Rolfe Sedan
Acting
🎂 1896-01-20
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.
Cast credits(147)
1960
Station Master
1963
Headwaiter
1962
Postman
1964
Mr. Briggs
1964
1955
Chef
1951
Dr. Barole
1962
Old Man
1962
1961
1958
Butler
1959
1972
1956
Dr. Gaillefontaine
1959
1960
1952
Waiter (uncredited)
1964
1954
Train Conductor
1974
1951
Clerk (uncredited)
1934
Tailor (as Rolf Sedan)
1941
Mr. Ogilvie
1953
Mayor Lucas
1953
Waiter (uncredited)
1953
LeBon (as Rolphe Sedan)
1954
Joseph Barron
1956
1952
Second Dodd's Salesman (Uncredited)
1934
Pants Presser (uncredited)
1933
Waiter (uncredited)
1934
Rabbi
1979
Hotel Manager
1939
Fitter (uncredited)
1938
French Chauffeur (uncredited)
1935
Bed Salesman (uncredited)
1933
Drunk
1929
Floorwalker
1938
French Man (uncredited)
1952
Purse Salesman (uncredited)
1932
Conductor
1977
1956
Aviator (uncredited)
1935
Jerry
1943
Art Dealer (uncredited)
1941
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1934
Maitre D'
1940
Waiter
1967
Casino Patron (uncredited)
1932
Henchman (uncredited)
1940
Hat Vendor (uncredited)
1937
Ballet Master (uncredited)
1937
Hotel Clerk
1939
First Waiter
1936
Beauty Salon Manager
1931
1969
Count Tobini
1932
Carnival Barker
1933
Gendarme (Uncredited)
1935
Fop (uncredited)
1926
Al
1926
Casino Man (Uncredited)
1933
Opera Audience Member (uncredited)
1930
Flower Clerk (uncredited)
1937
Boulevardier (uncredited)
1932
Bit Role
1929
French Restaurant Patron
1928
Valet
1929
1928
Waiter
1940
French Radio Operator (uncredited)
1933
Charity Bazaar Auctioneer (uncredited)
1930
Mrs. Flaggenheim's Secretary
1935
Bit Part Rolfe Sedan
1925
Gendarme (uncredited)
1930
Bit Role
1924
Waiter
1939
Croupier (uncredited)
1932
Man Who Wants to Hear 'Poison Ivy'
1930
Pierre - Tailor (uncredited)
1933
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1933
Telegraph Clerk
1938
Modiste
1935
Candy Shop Proprietor
1940
Man at Race Track (uncredited)
1932
Art Student (uncredited)
1932
Gendarme
1930
Minor Role (uncredited)
1923
Pierre
1940
Portrait Photographer (uncredited)
1928
Louis XIII
1929
Stationmaster
1972
Airline Officer
1938
In-Room Waiter (uncredited)
1932
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1931
Pierre
1938
Opera Aficionado
1935
Coutouriere (uncredited)
1934
2024
Waiter at Dinner Party
1930
Stage Manager
1933
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1932
Valet
1925
Reveler at Monkey Bar
1924
Tailor (uncredited)
1940
Emile Aubel
1939
D'Arpa
1967
Man Who Will Be Late to Work (uncredited)
1933
Musician
1926
Juryman
1932
Hairdresser (uncredited)
1930
Artist (uncredited)
1934
Hotel Desk Clerk
1936
Waiter #1 (uncredited)
1934
Maitre D'
1930
Salesman Who Helps Rochester
1957
Beauty Expert (uncredited)
1926
Valet
1924
Adolph (uncredited)
1927
Waiter
1930
Trouper
1930
Paris Taxi Driver
1931
1929
Member of the Committee
1925
Physical Therapist (uncredited)
1926
Barber (uncredited)
1926
3rd French Art Expert (uncredited)
1934
Nightclub Announcer
1929
French Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Desk clerk
1929
1928
Waiter
1933
A Friend of the Family (uncredited)
1926
Stage Manager (uncredited)
1926
Bertie Loomis
1924
Ferris Wheel Barker (uncredited)
1929
Actor on the Screen (uncredited)
1929
Card Playing Guest
1928
Annette's Suitor (uncredited)
1921
Frenchie
1932
Nose Doctor
1926
Headwaiter in New York
1930
Henry Bird
1927
The Crying Wife's Husband (uncredited)
1929
Jimmy's brother-in-law
1925
Party guest
1930