Rolfe Sedan
Biography
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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.
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Full filmography
- Petticoat Junction (1963) as Station Master
- My Three Sons (1960)
- The Lucy Show (1962) as Headwaiter
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Old Man
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Chef
- Combat! (1962) as Dr. Barole
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Mister Ed (1961)
- The Addams Family (1964) as Postman
- The Addams Family (1964) as Mr. Briggs
- Adventures of Superman (1952)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
- One Step Beyond (1959) as Butler
- Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Dr. Gaillefontaine
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
- Telephone Time (1956)
- December Bride (1954)
- Pete and Gladys (1960)
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
- Young Frankenstein (1974) as Train Conductor
- Hey, Jeannie! (1956) as Joseph Barron
- Gang Busters (1952)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) as Waiter (uncredited)
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Mr. Ogilvie