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El Brendel (1890–1964)

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Former vaudevillain who often used a fractured-Swedish accent in his movie comedy roles. See full bio »

Born:

Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 74) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1965 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Late
– Down Home (1965) … Late
 
1964 Destry (TV series)
Olaf Olsen
– Deputy for a Day (1964) … Olaf Olsen
 
1962 McKeever & the Colonel (TV series)
Mr. Hanson
– The Cookie Crumbles (1962) … Mr. Hanson
 
1962 The Comedy Spot (TV series)
Mr. Hauser
– The Soft Touch (1962) … Mr. Hauser
 
1962 Perry Mason (TV series)
Court Manager
– The Case of the Borrowed Baby (1962) … Court Manager
 
1959 Laffing Time
Efrem "Blobbsy" Blobbs
 
1958 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Mr. Swenson
– The Saints Come Marching In (1958) … Mr. Swenson
 
1958 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series)
Ole Svensen
– Bob Digs Rock 'N' Roll (1958) … Ole Svensen
 
1957 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
Sven
– Swedish Cook (1957) … Sven
 
1956 The People's Choice (TV series)
Virgil
– Mandy's Male Animal (1956) … Virgil
 
1956 The She-Creature
Olaf
 
1955 My Little Margie (TV series)
George
– Corpus Delicti (1955) … George
 
1953 Paris Model
Papa Jensen
 
1953 Racket Squad (TV series)
George Webber
– Sting of Fate (1953) … George Webber
 
1952-1953 Cowboy G-Men (TV series)
Gimpy Gahagan / Grampa Childers / Hasayampa Simpson / …
– Sidewinder (1953) … Grampa Childers
– Ghost Town Mystery (1953) … Hasayampa Simpson
– Ridge of Ghosts (1953) … Gimpy Gahagan
– Ozark Gold (1952) … Peterson (Glascow in credits)
 
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Mr. Jorgensen
 
1945 Pistol Packin' Nitwits (short)
Professor Brendel
 
1945 Snooper Service (short)
 
1944 I'm from Arkansas
Oly
 
1944 Machine Gun Mama
Ollie Swenson
 
1944 Pick a Peck of Plumbers (short)
Axel Swenson
 
1944 Defective Detectives (short)
 
1943 A Rookie's Cookie (short)
Ole - Rookie Policeman
 
1943 Boobs in the Night (short)
 
1943 I Spied for You (short)
Oley Olesen
 
1943 His Wedding Scare (short)
Ollie
 
1942 Ham and Yeggs (short)
El Brendel
 
1942 Phoney Cronies (short)
Oley
 
1942 Olaf Laughs Last (short)
Olaf Hansen
 
1941 Sweet Spirits of Nighter (short)
Brendel
 
1941 The Blitz Kiss (short)
Oley Olsen
 
1941 Love at First Fright (short)
Zeb
 
1941 Ready, Willing But Unable (short)
Olley Olsen
 
1941 Yumpin' Yimminy! (short)
Oley Brendel
 
1940 Gallant Sons
Olaf Larsen
 
1940 Captain Caution
Slushy
 
1940 If I Had My Way
Axel Swenson
 
1939 Call a Messenger
'Baldy'
 
1939 The House of Fear
Jeff
 
1939 Code of the Streets
Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen
 
1939 Risky Business
Axel
 
1938 Valley of the Giants
'Fats'
 
1938 Little Miss Broadway
Ole
 
1938 Happy Landing
Yonnie
 
1937 Blonde Trouble
Window Washer
 
1937 The Super Snooper (short)
 
1937 The Holy Terror
'Bugs' Svenson
 
1937 God's Country and the Woman
Ole Olson
 
1936 Career Woman
Chris Erleson
 
1936 Ay Tank Ay Go (short)
Ollie
 
1935 Okay, José (short)
Knute Knudsen
 
1935 Lonesome Trailer (short)
 
1935 What, No Men? (short)
Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative
 
1934 The Meanest Gal in Town
Chris Peterson
 
1934 Radio Scout (short)
 
1933 My Lips Betray
Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
 
1933 The Last Trail
Newt Olsen
 
1933 Hot Pepper
Olsen
 
1933 Olsen's Big Moment
Knute Olsen
 
1932 Handle with Care
Carl Lundstrom
 
1932 Disorderly Conduct
Olsen
 
1932 Born to Fight
Swiebach
 
1931 Delicious
Chris Jansen
 
1931 West of Broadway
Axel 'Swede' Axelson
 
1931 The Spider
Ole
 
1931 Women of All Nations
Olsen
 
1931 Six Cylinder Love
Janitor
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Swedish Waiter
 
1931 Mr. Lemon of Orange
Mr. Lemon/Silent McGee
 
1930 Just Imagine
Single O
 
1930 The Big Trail
Gus
 
1930 New Movietone Follies of 1930
Alex Svenson
 
1930 Her Golden Calf
Knute Olson
 
1929 Sunnyside Up
Eric Swenson
 
1929 Hot for Paris
Axel Olson
 
1929 The Cock-Eyed World
'Yump' Olson
 
1929 Frozen Justice
Swede
 
1929 Happy Days
Minstrel Show Performer
 
1927 Ten Modern Commandments
'Speeding' Shapiro
 
1927 Rolled Stockings
Rudolph
 
1927 Wings
Herman Schwimpf
 
1927 Arizona Bound
Oley Smoke Oleson
 
1927 Too Many Crooks
Botts
 
1926 Man of the Forest
Horace Pipp
 
1926 The Campus Flirt
Knute Knudson
 
1926 You Never Know Women
Toberchik
 
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1945 Pistol Packin' Nitwits (short) (performer: "Good Night, Ladies", "Jingle Bells", "Oh, Susanna", "The Old Grey Mare")
 
1940 Captain Caution (performer: "Hilda" 1940, "On a Little Island by a Sun-Lit Sea" 1940)
 
1940 If I Had My Way (performer: "I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire", "The Pessimistic Character With The Crab Apple Face")
 
1938 Happy Landing (performer: "Yonny and His Oompah")
 
1933 The Last Trail (writer: "She's Only One of the Weaker Sex" / performer: "She's Only One of the Weaker Sex")
 
1931 Delicious (performer: "BLAH-BLAH-BLAH")
 
1930 Just Imagine (performer: "You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" 1903 - uncredited, "The Romance of Elmer Stremingway" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1929 Hot for Paris (performer: "Cuckoo Song")
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1950 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #1.37 (1950) … Himself - Comic Actor
 
1934 Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (short)
Himself
 
1932 The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (Second Series) (short)
Himself
 
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1965 Tobo the Happy Clown
Narrator of "mouse family" sequence
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1956 Columbia Laff Hour
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (documentary short)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage, vaudeville, and television actor.

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Entered films in 1926. See more »

Trademark:

Catchphrase "Yumping Yiminy!" See more »

Nickname:

The Synthetic Swede See more »

Star Sign:

Aries