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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 24, 1890
Died
April 9, 1964
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel
- Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
El Brendel
0.2 Popularity
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
7.7
Court Manager
Perry Mason
1957
4.1
Olaf, the butler
The She-Creature
1956
🎬
7.3
Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
2.8
Papa Jensen
Paris Model
1953
3.0
My Little Margie
1952
6.0
Racket Squad
1951
5.8
Mr. Jorgensen
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
🎬
0.0
Professor Brendel
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945
0.0
Snooper Service
1945
5.4
Oly
I'm from Arkansas
1944
Credits
Perry Mason
as Court Manager
1957
7.7
The She-Creature
as Olaf, the butler
1956
4.1
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
Paris Model
as Papa Jensen
1953
2.8
My Little Margie
1952
3.0
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Mr. Jorgensen
1949
5.8
🎬
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
as Professor Brendel
1945
0.0
Snooper Service
1945
0.0
I'm from Arkansas
as Oly
1944
5.4
Machine Gun Mama
as Ollie Swenson
1944
3.8
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
as Axel Swenson
1944
4.0
Defective Detectives
as El
1944
0.0
🎬
A Rookie's Cookie
as Ole - Rookie Policeman
1943
2.0
Boobs in the Night
1943
0.0
I Spied for You
as Ole Olesen
1943
0.0
His Wedding Scare
as Oley
1943
0.0
Ham and Yeggs
as El Brendel
1942
0.0
🎬
Phoney Cronies
as Oley
1942
0.0
Olaf Laughs Last
as Olaf Hansen
1942
0.0
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
as Oley Brendel
1941
0.0
🎬
The Blitz Kiss
as Oley Olsen
1941
0.0
🎬
Love at First Fright
as Zeb
1941
0.0
🎬
Ready, Willing but Unable
as Olley Olsen
1941
0.0
Yumpin' Yiminy!
as Oley Brendel
1941
0.0
Gallant Sons
as Olaf Larsen
1940
7.2
Captain Caution
as Slushy
1940
5.6
If I Had My Way
as Axel Swensen
1940
6.4
Call a Messenger
as 'Baldy'
1939
0.0
The House of Fear
as Jeff
1939
6.5
Code of the Streets
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
1939
7.0
Risky Business
as Axel
1939
6.0
Valley of the Giants
as 'Fats'
1938
6.0
Little Miss Broadway
as Ole
1938
6.4
Happy Landing
as Yonnie
1938
5.3
🎬
The Super Snooper
1937
0.0
The Holy Terror
as 'Bugs' Svenson
1937
1.0
God's Country and the Woman
as Ole Olson
1937
4.2
Career Woman
as Chris Erleson
1936
6.0
🎬
Ay Tank Ay Go
as Ollie
1936
0.0
🎬
Okay, José
as Knute Knudsen
1935
5.0
What, No Men?
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
1935
5.8
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
1934
5.5
Radio Scout
as Sven Svenson
1934
0.0
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as Self
1934
0.0
The Meanest Gal in Town
as Chris Peterson
1934
6.5
My Lips Betray
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
1933
0.0
The Last Trail
as Newt Olsen
1933
0.0
Hot Pepper
as Olsen
1933
4.2
🎬
Mother's Helper
1933
0.0
Handle with Care
as Carl Lundstrom
1932
0.0
Disorderly Conduct
as Olsen
1932
0.0
Delicious
as Chris Jansen
1931
6.2
West of Broadway
as Axel
1931
6.3
The Spider
as Ole
1931
6.0
Women of All Nations
as Olsen
1931
2.3
Six Cylinder Love
as Janitor
1931
0.0
The Stolen Jools
as Swedish Waiter
1931
5.6
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
1931
6.0
Just Imagine
as Single O
1930
5.8
The Big Trail
as Gus
1930
6.7
New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Alex Svenson
1930
0.0
The Golden Calf
as Knute Olson
1930
1.0
Sunny Side Up
as Eric Swenson
1929
6.8
Hot for Paris
as Axel Olson
1929
0.0
The Cock-Eyed World
as 'Yump' Olsen
1929
4.0
Frozen Justice
as Swede
1929
1.0
Happy Days
as Minstrel Show Performer
1929
6.0
Wings
as Herman Schwimpf
1927
7.2
Ten Modern Commandments
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
1927
0.0
Rolled Stockings
as Rudolph
1927
0.0
Arizona Bound
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
1927
0.0
Too Many Crooks
as Botts
1927
0.0
🎬
Help Yourself
1927
0.0
Man of the Forest
as Horace Pipp
1926
0.0
You Never Know Women
as Toberchik
1926
6.0
The Campus Flirt
as Knute Knudson
1926
0.0