Rolfe Sedan

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 Citys 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 putupon 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