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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...
Known for
Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955
Combat!Series • 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962
Petticoat JunctionSeries • 1963
My Three SonsSeries • 1960
I Love LucySeries • 1951
The Lucy ShowSeries • 1962
One Step BeyondSeries • 1959
The Addams FamilySeries • 1964
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
The Streets of San FranciscoSeries • 1972
Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959
Mister EdSeries • 1961
December BrideSeries • 1954
Adventures of SupermanSeries • 1952
Telephone TimeSeries • 1956
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokSeries • 1951
Pete and GladysSeries • 1960
Young FrankensteinMovie • 1974
Gentlemen Prefer BlondesMovie • 1953
Bluebeard's Eighth WifeMovie • 1938
NinotchkaMovie • 1939
A Night at the OperaMovie • 1935
42nd StreetMovie • 1933