El Brendel
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-03-24 (74 years old)
Deathday
1964-04-09
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel
Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
El Brendel
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.
Acting
1934
as Self
1926
as Horace Pipp
1927
as Herman Schwimpf
1930
as Gus
1956
as Olaf, the butler
1938
as Yonnie
1927
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
1930
as Single O
1929
as Eric Swenson
1937
as Ole Olson
1931
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
1931
as Olsen
1931
as Chris Jansen
1929
as Minstrel Show Performer
1931
as Axel
1944
as Ollie Swenson
1931
as Ole
1940
as Olaf Larsen
1936
as Ollie
1953
as Papa Jensen
1933
as Olsen
1930
as Alex Svenson
1934
as Chris Peterson
1938
as Ole
1932
as Olsen
1939
as 'Baldy'
1944
as Oly
1944
as El
1939
as Axel
1926
as Toberchik
1929
as Axel Olson
1933
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
1929
as 'Yump' Olsen
1939
as Jeff
1941
as Oley Brendel
1944
as Axel Swenson
1931
as Janitor
1949
as Mr. Jorgensen
1940
as Slushy
1938
as 'Fats'
1939
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
1931
as Swedish Waiter
1945
as Professor Brendel
1935
as Knute Knudsen
1935
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
1941
as Zeb
1936
as Chris Erleson
1933
as Newt Olsen
1943
as Ole Olesen
1941
as Oley Brendel
1941
as Oley Olsen
1942
as Olaf Hansen
1941
as Olley Olsen
1942
as Oley
1942
as El Brendel
1943
as Oley
1943
as Ole - Rookie Policeman
1945
1930
as Knute Olson
1940
as Axel Swensen
1932
as Carl Lundstrom
1929
as Swede
1934
1937
as 'Bugs' Svenson
1927
as Botts
1926
as Knute Knudson
1927
as Rudolph
1927
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
1934
as Sven Svenson
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