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