
Rolfe Sedan
Born January 20, 1896 · 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.
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Bachelor Bait

Mad Love

In Conference

Stingaree

Kid Boots

Party Girl

Design for Living

Red-Headed Woman

Double Whoopee

Merry-Go-Round

Romance

Mantrap

That Uncertain Feeling

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Mama Behave

Florian

Back Street

Movie Night

The Woman Between

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Sporting Youth

Bardelys the Magnificent

Here Is My Heart

Private Detective 62

Show Girl in Hollywood

Something to Live For

Toot Sweet!

The Iron Mask

The Accusing Finger

Central Park

This Is the Night

Letter of Introduction

City in Darkness

Café Metropole

Paramount on Parade

Now and Forever

Meet the Baron

Stars Over Broadway

Three Women

Man of the World

The Firefly

Adventure in Sahara

Rain or Shine

Law of the Tropics

Wake Me When the War Is Over

Such Men Are Dangerous

California Straight Ahead

Hired Wife

Broadway Gondolier

Finn and Hattie

Monte Carlo

The Match King

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Private Affairs

The Last Performance

Cross Country Cruise

I'll Give a Million

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Everything Happens at Night

Young Ideas

Cocktail Hour

Paris in Spring

The Sin of Nora Moran

Bromo and Juliet

A Bell for Adano

The Nuisance

Ship Cafe

New Morals for Old

The Love Trap

The Life of the Party

Is Marriage the Bunk?

Many Happy Returns

Smouldering Fires

Those Three French Girls

Swing High

Smartest Girl in Town

On the Front Page

Slightly Scarlet

Under the Big Top

I Was an Adventuress

The Dangerous Blonde

The Mad Whirl

Thundering Fleas

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

The Conquering Power

Devil on Deck

The Adorable Cheat

Leaping Love

Riley the Cop

Clear All Wires!

Carnival Lady

It's a Great Life

Sailor's Holiday

My Old Dutch

Transgression

The Denver Dude

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

Surprise

Sneak Easily

Laughing at Danger

Mighty Like a Moose

Love and Glory

Mush and Milk

Riley of the Rainbow Division

Arabian Tights

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