0.0

1933

The Last Trail

Newt Olsen

0.0

1933

Hot Pepper

Olsen

4.5

1933

Handle with Care

Carl Lundstrom

0.0

1932

Disorderly Conduct

Olsen

0.0

1932

Delicious

Chris Jansen

6.2

1931

West of Broadway

Axel

6.3

1931

The Spider

Ole

6.0

1931

Women of All Nations

Olsen

2.6

1931

Six Cylinder Love

Janitor

0.0

1931

The Stolen Jools

Swedish Waiter

5.6

1931

Mr. Lemon Of Orange

Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee

6.0

1931

Just Imagine

Single O

5.7

1930

The Big Trail

Gus

6.7

1930

New Movietone Follies of 1930

Alex Svenson

0.0

1930

The Golden Calf

Knute Olson

1.0

1930

Sunny Side Up

Eric Swenson

7.3

1929

Hot for Paris

Axel Olson

0.0

1929

The Cock-Eyed World

'Yump' Olsen

4.3

1929

Frozen Justice

Swede

1.0

1929

Happy Days

Minstrel Show Performer

6.0

1929

Wings

Herman Schwimpf

7.2

1927

Ten Modern Commandments

'Speeding' Shapiro

0.0

1927

Rolled Stockings

Rudolph

0.0

1927

Arizona Bound

'Oley Smoke' Oleson

0.0

1927

Too Many Crooks

Botts

0.0

1927

Man of the Forest

Horace Pipp

0.0

1926

You Never Know Women

Toberchik

6.0

1926

The Campus Flirt

Knute Knudson

0.0

1926