Rolfe Sedan
Known for: Acting
Born: January 20, 1896
Died: September 15, 1982
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
131 movies · 23 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
6.1
The Frisco Kid
1979
5.6
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
7.9
Young Frankenstein
1974
7.7
Kung Fu
1972
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
5.6
Darling Lili
1970
5.2
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
NR
A Bell for Adano
1967
4.2
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967
8.0
The Addams Family
1964
6.3
Bedtime Story
1964
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963
7.9
Combat!
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
6.8
Mister Ed
1961
6.6
My Three Sons
1960
6.3
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
NR
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
6.2
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
1956
10.0
The Man Called X
1956
5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
6.3
December Bride
1954
6.2
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
7.3
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
6.7
Adventures of Superman
19527.0
Gang Busters
1952
6.9
Something to Live For
1952
7.9
I Love Lucy
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951NR
My Wife's an Angel
1943
7.3
Law of the Tropics
1941
6.6
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
6.0
Seven Sinners
1940
6.8
Hired Wife
1940
9.0
Laughing at Danger
1940
7.0
Private Affairs
1940
4.5
Florian
1940
6.5
I Was an Adventuress
1940
5.3
Everything Happens at Night
1939
7.5
Ninotchka
1939
6.5
City in Darkness
1939
7.0
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
5.8
Adventure in Sahara
1938
6.7
Under the Big Top
1938
6.0
Letter of Introduction
1938
6.1
I'll Give a Million
1938
7.1
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
6.5
The Firefly
1937
7.3
Shall We Dance
1937
7.3
Café Metropole
1937
5.8
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
5.8
The Accusing Finger
1936
5.6
Stars Over Broadway
1935
7.4
A Night at the Opera
1935
8.0
Ship Cafe
1935
6.0
Broadway Gondolier
1935
7.0
Mad Love
1935
7.0
Paris in Spring
1935
7.3
Here Is My Heart
1934
9.0
Done in Oil
1934
6.8
Now and Forever
1934
6.5
Bachelor Bait
1934
5.3
Many Happy Returns
1934
7.5
The Thin Man
1934
6.1
Stingaree
1934
6.7
Cross Country Cruise
1934
7.1
Design for Living
1933
5.5
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
6.0
Carnival Lady
1933
5.3
Meet the Baron
1933
6.2
Private Detective 62
1933
5.3
Cocktail Hour
1933
6.0
The Nuisance
1933
6.0
Arabian Tights
1933
6.6
Mush and Milk
1933
4.2
Adorable
1933
6.9
42nd Street
1933
5.9
Blondie Johnson
1933
6.7
Clear All Wires!
1933
6.7
The Match King
1932
8.0
Sneak Easily
1932
5.8
Central Park
1932
7.4
Trouble in Paradise
1932
7.0
Grand Hotel
1932
6.6
Love Me Tonight
1932
6.4
Back Street
1932
6.6
Red-Headed Woman
1932
4.5
New Morals for Old
1932
4.0
Jimmy's New Yacht
1932
5.4
This Is the Night
1932
5.5
Devil on Deck
1932
5.1
The Woman Between
1931
4.3
Transgression
1931
NR
In Conference
1931
6.2
Man of the World
1931
6.3
Finn and Hattie
1931
6.6
The Life of the Party
1930
4.7
Those Three French Girls
1930
6.5
Monte Carlo
1930
6.5
Romance
1930
6.5
Rain or Shine
193010.0
Sweethearts and Wives
1930
7.7
Swing High
1930
5.9
Paramount on Parade
1930
5.8
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
1.0
Surprise
1930
5.4
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930
7.0
Slightly Scarlet
1930
3.8
Party Girl
1930
5.0
It's a Great Life
1929
8.0
Toot Sweet!
1929
6.5
The Last Performance
1929
6.1
Sailor's Holiday
1929
5.9
The Love Trap
1929
9.0
Leaping Love
1929
6.8
Double Whoopee
1929
6.7
Movie Night
1929
6.7
The Iron Mask
192910.0
Making the Grade
1929
5.7
Riley the Cop
1928
7.1
Show People
1928
9.0
The Adorable Cheat
1928
8.0
Riley of the Rainbow Division
192810.0
Compassion
1928
6.8
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
7.0
The Denver Dude
1927
6.4
On the Front Page
1926
6.8
Kid Boots
1926
7.4
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
5.8
Bromo and Juliet
1926
6.2
Mantrap
1926
6.8
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
6.0
Thundering Fleas
1926
7.0
My Old Dutch
1926
7.0
Mama Behave
1926
7.0
California Straight Ahead
1925
6.0
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
6.6
The Mad Whirl
1925
6.8
Smouldering Fires
1925
10.0
Love and Glory
1924
4.2
Three Women
1924
7.0
Young Ideas
1924
7.0
The Dangerous Blonde
1924
9.0
Sporting Youth
1924
6.3
Merry-Go-Round
19237.0
What No Man Knows
1921
6.1
The Conquering Power
1921