Rolfe Sedan
Date of birth: 1896-01-20
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ralph Sedan, Rolf Sedan, Rolphe Sedan, Edward Sedan
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.
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Ninotchka
1939-11-23
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who repres
Show People
1928-11-20
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic s
Blondie Johnson
1933-02-25
A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to c
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938-03-25
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke
Clear All Wires!
1933-02-24
Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports
Leaping Love
1929-06-22
Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.
The Denver Dude
1927-02-13
A cowboy begins to do such un-cowboylike things as dressing up and taking baths in order to impress
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954-03-27
When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the kill
That Uncertain Feeling
1941-04-20
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Three Women
1924-08-18
A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conni
Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair
Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18
A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess livi
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures la
Double Whoopee
1929-05-18
Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Lau
The Frisco Kid
1979-07-06
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congreg
A Bell for Adano
1967-11-11
A U.S. army officer, the military governor of an Italian town during World War II, tries to reintrod
Now and Forever
1934-08-31
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry
Stingaree
1934-05-24
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dream
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927-11-04
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George'
Bedtime Story
1964-06-10
Benson is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is content wi
A Night at the Opera
1935-11-15
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly busin
Letter of Introduction
1938-08-05
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter show
The Firefly
1937-11-05
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her
Mighty Like a Moose
1926-07-18
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramari
The Match King
1932-12-31
Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden.
The Nuisance
1933-06-03
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving
Mush and Milk
1933-05-27
When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
The Adorable Cheat
1928-08-14
The daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires, but
Jimmy's New Yacht
1932-06-03
A young lady is wooed by two men
Surprise
1930-03-15
Tom Dugan trying to go on a date behind his wife's back gets a surprise.
Carnival Lady
1933-11-11
When his bank fails, a young man loses not only all his money but his fiancée, deserts him, too. Dep
Smartest Girl in Town
1936-11-27
A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.
Toot Sweet!
1929-11-10
Ham is interested in a girl named Marie and wants to impress her. First he buys a car and then he ta
Under the Big Top
1938-08-31
Director Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus boss
Rain or Shine
1930-08-15
Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inim
Devil on Deck
1932-01-01
John Moore, a young sea captain has a romance with Kay Wheeler, daughter of a trusted trader, "Pop"
The Mad Whirl
1925-03-02
A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.
The Iron Mask
1929-02-21
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when th
Café Metropole
1937-04-28
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
Transgression
1931-06-27
When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife El
Movie Night
1929-05-11
A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930-04-20
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy director
Riley of the Rainbow Division
1928-07-15
Two pals enlist in the army during World War I. Just before they complete training camp and are to b
I Was an Adventuress
1940-05-10
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two ac
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953-07-14
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the dis
The World's Greatest Lover
1977-12-18
When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957-12-15
Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a wallet salesman with
Finn and Hattie
1931-02-04
The Haddocks are going on a European vacation and from their reception at the station, where the who
Sailor's Holiday
1929-09-14
Sailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when a street woman swindles them out of some money by telling
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967-01-07
A man who completes compiling a dossier on a mysterious billionaire begins to get the feeling that h
Sneak Easily
1932-12-10
Juror Zasu accidentally swallows a piece of evidence which just happens to be a time bomb.
Done in Oil
1934-11-10
Thelma tries to pass herself off as a famous French painter.
Paris in Spring
1935-07-05
Afraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul de
I'll Give a Million
1938-07-27
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that
City in Darkness
1939-11-15
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the mu
Broadway Gondolier
1935-07-27
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
It's a Great Life
1929-12-06
Casey and Babe are sisters who work in a department store and each year the store puts on a show. As
Stars Over Broadway
1935-11-23
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Back Street
1932-08-04
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets
Everything Happens at Night
1939-12-22
Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
Is Marriage the Bunk?
1925-03-29
Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes ou
Swing High
1930-05-18
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circ
The Life of the Party
1930-10-25
Two female song-pluggers decide to become ruthless gold-diggers, with comic results.
Trouble in Paradise
1932-10-30
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company
Adventure in Sahara
1938-11-15
Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppress
Riley the Cop
1928-11-25
In this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down a y
Thundering Fleas
1926-07-18
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which g
Man of the World
1931-03-24
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets
Design for Living
1933-12-29
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
My Old Dutch
1926-05-23
The story that inspired Albert Chevalier to write his immortal Costermonger song, 'My Old Dutch', is
Young Frankenstein
1974-12-15
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein.
The Conquering Power
1921-07-08
Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fort
The Thin Man
1934-05-25
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed f
Mantrap
1926-07-24
A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds he
Laughing at Danger
1940-08-12
Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find the r
Arabian Tights
1933-06-02
Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
Mama Behave
1926-02-27
A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to imper
Law of the Tropics
1941-10-04
Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United S
This Is the Night
1932-04-08
When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planne
On the Front Page
1926-11-28
After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son
Seven Sinners
1940-10-25
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale
Hired Wife
1940-09-13
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his
Florian
1940-06-05
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by
Those Three French Girls
1930-10-10
An addled Englishman's efforts to save three young women from eviction land them all in jail and lea
Meet the Baron
1933-10-20
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
Love and Glory
1924-12-07
During an uprising in Algeria in 1869, two Frenchmen--Anatole, the brother of Gabrielle, and Pierre,
Here Is My Heart
1934-12-28
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a Eur
Sweethearts and Wives
1930-06-15
An aristocrat tries to prevent her sister's divorce by attempting to recover a diamond necklace, whi
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta
Bromo and Juliet
1926-09-19
A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his
Something to Live For
1952-03-07
Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alc
Slightly Scarlet
1930-02-22
Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the
Merry-Go-Round
1923-07-01
A nobleman, posing as a necktie salesman, falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, eve
New Morals for Old
1932-06-04
Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to st
The Love Trap
1929-08-04
A chorus girl loses her job and thus the room she owes back rent on, and ends up being rescued from
The Accusing Finger
1936-11-17
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly c
Young Ideas
1924-07-07
Universal star Laura LaPlante stars in this lighthearted comedy based on Sophie Kerr's magazine stor
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933-12-13
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that sh
Party Girl
1930-01-01
Jay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in a we
Romance
1930-08-20
A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926-09-30
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could w
Bachelor Bait
1934-07-27
After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.
Ship Cafe
1935-11-09
The singing stoker and the vamp.
Private Affairs
1940-07-05
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love
Central Park
1932-12-10
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930-03-09
A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned
Many Happy Returns
1934-06-08
Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a
Mad Love
1935-07-12
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's han
Smouldering Fires
1925-01-18
A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her much younger factory workers. She doesn't k
Sporting Youth
1924-02-04
Jimmy Wood, a chauffeur, is mistaken for famous racing driver Splinters Wood. Because he is deeply i
Cross Country Cruise
1934-01-16
A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kill
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969-10-14
During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into Ger
Private Detective 62
1933-06-10
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported
The Last Performance
1929-10-13
A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is in
My Wife's an Angel
1943-06-22
Two bumbling, small-time detectives are hired by a client to locate showgirls for an upcoming musica
Cocktail Hour
1933-06-05
Cynthia Warren, independently wealthy through her ability as an illustrator and poster artist, rebel
California Straight Ahead
1925-09-12
Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on his w
Compassion
1928-03-26
Monte Carlo
1930-08-27
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024-10-29
Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their
Kid Boots
1926-10-03
A salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees
Making the Grade
1929-02-17
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Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, cre
In Conference
1931-04-26
Walter MacIntosh and Abe Salisbury are filmmakers in the process of viewing their swashbuckling roma