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.

Filmography

• Perry Mason — Court Manager
• 1956The She-Creature — Olaf, the butler
• 1953Paris Model — Papa Jensen
• My Little Margie
• Racket Squad
• 1949The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend — Mr. Jorgensen
• 1945Pistol Packin' Nitwits — Professor Brendel
• 1945Snooper Service
• 1944Defective Detectives — El
• 1944I'm from Arkansas — Oly
• 1944Machine Gun Mama — Ollie Swenson
• 1944Pick a Peck of Plumbers — Axel Swenson
• 1943A Rookie's Cookie — Ole - Rookie Policeman
• 1943Boobs in the Night
• 1943His Wedding Scare — Oley
• 1943I Spied for You — Ole Olesen
• 1942Ham and Yeggs — El Brendel
• 1942Olaf Laughs Last — Olaf Hansen
• 1942Phoney Cronies — Oley
• 1941Love at First Fright — Zeb
• 1941Ready, Willing but Unable — Olley Olsen
• 1941Sweet Spirits of the Nighter — Oley Brendel
• 1941The Blitz Kiss — Oley Olsen
• 1941Yumpin' Yiminy! — Oley Brendel
• 1940Captain Caution — Slushy
• 1940Gallant Sons — Olaf Larsen
• 1940If I Had My Way — Axel Swensen
• 1939Call a Messenger — 'Baldy'
• 1939Code of the Streets — Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
• 1939Risky Business — Axel
• 1939The House of Fear — Jeff
• 1938Happy Landing — Yonnie
• 1938Little Miss Broadway — Ole
• 1938Valley of the Giants — 'Fats'
• 1937Blonde Trouble — Window Washer
• 1937God's Country and the Woman — Ole Olson
• 1937The Holy Terror — 'Bugs' Svenson
• 1937The Super Snooper
• 1936Ay Tank Ay Go — Ollie
• 1936Career Woman — Chris Erleson
• 1935Okay, José — Knute Knudsen
• 1935What, No Men? — Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
• 1934Radio Scout — Sven Svenson
• 1934The Meanest Gal in Town — Chris Peterson
• 1933Hot Pepper — Olsen
• 1933Mother's Helper
• 1933My Lips Betray — Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
• 1933Olsen’s Big Moment — Knute Olsen
• 1933The Last Trail — Newt Olsen
• 1932Disorderly Conduct — Olsen
• 1932Handle with Care — Carl Lundstrom
• 1931Delicious — Chris Jansen
• 1931Mr. Lemon Of Orange — Mr. Lemon / Silent McGee
• 1931Six Cylinder Love — Janitor
• 1931The Spider — Ole
• 1931The Stolen Jools — Swedish Waiter
• 1931West of Broadway — Axel
• 1931Women of All Nations — Olsen
• 1930Just Imagine — Single O
• 1930New Movietone Follies of 1930 — Alex Svenson
• 1930The Big Trail — Gus
• 1930The Golden Calf — Knute Olson
• 1929Frozen Justice — Swede
• 1929Happy Days — Minstrel Show Performer
• 1929Hot for Paris — Axel Olson
• 1929Sunny Side Up — Eric Swenson
• 1929The Cock-Eyed World — 'Yump' Olsen
• 1927Arizona Bound — 'Oley Smoke' Oleson
• 1927Help Yourself
• 1927Rolled Stockings — Rudolph
• 1927Ten Modern Commandments — 'Speeding' Shapiro
• 1927Too Many Crooks — Botts
• 1927Wings — Herman Schwimpf
• 1926Man of the Forest — Horace Pipp
• 1926The Campus Flirt — Knute Knudson
• 1926You Never Know Women — Toberchik

Appearances as themselves (3)

• The George Gobel Show — Self
• 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 — Self
• 1934Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove — Self