Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
as Professor Brendel
Call a Messenger
as 'Baldy'
The House of Fear
as Jeff
Code of the Streets
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
Risky Business
as Axel
Valley of the Giants
as 'Fats'
Little Miss Broadway
as Ole
Happy Landing
as Yonnie
Blonde Trouble
as Window Washer
The Super Snooper
The Holy Terror
as 'Bugs' Svenson
God's Country and the Woman
as Ole Olson
Career Woman
as Chris Erleson
Ay Tank Ay Go
as Ollie
Okay, José
as Knute Knudsen
What, No Men?
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
Radio Scout
as Sven Svenson
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as Self
The Meanest Gal in Town
as Chris Peterson
My Lips Betray
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
The Last Trail
as Newt Olsen
Hot Pepper
as Olsen
Olsen’s Big Moment
as Knute Olsen
Mother's Helper
Handle with Care
as Carl Lundstrom
Disorderly Conduct
as Olsen
Delicious
as Chris Jansen
West of Broadway
as Axel
The Spider
as Ole
Women of All Nations
as Olsen
Six Cylinder Love
as Janitor
The Stolen Jools
as Swedish Waiter
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
Just Imagine
as Single O
The Big Trail
as Gus
New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Alex Svenson
The Golden Calf
as Knute Olson
Sunny Side Up
as Eric Swenson
Hot for Paris
as Axel Olson
The Cock-Eyed World
as 'Yump' Olsen
Frozen Justice
as Swede
Happy Days
as Minstrel Show Performer
Wings
as Herman Schwimpf
Ten Modern Commandments
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
Rolled Stockings
as Rudolph
Arizona Bound
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Too Many Crooks
as Botts
Help Yourself
Man of the Forest
as Horace Pipp
You Never Know Women
as Toberchik
The Campus Flirt
as Knute Knudson
