El Brendel

from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Artwork for WingsImage of El Brendel

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.

Timeline

1956Aged 66

  • Poster for The She-Creature

    Olaf, the butler

1953Aged 63

  • Poster for Paris Model

    Papa Jensen

1949Aged 59

  • Poster for The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

    Mr. Jorgensen

1945Aged 55

1944Aged 54

  • Poster for Defective Detectives

    El

  • Poster for Pick a Peck of Plumbers

    Axel Swenson

  • Poster for Machine Gun Mama

    Ollie Swenson

  • Poster for I'm from Arkansas

    Oly

1943Aged 53

1942Aged 52

1941Aged 51

1940Aged 50

  • Poster for If I Had My Way

    Axel Swensen

  • Poster for Captain Caution

    Slushy

  • Poster for Gallant Sons

    Olaf Larsen

1939Aged 49

  • Poster for Risky Business

    Axel

  • Poster for Code of the Streets

    Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen

  • Poster for The House of Fear

    Jeff

  • Poster for Call a Messenger

    'Baldy'

1938Aged 48

  • Poster for Happy Landing

    Yonnie

  • Poster for Little Miss Broadway

    Ole

  • Poster for Valley of the Giants

    'Fats'

1937Aged 47

1936Aged 46

  • Poster for Ay Tank Ay Go

    Ollie

  • Poster for Career Woman

    Chris Erleson

1935Aged 45

  • Poster for What, No Men?

    Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative

  • Okay, José

    Knute Knudsen

1934Aged 44

  • Poster for The Meanest Gal in Town

    Chris Peterson

  • Poster for Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

    Self

  • Poster for Radio Scout

    Sven Svenson

  • Poster for Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

    Self

1933Aged 43

  • Mother's Helper

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Olsen’s Big Moment

    Knute Olsen

  • Poster for Hot Pepper

    Olsen

  • Poster for The Last Trail

    Newt Olsen

  • Poster for My Lips Betray

    Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur

1932Aged 42

  • Poster for Disorderly Conduct

    Olsen

  • Poster for Handle with Care

    Carl Lundstrom

1931Aged 41

  • Poster for Mr. Lemon Of Orange

    Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee

  • Poster for The Stolen Jools

    Swedish Waiter

  • Poster for Six Cylinder Love

    Janitor

  • Poster for Women of All Nations

    Olsen

  • Poster for The Spider

    Ole

  • Poster for West of Broadway

    Axel

  • Poster for Delicious

    Chris Jansen

1930Aged 40

  • Poster for The Golden Calf

    Knute Olson

  • Poster for New Movietone Follies of 1930

    Alex Svenson

  • Poster for The Big Trail

    Gus

  • Poster for Just Imagine

    Single O

1929Aged 39

  • Poster for Happy Days

    Minstrel Show Performer

  • Poster for Frozen Justice

    Swede

  • Poster for The Cock-Eyed World

    'Yump' Olsen

  • Poster for Hot for Paris

    Axel Olson

  • Poster for Sunny Side Up

    Eric Swenson

1927Aged 37

  • Help Yourself

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Too Many Crooks

    Botts

  • Poster for Arizona Bound

    'Oley Smoke' Oleson

  • Poster for Rolled Stockings

    Rudolph

  • Poster for Ten Modern Commandments

    'Speeding' Shapiro

  • Poster for Wings

    Herman Schwimpf

1926Aged 36

  • Poster for The Campus Flirt

    Knute Knudson

  • Poster for You Never Know Women

    Toberchik

  • Poster for Man of the Forest

    Horace Pipp

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