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.
Acted in
Perry Mason
1957
as Court Manager
The She-Creature
1956
as Olaf, the butler
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
Paris Model
1953
as Papa Jensen
My Little Margie
1952
Racket Squad
1951
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
as Mr. Jorgensen
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945
as Professor Brendel
Snooper Service
1945
I'm from Arkansas
1944
as Oly
Machine Gun Mama
1944
as Ollie Swenson
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
as Axel Swenson
Defective Detectives
1944
as El
A Rookie's Cookie
1943
as Ole - Rookie Policeman
Boobs in the Night
1943
I Spied for You
1943
as Ole Olesen
His Wedding Scare
1943
as Oley
Ham and Yeggs
1942
as El Brendel
Phoney Cronies
1942
as Oley
Olaf Laughs Last
1942
as Olaf Hansen
Sweet 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
Yumpin' Yiminy!
1941
as Oley Brendel
Gallant Sons
1940
as Olaf Larsen
Captain Caution
1940
as Slushy
If I Had My Way
1940
as Axel Swensen
Call a Messenger
1939
as 'Baldy'
The House of Fear
1939
as Jeff
Code of the Streets
1939
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
Risky Business
1939
as Axel
Valley of the Giants
1938
as 'Fats'
Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Ole
Happy Landing
1938
as Yonnie
The Super Snooper
1937
The Holy Terror
1937
as 'Bugs' Svenson
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Ole Olson
Career Woman
1936
as Chris Erleson
Ay Tank Ay Go
1936
as Ollie
Okay, José
1935
as Knute Knudsen
What, No Men?
1935
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934
as Self
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
as Chris Peterson
My Lips Betray
1933
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
The Last Trail
1933
as Newt Olsen
Hot Pepper
1933
as Olsen
Handle with Care
1932
as Carl Lundstrom
Disorderly Conduct
1932
as Olsen
Delicious
1931
as Chris Jansen
West of Broadway
1931
as Axel 'Swede' Axelson
The Spider
1931
as Ole
Women of All Nations
1931
as Olsen
Six Cylinder Love
1931
as Janitor
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Swedish Waiter
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
1931
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
Just Imagine
1930
as Single O
The Big Trail
1930
as Gus
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
as Alex Svenson
The Golden Calf
1930
as Knute Olson
Sunny Side Up
1929
as Eric Swenson
Hot for Paris
1929
as Axel Olson
The Cock-Eyed World
1929
as 'Yump' Olsen
Frozen Justice
1929
as Swede
Happy Days
1929
as Minstrel Show Performer
Wings
1927
as Herman Schwimpf
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
Rolled Stockings
1927
as Rudolph
Arizona Bound
1927
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Too Many Crooks
1927
as Botts
Man of the Forest
1926
as Horace Pipp
You Never Know Women
1926
as Toberchik
The College Flirt
1926
as Knute Knudson