El Brendel

Born: 1890-03-24

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.


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Wings

as Herman Schwimpf
Released: 1927-08-12

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps...

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The Big Trail

as Gus
Released: 1930-11-01

Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to...

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The Stolen Jools

as Swedish Waiter
Released: 1931-04-04

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended...

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The She-Creature

as Olaf, the butler
Released: 1956-08-01

A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea...

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Code of the Streets

as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
Released: 1939-04-13

Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and...

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Call a Messenger

as 'Baldy'
Released: 1939-11-03

A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school,...

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Valley of the Giants

as 'Fats'
Released: 1938-09-17

A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to...

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God's Country and the Woman

as Ole Olson
Released: 1937-01-16

Hard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son....

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What, No Men?

as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
Released: 1935-01-05

A bill collector and a policeman are captured by a group of mad scientists and taken to an...

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Handle with Care

as Carl Lundstrom
Released: 1932-12-25

Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots...

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Ten Modern Commandments

as 'Speeding' Shapiro
Released: 1927-07-27

A chorus girl falls in love with a budding composer.

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Little Miss Broadway

as Ole
Released: 1938-07-29

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people....

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You Never Know Women

as Toberchik
Released: 1926-09-20

On her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling...

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Gallant Sons

as Olaf Larsen
Released: 1940-11-15

When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to...

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Just Imagine

as Single O
Released: 1930-11-23

New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced...

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Ham and Yeggs

as El Brendel
Released: 1942-11-28

A vamp pursues El, who's inherited $500,000.

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I'm from Arkansas

as Oly
Released: 1944-10-31

A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets.

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If I Had My Way

as Axel Swensen
Released: 1940-05-05

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of...

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The Last Trail

as Newt Olsen
Released: 1933-08-25

Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely...

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Machine Gun Mama

as Ollie Swenson
Released: 1944-08-18

Two Americans stranded in Mexico with an elephant try to sell their animal to a traveling...

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Six Cylinder Love

as Janitor
Released: 1931-05-10

Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them...

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Happy Days

as Minstrel Show Performer
Released: 1929-09-16

Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with...

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Pick a Peck of Plumbers

as Axel Swenson
Released: 1944-07-23

After backing over a police motorcycle, Axel and Elmer are fined $100 and given 48 hours to come...

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Sunny Side Up

as Eric Swenson
Released: 1929-12-25

Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store....

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West of Broadway

as Axel 'Swede' Axelson
Released: 1931-11-28

A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to...

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My Lips Betray

as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
Released: 1933-11-04

In a make-believe, mittleuropean kingdom, a vivacious but dim country girl sings in a beer...

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New Movietone Follies of 1930

as Alex Svenson
Released: 1930-05-04

Minimum plot. Maximum stars of early cinema. Rich young Conrad Sterling (William Collier Jr.) is...

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The Holy Terror

as 'Bugs' Svenson
Released: 1937-02-05

Corky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows...

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Happy Landing

as Yonnie
Released: 1938-01-23

Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to...

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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

as Mr. Jorgensen
Released: 1949-05-27

Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around....

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Olaf Laughs Last

as Olaf Hansen
Released: 1942-06-18

El tries to save his girlfriend, disinterested in him, from a gang of kidnappers.

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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

as Self
Released: 1934-12-01

Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.

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Boobs in the Night

as uncredited
Released: 1943-06-25

Auxiliary home defense workers El and Monte are sent to a spooky house where they come across a...

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Captain Caution

as Slushy
Released: 1940-08-09

When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the...

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The House of Fear

as Jeff
Released: 1939-06-30

A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred...

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Defective Detectives

as El
Released: 1944-04-03

El and Harry are two office cleaners turned detectives who are assigned to chase a gangster, but...

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The Golden Calf

as Knute Olson
Released: 1930-03-16

In this pygmalionesque musical, a drab secretary leads a boring life until a good friend...

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The Meanest Gal in Town

as Chris Peterson
Released: 1934-01-12

A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.

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Too Many Crooks

as Botts
Released: 1927-04-02

Too Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written...

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The Cock-Eyed World

as 'Yump' Olsen
Released: 1929-10-19

Two Marines are sent to South Sea island where they fight over a local island girl.

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Man of the Forest

as Horace Pipp
Released: 1926-12-27

Nancy Raynor (Georgia Hale) is arriving from the East to see her dying uncle. Clint Beasley...

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The Spider

as Ole
Released: 1931-09-23

Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his...

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The College Flirt

as Knute Knudson
Released: 1926-09-18

A product of wealth and high society, Patricia Mansfield is sent to Colton College by her...

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Frozen Justice

as Swede
Released: 1929-10-13

Drama set in Alaska

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Career Woman

as Chris Erleson
Released: 1936-12-18

A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and...

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Rolled Stockings

as Rudolph
Released: 1927-06-18

Though billed second, the stunningly beautiful Louise Brooks is the focal point of the campus...

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Mr. Lemon Of Orange

as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
Released: 1931-03-22

A fast and uproarious farce of gunmen, gun molls, and the Swedish boy's night out.

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Risky Business

as Axel
Released: 1939-03-03

Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has...

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His Wedding Scare

as Oley
Released: 1943-01-15

El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her...

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Arizona Bound

as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
Released: 1927-04-09

Dave Saulter, a rambling young cowboy drifts into a small western town the day a big gold...

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Hot for Paris

as Axel Olson
Released: 1929-12-22

A romantic adventure musical film directed by Raoul Walsh....The film is believed to be lost.

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Hot Pepper

as Olsen
Released: 1933-01-15

In this comedy, a pair of ex-Marines team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues...

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Delicious

as Chris Jansen
Released: 1931-12-27

A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.

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I Spied for You

as Ole Olesen
Released: 1943-04-30

Ole discovers Nazi spies planning to take over the ship he's working on.

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Paris Model

as Papa Jensen
Released: 1953-11-10

A new dress plays a key role in the lives of four women who are not acquainted with each other.

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Snooper Service

as uncredited
Released: 1945-02-03

Harry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl.

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Women of All Nations

as Olsen
Released: 1931-05-31

Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go...

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Disorderly Conduct

as Olsen
Released: 1932-03-20

When motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed...

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Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

as Self
Released: 1934-01-22

Songwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft...

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Yumpin' Yiminy!

as Oley Brendel
Released: 1941-03-07

El uknowingly becomes the assistant to a jewel thief.

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Perry Mason

as Court Manager
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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My Little Margie

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-06-16

My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that...

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Racket Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-06-07

Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...

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