El Brendel
b. 1890 — d. 1964 (aged 74)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Actor
Soundtrack
Writer
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
Filmography
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Tobo the Happy Clown
1965 Actor
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Laffing Time
1959 Actor
Efrem \Blobbsy\ Blobbs
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★ 3.9
The She-Creature
1956 Actor
Olaf
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★ 6.0
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 Actor
Mr. Jorgensen
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★ 4.6
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
1945 Actor
Professor Brendel
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Snooper Service
1945 Actor
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★ 5.3
I'm from Arkansas
1944 Actor
Oly
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★ 4.9
Machine Gun Mama
1944 Actor
Ollie Swenson
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★ 6.2
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944 Actor
Axel Swenson
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★ 5.8
Defective Detectives
1944 Actor
El
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★ 4.9
I Spied for You
1943 Actor
Oley Olesen
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A Rookie's Cookie
1943 Actor
Ole - Rookie Policeman
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His Wedding Scare
1943 Actor
Oley
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Boobs in the Night
1943 Actor
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★ 5.4
Phony Cronies
1942 Actor
Oley
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Olaf Laughs Last
1942 Actor
Olaf Hansen
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Ham and Yeggs
1942 Actor
El Brendel
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★ 6.2
Love at First Fright
1941 Actor
Zeb
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★ 5.4
Sweet Spirits of Nighter
1941 Actor
Oley Brendel
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Yumpin' Yimminy!
1941 Actor
Oley Brendel
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Ready, Willing But Unable
1941 Actor
Olley Olsen
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The Blitz Kiss
1941 Actor
Oley Olsen
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★ 5.5
Captain Caution
1940 Actor
Slushy
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★ 6.0
If I Had My Way
1940 Actor
Axel Swenson
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★ 6.2
The House of Fear
1939 Actor
Jeff
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★ 5.6
Code of the Streets
1939 Actor
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
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★ 6.3
Call a Messenger
1939 Actor
'Baldy'
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★ 6.6
Risky Business
1939 Actor
Axel
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★ 6.5
Little Miss Broadway
1938 Actor
Ole
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★ 6.2
Valley of the Giants
1938 Actor
'Fats'
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★ 5.7
God's Country and the Woman
1937 Actor
Ole Oleson
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★ 5.6
The Holy Terror
1937 Actor
'Bugs' Svenson
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★ 6.4
Blonde Trouble
1937 Actor
Window Washer
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The Super Snooper
1937 Actor
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★ 6.4
Career Woman
1936 Actor
Chris Erleson
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★ 4.0
Ay Tank Ay Go
1936 Actor
Ollie
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★ 6.0
What, No Men?
1935 Actor
Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
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★ 5.4
Okay, José
1935 Actor
Knute Knudsen
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The Lucky Swede
1935 Actor
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Lonesome Trailer
1935 Actor
Chris Peterson
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★ 5.4
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934 Self
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★ 5.9
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934 Actor
Chris Peterson
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★ 5.1
Hollywood on Parade
1934 Self
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Radio Scout
1934 Actor
Sven Svenson
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Oh Sailor Behave
1934 Actor
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★ 5.7
Hot Pepper
1933 Actor
Olsen
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★ 5.9
The Last Trail
1933 Actor
Newt Olsen
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★ 5.7
My Lips Betray
1933 Actor
Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
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Olsen's Big Moment
1933 Actor
Knute Olsen
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Mother's Helper
1933 Actor
Ole
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★ 4.0
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (Second Series)
1932 Self
Actor
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★ 6.8
Disorderly Conduct
1932 Actor
Olsen
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★ 6.8
Handle with Care
1932 Actor
Carl Lundstrom
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Born to Fight
1932 Actor
Swiebach
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★ 6.4
West of Broadway
1931 Actor
Axel 'Swede' Axelson
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★ 5.7
Delicious
1931 Actor
Chris Jansen
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★ 6.1
The Spider
1931 Actor
Ole
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★ 4.6
Women of All Nations
1931 Actor
Olsen
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★ 5.8
6 Cylinder Love
1931 Actor
Janitor
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★ 6.5
Mr. Lemon of Orange
1931 Actor
Silent McGee
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★ 7.2
The Big Trail
1930 Actor
Gus
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★ 5.3
Just Imagine
1930 Actor
Single O
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★ 7.2
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930 Actor
Alex Svenson
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★ 7.1
Her Golden Calf
1930 Actor
Knute Olson
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★ 6.5
Sunny Side Up
1929 Actor
Eric Swenson
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★ 5.3
The Cock-Eyed World
1929 Actor
'Yump' Olson
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★ 5.5
Frozen Justice
1929 Actor
Swede
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★ 3.8
Hot for Paris
1929 Actor
Axel Olson
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Beau Night
1929 Actor
The Visiting Beau
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★ 7.5
Wings
1927 Actor
Herman Schwimpf
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★ 6.9
Arizona Bound
1927 Actor
'Oley Smoke' Oleson
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★ 5.9
Rolled Stockings
1927 Actor
Rudolph
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Too Many Crooks
1927 Actor
Botts
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Ten Modern Commandments
1927 Actor
'Speeding' Shapiro
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Help Yourself
1927 Actor
Writer
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★ 6.8
You Never Know Women
1926 Actor
Toberchik
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★ 6.5
Man of the Forest
1926 Actor
Horace Pipp
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The Campus Flirt
1926 Actor
Knute Knudson