Rolfe Sedan
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.
152 acting credits
Acting · 152
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Petticoat Junction
1963
My Three Sons
1960
Combat!
1962
The Lucy Show
1962
I Love Lucy
1951
Matinee Theater
1955
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Mister Ed
1961
One Step Beyond
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959
The Addams Family
1964
Adventures of Superman
1952
Telephone Time
1956
December Bride
1954
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Pete and Gladys
1960
Grand Hotel
1932
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Letter to Loretta
1953
Young Frankenstein
1974
Gang Busters
1952
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
The Man Called X
1956
The Thin Man
1934
Ninotchka
1939
Red-Headed Woman
1932
Trouble in Paradise
1932
A Night at the Opera
1935
The Frisco Kid
1979
Kung Fu
1972
Shall We Dance
1937
42nd Street
1933
Seven Sinners
1940
Show People
1928
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
Ship Cafe
1935
Stingaree
1934
The Iron Mask
1929
Mad Love
1935
Private Detective 62
1933
Bedtime Story
1964
Romance
1930
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
City in Darkness
1939
Paris in Spring
1935
Design for Living
1933
The Firefly
1937
Back Street
1932
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
Mantrap
1926
Love Me Tonight
1932
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
Something to Live For
1952
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
Cocktail Hour
1933
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967
The Nuisance
1933
Florian
1940
Here Is My Heart
1934
The Accusing Finger
1936
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
Slightly Scarlet
1930
Monte Carlo
1930
Smouldering Fires
1925
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
Kid Boots
1926
Now and Forever
1934
Double Whoopee
1929
I'll Give a Million
1938
Meet the Baron
1933
Many Happy Returns
1934
Letter of Introduction
1938
Movie Night
1929
Private Affairs
1940
Transgression
1931
The Match King
1932
Young Ideas
1924
Bachelor Bait
1934
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
Those Three French Girls
1930
Central Park
1932
I Was an Adventuress
1940
Café Metropole
1937
Toot Sweet!
1929
Man of the World
1931
Adventure in Sahara
1938
A Bell for Adano
1967
The Woman Between
1931
Party Girl
1930
On the Front Page
1926
Three Women
1924
Sporting Youth
1924
Leaping Love
1929
Law of the Tropics
1941
Cross Country Cruise
1934
It's a Great Life
1929
Everything Happens at Night
1939
The Love Trap
1929
Hired Wife
1940
Finn and Hattie
1931
Thundering Fleas
1926
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Merry-Go-Round
1923
Riley the Cop
1928
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Devil on Deck
1932
The Last Performance
1929
Carnival Lady
1933
Rain or Shine
1930
Clear All Wires!
1933
Laughing at Danger
1940
This Is the Night
1932
Stars Over Broadway
1935
Bromo and Juliet
1926
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
New Morals for Old
1932
Sweethearts and Wives
1930
Sailor's Holiday
1929
Paramount on Parade
1930
Sneak Easily
1932
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
Blondie Johnson
1933
The Mad Whirl
1925
My Wife's an Angel
1943
My Old Dutch
1926
Compassion
1928
California Straight Ahead
1925
The Life of the Party
1930
Mama Behave
1926
Riley of the Rainbow Division
1928
Under the Big Top
1938
Arabian Tights
1933
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
Jimmy's New Yacht
1932
Swing High
1930
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
The Adorable Cheat
1928
What No Man Knows
1921
Mush and Milk
1933
The Dangerous Blonde
1924
The Conquering Power
1921
Love and Glory
1924
In Conference
1931
The Denver Dude
1927
Making the Grade
1929
Surprise
1930
Done in Oil
1934