Acting
Rolfe Sedan
Biography
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.
Movies with Rolfe Sedan
Young Frankenstein
1974
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
Ninotchka
1939
Grand Hotel
1932
Show People
1928
A Night at the Opera
1935
The Thin Man
1934
The Frisco Kid
1979
Bachelor Bait
1934
Stingaree
1934
Blondie Johnson
1933
Trouble in Paradise
1932
Seven Sinners
1940
42nd Street
1933
Romance
1930
Darling Lili
1970
Love Me Tonight
1932
Bedtime Story
1964
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
The Dangerous Blonde
1924
Design for Living
1933
Mad Love
1935
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
Shall We Dance
1937
Red-Headed Woman
1932
Double Whoopee
1929
The Woman Between
1931
Back Street
1932
Kid Boots
1926
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
Party Girl
1930
Private Detective 62
1933
Now and Forever
1934
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
Mama Behave
1926
Toot Sweet!
1929
The Firefly
1937
Stars Over Broadway
1935
The Iron Mask
1929
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
City in Darkness
1939
Rain or Shine
1930
In Conference
1931
This Is the Night
1932
Hired Wife
1940
Paramount on Parade
1930
Merry-Go-Round
1923
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
Law of the Tropics
1941
Finn and Hattie
1931
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
Meet the Baron
1933
Clear All Wires!
1933
Here Is My Heart
1934
A Bell for Adano
1967
Something to Live For
1952
Central Park
1932
Monte Carlo
1930
Broadway Gondolier
1935
The Match King
1932
Movie Night
1929
Private Affairs
1940
Bromo and Juliet
1926
Compassion
1928
I Was an Adventuress
1940
Three Women
1924
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
New Morals for Old
1932
The Love Trap
1929
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
I'll Give a Million
1938
Cocktail Hour
1933
The Life of the Party
1930
Florian
1940
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
Those Three French Girls
1930
Everything Happens at Night
1939
The Accusing Finger
1936
My Wife's an Angel
1943
Adventure in Sahara
1938
Man of the World
1931
Leaping Love
1929
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930
The Nuisance
1933
The Mad Whirl
1925
The Last Performance
1929
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
Mantrap
1926
It's a Great Life
1929
Letter of Introduction
1938
Carnival Lady
1933
Thundering Fleas
1926
Riley the Cop
1928
Many Happy Returns
1934
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967
Transgression
1931
Under the Big Top
1938
Café Metropole
1937
On the Front Page
1926
Cross Country Cruise
1934
Swing High
1930
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
Sporting Youth
1924
Jimmy's New Yacht
1932
My Old Dutch
1926
Sailor's Holiday
1929
Devil on Deck
1932
The Conquering Power
1921
Arabian Tights
1933
Laughing at Danger
1940
What No Man Knows
1921
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
Smouldering Fires
1925
Love and Glory
1924
Young Ideas
1924
Ship Cafe
1935
Slightly Scarlet
1930
Sneak Easily
1932
Paris in Spring
1935
The Denver Dude
1927
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
Surprise
1930
Sweethearts and Wives
1930
Mush and Milk
1933
California Straight Ahead
1925
Making the Grade
1929
The Adorable Cheat
1928
Riley of the Rainbow Division
1928
Done in Oil
1934
TV Shows with Rolfe Sedan
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
My Three Sons
1960
Combat!
1962
Mister Ed
1961
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Lucy Show
1962
I Love Lucy
1951
Matinee Theater
1955
One Step Beyond
1959
Telephone Time
1956
The Addams Family
1964
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Adventures of Superman
1952
December Bride
1954
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Pete and Gladys
1960
Gang Busters
1952
The Man Called X
1956
Letter to Loretta
1953
Kung Fu
1972