El Brendel1890 - 1964

usually

Actor

Popularity

2.4

Famous

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.

Credits

The She-Creature
The She-Creature

1956

Horror • Science Fiction

as Olaf, the butler

4.1
0.4
Paris Model
Paris Model

1953

Comedy • Drama

as Papa Jensen

3
0.3
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949

Comedy • Romance • Western

as Mr. Jorgensen

5.8
0.2
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
Pistol Packin' Nitwits

1945

Comedy • Western

as Professor Brendel

0
0.1
Snooper Service
Snooper Service

1945

Comedy

0
0.1
I'm from Arkansas
I'm from Arkansas

1944

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Oly

5.4
0.2
Machine Gun Mama
Machine Gun Mama

1944

as Ollie Swenson

3.8
0.1
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
Pick a Peck of Plumbers

1944

Comedy

as Axel Swenson

0
0.1
Defective Detectives
0
0.2
A Rookie's Cookie
A Rookie's Cookie

1943

Comedy

as Ole - Rookie Policeman

2
0
Boobs in the Night
0
0.2
I Spied for You
I Spied for You

1943

Comedy

as Ole Olesen

0
0.1
His Wedding Scare
His Wedding Scare

1943

Comedy

as Oley

0
0.1
Ham and Yeggs
Ham and Yeggs

1942

Comedy

as El Brendel

0
0
Phoney Cronies
Phoney Cronies

1942

Comedy

as Oley

0
0.1
Olaf Laughs Last
Olaf Laughs Last

1942

Comedy

as Olaf Hansen

0
0.1
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter

1941

Comedy • Horror

as Oley Brendel

0
0.1
The Blitz Kiss
The Blitz Kiss

1941

Comedy

as Oley Olsen

0
0
Love at First Fright
0
0.2
Ready, Willing but Unable
Ready, Willing but Unable

1941

Comedy

as Olley Olsen

0
0.1
Yumpin' Yiminy!
Yumpin' Yiminy!

1941

Comedy

as Oley Brendel

0
0.1
Gallant Sons
Gallant Sons

1940

Mystery

as Olaf Larsen

7.2
0.3
Captain Caution
Captain Caution

1940

Action • Adventure • Romance

as Slushy

5.6
0.3
If I Had My Way
If I Had My Way

1940

Comedy • Family

as Axel Swensen

6.4
0.2
Call a Messenger
Call a Messenger

1939

Crime • Drama

as 'Baldy'

0
0.3
The House of Fear
The House of Fear

1939

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Jeff

6.5
0.2
Code of the Streets
Code of the Streets

1939

Crime • Drama

as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen

7
0.2
Risky Business
Risky Business

1939

Crime • Drama

as Axel

6
0.2
Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants

1938

Adventure

as 'Fats'

6
0.1
Little Miss Broadway
Little Miss Broadway

1938

Drama • Family • Music

as Ole

6.6
0.3
Happy Landing
Happy Landing

1938

Comedy • Music

as Yonnie

5.3
0.3
The Super Snooper
0
0.2
The Holy Terror
The Holy Terror

1937

Comedy

as 'Bugs' Svenson

1
0.2
God's Country and the Woman
God's Country and the Woman

1937

Drama • Romance

as Ole Olson

4.2
0.2
Career Woman
Career Woman

1936

Crime • Romance

as Chris Erleson

6
0.1
Ay Tank Ay Go
Ay Tank Ay Go

1936

as Ollie

0
0.1
Okay, José
Okay, José

1935

Comedy • Music

as Knute Knudsen

5
0.1
What, No Men?
What, No Men?

1935

Comedy

as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative

5.8
0
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
5.5
0.1
Radio Scout
Radio Scout

1934

Comedy • Music

as Sven Svenson

0
0
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

1934

Comedy • Music

as Self

0
0
The Meanest Gal in Town
The Meanest Gal in Town

1934

Comedy

as Chris Peterson

6.5
0.3
My Lips Betray
My Lips Betray

1933

Music

as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur

0
0.2
The Last Trail
The Last Trail

1933

Western

as Newt Olsen

0
0.1
Hot Pepper
Hot Pepper

1933

Comedy

as Olsen

4.5
0.1
Handle with Care
Handle with Care

1932

Comedy • Crime

as Carl Lundstrom

0
0.1
Disorderly Conduct
Disorderly Conduct

1932

Comedy

as Olsen

0
0.1
Delicious
Delicious

1931

Comedy • Romance

as Chris Jansen

6.2
0.5
West of Broadway
West of Broadway

1931

Drama • Romance

as Axel

6.3
0.5
The Spider
The Spider

1931

Action • Crime • Mystery • Romance

as Ole

6
0.3
Women of All Nations
Women of All Nations

1931

Comedy • Drama • War

as Olsen

2.6
0.2
Six Cylinder Love
Six Cylinder Love

1931

Comedy

as Janitor

0
0.1
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools

1931

Comedy

as Swedish Waiter

5.6
0.5
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
Mr. Lemon Of Orange

1931

as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee

6
0.2
Just Imagine
Just Imagine

1930

Comedy • Fantasy • Music • Science Fiction

as Single O

5.7
0.4
The Big Trail
The Big Trail

1930

Drama • Western

as Gus

6.7
0.7
New Movietone Follies of 1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930

1930

Music

as Alex Svenson

0
0.1
The Golden Calf
The Golden Calf

1930

Comedy

as Knute Olson

1
0.1
Sunny Side Up
Sunny Side Up

1929

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Eric Swenson

7.3
0.2
Hot for Paris
Hot for Paris

1929

Adventure • Comedy • Music

as Axel Olson

0
0.1
The Cock-Eyed World
The Cock-Eyed World

1929

Comedy • Music

as 'Yump' Olsen

4.3
0.1
Frozen Justice
Frozen Justice

1929

Drama

as Swede

1
0.2
Happy Days
Happy Days

1929

Music

as Minstrel Show Performer

6
0.2
Wings
Wings

1927

Action • Drama • Romance • War

as Herman Schwimpf

7.2
1.8
Ten Modern Commandments
Ten Modern Commandments

1927

as 'Speeding' Shapiro

0
0.1
Rolled Stockings
Rolled Stockings

1927

Drama • Romance

as Rudolph

0
0.2
Arizona Bound
Arizona Bound

1927

Western

as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson

0
0.3
Too Many Crooks
Too Many Crooks

1927

Comedy

as Botts

0
0.2
Man of the Forest
Man of the Forest

1926

Western

as Horace Pipp

0
0.2
You Never Know Women
You Never Know Women

1926

Drama • Romance

as Toberchik

5.8
0.1
The Campus Flirt
The Campus Flirt

1926

Comedy

as Knute Knudson

0
0.1

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