Birthday
1905/09/18
Day of death
1977/02/28 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also know as
Eddie Anderson, Edmund Lincoln Anderson, Rochester
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.
(1939) Gone with the Wind
as Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Second Cab Driver
(1938) Reckless Living
as Dreamboat
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Donald
(1942) Tales of Manhattan
as Rev. Lazarus
(1939) You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Cheerful
(1945) Brewster's Millions
as Jackson
(1944) Broadway Rhythm
as Eddie
(1936) The Green Pastures
as Noah
(1940) Buck Benny Rides Again
as Rochester
(1943) Cabin in the Sky
as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
(1941) Birth of the Blues
as Louey
(1959) The Mouse That Jack Built
as Rochester (voice)
(1947) Is Everybody Listening?
as Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program
(1970) Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
as Self
(1942) Star Spangled Rhythm
as Rochester
(1936) The Music Goes 'Round
as Lucifer
(1938) Gold Diggers in Paris
as Doorman
(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) Thanks for the Memory
as Janitor
(1937) Bill Cracks Down
as Chauffeur
(1937) Over the Goal
as William
(1938) Exposed
as William
(1939) Man About Town
as Rochester
(1941) Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as George
(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) While New York Sleeps
as Janitor
(1945) The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Harry
(1938) Going Places
as Groom
(1957) Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
as Rochester Van Jones
(1973) The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
(1945) I Love a Bandleader
as Newton H. Newton
(1935) Transient Lady
as 'Noxious'
(1937) Public Wedding
as Man Carrying Coat
(1943) The Meanest Man in the World
as Shufro
(1937) On Such a Night
as Henry Clay Washington
(1938) Kentucky
as Groom
(1936) Rainbow on the River
as Doctor
(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) You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Sam (uncredited)
(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) What's Buzzin', Cousin?
as Rochester
(1943) Show-Business at War
as Self
(1991) Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1934) The Gay Bride
as 2nd bootblack (uncredited)
(1950) You Can Change The World
as Rochester
(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) Jack Benny's Bag
as Self
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Noah
(1970) Harlem Globetrotters
as ---
(1968) It Takes a Thief
as Concierge
(1954) The George Gobel Show
as Self
(1972) The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as B.J. Mason (voice)
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Rochester Van Jones
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(1969) Love, American Style
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