El Brendel
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.
The Big Trail
as GusYoung scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to...
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Wings
as Herman SchwimpfTwo young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps...
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The She-Creature
as Olaf, the butlerA mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea...
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Captain Caution
as SlushyWhen her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the...
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The Stolen Jools
as Swedish WaiterFamous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended...
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Valley of the Giants
as 'Fats'A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to...
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Career Woman
as Chris ErlesonA young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and...
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Sunny Side Up
as Eric SwensonMolly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store....
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Too Many Crooks
as BottsToo Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written...
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Mr. Lemon Of Orange
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGeeA fast and uproarious farce of gunmen, gun molls, and the Swedish boy's night out.
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Hot for Paris
as Axel OlsonA romantic adventure musical film directed by Raoul Walsh....The film is believed to be lost.
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Mr. JorgensenSaloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around....
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God's Country and the Woman
as Ole OlsonHard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son....
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The Cock-Eyed World
as 'Yump' OlsenTwo Marines are sent to South Sea island where they fight over a local island girl.
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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as SelfSeveral members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.
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Delicious
as Chris JansenA comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.
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Just Imagine
as Single ONew York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced...
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If I Had My Way
as Axel SwensenConstruction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of...
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You Never Know Women
as ToberchikOn her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling...
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Happy Days
as Minstrel Show PerformerMargie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with...
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Hot Pepper
as OlsenIn this comedy, a pair of ex-Marines team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues...
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The Spider
as OleLowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his...
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Gallant Sons
as Olaf LarsenWhen a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to...
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The Meanest Gal in Town
as Chris PetersonA stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
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Women of All Nations
as OlsenMarines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go...
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Code of the Streets
as Mickhail 'Micky' BjorgulfsenFrankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and...
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Little Miss Broadway
as OleAn orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people....
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The Last Trail
as Newt OlsenBased on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely...
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Call a Messenger
as 'Baldy'A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school,...
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The House of Fear
as JeffA detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred...
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Paris Model
as Papa JensenA new dress plays a key role in the lives of four women who are not acquainted with each other.
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Six Cylinder Love
as JanitorTroubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them...
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What, No Men?
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company RepresentativeA bill collector and a policeman are captured by a group of mad scientists and taken to an...
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Happy Landing
as YonnieBandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to...
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Disorderly Conduct
as OlsenWhen motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed...
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Risky Business
as AxelRadio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has...
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I'm from Arkansas
as OlyA town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets.
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The Golden Calf
as Knute OlsonIn this pygmalionesque musical, a drab secretary leads a boring life until a good friend...
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Machine Gun Mama
as Ollie SwensonTwo Americans stranded in Mexico with an elephant try to sell their animal to a traveling...
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New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Alex SvensonMinimum plot. Maximum stars of early cinema. Rich young Conrad Sterling (William Collier Jr.) is...
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Arizona Bound
as 'Oley Smoke' OlesonDave Saulter, a rambling young cowboy drifts into a small western town the day a big gold...
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West of Broadway
as Axel 'Swede' AxelsonA wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to...
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The Holy Terror
as 'Bugs' SvensonCorky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows...
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My Lips Betray
as Oswald Stigmat, ChauffeurIn a make-believe, mittleuropean kingdom, a vivacious but dim country girl sings in a beer...
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Defective Detectives
as ElEl and Harry are two office cleaners turned detectives who are assigned to chase a gangster, but...
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Man of the Forest
as Horace PippNancy Raynor (Georgia Hale) is arriving from the East to see her dying uncle. Clint Beasley...
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Ham and Yeggs
as El BrendelA vamp pursues El, who's inherited $500,000.
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Rolled Stockings
as RudolphThough billed second, the stunningly beautiful Louise Brooks is the focal point of the campus...
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Olaf Laughs Last
as Olaf HansenEl tries to save his girlfriend, disinterested in him, from a gang of kidnappers.
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I Spied for You
as Ole OlesenOle discovers Nazi spies planning to take over the ship he's working on.
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Handle with Care
as Carl LundstromBill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots...
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Boobs in the Night
as uncreditedAuxiliary home defense workers El and Monte are sent to a spooky house where they come across a...
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Ten Modern Commandments
as 'Speeding' ShapiroA chorus girl falls in love with a budding composer.
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as SelfSongwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft...
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Pick a Peck of Plumbers
as Axel SwensonAfter backing over a police motorcycle, Axel and Elmer are fined $100 and given 48 hours to come...
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His Wedding Scare
as OleyEl and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her...
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The College Flirt
as Knute KnudsonA product of wealth and high society, Patricia Mansfield is sent to Colton College by her...
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Snooper Service
as uncreditedHarry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl.
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Yumpin' Yiminy!
as Oley BrendelEl uknowingly becomes the assistant to a jewel thief.
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Perry Mason
as Court ManagerThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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My Little Margie
as uncreditedMy Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that...
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Racket Squad
as uncreditedRacket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...
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