Rolfe Sedan
Acting
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rolfe Sedan (January 20, 1896 – September 15, 1982) was an American character actor, best known for appearing in bit parts, often uncredited, usually portraying clerks, train conductors, postmen, cooks, waiters etc. He began his career in show business as a nightclub and vaudeville performer and began acting in East Coast theatre. Sedan debuted on Broadway in 1916 and appeared in his first motion picture for Metro Pictures Corporation in 1921. He became a prolific character actor and is probably best remembered by movie buffs as the hotel manager in Ninotchka (1939) starring Greta Garbo. Around the same time, he appeared in an uncredited role as the Emerald City's Balloon Ascensionist in The Wizard of Oz (1939). He returned to Broadway, performing in several different shows during the first half of the 1940s and in the 1950s began a sequence of guest roles in television series such as The Jack Benny Show. His most frequent TV work came from recurring roles as put-upon mail carriers (25 episodes as Mr. Beasley on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show; 4 episodes as Mr. Briggs on The Addams Family). He was also seen as the train conductor in the film Young Frankenstein (1974). Rolfe Sedan remained active throughout a career that spanned more than six decades.
Filmography
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
The Frisco Kid
1979
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
Young Frankenstein
1974
Kung Fu
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
A Bell for Adano
1967
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967
The Addams Family
1964
Bedtime Story
1964
Petticoat Junction
1963
Combat!
1962
The Lucy Show
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Mister Ed
1961
My Three Sons
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
Adventures in Paradise
1959
One Step Beyond
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Telephone Time
1956
The Man Called X
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
December Bride
1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
Adventures of Superman
1952
Gang Busters
1952
Something to Live For
1952
I Love Lucy
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
My Wife's an Angel
1943
Law of the Tropics
1941
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
Seven Sinners
1940
Hired Wife
1940
Laughing at Danger
1940
Private Affairs
1940
Florian
1940
I Was an Adventuress
1940
Everything Happens at Night
1939
Ninotchka
1939
City in Darkness
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
Adventure in Sahara
1938
Under the Big Top
1938
Letter of Introduction
1938
I'll Give a Million
1938
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
The Firefly
1937
Shall We Dance
1937
Café Metropole
1937
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
The Accusing Finger
1936
Stars Over Broadway
1935
A Night at the Opera
1935
Ship Cafe
1935
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Mad Love
1935
Paris in Spring
1935
Here Is My Heart
1934
Done in Oil
1934
Now and Forever
1934
Bachelor Bait
1934
Many Happy Returns
1934
The Thin Man
1934
Stingaree
1934
Cross Country Cruise
1934
Design for Living
1933
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
Carnival Lady
1933
Meet the Baron
1933
Private Detective 62
1933
Cocktail Hour
1933
The Nuisance
1933
Arabian Tights
1933
Mush and Milk
1933
42nd Street
1933
Blondie Johnson
1933
Clear All Wires!
1933
The Match King
1932
Sneak Easily
1932
Central Park
1932
Trouble in Paradise
1932
Grand Hotel
1932
Love Me Tonight
1932
Back Street
1932
Red-Headed Woman
1932
New Morals for Old
1932
Jimmy's New Yacht
1932
This Is the Night
1932
Devil on Deck
1932
The Woman Between
1931
Transgression
1931
In Conference
1931
Man of the World
1931
Finn and Hattie
1931
The Life of the Party
1930
Those Three French Girls
1930
Monte Carlo
1930
Romance
1930
Rain or Shine
1930
Sweethearts and Wives
1930
Swing High
1930
Paramount on Parade
1930
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
Surprise
1930
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930
Slightly Scarlet
1930
Party Girl
1930
It's a Great Life
1929
Toot Sweet!
1929
The Last Performance
1929
Sailor's Holiday
1929
The Love Trap
1929
Leaping Love
1929
Double Whoopee
1929
Movie Night
1929
The Iron Mask
1929
Making the Grade
1929
Riley the Cop
1928
Show People
1928
The Adorable Cheat
1928
Riley of the Rainbow Division
1928
Compassion
1928
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
The Denver Dude
1927
On the Front Page
1926
Kid Boots
1926
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
Bromo and Juliet
1926
Mantrap
1926
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
Thundering Fleas
1926
My Old Dutch
1926
Mama Behave
1926
California Straight Ahead
1925
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
The Mad Whirl
1925
Smouldering Fires
1925
Love and Glory
1924
Three Women
1924
Young Ideas
1924
The Dangerous Blonde
1924
Sporting Youth
1924
Merry-Go-Round
1923
What No Man Knows
1921
The Conquering Power
1921