Mar 24, 1890 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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| Movie | 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 | Self | |
| Movie | 1926 | Man of the Forest | Horace Pipp | |
| Movie | 1927 | Wings | Herman Schwimpf | |
| Movie | 1930 | The Big Trail | Gus | |
| Movie | 1956 | The She-Creature | Olaf, the butler | |
| Movie | 1938 | Happy Landing | Yonnie | |
| Movie | 1927 | Ten Modern Commandments | 'Speeding' Shapiro | |
| Movie | 1930 | Just Imagine | Single O | |
| Movie | 1929 | Sunny Side Up | Eric Swenson | |
| Movie | 1937 | God's Country and the Woman | Ole Olson | |
| Movie | 1931 | Mr. Lemon Of Orange | Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee | |
| Movie | 1931 | Women of All Nations | Olsen | |
| Movie | 1931 | Delicious | Chris Jansen | |
| Movie | 1929 | Happy Days | Minstrel Show Performer | |
| Movie | 1931 | West of Broadway | Axel | |
| Movie | 1944 | Machine Gun Mama | Ollie Swenson | |
| Movie | 1931 | The Spider | Ole | |
| Movie | 1940 | Gallant Sons | Olaf Larsen | |
| Movie | 1936 | Ay Tank Ay Go | Ollie | |
| Movie | 1953 | Paris Model | Papa Jensen | |
| Movie | 1933 | Hot Pepper | Olsen | |
| Movie | 1930 | New Movietone Follies of 1930 | Alex Svenson | |
| Movie | 1934 | The Meanest Gal in Town | Chris Peterson | |
| Movie | 1938 | Little Miss Broadway | Ole | |
| Movie | 1932 | Disorderly Conduct | Olsen | |
| Movie | 1939 | Call a Messenger | 'Baldy' | |
| Movie | 1944 | I'm from Arkansas | Oly | |
| Movie | 1944 | Defective Detectives | El | |
| Movie | 1939 | Risky Business | Axel | |
| Movie | 1926 | You Never Know Women | Toberchik | |
| Movie | 1929 | Hot for Paris | Axel Olson | |
| Movie | 1933 | My Lips Betray | Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur | |
| Movie | 1929 | The Cock-Eyed World | 'Yump' Olsen | |
| Movie | 1939 | The House of Fear | Jeff | |
| Movie | 1941 | Sweet Spirits of the Nighter | Oley Brendel | |
| Movie | 1944 | Pick a Peck of Plumbers | Axel Swenson | |
| Movie | 1931 | Six Cylinder Love | Janitor | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Mr. Jorgensen | |
| Movie | 1940 | Captain Caution | Slushy | |
| Movie | 1938 | Valley of the Giants | 'Fats' | |
| Movie | 1939 | Code of the Streets | Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen | |
| Movie | 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Swedish Waiter | |
| Movie | 1945 | Pistol Packin' Nitwits | Professor Brendel | |
| Movie | 1935 | Okay, José | Knute Knudsen | |
| Movie | 1935 | What, No Men? | Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative | |
| Movie | 1941 | Love at First Fright | Zeb | |
| Movie | 1936 | Career Woman | Chris Erleson | |
| Movie | 1933 | The Last Trail | Newt Olsen | |
| Movie | 1937 | The Super Snooper | ||
| Movie | 1943 | I Spied for You | Ole Olesen | |
| Movie | 1941 | Yumpin' Yiminy! | Oley Brendel | |
| Movie | 1941 | Ready, Willing but Unable | Olley Olsen | |
| Movie | 1941 | The Blitz Kiss | Oley Olsen | |
| Movie | 1942 | Olaf Laughs Last | Olaf Hansen | |
| Movie | 1942 | Phoney Cronies | Oley | |
| Movie | 1942 | Ham and Yeggs | El Brendel | |
| Movie | 1943 | His Wedding Scare | Oley | |
| Movie | 1943 | Boobs in the Night | ||
| Movie | 1943 | A Rookie's Cookie | Ole - Rookie Policeman | |
| Movie | 1945 | Snooper Service | ||
| Movie | 1930 | The Golden Calf | Knute Olson | |
| Movie | 1940 | If I Had My Way | Axel Swensen | |
| Movie | 1932 | Handle with Care | Carl Lundstrom | |
| Movie | 1929 | Frozen Justice | Swede | |
| Movie | 1934 | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self | |
| Movie | 1937 | The Holy Terror | 'Bugs' Svenson | |
| Movie | 1927 | Too Many Crooks | Botts | |
| Movie | 1926 | The Campus Flirt | Knute Knudson | |
| Movie | 1927 | Rolled Stockings | Rudolph | |
| Movie | 1927 | Arizona Bound | 'Oley Smoke' Oleson | |
| Movie | 1934 | Radio Scout | Sven Svenson | |
| TV Show | 1952 | My Little Margie | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Racket Squad | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Perry Mason | Court Manager | 1 |
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