Rolfe Sedan
Acting
1896-01-20 · New York City, New York, USA
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 · Movie
The Frisco Kid
1979 · Movie
The World's Greatest Lover
1977 · Movie
Young Frankenstein
1974 · Movie
Kung Fu
1972 · Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
Darling Lili
1970 · Movie
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 · Movie
A Bell for Adano
1967 · Movie
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967 · Movie
The Addams Family
1964 · Series
Bedtime Story
1964 · Movie
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Series
Combat!
1962 · Series
The Lucy Show
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
Mister Ed
1961 · Series
My Three Sons
1960 · Series
Pete and Gladys
1960 · Series
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Series
One Step Beyond
1959 · Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957 · Movie
Hey, Jeannie!
1956 · Series
Telephone Time
1956 · Series
The Man Called X
1956 · Series
Matinee Theater
1955 · Series
December Bride
1954 · Series
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 · Movie
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Series
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Movie
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Series
Gang Busters
1952 · Series
Something to Live For
1952 · Movie
I Love Lucy
1951 · Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Series
My Wife's an Angel
1943 · Movie
Law of the Tropics
1941 · Movie
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Movie
Seven Sinners
1940 · Movie
Hired Wife
1940 · Movie
Laughing at Danger
1940 · Movie
Private Affairs
1940 · Movie
Florian
1940 · Movie
I Was an Adventuress
1940 · Movie
Everything Happens at Night
1939 · Movie
Ninotchka
1939 · Movie
City in Darkness
1939 · Movie
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 · Movie
Adventure in Sahara
1938 · Movie
Under the Big Top
1938 · Movie
Letter of Introduction
1938 · Movie
I'll Give a Million
1938 · Movie
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 · Movie
The Firefly
1937 · Movie
Shall We Dance
1937 · Movie
Café Metropole
1937 · Movie
Smartest Girl in Town
1936 · Movie
The Accusing Finger
1936 · Movie
Stars Over Broadway
1935 · Movie
A Night at the Opera
1935 · Movie
Ship Cafe
1935 · Movie
Broadway Gondolier
1935 · Movie
Mad Love
1935 · Movie
Paris in Spring
1935 · Movie
Here Is My Heart
1934 · Movie
Done in Oil
1934 · Movie
Now and Forever
1934 · Movie
Bachelor Bait
1934 · Movie
Many Happy Returns
1934 · Movie
The Thin Man
1934 · Movie
Stingaree
1934 · Movie
Cross Country Cruise
1934 · Movie
Design for Living
1933 · Movie
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933 · Movie
Carnival Lady
1933 · Movie
Meet the Baron
1933 · Movie
Private Detective 62
1933 · Movie
Cocktail Hour
1933 · Movie
The Nuisance
1933 · Movie
Arabian Tights
1933 · Movie
Mush and Milk
1933 · Movie
Adorable
1933 · Movie
42nd Street
1933 · Movie
Blondie Johnson
1933 · Movie
Clear All Wires!
1933 · Movie
The Match King
1932 · Movie
Central Park
1932 · Movie
Sneak Easily
1932 · Movie
Trouble in Paradise
1932 · Movie
Grand Hotel
1932 · Movie
Love Me Tonight
1932 · Movie
Back Street
1932 · Movie
Red-Headed Woman
1932 · Movie
New Morals for Old
1932 · Movie
Jimmy's New Yacht
1932 · Movie
This Is the Night
1932 · Movie
Devil on Deck
1932 · Movie
The Woman Between
1931 · Movie
Transgression
1931 · Movie
In Conference
1931 · Movie
Man of the World
1931 · Movie
Finn and Hattie
1931 · Movie
The Life of the Party
1930 · Movie
Those Three French Girls
1930 · Movie
Monte Carlo
1930 · Movie
Romance
1930 · Movie
Rain or Shine
1930 · Movie
Sweethearts and Wives
1930 · Movie
Swing High
1930 · Movie
Paramount on Parade
1930 · Movie
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930 · Movie
Surprise
1930 · Movie
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930 · Movie
Slightly Scarlet
1930 · Movie
Party Girl
1930 · Movie
It's a Great Life
1929 · Movie
Toot Sweet!
1929 · Movie
The Last Performance
1929 · Movie
Sailor's Holiday
1929 · Movie
The Love Trap
1929 · Movie
Leaping Love
1929 · Movie
Double Whoopee
1929 · Movie
Movie Night
1929 · Movie
The Iron Mask
1929 · Movie
Making the Grade
1929 · Movie
Riley the Cop
1928 · Movie
Show People
1928 · Movie
The Adorable Cheat
1928 · Movie
Riley of the Rainbow Division
1928 · Movie
Compassion
1928 · Movie
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927 · Movie
The Denver Dude
1927 · Movie
On the Front Page
1926 · Movie
Kid Boots
1926 · Movie
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926 · Movie
Bromo and Juliet
1926 · Movie
Mantrap
1926 · Movie
Thundering Fleas
1926 · Movie
Mighty Like a Moose
1926 · Movie
My Old Dutch
1926 · Movie
Mama Behave
1926 · Movie
California Straight Ahead
1925 · Movie
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925 · Movie
The Mad Whirl
1925 · Movie
Smouldering Fires
1925 · Movie
Love and Glory
1924 · Movie
Three Women
1924 · Movie
Young Ideas
1924 · Movie
The Dangerous Blonde
1924 · Movie
Sporting Youth
1924 · Movie
Merry-Go-Round
1923 · Movie
What No Man Knows
1921 · Movie
The Conquering Power
1921 · Movie