El Brendel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

75

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-03-24

Deathday

1964-04-09 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

  • Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel
  • Elmer Goodfellow Brendel

El Brendel

Biography

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
7.2%

Wings

Aug 12, 1927

Perry Mason
7.7%

Perry Mason

Sep 21, 1957

The Big Trail
6.7%

The Big Trail

Nov 1, 1930

The She-Creature
4.1%

The She-Creature

Aug 1, 1956

The Stolen Jools
5.6%

The Stolen Jools

Apr 4, 1931

Just Imagine
5.6%

Just Imagine

Nov 23, 1930

Little Miss Broadway
6.6%

Little Miss Broadway

Jul 29, 1938

Sunny Side Up
7.3%

Sunny Side Up

Dec 25, 1929

Captain Caution
5.3%

Captain Caution

Aug 9, 1940

What, No Men?
5.7%

What, No Men?

Jan 5, 1935

Women of All Nations
2.6%

Women of All Nations

May 31, 1931

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Acting

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