Rolfe Sedan
Acting • Born 1896-01-20 – Died 1982-09-15
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
152 credits
Ninotchka
Movie • 1939
Hotel Manager
Show People
Movie • 1928
Portrait Photographer (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
Movie • 1933
Pierre - Tailor (uncredited)
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Movie • 1938
Floorwalker
Clear All Wires!
Movie • 1933
French Radio Operator (uncredited)
Leaping Love
Movie • 1929
The Crying Wife's Husband (uncredited)
The Denver Dude
Movie • 1927
Henry Bird
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Movie • 1954
LeBon (as Rolphe Sedan)
Three Women
Movie • 1924
Reveler at Monkey Bar
That Uncertain Feeling
Movie • 1941
Art Dealer (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman
Movie • 1932
Man at Race Track (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
Movie • 1932
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Movie • 1939
Emile Aubel
Double Whoopee
Movie • 1929
Desk clerk
The Frisco Kid
Movie • 1979
Rabbi
A Bell for Adano
Movie • 1967
D'Arpa
Now and Forever
Movie • 1934
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Stingaree
Movie • 1934
Coutouriere (uncredited)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie • 1927
Adolph (uncredited)
Bedtime Story
Movie • 1964
Waiter (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
Movie • 1935
Aviator (uncredited)
Letter of Introduction
Movie • 1938
Fitter (uncredited)
The Firefly
Movie • 1937
Hat Vendor (uncredited)
Mighty Like a Moose
Movie • 1926
Nose Doctor
The Match King
Movie • 1932
In-Room Waiter (uncredited)
The Nuisance
Movie • 1933
Man Who Will Be Late to Work (uncredited)
Mush and Milk
Movie • 1933
Waiter
The Adorable Cheat
Movie • 1928
Card Playing Guest
Jimmy's New Yacht
Movie • 1932
Count Tobini
Surprise
Movie • 1930
Party guest
Carnival Lady
Movie • 1933
Carnival Barker
Smartest Girl in Town
Movie • 1936
Hotel Desk Clerk
Toot Sweet!
Movie • 1929
Nightclub Announcer
Under the Big Top
Movie • 1938
Pierre
Rain or Shine
Movie • 1930
Waiter at Dinner Party
Devil on Deck
Movie • 1932
Frenchie
The Mad Whirl
Movie • 1925
Bit Part Rolfe Sedan
The Iron Mask
Movie • 1929
Louis XIII
Café Metropole
Movie • 1937
Flower Clerk (uncredited)
Transgression
Movie • 1931
Beauty Salon Manager
Movie Night
Movie • 1929
Actor on the Screen (uncredited)
Show Girl in Hollywood
Movie • 1930
Headwaiter in New York
Riley of the Rainbow Division
Movie • 1928
I Was an Adventuress
Movie • 1940
Waiter
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie • 1953
Waiter (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Lover
Movie • 1977
Conductor
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Movie • 1957
Salesman Who Helps Rochester
Finn and Hattie
Movie • 1931
Paris Taxi Driver
Sailor's Holiday
Movie • 1929
Ferris Wheel Barker (uncredited)
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Movie • 1967
Waiter
Sneak Easily
Movie • 1932
Juryman
Done in Oil
Movie • 1934
3rd French Art Expert (uncredited)
Paris in Spring
Movie • 1935
Modiste
I'll Give a Million
Movie • 1938
Telegraph Clerk
City in Darkness
Movie • 1939
Hotel Clerk
Broadway Gondolier
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Flaggenheim's Secretary
It's a Great Life
Movie • 1929
Bit Role
Back Street
Movie • 1932
Croupier (uncredited)
Stars Over Broadway
Movie • 1935
Opera Aficionado
Everything Happens at Night
Movie • 1939
Waiter
Is Marriage the Bunk?
Movie • 1925
Jimmy's brother-in-law
Swing High
Movie • 1930
Trouper
The Life of the Party
Movie • 1930
Man Who Wants to Hear 'Poison Ivy'
Trouble in Paradise
Movie • 1932
Purse Salesman (uncredited)
Adventure in Sahara
Movie • 1938
Airline Officer
Riley the Cop
Movie • 1928
French Restaurant Patron
Thundering Fleas
Movie • 1926
Musician
Man of the World
Movie • 1931
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Design for Living
Movie • 1933
Bed Salesman (uncredited)
My Old Dutch
Movie • 1926
Al
Young Frankenstein
Movie • 1974
Train Conductor
The Conquering Power
Movie • 1921
Annette's Suitor (uncredited)
The Thin Man
Movie • 1934
Waiter (uncredited)
Laughing at Danger
Movie • 1940
Pierre
Mantrap
Movie • 1926
Barber (uncredited)
Arabian Tights
Movie • 1933
French Waiter (uncredited)
Mama Behave
Movie • 1926
A Friend of the Family (uncredited)
Law of the Tropics
Movie • 1941
Tailor (as Rolf Sedan)
This Is the Night
Movie • 1932
Boulevardier (uncredited)
On the Front Page
Movie • 1926
Beauty Expert (uncredited)
Seven Sinners
Movie • 1940
Henchman (uncredited)
Hired Wife
Movie • 1940
Maitre D'
Florian
Movie • 1940
Candy Shop Proprietor
Those Three French Girls
Movie • 1930
Gendarme (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
Movie • 1933
Pants Presser (uncredited)
Love and Glory
Movie • 1924
Bit Role
Here Is My Heart
Movie • 1934
Artist (uncredited)
Sweethearts and Wives
Movie • 1930
Waiter
Shall We Dance
Movie • 1937
Ballet Master (uncredited)
Bromo and Juliet
Movie • 1926
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Something to Live For
Movie • 1952
French Man (uncredited)
Slightly Scarlet
Movie • 1930
Gendarme
Merry-Go-Round
Movie • 1923
Minor Role (uncredited)
New Morals for Old
Movie • 1932
Art Student (uncredited)
The Love Trap
Movie • 1929
Drunk
The Accusing Finger
Movie • 1936
First Waiter
Young Ideas
Movie • 1924
Bertie Loomis
The Sin of Nora Moran
Movie • 1933
Stage Manager
Party Girl
Movie • 1930
Maitre D'
Romance
Movie • 1930
Opera Audience Member (uncredited)
Bardelys the Magnificent
Movie • 1926
Fop (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait
Movie • 1934
Waiter #1 (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
Movie • 1935
French Chauffeur (uncredited)
Private Affairs
Movie • 1940
Tailor (uncredited)
Central Park
Movie • 1932
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Such Men Are Dangerous
Movie • 1930
Charity Bazaar Auctioneer (uncredited)
Many Happy Returns
Movie • 1934
Clerk (uncredited)
Mad Love
Movie • 1935
Gendarme (Uncredited)
Smouldering Fires
Movie • 1925
Member of the Committee
Sporting Youth
Movie • 1924
Valet
Cross Country Cruise
Movie • 1934
Second Dodd's Salesman (Uncredited)
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Movie • 1969
Private Detective 62
Movie • 1933
Casino Man (Uncredited)
The Last Performance
Movie • 1929
My Wife's an Angel
Movie • 1943
Jerry
Cocktail Hour
Movie • 1933
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
California Straight Ahead
Movie • 1925
Valet
Compassion
Movie • 1928
Monte Carlo
Movie • 1930
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Movie • 2024
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Kid Boots
Movie • 1926
Physical Therapist (uncredited)
Making the Grade
Movie • 1929
Valet
Paramount on Parade
Movie • 1930
Little Man ('Park in Paris') (uncredited)
In Conference
Movie • 1931
Manager's Assistant
The Woman Between
Movie • 1931
Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Dangerous Blonde
Movie • 1924
Henry
Grand Hotel
Movie • 1932
Hotel Guest in Bar (uncredited)
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
December Bride
TV • 1954
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Stationmaster
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Station Master
Combat!
TV • 1962
Dr. Barole
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Chef
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Butler
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Dr. Gaillefontaine
Pete and Gladys
TV • 1960
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Postman
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Man Called X
TV • 1956
Gang Busters
TV • 1952
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Mr. Ogilvie
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
Joseph Barron
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Mayor Lucas
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Headwaiter
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Mr. Briggs
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Old Man