Rolfe Sedan
Acting
- Born:
- 1896-01-20
- Died:
- 1982-09-15
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
The Frisco Kid
The World's Greatest Lover
Young Frankenstein
Kung Fu
The Streets of San Francisco
Darling Lili
Wake Me When the War Is Over
A Bell for Adano
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
The Addams Family
Bedtime Story
Petticoat Junction
Combat!
The Lucy Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mister Ed
My Three Sons
Pete and Gladys
Adventures in Paradise
One Step Beyond
77 Sunset Strip
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Hey, Jeannie!
Telephone Time
The Man Called X
Matinee Theater
December Bride
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Letter to Loretta
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Adventures of Superman
Gang Busters
Something to Live For
I Love Lucy
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
My Wife's an Angel
Law of the Tropics
That Uncertain Feeling
Seven Sinners
Hired Wife
Laughing at Danger
Private Affairs
Florian
I Was an Adventuress
Everything Happens at Night
Ninotchka
City in Darkness
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Adventure in Sahara
Under the Big Top
Letter of Introduction
I'll Give a Million
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
The Firefly
Shall We Dance
Café Metropole
Smartest Girl in Town
The Accusing Finger
Stars Over Broadway
A Night at the Opera
Ship Cafe
Broadway Gondolier
Mad Love
Paris in Spring
Here Is My Heart
Done in Oil
Now and Forever
Bachelor Bait
Many Happy Returns
The Thin Man
Stingaree
Cross Country Cruise
Design for Living
The Sin of Nora Moran
Carnival Lady
Meet the Baron
Private Detective 62
Cocktail Hour
The Nuisance
Arabian Tights
Mush and Milk
Adorable
42nd Street
Blondie Johnson
Clear All Wires!
The Match King
Sneak Easily
Central Park
Trouble in Paradise
Grand Hotel
Love Me Tonight
Back Street
Red-Headed Woman
New Morals for Old
Jimmy's New Yacht
This Is the Night
Devil on Deck
The Woman Between
Transgression
In Conference
Man of the World
Finn and Hattie
The Life of the Party
Those Three French Girls
Monte Carlo
Romance
Rain or Shine
Sweethearts and Wives
Swing High
Paramount on Parade
Show Girl in Hollywood
Surprise
Such Men Are Dangerous
Slightly Scarlet
Party Girl
It's a Great Life
Toot Sweet!
The Last Performance
Sailor's Holiday
The Love Trap
Leaping Love
Double Whoopee
Movie Night
The Iron Mask
Making the Grade
Riley the Cop
Show People
The Adorable Cheat
Riley of the Rainbow Division
Compassion
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Denver Dude
On the Front Page
Kid Boots
Bardelys the Magnificent
Bromo and Juliet
Mantrap
Mighty Like a Moose
Thundering Fleas
My Old Dutch
Mama Behave
California Straight Ahead
Is Marriage the Bunk?
The Mad Whirl
Smouldering Fires
Love and Glory
Three Women
Young Ideas
The Dangerous Blonde
Sporting Youth
Merry-Go-Round
What No Man Knows
The Conquering Power