Rolfe Sedan

Rolfe Sedan (86)

1896-01-20 - 1982-09-15 | 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.

On Movies

  • The Frisco Kid
  • The World's Greatest Lover
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Wake Me When the War Is Over
  • A Bell for Adano
  • How I Spent My Summer Vacation
  • Bedtime Story
  • Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
  • Phantom of the Rue Morgue
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  • Something to Live For
  • 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
  • Blondie Johnson
  • Clear All Wires!
  • The Match King
  • Sneak Easily
  • Central Park
  • Trouble in Paradise
  • Love Me Tonight
  • Back Street
  • Red-Headed Woman
  • New Morals for Old
  • Jimmy's New Yacht
  • This Is the Night
  • Devil on Deck
  • Transgression
  • Man of the World
  • Finn and Hattie
  • The Life of the Party
  • Those Three French Girls
  • Romance
  • Rain or Shine
  • Sweethearts and Wives
  • Swing High
  • 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
  • Riley the Cop
  • Show People
  • The Adorable Cheat
  • Riley of the Rainbow Division
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • The Denver Dude
  • On the Front Page
  • 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
  • Three Women
  • Young Ideas
  • Sporting Youth
  • Merry-Go-Round
  • The Conquering Power

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