Rolfe Sedan
Acting
Born 1896-01-20
Died 1982-09-15
New York City, New York, USA
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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
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Acting
48 credits
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Lucy Show
Petticoat Junction
I Love Lucy
Combat!
The Addams Family
One Step Beyond
Adventures in Paradise
Young Frankenstein
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Hey, Jeannie!
Grand Hotel
The Thin Man
Ninotchka
Letter to Loretta
The Frisco Kid
Love Me Tonight
Show People
A Night at the Opera
Trouble in Paradise
The World's Greatest Lover
Seven Sinners
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Bachelor Bait
Shall We Dance
Bedtime Story
42nd Street
Blondie Johnson
Mad Love
Darling Lili
Design for Living
Kid Boots
Party Girl
In Conference
Stingaree
Red-Headed Woman
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Romance
That Uncertain Feeling
Back Street
The Iron Mask
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Double Whoopee
Toot Sweet!
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Bardelys the Magnificent
Paramount on Parade
Here Is My Heart
Other credits
12 credits
Matinee Theater
My Three Sons
Adventures of Superman
Mister Ed
Telephone Time
77 Sunset Strip
The Streets of San Francisco
December Bride
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Pete and Gladys
Gang Busters
The Man Called X
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