
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