
Rolfe Sedan
Born: 1896-01-20
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For

Bedtime Story

Seven Sinners

Young Frankenstein

Mighty Like a Moose

Paramount on Parade

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Cocktail Hour

Monte Carlo

Hired Wife

Letter of Introduction

Trouble in Paradise

The Woman Between

Ninotchka

Smouldering Fires

Show People

Kid Boots

Mad Love

Thundering Fleas

Sporting Youth

Back Street

Leaping Love

Arabian Tights

Transgression

Paris in Spring

Party Girl

Stingaree

Slightly Scarlet

Florian

Movie Night

Three Women

Laughing at Danger

Shall We Dance

Man of the World

Mantrap

Bardelys the Magnificent

Sneak Easily

Double Whoopee

Blondie Johnson

Bachelor Bait

Ship Cafe

Toot Sweet!

A Night at the Opera

The Thin Man

Café Metropole

Romance

Stars Over Broadway

Love Me Tonight

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Law of the Tropics

Done in Oil

A Bell for Adano

The Match King

Sailor's Holiday

Rain or Shine

Mama Behave

The Frisco Kid

Bromo and Juliet

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Riley the Cop

Design for Living

City in Darkness

In Conference

Red-Headed Woman

Adventure in Sahara

The World's Greatest Lover

The Accusing Finger

Merry-Go-Round

The Love Trap

The Last Performance

The Life of the Party

This Is the Night

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Mush and Milk

That Uncertain Feeling

Here Is My Heart

Meet the Baron

Show Girl in Hollywood

I Was an Adventuress

Something to Live For

Smartest Girl in Town

Such Men Are Dangerous

Clear All Wires!

Under the Big Top

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

It's a Great Life

Love and Glory

Broadway Gondolier

The Firefly

The Iron Mask

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Now and Forever

New Morals for Old

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Private Detective 62

The Denver Dude

I'll Give a Million

My Old Dutch

The Nuisance

Central Park

Those Three French Girls

Many Happy Returns

Surprise

Young Ideas

The Sin of Nora Moran

Swing High

On the Front Page

Everything Happens at Night

Cross Country Cruise

The Conquering Power

Finn and Hattie

The Adorable Cheat

Carnival Lady

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

Private Affairs

Devil on Deck

Wake Me When the War Is Over

California Straight Ahead

The Dangerous Blonde

Jimmy's New Yacht

Riley of the Rainbow Division

The Mad Whirl
