Rolfe Sedan
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-01-20
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
Ninotchka
1939
7.50
Show People
1928
7.10
Blondie Johnson
1933
6.10
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938
7.00
Clear All Wires!
1933
6.50
Leaping Love
1929
0.00
The Denver Dude
1927
0.00
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
6.30
Three Women
1924
3.50
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
6.50
Red-Headed Woman
1932
6.70
Love Me Tonight
1932
6.57
Double Whoopee
1929
6.70
The Frisco Kid
1979
6.10
A Bell for Adano
1967
0.00
Now and Forever
1934
6.63
Stingaree
1934
5.90
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
6.90
Bedtime Story
1964
6.20
A Night at the Opera
1935
7.44
Letter of Introduction
1938
5.67
The Firefly
1937
6.40
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
6.68
The Match King
1932
6.60
The Nuisance
1933
5.00
Mush and Milk
1933
6.80
The Adorable Cheat
1928
0.00
Jimmy's New Yacht
1932
1.00
Surprise
1930
1.00
Carnival Lady
1933
5.00
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
5.50
Toot Sweet!
1929
0.00
Under the Big Top
1938
5.50
Rain or Shine
1930
6.20
Devil on Deck
1932
4.00
The Mad Whirl
1925
6.20
The Iron Mask
1929
6.70
Café Metropole
1937
6.90
Transgression
1931
4.00
Movie Night
1929
6.00
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
5.80
Riley of the Rainbow Division
1928
0.00
I Was an Adventuress
1940
6.30
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
7.34
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
5.64
Finn and Hattie
1931
5.30
Sailor's Holiday
1929
5.20
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967
3.50
Sneak Easily
1932
0.00
Done in Oil
1934
0.00
Paris in Spring
1935
5.00
I'll Give a Million
1938
5.70
City in Darkness
1939
6.40
Broadway Gondolier
1935
5.40
It's a Great Life
1929
4.00
Back Street
1932
6.10
Stars Over Broadway
1935
5.20
Everything Happens at Night
1939
4.10
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925
5.00
Swing High
1930
6.50
The Life of the Party
1930
6.30
Trouble in Paradise
1932
7.40
Adventure in Sahara
1938
5.50
Riley the Cop
1928
5.60
Thundering Fleas
1926
5.50
Man of the World
1931
5.90
Design for Living
1933
7.10
My Old Dutch
1926
0.00
Young Frankenstein
1974
7.87
The Conquering Power
1921
5.82
The Thin Man
1934
7.49
Mantrap
1926
5.90
Laughing at Danger
1940
0.00
Mama Behave
1926
6.00
Arabian Tights
1933
0.00
Law of the Tropics
1941
6.00
This Is the Night
1932
5.60
On the Front Page
1926
5.70
Seven Sinners
1940
5.80
Hired Wife
1940
6.80
Florian
1940
1.00
Those Three French Girls
1930
4.00
Meet the Baron
1933
4.30
Love and Glory
1924
0.00
Here Is My Heart
1934
6.80
Sweethearts and Wives
1930
0.00
Shall We Dance
1937
7.20
Bromo and Juliet
1926
5.60
Something to Live For
1952
6.80
Slightly Scarlet
1930
5.00
Merry-Go-Round
1923
6.00
New Morals for Old
1932
4.20
The Love Trap
1929
5.40
The Accusing Finger
1936
4.70
Young Ideas
1924
0.00
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
5.50
Party Girl
1930
3.56
Romance
1930
6.20
Bachelor Bait
1934
5.70
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
7.40
Ship Cafe
1935
0.00
Private Affairs
1940
0.00
Central Park
1932
5.20
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930
4.80
Many Happy Returns
1934
5.30
Mad Love
1935
7.01
Smouldering Fires
1925
6.50
Sporting Youth
1924
0.00
Cross Country Cruise
1934
6.00
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969
5.00
Private Detective 62
1933
6.09
The Last Performance
1929
6.20
My Wife's an Angel
1943
0.00
Cocktail Hour
1933
5.30
California Straight Ahead
1925
7.00
Compassion
1928
0.00
Monte Carlo
1930
6.50
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
10.00
Kid Boots
1926
6.60