El Brendel
Age: 74 | From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1890-03-25 15:54:15
Death: 1964-04-09 15:54:15
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 36
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Wings
(1927) Herman Schwimpf
The Big Trail
(1930) Gus
The She-Creature
(1956) Olaf, the butler
Captain Caution
(1940) Slushy
Little Miss Broadway
(1938) Ole
Machine Gun Mama
(1944) Ollie Swenson
You Never Know Women
(1926) Toberchik
New Movietone Follies of 1930
(1930) Alex SvensonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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