Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Acting
Born September 18, 1905, Oakland, California, USA
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.
Filmography
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies — B.J. Mason (voice)
- Harlem Globetrotters
- Love, American Style
- It Takes a Thief — Concierge
- 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World — Second Cab Driver
- 1959The Mouse That Jack Built — Rochester (voice)
- 1957Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show — Rochester Van Jones
- Hallmark Hall of Fame — Noah
- The Jack Benny Program — Rochester
- 1950You Can Change The World — Rochester
- 1947Is Everybody Listening? — Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program
- 1946The Show-Off — Eddie
- 1945Brewster's Millions — Jackson
- 1945Brother Bill — Brother Bill
- 1945I Love a Bandleader — Newton H. Newton
- 1945The Sailor Takes a Wife — Harry
- 1944Broadway Rhythm — Eddie
- 1943Cabin in the Sky — Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
- 1943The Meanest Man in the World — Shufro
- 1943What's Buzzin', Cousin? — Rochester
- 1942Star Spangled Rhythm — Rochester
- 1942Tales of Manhattan — Reverend Lazarus
- 1941Birth of the Blues — Louey
- 1941Kiss the Boys Goodbye — George
- 1941Topper Returns — Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur
- 1940Buck Benny Rides Again — Rochester
- 1940Love Thy Neighbor — Rochester
- 1939Gone with the Wind — Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'
- 1939Honolulu — Washington
- 1939Man About Town — Rochester
- 1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man — Cheerful
- 1939You Can't Get Away with Murder — Sam (uncredited)
- 1938Exposed — William
- 1938Going Places — Groom
- 1938Gold Diggers in Paris — Doorman
- 1938Jezebel — Gros Bat
- 1938Kentucky — Groom
- 1938Reckless Living — Dreamboat
- 1938Strange Faces — William
- 1938Thanks for the Memory — Janitor
- 1938While New York Sleeps — Janitor
- 1938You Can't Take It with You — Donald
- 1937Bill Cracks Down — Chauffeur
- 1937Love Is News — Man Getting Marriage License (uncredited)
- 1937Melody for Two — Exodus Johnson
- 1937On Such a Night — Henry Clay Washington
- 1937One Mile from Heaven — Henry Bangs
- 1937Over the Goal — William
- 1937Public Wedding — Man Carrying Coat
- 1937Wake Up and Live — Elevator Operator
- 1937When Love Is Young — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1937White Bondage — Old Glory (uncredited)
- 1936Rainbow on the River — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1936Show Boat — Boonville man speaking film's first line
- 1936The Green Pastures — Noah
- 1936The Music Goes 'Round — Lucifer
- 1936Three Men on a Horse — Moses, the Elevator Operator
- 1936Two in a Crowd — Swipe (uncredited)
- 1935His Night Out — Bellhop (uncredited)
- 1935Transient Lady — 'Noxious'
- 1934The Gay Bride — 2nd bootblack (uncredited)
- 1933From Hell to Heaven — Sam's Pal (uncredited)
- 1933I Love That Man — Charlie - Porter (uncredited)
- 1933Terror Aboard — Seaman (uncredited)
- 1932Hat Check Girl — Walter (uncredited)
- 1932What Price Hollywood? — Max's Butler James (uncredited)
Appearances as themselves (11)
- 2004Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown — Self (archive)
- 2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years — Self (archive footage)
- 1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1981A Love Letter to Jack Benny — Himself
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli — Self (archive footage)
- 1970Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special — Self
- 1968Jack Benny's Bag — Self
- The George Gobel Show — Self
- What's My Line? — Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
- 1943Show-Business at War — Self