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
1967
- How I Spent My Summer Vacation as Waiter
- 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
- Combat! as Dr. Barole
- The Lucy Show as Headwaiter
1961
1959
- Adventures in Paradise as Dr. Gaillefontaine
- One Step Beyond as Butler
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)
- Private Affairs as Tailor (uncredited)
- Florian as Candy Shop Proprietor
- I Was an Adventuress as Waiter
- Hired Wife as Maitre D'
- 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
- I'll Give a Million as Telegraph Clerk
- Letter of Introduction as Fitter (uncredited)
- Adventure in Sahara as Airline Officer
- Under the Big Top as Pierre
1937
- Shall We Dance as Ballet Master (uncredited)
- Café Metropole as Flower Clerk (uncredited)
- The Firefly as Hat Vendor (uncredited)
1936
- The Accusing Finger as First Waiter
- Smartest Girl in Town as Hotel Desk Clerk
1935
- A Night at the Opera as Aviator (uncredited)
- Ship Cafe as French Chauffeur (uncredited)
- Mad Love as Gendarme (Uncredited)
- Paris in Spring as Modiste
- Broadway Gondolier as Mrs. Flaggenheim's Secretary
- Stars Over Broadway as Opera Aficionado
1934
- The Thin Man as Waiter (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)
- Bachelor Bait as Waiter #1 (uncredited)
- Done in Oil as 3rd French Art Expert (uncredited)
1933
- 42nd Street as Extra on Stage (uncredited)
- The Sin of Nora Moran as Stage Manager
- Private Detective 62 as Casino Man (Uncredited)
- Design for Living as Bed Salesman (uncredited)
- Cocktail Hour as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- The Nuisance as Man Who Will Be Late to Work (uncredited)
- Meet the Baron as Pants Presser (uncredited)
- Carnival Lady as Carnival Barker
- Clear All Wires! as French Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Blondie Johnson as Pierre - Tailor (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)
- Central Park as Casino Patron (uncredited)
- This Is the Night as Boulevardier (uncredited)
- Devil on Deck as Frenchie
- The Match King as In-Room Waiter (uncredited)
- New Morals for Old as Art Student (uncredited)
- Sneak Easily as Juryman
- Jimmy's New Yacht as Count Tobini
1931
- 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
- In Conference as Manager's Assistant
1930
- Romance as Opera Audience Member (uncredited)
- Slightly Scarlet as Gendarme
- Monte Carlo as Hairdresser (uncredited)
- Party Girl as Maitre D'
- Those Three French Girls as Gendarme (uncredited)
- Show Girl in Hollywood as Headwaiter in New York
- Rain or Shine as Waiter at Dinner Party
- Such Men Are Dangerous as Charity Bazaar Auctioneer (uncredited)
- The Life of the Party as Man Who Wants to Hear 'Poison Ivy'
- Swing High as Trouper
- Sweethearts and Wives as Waiter
- Paramount on Parade as Little Man ('Park in Paris') (uncredited)
- Surprise as Party guest
1929
- The Iron Mask as Louis XIII
- It's a Great Life as Bit Role
- The Love Trap as Drunk
- Double Whoopee as Desk clerk
- Toot Sweet! as Nightclub Announcer
- Movie Night as Actor on the Screen (uncredited)
- Leaping Love as The Crying Wife's Husband (uncredited)
- Sailor's Holiday as Ferris Wheel Barker (uncredited)
- The Last Performance
- Making the Grade as Valet
1928
- Show People as Portrait Photographer (uncredited)
- Riley the Cop as French Restaurant Patron
- The Adorable Cheat as Card Playing Guest
- Compassion
- Riley of the Rainbow Division
1927
- Uncle Tom's Cabin as Adolph (uncredited)
- The Denver Dude as Henry Bird
1926
- Bardelys the Magnificent as Fop (uncredited)
- Mantrap as Barber (uncredited)
- Kid Boots as Physical Therapist (uncredited)
- Thundering Fleas as Musician
- On the Front Page as Beauty Expert (uncredited)
- Bromo and Juliet as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- My Old Dutch as Al
- Mama Behave as A Friend of the Family (uncredited)
- Mighty Like a Moose as Nose Doctor
1925
- Smouldering Fires as Member of the Committee
- Is Marriage the Bunk? as Jimmy's brother-in-law
- The Mad Whirl as Bit Part Rolfe Sedan
- California Straight Ahead as Valet
1924
- Three Women as Reveler at Monkey Bar
- Young Ideas as Bertie Loomis
- Sporting Youth as Valet
- Love and Glory as Bit Role
- The Dangerous Blonde as Henry
1923
- Merry-Go-Round as Minor Role (uncredited)
1921
- The Conquering Power as Annette's Suitor (uncredited)
- What No Man Knows as Lawyer (uncredited)