Rolfe Sedan

• Born: Jan 21, 1896 in New York City, New York
• Died: Sep 16, 1982 in Pacific Palisades, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '20s-'30s, '50s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
• Career Highlights: The Iron Mask, The Lucy Show: No More Double Dates, I Love Lucy: Paris at Last
• First Major Screen Credit: Denver Dude (1927)

Biography

Dapper character actor Rolfe Sedan was nine times out of ten cast as a foreigner, usually a French maître d’ or Italian tradesman. In truth, Sedan was born in New York City. He'd planned to study scientific agriculture, but was sidetracked by film and stage work in New York; he then embarked on a vaudeville career as a dialect comic. Sedan began appearing in Hollywood films in the late '20s, frequently cast in support of such major comedy attractions as Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chase, the Marx Brothers, and Harold Lloyd. He was proudest of his work in a handful of films directed by Ernst Lubitsch, notably Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938). Though distressed that he never made it to the top ranks, Sedan remained very much in demand for comedy cameos into the 1980s. Rolfe Sedan's television work included the recurring role of Mr. Beasley the postman on The Burns and Allen Show, and the part of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee in several TV commercials of the mid-'70s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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