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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-03-24 (135 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Known For

Acting

1957

Perry Mason as Court Manager

1956

The She-Creature as Olaf, the butler

1954

1953

Paris Model as Papa Jensen

1952

1951

1949

1945

Pistol Packin' Nitwits as Professor Brendel

1944

Machine Gun Mama as Ollie Swenson
Pick a Peck of Plumbers as Axel Swenson

1943

I Spied for You as Ole Olesen
A Rookie's Cookie as Ole - Rookie Policeman

1942

Olaf Laughs Last as Olaf Hansen
Ham and Yeggs as El Brendel

1941

Yumpin' Yiminy! as Oley Brendel
The Blitz Kiss as Oley Olsen

1940

Gallant Sons as Olaf Larsen
Captain Caution as Slushy
If I Had My Way as Axel Swensen

1939

Call a Messenger as 'Baldy'
Code of the Streets as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen

1938

Happy Landing as Yonnie

1937

The Holy Terror as 'Bugs' Svenson

1936

Ay Tank Ay Go as Ollie
Career Woman as Chris Erleson

1935

Okay, José as Knute Knudsen
What, No Men? as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative

1934

The Meanest Gal in Town as Chris Peterson
Radio Scout as Sven Svenson

1933

Hot Pepper as Olsen
My Lips Betray as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
The Last Trail as Newt Olsen

1932

Handle with Care as Carl Lundstrom

1931

Mr. Lemon Of Orange as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
Delicious as Chris Jansen
West of Broadway as Axel 'Swede' Axelson
The Spider as Ole
The Stolen Jools as Swedish Waiter

1930

Just Imagine as Single O
The Golden Calf as Knute Olson

1929

Sunny Side Up as Eric Swenson
Happy Days as Minstrel Show Performer
Hot for Paris as Axel Olson
The Cock-Eyed World as 'Yump' Olsen

1927

Wings as Herman Schwimpf
Ten Modern Commandments as 'Speeding' Shapiro
Rolled Stockings as Rudolph
Arizona Bound as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson

1926

Man of the Forest as Horace Pipp
The College Flirt as Knute Knudson