Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 24, 1890
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel
- Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
El Brendel
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 - Movies
Wings
as Herman Schwimpf
The Big Trail
as Gus
The Stolen Jools
as Swedish Waiter
The She-Creature
as Olaf, the butler
Gallant Sons
as Olaf Larsen
Captain Caution
as Slushy
Happy Days
as Minstrel Show Performer
If I Had My Way
as Axel Swensen
Little Miss Broadway
as Ole
God's Country and the Woman
as Ole Olson
