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Rolfe Sedan
New York City, New York, USA
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…
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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.
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2024
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1979
The Frisco Kid
Movie Rabbi
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1977
The World's Greatest Lover
Movie Conductor
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1974
Young Frankenstein
Movie Train Conductor
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1972
Kung Fu
TV show Stationmaster
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1972
The Streets of San Francisco
TV show
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1970
Darling Lili
Movie French Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1969
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1967
A Bell for Adano
Movie D'Arpa
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1967
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Movie Waiter (uncredited)
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1964
The Addams Family
TV show Postman
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1964
Bedtime Story
Movie Waiter (uncredited)
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1963
Petticoat Junction
TV show Station Master
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1962
Combat!
TV show Dr. Barole
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1962
The Lucy Show
TV show Headwaiter
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV show Old Man
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1961
Mister Ed
TV show
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1960
My Three Sons
TV show
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1960
Pete and Gladys
TV show
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1959
Adventures in Paradise
TV show Dr. Gaillefontaine
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1959
One Step Beyond
TV show Butler
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show
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1957
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Movie Salesman Who Helps Rochester
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1956
Hey, Jeannie!
TV show Joseph Barron
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1956
Telephone Time
TV show
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1956
The Man Called X
TV show
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1955
Matinee Theater
TV show
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1954
December Bride
TV show
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1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Movie LeBon (as Rolphe Sedan)
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1953
Letter to Loretta
TV show Mr. Ogilvie
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1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie Waiter (uncredited)
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1952
Adventures of Superman
TV show
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1952
Gang Busters
TV show
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1952
Something to Live For
Movie French Man (uncredited)
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1951
I Love Lucy
TV show Chef
- 1951
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1943
My Wife's an Angel
Movie Jerry
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1941
Law of the Tropics
Movie Tailor (as Rolf Sedan)
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1941
That Uncertain Feeling
Movie Art Dealer (uncredited)
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1940
Seven Sinners
Movie Henchman (uncredited)
