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
Wings
(1927)
Herman Schwimpf
The Big Trail
(1930)
Gus
Full Filmography
Acting
Man of the Forest
(1926)
Horace Pipp
The College Flirt
(1926)
Knute Knudson
You Never Know Women
(1926)
Toberchik
Arizona Bound
(1927)
'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Wings
(1927)
Herman Schwimpf
Ten Modern Commandments
(1927)
'Speeding' Shapiro
Too Many Crooks
(1927)
Botts
Rolled Stockings
(1927)
Rudolph
Sunny Side Up
(1929)
Eric Swenson
Frozen Justice
(1929)
Swede
Hot for Paris
(1929)
Axel Olson
Happy Days
(1929)
Minstrel Show Performer
The Cock-Eyed World
(1929)
'Yump' Olsen
The Golden Calf
(1930)
Knute Olson
The Big Trail
(1930)
Gus
Just Imagine
(1930)
Single O
New Movietone Follies of 1930
(1930)
Alex Svenson
The Spider
(1931)
Ole
Delicious
(1931)
Chris Jansen
West of Broadway
(1931)
Axel 'Swede' Axelson
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
(1931)
Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
Women of All Nations
(1931)
Olsen
Six Cylinder Love
(1931)
Janitor
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Swedish Waiter
Disorderly Conduct
(1932)
Olsen
Handle with Care
(1932)
Carl Lundstrom
Hot Pepper
(1933)
Olsen
The Last Trail
(1933)
Newt Olsen
My Lips Betray
(1933)
Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
The Meanest Gal in Town
(1934)
Chris Peterson
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
(1934)
Self
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
(1934)
Self
What, No Men?
(1935)
Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
Okay, José
(1935)
Knute Knudsen
Career Woman
(1936)
Chris Erleson
Ay Tank Ay Go
(1936)
Ollie
God's Country and the Woman
(1937)
Ole Olson
The Holy Terror
(1937)
'Bugs' Svenson
The Super Snooper
(1937)
Valley of the Giants
(1938)
'Fats'
Little Miss Broadway
(1938)
Ole
Happy Landing
(1938)
Yonnie
Code of the Streets
(1939)
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
The House of Fear
(1939)
Jeff
Risky Business
(1939)
Axel
Call a Messenger
(1939)
'Baldy'
Captain Caution
(1940)
Slushy
If I Had My Way
(1940)
Axel Swensen
Gallant Sons
(1940)
Olaf Larsen
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
(1941)
Oley Brendel
Yumpin' Yiminy!
(1941)
Oley Brendel
Ready, Willing but Unable
(1941)
Olley Olsen
Love at First Fright
(1941)
Zeb
The Blitz Kiss
(1941)
Oley Olsen
Olaf Laughs Last
(1942)
Olaf Hansen
Phoney Cronies
(1942)
Oley
Ham and Yeggs
(1942)
El Brendel
I Spied for You
(1943)
Ole Olesen
Boobs in the Night
(1943)
His Wedding Scare
(1943)
Oley
A Rookie's Cookie
(1943)
Ole - Rookie Policeman
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
(1944)
Axel Swenson
I'm from Arkansas
(1944)
Oly
Machine Gun Mama
(1944)
Ollie Swenson
Defective Detectives
(1944)
El
Snooper Service
(1945)
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
(1945)
Professor Brendel
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
(1949)
Mr. Jorgensen
Paris Model
(1953)
Papa Jensen
The She-Creature
(1956)
Olaf, the butler