El Brendel
- Born
- March 24, 1890 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- April 9, 1964
- Actor
- Writer
- soundtrack
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.
Filmography · 49 credits
- 1965Tobo the Happy Clown · Archive footage (Narrator of "mouse family" sequence)
- 1959Laffing Time · Actor (Efrem "Blobbsy" Blobbs)
- 1956The She-Creature · Actor (Olaf)
- 1956Columbia Laff Hour · Archive footage
- 1949The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend · Actor (Mr. Jorgensen)
- 1944I'm from Arkansas · Actor (Oly)
- 1944Machine Gun Mama · Actor (Ollie Swenson)
- 1940Captain Caution · Actor (Slushy)
- 1940If I Had My Way · Actor (Axel Swenson)
- 1939The House of Fear · Actor (Jeff)
- 1939Code of the Streets · Actor (Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen)
- 1939Call a Messenger · Actor ('Baldy')
- 1939Risky Business · Actor (Axel)
- 1938Little Miss Broadway · Actor (Ole)
- 1938Valley of the Giants · Actor ('Fats')
- 1937God's Country and the Woman · Actor (Ole Oleson)
- 1937The Holy Terror · Actor ('Bugs' Svenson)
- 1937Blonde Trouble · Actor (Window Washer)
- 1936Career Woman · Actor (Chris Erleson)
- 1934The Meanest Gal in Town · Actor (Chris Peterson)
- 1933Hot Pepper · Actor (Olsen)
- 1933The Last Trail · Actor (Newt Olsen)
- 1933My Lips Betray · Actor (Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur)
- 1933Olsen's Big Moment · Actor (Knute Olsen)
- 1932Disorderly Conduct · Actor (Olsen)
- 1932Handle with Care · Actor (Carl Lundstrom)
- 1932Born to Fight · Actor (Swiebach)
- 1931West of Broadway · Actor (Axel 'Swede' Axelson)
- 1931Delicious · Actor (Chris Jansen)
- 1931The Spider · Actor (Ole)
- 1931Women of All Nations · Actor (Olsen)
- 19316 Cylinder Love · Actor (Janitor)
- 1931Mr. Lemon of Orange · Actor (Oscar Lemon)
- 1931Mr. Lemon of Orange · Actor (Silent McGee)
- 1930The Big Trail · Actor (Gus)
- 1930Just Imagine · Actor (Single O)
- 1930New Movietone Follies of 1930 · Actor (Alex Svenson)
- 1930Her Golden Calf · Actor (Knute Olson)
- 1929Sunny Side Up · Actor (Eric Swenson)
- 1929The Cock-Eyed World · Actor ('Yump' Olson)
- 1929Frozen Justice · Actor (Swede)
- 1929Hot for Paris · Actor (Axel Olson)
- 1927Wings · Actor (Herman Schwimpf)
- 1927Arizona Bound · Actor ('Oley Smoke' Oleson)
- 1927Rolled Stockings · Actor (Rudolph)
- 1927Ten Modern Commandments · Actor ('Speeding' Shapiro)
- 1926You Never Know Women · Actor (Toberchik)
- 1926Man of the Forest · Actor (Horace Pipp)
- 1926The Campus Flirt · Actor (Knute Knudson)