Rolfe Sedan

Born: 1896-01-20

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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as Train Conductor
Released: 1974-12-15

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von...

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1953-07-14

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the...

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The Thin Man

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-25

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get...

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The Frisco Kid

as Rabbi
Released: 1979-07-06

Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a...

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Love Me Tonight

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1932-08-18

A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an...

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Mad Love

as Gendarme (Uncredited)
Released: 1935-07-12

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's...

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Design for Living

as Bed Salesman (uncredited)
Released: 1933-12-29

An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.

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Trouble in Paradise

as Purse Salesman (uncredited)
Released: 1932-10-30

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume...

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Ninotchka

as Hotel Manager
Released: 1939-11-23

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who...

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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

as Floorwalker
Released: 1938-03-25

American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a...

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A Night at the Opera

as Aviator (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-15

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly...

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Shall We Dance

as Ballet Master (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-07

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical...

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That Uncertain Feeling

as Art Dealer (uncredited)
Released: 1941-04-20

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

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Red-Headed Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1932-06-25

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an...

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Central Park

as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-10

Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get...

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Show People

as Portrait Photographer (uncredited)
Released: 1928-11-20

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great...

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The World's Greatest Lover

as Conductor
Released: 1977-12-18

When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading...

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Café Metropole

as Flower Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1937-04-28

An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.

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Bardelys the Magnificent

as Fop (uncredited)
Released: 1926-09-30

Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who...

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Seven Sinners

as Henchman (uncredited)
Released: 1940-10-25

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her...

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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as Emile Aubel
Released: 1939-03-29

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few...

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The Iron Mask

as Louis XIII
Released: 1929-02-21

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But...

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Here Is My Heart

as Artist (uncredited)
Released: 1934-12-28

A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a...

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Bedtime Story

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1964-06-10

Benson, is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is...

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Blondie Johnson

as Pierre - Tailor (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-25

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist...

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Back Street

as Croupier (uncredited)
Released: 1932-08-04

A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back...

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Romance

as Opera Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: 1930-08-20

A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.

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Something to Live For

as French Man (uncredited)
Released: 1952-03-07

Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of...

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Three Women

as Reveler at Monkey Bar
Released: 1924-08-18

A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her...

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Private Affairs

as Tailor (uncredited)
Released: 1940-07-05

A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up...

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The Nuisance

as Man Who Will Be Late to Work (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-03

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a...

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Merry-Go-Round

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1923-07-01

A nobleman, posing as a necktie salesman, falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer,...

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Now and Forever

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1934-08-31

Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle....

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Party Girl

as Maitre D'
Released: 1930-01-01

Jay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in...

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Phantom of the Rue Morgue

as LeBon (as Rolphe Sedan)
Released: 1954-03-27

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the...

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Letter of Introduction

as Fitter (uncredited)
Released: 1938-08-05

An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter...

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Private Detective 62

as Casino Man (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-10

A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is...

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Those Three French Girls

as Gendarme (uncredited)
Released: 1930-10-10

An addled Englishman's efforts to save three young women from eviction land them all in jail and...

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Adolph (uncredited)
Released: 1927-11-04

In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but...

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Mantrap

as Barber (uncredited)
Released: 1926-07-24

A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town...

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Broadway Gondolier

as Mrs. Flaggenheim's Secretary
Released: 1935-07-27

A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.

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This Is the Night

as Boulevardier (uncredited)
Released: 1932-04-08

When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their...

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Bachelor Bait

as Waiter #1 (uncredited)
Released: 1934-07-27

After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.

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Rain or Shine

as Waiter at Dinner Party
Released: 1930-08-15

Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the...

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Paris in Spring

as Modiste
Released: 1935-05-27

Afraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul...

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Meet the Baron

as Pants Presser (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-20

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

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Swing High

as Trouper
Released: 1930-05-18

To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a...

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Hired Wife

as Maitre D'
Released: 1940-09-13

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect...

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The Sin of Nora Moran

as Stage Manager
Released: 1933-12-13

Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder...

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Transgression

as Beauty Salon Manager
Released: 1931-06-27

When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his...

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The Accusing Finger

as First Waiter
Released: 1936-11-17

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself...

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The Match King

as In-Room Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-31

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of...

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Smouldering Fires

as Member of the Committee
Released: 1925-01-18

A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her much younger factory workers. She...

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The Love Trap

as Drunk
Released: 1929-08-04

A chorus girl loses her job and thus the room she owes back rent on, and ends up being rescued...

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Thundering Fleas

as Musician
Released: 1926-07-18

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea...

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Such Men Are Dangerous

as Charity Bazaar Auctioneer (uncredited)
Released: 1930-03-09

A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that...

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Leaping Love

as The Crying Wife's Husband (uncredited)
Released: 1929-06-22

Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.

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The Firefly

as Hat Vendor (uncredited)
Released: 1937-11-05

Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars....

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Wake Me When the War Is Over

as uncredited
Released: 1969-10-14

During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into...

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Man of the World

as Hotel Desk Clerk
Released: 1931-03-24

A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she...

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Movie Night

as Actor on the Screen (uncredited)
Released: 1929-05-11

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...

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City in Darkness

as Hotel Clerk
Released: 1939-11-15

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating...

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The Conquering Power

as Annette's Suitor (uncredited)
Released: 1921-07-08

Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his...

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Stingaree

as Coutouriere (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-24

A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and...

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Slightly Scarlet

as Gendarme
Released: 1930-02-22

Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along...

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Sailor's Holiday

as Ferris Wheel Barker (uncredited)
Released: 1929-09-14

Sailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when a street woman swindles them out of some money by...

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A Bell for Adano

as D'Arpa
Released: 1967-11-11

A U.S. army officer, the military governor of an Italian town during World War II, tries to...

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The Mad Whirl

as Bit Part Rolfe Sedan
Released: 1925-03-02

A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.

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I Was an Adventuress

as Waiter
Released: 1940-05-10

Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her...

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New Morals for Old

as Art Student (uncredited)
Released: 1932-06-04

Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris...

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Law of the Tropics

as Tailor (as Rolf Sedan)
Released: 1941-10-04

Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the...

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Double Whoopee

as Desk clerk
Released: 1929-05-18

Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman...

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Laughing at Danger

as Pierre
Released: 1940-08-12

Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find...

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I'll Give a Million

as Telegraph Clerk
Released: 1938-07-27

After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out...

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Arabian Tights

as French Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-02

Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.

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It's a Great Life

as Bit Role
Released: 1929-12-06

Casey and Babe are sisters who work in a department store and each year the store puts on a...

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Ship Cafe

as French Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-09

The singing stoker and the vamp.

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Smartest Girl in Town

as Hotel Desk Clerk
Released: 1936-11-27

A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.

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Sporting Youth

as Valet
Released: 1924-02-04

Jimmy Wood, a chauffeur, is mistaken for famous racing driver Splinters Wood. Because he is...

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Mighty Like a Moose

as Nose Doctor
Released: 1926-07-18

After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an...

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Clear All Wires!

as French Radio Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-24

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he...

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The Life of the Party

as Man Who Wants to Hear 'Poison Ivy'
Released: 1930-10-25

Two gold diggers try a French dressmaker, two Mr. Smiths and Havana.

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Show Girl in Hollywood

as Headwaiter in New York
Released: 1930-04-20

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...

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Stars Over Broadway

as Opera Aficionado
Released: 1935-11-23

An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.

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Many Happy Returns

as Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1934-06-08

Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it...

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Mama Behave

as A Friend of the Family (uncredited)
Released: 1926-02-27

A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to...

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Florian

as Candy Shop Proprietor
Released: 1940-06-05

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...

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Everything Happens at Night

as Waiter
Released: 1939-12-22

Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.

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Jimmy's New Yacht

as Count Tobini
Released: 1932-06-03

A young lady is wooed by two men

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Finn and Hattie

as Paris Taxi Driver
Released: 1931-02-04

The Haddocks are going on a European vacation and from their reception at the station, where the...

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Under the Big Top

as Pierre
Released: 1938-08-31

Director Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus...

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Sneak Easily

as Juryman
Released: 1932-12-10

Juror Zasu accidentally swallows a piece of evidence which just happens to be a time bomb.

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The Last Performance

as uncredited
Released: 1929-10-13

A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is...

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On the Front Page

as Beauty Expert (uncredited)
Released: 1926-11-28

After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his...

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Bromo and Juliet

as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1926-09-19

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on...

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Carnival Lady

as Carnival Barker
Released: 1933-11-11

When his bank fails, a young man loses not only all his money but his fiancée, deserts him, too....

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Cross Country Cruise

as Second Dodd's Salesman (Uncredited)
Released: 1934-01-16

A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He...

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My Old Dutch

as Al
Released: 1926-05-23

The story that inspired Albert Chevalier to write his immortal Costermonger song, 'My Old...

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation

as Waiter
Released: 1967-01-07

A man who completes compiling a dossier on a mysterious billionaire begins to get the feeling...

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Is Marriage the Bunk?

as Jimmy's brother-in-law
Released: 1925-03-29

Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he...

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Riley the Cop

as French Restaurant Patron
Released: 1928-11-25

In this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down...

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Adventure in Sahara

as Airline Officer
Released: 1938-11-15

Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and...

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The Adorable Cheat

as Card Playing Guest
Released: 1928-08-14

The daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires,...

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Young Ideas

as Bertie Loomis
Released: 1924-07-07

Universal star Laura LaPlante stars in this lighthearted comedy based on Sophie Kerr's magazine...

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The Denver Dude

as Henry Bird
Released: 1927-02-13

A cowboy begins to do such un-cowboylike things as dressing up and taking baths in order to...

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Devil on Deck

as Frenchie
Released: 1932-01-01

John Moore, a young sea captain has a romance with Kay Wheeler, daughter of a trusted trader,...

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Mush and Milk

as Waiter
Released: 1933-05-27

When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.

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Surprise

as Party guest
Released: 1930-03-15

Tom Dugan trying to go on a date behind his wife's back gets a surprise.

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Riley of the Rainbow Division

as uncredited
Released: 1928-07-15

Two pals enlist in the army during World War I. Just before they complete training camp and are...

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My Three Sons

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-29

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...

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I Love Lucy

as Chef
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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The Lucy Show

as Headwaiter
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Old Man
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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Petticoat Junction

as Station Master
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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One Step Beyond

as Butler
First aired: 1959-01-20

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Dr. Gaillefontaine
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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The Addams Family

as Postman
First aired: 1964-09-18

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric...

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The Addams Family

as Mr. Briggs
First aired: 1964-09-18

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-04-15

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...

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Combat!

as Dr. Barole
First aired: 1962-10-02

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The...

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Adventures of Superman

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-09-19

Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...

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Pete and Gladys

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-19

Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara...

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Mister Ed

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-01-05

Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his...

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December Bride

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-10-04

December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959,...

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Telephone Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-08

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...

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Letter to Loretta

as Mr. Ogilvie
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Letter to Loretta

as Mayor Lucas
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Man Called X

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-01-27

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Kung Fu

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-10-14

The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in...

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