
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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Mad Love

Stingaree

In Conference

Red-Headed Woman

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Romance

Bachelor Bait

Design for Living

Bedtime Story

Movie Night

Party Girl

Mama Behave

That Uncertain Feeling

Double Whoopee

Toot Sweet!

The Accusing Finger

Back Street

Show Girl in Hollywood

The Iron Mask

Something to Live For

This Is the Night

Bardelys the Magnificent

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Woman Between

Meet the Baron

Letter of Introduction

Private Detective 62

City in Darkness

Central Park

California Straight Ahead

I'll Give a Million

Merry-Go-Round

Paramount on Parade

Stars Over Broadway

Florian

The Firefly

Monte Carlo

Cocktail Hour

Private Affairs

The Match King

Adventure in Sahara

The Nuisance

Finn and Hattie

Sporting Youth

Café Metropole

Now and Forever

Hired Wife

Young Ideas

Uncle Tom's Cabin

New Morals for Old

Ship Cafe

Law of the Tropics

Broadway Gondolier

Wake Me When the War Is Over

Man of the World

Mantrap

The Sin of Nora Moran

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

I Was an Adventuress

Many Happy Returns

Rain or Shine

Such Men Are Dangerous

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Three Women

Clear All Wires!

The Love Trap

Is Marriage the Bunk?

Everything Happens at Night

Those Three French Girls

A Bell for Adano

Swing High

The Dangerous Blonde

The Life of the Party

Riley the Cop

Devil on Deck

The Last Performance

Bromo and Juliet

Thundering Fleas

Here Is My Heart

Smartest Girl in Town

Transgression

On the Front Page

Carnival Lady

The Mad Whirl

The Adorable Cheat

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

Smouldering Fires

It's a Great Life

The Conquering Power

Leaping Love

Sailor's Holiday

Cross Country Cruise

Sneak Easily

The Denver Dude

Paris in Spring

Arabian Tights

Slightly Scarlet

Under the Big Top

Laughing at Danger

Mighty Like a Moose

Surprise

Done in Oil

Riley of the Rainbow Division

Love and Glory

Jimmy's New Yacht

Mush and Milk








































