El Brendel
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: March 24, 1890
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Gallant Sons
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
Wings
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
Code of the Streets
Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and Yap. The son of disgraced police officer Lt. Lewis, Bob vows to clear his dad's name, and also to prove that accused murderer Tommy Shay is innocent.
Sunny Side Up
Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since his fiancée Jane won't discourage her other admirers. Fleeing in his car, Jack ends up in an urban block party where he meets you-know-who.
The Big Trail
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
The Meanest Gal in Town
A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
The House of Fear
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...
If I Had My Way
Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York to look for the girl's uncle. The trio soon unexpectedly become owners of a tired restaurant.
Little Miss Broadway
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.
Filmography
as Court Manager
as Olaf, the butler
as Papa Jensen
as Mr. Jorgensen
as Oly
as Ollie Swenson
as Axel Swenson
as El
as Ole Olesen
as Oley
as El Brendel
as Olaf Hansen
as Oley Brendel
as Oley Brendel
as Olaf Larsen
as Slushy
as Axel Swensen
as 'Baldy'
as Jeff
as Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
as Axel
as 'Fats'
as Ole
as Yonnie
as 'Bugs' Svenson
as Ole Olson
as Chris Erleson
as Ollie
as Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
as Sven Svenson
as Self
as Chris Peterson
as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
as Newt Olsen
as Olsen
as Carl Lundstrom
as Olsen
as Chris Jansen
as Axel
as Ole
as Olsen
as Janitor
as Swedish Waiter
as Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
as Single O
as Gus
as Alex Svenson
as Knute Olson
as Eric Swenson
as Axel Olson
as 'Yump' Olsen
as Swede
as Minstrel Show Performer
as Herman Schwimpf
as 'Speeding' Shapiro
as Rudolph
as 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
as Botts
as Horace Pipp
as Toberchik
as Knute Knudson