El Brendel
Acting
Born: 1890-03-24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1964-04-09
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
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
Machine Gun Mama
1944
Ollie Swenson
I'm from Arkansas
1944
Oly
Defective Detectives
1944
El
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
Axel Swenson
I Spied for You
1943
Ole Olesen
His Wedding Scare
1943
Oley
Boobs in the Night
1943
A Rookie's Cookie
1943
Ole - Rookie Policeman
Olaf Laughs Last
1942
Olaf Hansen
Phoney Cronies
1942
Oley
Ham and Yeggs
1942
El Brendel
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
Oley Brendel
Love at First Fright
1941
Zeb
Ready, Willing but Unable
1941
Olley Olsen
The Blitz Kiss
1941
Oley 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'
Risky Business
1939
Axel
The House of Fear
1939
Jeff
Code of the Streets
1939
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
Happy Landing
1938
Yonnie
Little Miss Broadway
1938
Ole
