Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel , Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 36
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Wings
(1927) Herman SchwimpfThe Big Trail
(1930) GusThe She-Creature
(1956) Olaf, the butlerCaptain Caution
(1940) SlushyLittle Miss Broadway
(1938) OleMachine Gun Mama
(1944) Ollie SwensonYou Never Know Women
(1926) ToberchikNew Movietone Follies of 1930
(1930) Alex SvensonActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1965 | Self (archive footage) | |
1956 | Olaf, the butler | |
1953 | Papa Jensen | |
1952 | N/A | |
1951 | N/A | |
1949 | Mr. Jorgensen | |
1945 | Professor Brendel | |
N/A | ||
1944 | Oly | |
Ollie Swenson | ||
Axel Swenson | ||
El | ||
1943 | Ole - Rookie Policeman | |
N/A | ||
Ole Olesen | ||
Oley | ||
1942 | El Brendel | |
Oley | ||
Olaf Hansen | ||
1941 | Oley Brendel | |
Oley Olsen | ||
Zeb | ||
Olley Olsen | ||
Oley Brendel | ||
1940 | Olaf Larsen | |
Slushy | ||
Axel Swensen | ||
1939 | 'Baldy' | |
Jeff | ||
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen | ||
Axel | ||
1938 | 'Fats' | |
Ole | ||
Yonnie | ||
1937 | N/A | |
'Bugs' Svenson | ||
Ole Olson | ||
1936 | Chris Erleson | |
Ollie | ||
1935 | Knute Knudsen | |
Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative | ||
1934 | Self | |
Self | ||
Chris Peterson | ||
1933 | Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur | |
Newt Olsen | ||
Olsen | ||
1932 | Carl Lundstrom | |
Olsen | ||
1931 | Chris Jansen | |
Axel 'Swede' Axelson | ||
Ole | ||
Olsen | ||
Swedish Waiter | ||
Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee | ||
1930 | Single O | |
Gus | ||
Alex Svenson | ||
Knute Olson | ||
1929 | Eric Swenson | |
Axel Olson | ||
'Yump' Olsen | ||
Swede | ||
Minstrel Show Performer | ||
1927 | Herman Schwimpf | |
'Speeding' Shapiro | ||
Rudolph | ||
'Oley Smoke' Oleson | ||
Botts | ||
1926 | Horace Pipp | |
Toberchik | ||
Knute Knudson | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |