Cast
El Brendel
Acting
Cast
El Brendel
Known for
Acting
Born
1890-03-24
From
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1964-04-09
Also known as Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel, Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
Biography
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.
★7.2
MOVIE1927
Wings
as Herman Schwimpf
★6.3
MOVIE1938
Happy Landing
as Yonnie
★3.6
MOVIE1953
Paris Model
as Papa Jensen
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Phoney Cronies
as Oley
★5.8
MOVIE1930
Just Imagine
as Single O
MOVIE1927
Help Yourself
★8.0
MOVIE1927
Rolled Stockings
as Rudolph
★9.0
MOVIE1944
Defective Detectives
as El
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Ham and Yeggs
as El Brendel
★6.7
MOVIE1930
The Big Trail
as Gus
★10.0
MOVIE1945
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
as Professor Brendel
★5.9
MOVIE1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Mr. Jorgensen
★6.7
MOVIE1938
Valley of the Giants
as 'Fats'
★7.0
MOVIE1931
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
★5.2
MOVIE1933
Hot Pepper
as Olsen
★6.3
MOVIE1929
Happy Days
as Minstrel Show Performer
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1931
Six Cylinder Love
as Janitor
★10.0
MOVIE1941
Ready, Willing but Unable
as Olley Olsen
★10.0
MOVIE1929
Hot for Paris
as Axel Olson
★9.0
MOVIE1933
Olsen’s Big Moment
as Knute Olsen
★4.8
MOVIE1929
The Cock-Eyed World
as 'Yump' Olsen
★10.0
MOVIE1933
My Lips Betray
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Blonde Trouble
as Window Washer
★7.0
MOVIE1937
The Super Snooper
★4.1
MOVIE1956
The She-Creature
as Olaf, the butler
★7.1
MOVIE1929
Sunny Side Up
as Eric Swenson
MOVIE1933
Mother's Helper
★10.0
MOVIE1943
Boobs in the Night
★10.0
MOVIE1941
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
as Oley Brendel
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Yumpin' Yiminy!
as Oley Brendel
★10.0
MOVIE1932
Handle with Care
as Carl Lundstrom
★5.7
MOVIE1940
Captain Caution
as Slushy
★7.7
MOVIE1939
Code of the Streets
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
★5.6
MOVIE1931
The Stolen Jools
as Swedish Waiter
★6.5
MOVIE1938
Little Miss Broadway
as Ole
★7.3
MOVIE1934
The Meanest Gal in Town
as Chris Peterson
★9.0
MOVIE1941
The Blitz Kiss
as Oley Olsen
★6.0
MOVIE1936
Career Woman
as Chris Erleson
★7.4
MOVIE1940
Gallant Sons
as Olaf Larsen
★7.0
MOVIE1940
If I Had My Way
as Axel Swensen
★7.0
MOVIE1931
The Spider
as Ole
★6.1
MOVIE1926
You Never Know Women
as Toberchik
★6.8
MOVIE1931
West of Broadway
as Axel
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Olaf Laughs Last
as Olaf Hansen
★5.2
MOVIE1937
God's Country and the Woman
as Ole Olson
★7.7
MOVIE1939
The House of Fear
as Jeff
MOVIE1934
Radio Scout
as Sven Svenson
★3.3
MOVIE1931
Women of All Nations
as Olsen
★8.0
MOVIE1932
Disorderly Conduct
as Olsen
★4.0
MOVIE1930
The Golden Calf
as Knute Olson
★10.0
MOVIE1927
Ten Modern Commandments
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Risky Business
as Axel
★8.0
MOVIE1943
His Wedding Scare
as Oley
★10.0
MOVIE1926
Man of the Forest
as Horace Pipp
★7.0
MOVIE1933
The Last Trail
as Newt Olsen
★6.0
MOVIE1944
I'm from Arkansas
as Oly
★10.0
MOVIE1927
Arizona Bound
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
★9.0
MOVIE1943
I Spied for You
as Ole Olesen
★5.0
MOVIE1937
The Holy Terror
as 'Bugs' Svenson
★6.7
MOVIE1944
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
as Axel Swenson
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Okay, José
as Knute Knudsen
★6.5
MOVIE1931
Delicious
as Chris Jansen
★3.7
MOVIE1929
Frozen Justice
as Swede
★10.0
MOVIE1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Alex Svenson
★7.0
MOVIE1926
The Campus Flirt
as Knute Knudson
★10.0
MOVIE1927
Too Many Crooks
as Botts
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Call a Messenger
as 'Baldy'
★8.0
MOVIE1945
Snooper Service
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Ay Tank Ay Go
as Ollie
★4.5
MOVIE1944
Machine Gun Mama
as Ollie Swenson
★6.0
MOVIE1935
What, No Men?
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
MOVIE1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1941
Love at First Fright
as Zeb
★4.3
MOVIE1943
A Rookie's Cookie
as Ole - Rookie Policeman