Rolfe Sedan

Acting

Born Jan 20, 1896

From New York City, New York, USA

Died Sep 15, 1982

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.

Rolfe Sedan

Known For

Young Frankenstein

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Grand Hotel

Trouble in Paradise

Shall We Dance

The Frisco Kid

A Night at the Opera

Ninotchka

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Design for Living

Filmography — Acting

Young Frankenstein

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Grand Hotel

Trouble in Paradise

Shall We Dance

The Frisco Kid

A Night at the Opera

Ninotchka

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Design for Living

Bedtime Story

Red-Headed Woman

The Thin Man

Mad Love

The Iron Mask

Seven Sinners

Romance

The World's Greatest Lover

That Uncertain Feeling

Show People

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Florian

Wake Me When the War Is Over

The Sin of Nora Moran

Something to Live For

Here Is My Heart

The Nuisance

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

City in Darkness

Café Metropole

The Accusing Finger

Merry-Go-Round

This Is the Night

Three Women

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Stingaree

Mantrap

The Firefly

Love Me Tonight

Blondie Johnson

Kid Boots

Broadway Gondolier

Bardelys the Magnificent

Now and Forever

Show Girl in Hollywood

I'll Give a Million

Private Detective 62

Back Street

Monte Carlo

The Woman Between

Hired Wife

Paramount on Parade

Riley the Cop

Transgression

A Bell for Adano

Private Affairs

Adventure in Sahara

The Life of the Party

Cross Country Cruise

Stars Over Broadway

Man of the World

Law of the Tropics

Clear All Wires!

The Match King

It's a Great Life

Slightly Scarlet

Rain or Shine