Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-09-18 (72 years old)

Deathday

1977-02-28

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Biography

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (September 18, 1905 – February 28, 1977) was an American comic actor who became famous playing Rochester, the valet to Jack Benny's eponymous title character on the long-running radio and television series The Jack Benny Program.

Acting

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'

1963

1938

Reckless Living

as Dreamboat

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Rev. Lazarus

1945

1944

1940

1943

Cabin in the Sky

as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

1941

1959

The Mouse That Jack Built

as Rochester (voice)

1947

Is Everybody Listening?

as Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program

1942

1936

1938

1936

Three Men on a Horse

as Moses, the Elevator Operator

1940

Love Thy Neighbor

as Rochester

1937

Melody for Two

as Exodus Johnson

1938

1937

Bill Cracks Down

as Chauffeur

1937

Over the Goal

as William

1938

Exposed

as William

1939

Man About Town

as Rochester

1941

Topper Returns

as Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur

1939

Honolulu

as Washington

1946

The Show-Off

as Eddie

1935

His Night Out

as Bellhop (uncredited)

1938

1938

Going Places

as Groom

1957

1945

I Love a Bandleader

as Newton H. Newton

1935

Transient Lady

as 'Noxious'

1937

Public Wedding

as Man Carrying Coat

1937

On Such a Night

as Henry Clay Washington

1938

Kentucky

as Groom

1936

Rainbow on the River

as Doctor (uncredited)

1937

White Bondage

as Old Glory (uncredited)

1937

One Mile from Heaven

as Henry Bangs

1937

When Love Is Young

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1937

Love Is News

as Man Getting Marriage License (uncredited)

1933

From Hell to Heaven

as Sam's Pal (uncredited)

1938

Jezebel

as Gros Bat

1936

Two in a Crowd

as Swipe (uncredited)

1939

1933

Terror Aboard

as Seaman (uncredited)

1932

What Price Hollywood?

as Max's Butler James (uncredited)

2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as Self (archive footage)

1943

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1934

The Gay Bride

as 2nd bootblack (uncredited)

1950

1933

I Love That Man

as Charlie - Porter (uncredited)

1945

Brother Bill

as Brother Bill

1936

Show Boat

as Boonville man speaking film's first line

1937

Wake Up and Live

as Elevator Operator

1932

Hat Check Girl

as Walter (uncredited)

1968

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