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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Acting Born Sep 18, 1905 Oakland, California, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Love, American Style

1969
Film

Gone with the Wind

as Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

as B.J. Mason (voice)
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Second Cab Driver
Film

You Can't Take It with You

as Donald

Full filmography

  • Love, American Style (1969)
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • The Jack Benny Program (1950) as Rochester
  • Gone with the Wind (1939) as Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'
  • It Takes a Thief (1968) as Concierge
  • The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) as B.J. Mason (voice)
  • The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as Second Cab Driver
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Noah
  • You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Donald
  • Jezebel (1938) as Gros Bat
  • Harlem Globetrotters (1970)
  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973) as Self (archive footage)
  • That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
  • Rainbow on the River (1936) as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Show Boat (1936) as Boonville man speaking film's first line
  • You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) as Cheerful
  • Brewster's Millions (1945) as Jackson
  • Topper Returns (1941) as Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur
  • Kentucky (1938) as Groom
  • Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Reverend Lazarus
  • You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) as Sam (uncredited)