El Brendel
Acting
Born: 1890-03-24 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Perry Mason
Court Manager
My Little Margie
Racket Squad
Wings
Herman Schwimpf
The Big Trail
Gus
Paris Model
Papa Jensen
Hot Pepper
Olsen
No Poster
Help Yourself
Rolled Stockings
Rudolph
Just Imagine
Single O
Blonde Trouble
Window Washer
Happy Landing
Yonnie
Defective Detectives
El
Happy Days
Minstrel Show Performer
The She-Creature
Olaf, the butler
Valley of the Giants
'Fats'
Handle with Care
Carl Lundstrom
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Mr. Jorgensen
Yumpin' Yiminy!
Oley Brendel
The Cock-Eyed World
'Yump' Olsen
Ten Modern Commandments
'Speeding' Shapiro
Little Miss Broadway
Ole
Hot for Paris
Axel Olson
The Stolen Jools
Swedish Waiter
Captain Caution
Slushy
My Lips Betray
Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
Risky Business
Axel
Call a Messenger
'Baldy'
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
If I Had My Way
Axel Swensen
Too Many Crooks
Botts
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Oley Brendel
The Spider
Ole
God's Country and the Woman
Ole Olson
Career Woman
Chris Erleson
I'm from Arkansas
Oly
No Poster