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