Birthday:
Sep 18, 1905
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Gone with the Wind | Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter' | 1939 |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Second Cab Driver | 1963 |
| Reckless Living | Dreamboat | 1938 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Donald | 1938 |
| Tales of Manhattan | Rev. Lazarus | 1942 |
| You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Cheerful | 1939 |
| Brewster's Millions | Jackson | 1945 |
| Broadway Rhythm | Eddie | 1944 |
| The Green Pastures | Noah | 1936 |
| Buck Benny Rides Again | Rochester | 1940 |
| Cabin in the Sky | Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson | 1943 |
| Birth of the Blues | Louey | 1941 |
| The Mouse That Jack Built | Rochester (voice) | 1959 |
| Is Everybody Listening? | Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program | 1947 |
| Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special | Self | 1970 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Rochester | 1942 |
| The Music Goes 'Round | Lucifer | 1936 |
| Gold Diggers in Paris | Doorman | 1938 |
| Three Men on a Horse | Moses, the Elevator Operator | 1936 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Rochester | 1940 |
| Melody for Two | Exodus Johnson | 1937 |
| Thanks for the Memory | Janitor | 1938 |
| Bill Cracks Down | Chauffeur | 1937 |
| Over the Goal | William | 1937 |
| Exposed | William | 1938 |
| Man About Town | Rochester | 1939 |
| Kiss the Boys Goodbye | George | 1941 |
| Topper Returns | Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur | 1941 |
| Honolulu | Washington | 1939 |
| The Show-Off | Eddie | 1946 |
| His Night Out | Bellhop (uncredited) | 1935 |
| While New York Sleeps | Janitor | 1938 |
| The Sailor Takes a Wife | Harry | 1945 |
| Going Places | Groom | 1938 |
| Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show | Rochester Van Jones | 1957 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage) | 1973 |
| I Love a Bandleader | Newton H. Newton | 1945 |
| Transient Lady | 'Noxious' | 1935 |
| Public Wedding | Man Carrying Coat | 1937 |
| The Meanest Man in the World | Shufro | 1943 |
| On Such a Night | Henry Clay Washington | 1937 |
| Kentucky | Groom | 1938 |
| Rainbow on the River | Doctor (uncredited) | 1936 |
| White Bondage | Old Glory (uncredited) | 1937 |
| One Mile from Heaven | Henry Bangs | 1937 |
| When Love Is Young | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Love Is News | Man Getting Marriage License (uncredited) | 1937 |
| From Hell to Heaven | Sam's Pal (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Jezebel | Gros Bat | 1938 |
| Two in a Crowd | Swipe (uncredited) | 1936 |
| You Can't Get Away with Murder | Sam (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Terror Aboard | Seaman (uncredited) | 1933 |
| What Price Hollywood? | Max's Butler James (uncredited) | 1932 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| What's Buzzin', Cousin? | Rochester | 1943 |
| Show-Business at War | Self | 1943 |
| Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | Self (archive footage) | 1991 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976 |
| The Gay Bride | 2nd bootblack (uncredited) | 1934 |
| You Can Change The World | Rochester | 1950 |
| I Love That Man | Charlie - Porter (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Brother Bill | Brother Bill | 1945 |
| Show Boat | Boonville man speaking film's first line | 1936 |
| Wake Up and Live | Elevator Operator | 1937 |
| Hat Check Girl | Walter (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Jack Benny's Bag | Self | 1970 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Noah | 1951 |
| Harlem Globetrotters | 1970 | |
| It Takes a Thief | Concierge | 1968 |
| The George Gobel Show | Self | 1954 |
| The New Scooby-Doo Movies | B.J. Mason (voice) | 1972 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Rochester Van Jones | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Love, American Style | 1969 |
