Rolfe Sedan
Born: 1896-01-20 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1982-09-15
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Laurel & Hardy: Year Two as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
- The Frisco Kid as Rabbi
1977
- The World's Greatest Lover as Conductor
1974
- Young Frankenstein as Train Conductor
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Kung Fu as Stationmaster
1970
- Darling Lili as French Stage Manager (uncredited)
1967
- How I Spent My Summer Vacation as Waiter (uncredited)
- A Bell for Adano as D'Arpa
1964
- The Addams Family as Postman
- Bedtime Story as Waiter (uncredited)
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Station Master
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Old Man
- The Lucy Show as Headwaiter
- Combat! as Dr. Barole
1961
1959
- One Step Beyond as Butler
- Adventures in Paradise as Dr. Gaillefontaine
1958
1957
- Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show as Salesman Who Helps Rochester
1956
- Telephone Time
- Hey, Jeannie! as Joseph Barron
- The Man Called X
1955
1954
- December Bride
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue as LeBon (as Rolphe Sedan)
1953
- Letter to Loretta as Mr. Ogilvie
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Waiter (uncredited)
1952
- Adventures of Superman
- Gang Busters
- Something to Live For as French Man (uncredited)
1951
1943
- My Wife's an Angel as Jerry
1941
- That Uncertain Feeling as Art Dealer (uncredited)
- Law of the Tropics as Tailor (as Rolf Sedan)
1940
- Seven Sinners as Henchman (uncredited)
- Florian as Candy Shop Proprietor
- I Was an Adventuress as Waiter
- Hired Wife as Maitre D'
- Laughing at Danger as Pierre
- Private Affairs as Tailor (uncredited)
1939
- Ninotchka as Hotel Manager
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Emile Aubel
- Everything Happens at Night as Waiter
- City in Darkness as Hotel Clerk
1938
- Bluebeard's Eighth Wife as Floorwalker
- I'll Give a Million as Telegraph Clerk
- Adventure in Sahara as Airline Officer
- Under the Big Top as Pierre
- Letter of Introduction as Fitter (uncredited)
1937
- Café Metropole as Flower Clerk (uncredited)
- Shall We Dance as Ballet Master (uncredited)
- The Firefly as Hat Vendor (uncredited)
1936
- The Accusing Finger as First Waiter
- Smartest Girl in Town as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1935
- A Night at the Opera as Aviator (uncredited)
- Mad Love as Gendarme (Uncredited)
- Broadway Gondolier as Mrs. Flaggenheim's Secretary
- Paris in Spring as Modiste
- Stars Over Broadway as Opera Aficionado
- Ship Cafe as French Chauffeur (uncredited)
1934
- The Thin Man as Waiter (uncredited)
- Bachelor Bait as Waiter #1 (uncredited)
- Here Is My Heart as Artist (uncredited)
- Stingaree as Coutouriere (uncredited)
- Now and Forever as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Many Happy Returns as Clerk (uncredited)
- Done in Oil as 3rd French Art Expert (uncredited)
- Cross Country Cruise as Second Dodd's Salesman (Uncredited)
1933
- 42nd Street as Extra on Stage (uncredited)
- Design for Living as Bed Salesman (uncredited)
- Blondie Johnson as Pierre - Tailor (uncredited)
- Carnival Lady as Carnival Barker
- The Sin of Nora Moran as Stage Manager
- Private Detective 62 as Casino Man (Uncredited)
- The Nuisance as Man Who Will Be Late to Work (uncredited)
- Meet the Baron as Pants Presser (uncredited)
- Cocktail Hour as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- Adorable as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
- Clear All Wires! as French Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Mush and Milk as Waiter
- Arabian Tights as French Waiter (uncredited)
1932
- Grand Hotel as Hotel Guest in Bar (uncredited)
- Red-Headed Woman as Man at Race Track (uncredited)
- Trouble in Paradise as Purse Salesman (uncredited)
- Love Me Tonight as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Back Street as Croupier (uncredited)
- This Is the Night as Boulevardier (uncredited)
- New Morals for Old as Art Student (uncredited)
- The Match King as In-Room Waiter (uncredited)
- Sneak Easily as Juryman
- Jimmy's New Yacht as Count Tobini
- Central Park as Casino Patron (uncredited)
- Devil on Deck as Frenchie
1931
- In Conference as Manager's Assistant
- Man of the World as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- The Woman Between as Headwaiter (uncredited)
- Transgression as Beauty Salon Manager
- Finn and Hattie as Paris Taxi Driver
1930
- Party Girl as Maitre D'
- Romance as Opera Audience Member (uncredited)
- Show Girl in Hollywood as Headwaiter in New York
- Rain or Shine as Waiter at Dinner Party
- Paramount on Parade as Little Man ('Park in Paris') (uncredited)
- Those Three French Girls as Gendarme (uncredited)
- The Life of the Party as Man Who Wants to Hear 'Poison Ivy'
- Such Men Are Dangerous as Charity Bazaar Auctioneer (uncredited)
- Sweethearts and Wives as Waiter
- Slightly Scarlet as Gendarme
- Monte Carlo as Hairdresser (uncredited)
- Swing High as Trouper
- Surprise as Party guest
1929
- The Iron Mask as Louis XIII
- Double Whoopee as Desk clerk
- Movie Night as Actor on the Screen (uncredited)
- The Love Trap as Drunk
- The Last Performance
- Toot Sweet! as Nightclub Announcer
- It's a Great Life as Bit Role
- Sailor's Holiday as Ferris Wheel Barker (uncredited)
- Leaping Love as The Crying Wife's Husband (uncredited)
- Making the Grade as Valet
1928
- Show People as Portrait Photographer (uncredited)
- Compassion
- Riley the Cop as French Restaurant Patron
- The Adorable Cheat as Card Playing Guest
- Riley of the Rainbow Division
1927
- Uncle Tom's Cabin as Adolph (uncredited)
- The Denver Dude as Henry Bird
1926
- Kid Boots as Physical Therapist (uncredited)
- Mama Behave as A Friend of the Family (uncredited)
- Mantrap as Barber (uncredited)
- Bardelys the Magnificent as Fop (uncredited)
- On the Front Page as Beauty Expert (uncredited)
- Thundering Fleas as Musician
- Mighty Like a Moose as Nose Doctor
- Bromo and Juliet as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- My Old Dutch as Al
1925
- Is Marriage the Bunk? as Jimmy's brother-in-law
- The Mad Whirl as Bit Part Rolfe Sedan
- Smouldering Fires as Member of the Committee
- California Straight Ahead as Valet
1924
- Three Women as Reveler at Monkey Bar
- The Dangerous Blonde as Henry
- Sporting Youth as Valet
- Love and Glory as Bit Role
- Young Ideas as Bertie Loomis
1923
- Merry-Go-Round as Minor Role (uncredited)
1921
- What No Man Knows as Lawyer (uncredited)
- The Conquering Power as Annette's Suitor (uncredited)