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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.

Cast

Gone with the Wind

(Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter')

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

(Second Cab Driver)

Reckless Living

(Dreamboat)

You Can't Take It with You

(Donald)

Tales of Manhattan

(Rev. Lazarus)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

(Cheerful)

Brewster's Millions

(Jackson)

Broadway Rhythm

(Eddie)

The Green Pastures

(Noah)

Buck Benny Rides Again

(Rochester)

Cabin in the Sky

(Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson)

Birth of the Blues

(Louey)

The Mouse That Jack Built

(Rochester (voice))

Is Everybody Listening?

(Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program)

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

(Self)

Star Spangled Rhythm

(Rochester)

The Music Goes 'Round

(Lucifer)

Gold Diggers in Paris

(Doorman)

Three Men on a Horse

(Moses, the Elevator Operator)

Love Thy Neighbor

(Rochester)

Melody for Two

(Exodus Johnson)

Thanks for the Memory

(Janitor)

Bill Cracks Down

(Chauffeur)

Over the Goal

(William)

Exposed

(William)

Man About Town

(Rochester)

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

(George)

Topper Returns

(Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur)

Honolulu

(Washington)

The Show-Off

(Eddie)

His Night Out

(Bellhop (uncredited))

While New York Sleeps

(Janitor)

The Sailor Takes a Wife

(Harry)

Going Places

(Groom)

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

(Rochester Van Jones)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

(Self (archive footage))

I Love a Bandleader

(Newton H. Newton)

Transient Lady

('Noxious')

Public Wedding

(Man Carrying Coat)

The Meanest Man in the World

(Shufro)

On Such a Night

(Henry Clay Washington)

Kentucky

(Groom)

Rainbow on the River

(Doctor (uncredited))

White Bondage

(Old Glory (uncredited))

One Mile from Heaven

(Henry Bangs)

When Love Is Young

(Taxi Driver (uncredited))

Love Is News

(Man Getting Marriage License (uncredited))

From Hell to Heaven

(Sam's Pal (uncredited))

Jezebel

(Gros Bat)

Two in a Crowd

(Swipe (uncredited))

You Can't Get Away with Murder

(Sam (uncredited))

Terror Aboard

(Seaman (uncredited))

What Price Hollywood?

(Max's Butler James (uncredited))

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

(Self (archive footage))

What's Buzzin', Cousin?

(Rochester)

Show-Business at War

(Self)

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

(Self (archive footage))

That's Entertainment, Part II

((archive footage))

The Gay Bride

(2nd bootblack (uncredited))

You Can Change The World

(Rochester)

I Love That Man

(Charlie - Porter (uncredited))

Brother Bill

(Brother Bill)

Show Boat

(Boonville man speaking film's first line)

Wake Up and Live

(Elevator Operator)

Hat Check Girl

(Walter (uncredited))

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Noah)

Harlem Globetrotters

It Takes a Thief

(Concierge)

The George Gobel Show

(Self)

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

(B.J. Mason (voice))

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self)

The Jack Benny Program

(Rochester Van Jones)

What's My Line?

(Self - Mystery Guest)