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
- The Man Called X
- Hey, Jeannie! as Joseph Barron
1955
1954
- December Bride
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue as LeBon (as Rolphe Sedan)
1953
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Waiter (uncredited)
- Letter to Loretta as Mr. Ogilvie
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)
- Hired Wife as Maitre D'
- Florian as Candy Shop Proprietor
- I Was an Adventuress as Waiter
- Private Affairs as Tailor (uncredited)
- Laughing at Danger as Pierre
1939
- Ninotchka as Hotel Manager
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Emile Aubel
- City in Darkness as Hotel Clerk
- Everything Happens at Night as Waiter
1938
- Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Floorwalker
- Letter of Introduction as Fitter (uncredited)
- I'll Give a Million as Telegraph Clerk
- Adventure in Sahara as Airline Officer
- Under the Big Top as Pierre
1937
- Shall We Dance as Ballet Master (uncredited)
- The Firefly as Hat Vendor (uncredited)
- Café Metropole as Flower Clerk (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
- Stars Over Broadway as Opera Aficionado
- Paris in Spring as Modiste
- Ship Cafe as French Chauffeur (uncredited)
1934
- The Thin Man as Waiter (uncredited)
- Bachelor Bait as Waiter #1 (uncredited)
- Stingaree as Coutouriere (uncredited)
- Now and Forever as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Here Is My Heart as Artist (uncredited)
- Many Happy Returns as Clerk (uncredited)
- Cross Country Cruise as Second Dodd's Salesman (Uncredited)
- Done in Oil as 3rd French Art Expert (uncredited)
1933
- 42nd Street as Extra on Stage (uncredited)
- Design for Living as Bed Salesman (uncredited)
- Blondie Johnson as Pierre - Tailor (uncredited)
- The Sin of Nora Moran as Stage Manager
- Meet the Baron as Pants Presser (uncredited)
- Clear All Wires! as French Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Private Detective 62 as Casino Man (Uncredited)
- Cocktail Hour as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- The Nuisance as Man Who Will Be Late to Work (uncredited)
- Mush and Milk as Waiter
- Carnival Lady as Carnival Barker
- Adorable as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
- Arabian Tights as French Waiter (uncredited)
1932
- Grand Hotel as Hotel Guest in Bar (uncredited)
- Trouble in Paradise as Purse Salesman (uncredited)
- Love Me Tonight as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Red-Headed Woman as Man at Race Track (uncredited)
- Back Street as Croupier (uncredited)
- Central Park as Casino Patron (uncredited)
- This Is the Night as Boulevardier (uncredited)
- New Morals for Old as Art Student (uncredited)
- The Match King as In-Room Waiter (uncredited)
- Devil on Deck as Frenchie
- Sneak Easily as Juryman
- Jimmy's New Yacht as Count Tobini
1931
- In Conference as Manager's Assistant
- The Woman Between as Headwaiter (uncredited)
- Man of the World as Hotel Desk Clerk (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
- Paramount on Parade as Little Man ('Park in Paris') (uncredited)
- Rain or Shine as Waiter at Dinner Party
- Monte Carlo as Hairdresser (uncredited)
- Those Three French Girls as Gendarme (uncredited)
- Such Men Are Dangerous as Charity Bazaar Auctioneer (uncredited)
- Slightly Scarlet as Gendarme
- The Life of the Party as Man Who Wants to Hear 'Poison Ivy'
- Sweethearts and Wives as Waiter
- Surprise as Party guest
- Swing High as Trouper
1929
- Movie Night as Actor on the Screen (uncredited)
- Double Whoopee as Desk clerk
- The Iron Mask as Louis XIII
- The Love Trap as Drunk
- It's a Great Life as Bit Role
- The Last Performance
- Toot Sweet! as Nightclub Announcer
- Sailor's Holiday as Ferris Wheel Barker (uncredited)
- Making the Grade as Valet
- Leaping Love as The Crying Wife's Husband (uncredited)
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)
- Mantrap as Barber (uncredited)
- Bromo and Juliet as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Bardelys the Magnificent as Fop (uncredited)
- Mighty Like a Moose as Nose Doctor
- Mama Behave as A Friend of the Family (uncredited)
- Thundering Fleas as Musician
- On the Front Page as Beauty Expert (uncredited)
- My Old Dutch as Al
1925
- Smouldering Fires as Member of the Committee
- The Mad Whirl as Bit Part Rolfe Sedan
- California Straight Ahead as Valet
- Is Marriage the Bunk? as Jimmy's brother-in-law
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)