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Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel
Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The She-Creature
as Olaf, the butler
Paris Model
as Papa Jensen
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Mr. Jorgensen
Pistol Packin' Nitwits
as Professor Brendel
Snooper Service
Machine Gun Mama
as Ollie Swenson
I'm from Arkansas
as Oly
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
as Axel Swenson
Defective Detectives
as El
Boobs in the Night
