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Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel was an American vaudeville comedian turned movie star, best remembered for his dialect routine as a Swedish immigrant. His biggest role was as "Single-0" in the sci-fi musical Just Imagine (1930), produced by Fox Film Corporation. His screen name was pronounced "El Bren-DEL".
Birth Name
Elmer Goodfellow Brendel
Born
Tuesday, 25 March 1890
Died
Thursday, 09 April 1964
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Tobo the Happy Clown | Narrator of "mouse family" sequence | 1965 |
| Destry | Olaf Olsen | 1964 |
| Vacation Playhouse | Late | 1963 |
| McKeever and the Colonel | Mr. Hanson | 1962 |
| Perry Mason | Court Manager | 1957 |
| The She-Creature | Olaf / Olaf, the butler | 1956 |
| Columbia Laff Hour | (archive footage) | 1956 |
| The People's Choice | Virgil | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Ole Svensen | 1955 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Tobo the Happy Clown | Narrator of "mouse family" sequence | 1965 |
| Destry | Olaf Olsen | 1964 |
| Vacation Playhouse | Late | 1963 |
| McKeever and the Colonel | Mr. Hanson | 1962 |
| Perry Mason | Court Manager | 1957 |
| The She-Creature | Olaf / Olaf, the butler | 1956 |
| Columbia Laff Hour | (archive footage) | 1956 |
| The People's Choice | Virgil | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Ole Svensen | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Sven | 1954 |
| Paris Model | Papa Jensen | 1953 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Mr. Swenson | 1953 |
| I Married Joan | Joan's Father | 1952 |
| Cowboy G-Men | Peterson (Glascow in credits) / Hasayampa Simpson / Grampa Childers / Gimpy Gahagan | 1952 |
| My Little Margie | George / Olaf Lundstrom | 1952 |
| Racket Squad | Webber | 1951 |
| The Ed Wynn Show | Self | 1949 |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Mr. Jorgensen | 1949 |
| Pistol Packin' Nitwits | Professor Brendel | 1945 |
| Snooper Service | 1945 | |
| I'm from Arkansas | Oly | 1944 |
| Machine Gun Mama | Ollie Swenson | 1944 |
| Defective Detectives | El | 1944 |
| Sweet Spirits of Nighter | Oley Brendel | 1941 |
| Love at First Fright | Zeb | 1941 |
| Gallant Sons | Olaf Larsen | 1940 |
| Captain Caution | Slushy | 1940 |
| If I Had My Way | Axel Swenson / Axel Swensen | 1940 |
| Call a Messenger | 'Baldy' | 1939 |
| The House of Fear | Jeff | 1939 |
| Code of the Streets | Mickhail 'Micky' Bjorgulfsen | 1939 |
| Risky Business | Axel | 1939 |
| Valley of the Giants | 'Fats' | 1938 |
| Little Miss Broadway | Ole | 1938 |
| Happy Landing | Yonnie | 1938 |
| Blonde Trouble | Window Washer | 1937 |
| The Holy Terror | 'Bugs' Svenson | 1937 |
| God's Country and the Woman | Ole Olson | 1937 |
| Career Woman | Chris Erleson | 1936 |
| Ay Tank Ay Go | Ollie | 1936 |
| What, No Men? | Gus Olsen - Gas Company Representative | 1935 |
| Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Himself / Self | 1934 |
| The Meanest Gal in Town | Chris Peterson | 1934 |
| My Lips Betray | Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur | 1933 |
| Hot Pepper | Olsen | 1933 |
| Olsen's Big Moment | Knute Olsen | 1933 |
| Handle with Care | Carl Lundstrom | 1932 |
| Disorderly Conduct | Olsen | 1932 |
| Delicious | Chris Jansen | 1931 |
| West of Broadway | Axel 'Swede' Axelson | 1931 |
| The Spider | Ole | 1931 |
| Women of All Nations | Olsen | 1931 |
| 6 Cylinder Love | Janitor | 1931 |
| The Stolen Jools | Swedish Waiter | 1931 |
| Mr. Lemon of Orange | Oscar Lemon / Silent McGee / Mr. Lemon | 1931 |
| Just Imagine | Single O | 1930 |
| The Big Trail | Gus | 1930 |
| New Movietone Follies of 1930 | Alex Svenson | 1930 |
| Her Golden Calf | Knute Olson | 1930 |
| Hot for Paris | Axel Olson | 1929 |
| Sunny Side Up | Eric Swenson | 1929 |
| Frozen Justice | Swede | 1929 |
| Happy Days | Minstrel Show Performer | 1929 |
| The Cock-Eyed World | 'Yump' Olson / 'Yump' Olsen | 1929 |
| Wings | Herman Schwimpf | 1927 |
| Ten Modern Commandments | 'Speeding' Shapiro | 1927 |
| Rolled Stockings | Rudolph | 1927 |
| Too Many Crooks | Botts | 1927 |
| You Never Know Women | Toberchik | 1926 |
