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.
Filmography The She-Creature
1956
Olaf, the butler
Details The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Mr. Jorgensen
Details Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945
Professor Brendel
Details Snooper Service
1945
Character TBA
Details Machine Gun Mama
1944
Ollie Swenson
Details Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944
Axel Swenson
Details A Rookie's Cookie
1943
Ole - Rookie Policeman
Details Boobs in the Night
1943
Character TBA
Details I Spied for You
1943
Ole Olesen
Details Ham and Yeggs
1942
El Brendel
Details Olaf Laughs Last
1942
Olaf Hansen
Details Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
1941
Oley Brendel
Details The Blitz Kiss
1941
Oley Olsen
Details Love at First Fright
1941
Zeb
Details Ready, Willing but Unable
1941
Olley Olsen
Details Yumpin' Yiminy!
1941
Oley Brendel
Details Gallant Sons
1940
Olaf Larsen
Details If I Had My Way
1940
Axel Swensen
Details Call a Messenger
1939
'Baldy'
Details Code of the Streets
1939
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
Details Valley of the Giants
1938
'Fats'
Details Little Miss Broadway
1938
Ole
Details The Super Snooper
1937
Character TBA
Details The Holy Terror
1937
'Bugs' Svenson
Details God's Country and the Woman
1937
Ole Olson
Details Career Woman
1936
Chris Erleson
Details Okay, José
1935
Knute Knudsen
Details What, No Men?
1935
Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
Details Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
Self
Details Radio Scout
1934
Sven Svenson
Details Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934
Self
Details The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
Chris Peterson
Details My Lips Betray
1933
Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
Details The Last Trail
1933
Newt Olsen
Details Handle with Care
1932
Carl Lundstrom
Details Disorderly Conduct
1932
Olsen
Details West of Broadway
1931
Axel 'Swede' Axelson
Details Women of All Nations
1931
Olsen
Details Six Cylinder Love
1931
Janitor
Details The Stolen Jools
1931
Swedish Waiter
Details Mr. Lemon Of Orange
1931
Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
Details New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
Alex Svenson
Details The Golden Calf
1930
Knute Olson
Details Sunny Side Up
1929
Eric Swenson
Details Hot for Paris
1929
Axel Olson
Details The Cock-Eyed World
1929
'Yump' Olsen
Details Happy Days
1929
Minstrel Show Performer
Details Ten Modern Commandments
1927
'Speeding' Shapiro
Details Rolled Stockings
1927
Rudolph
Details Arizona Bound
1927
'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Details Man of the Forest
1926
Horace Pipp
Details You Never Know Women
1926
Toberchik
Details The College Flirt
1926
Knute Knudson
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