Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

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.

Known For

Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'

Gone with the Wind

Second Cab Driver

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

Dreamboat

Reckless Living

Donald

You Can't Take It with You

Rev. Lazarus

Tales of Manhattan

Cheerful

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Jackson

Brewster's Millions

Eddie

Broadway Rhythm

Noah

The Green Pastures

Rochester

Buck Benny Rides Again

Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Cabin in the Sky

Louey

Birth of the Blues

Rochester (voice)

The Mouse That Jack Built

Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program

Is Everybody Listening?

Self

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

Rochester

Star Spangled Rhythm

Lucifer

The Music Goes 'Round

Doorman

Gold Diggers in Paris

Moses, the Elevator Operator

Three Men on a Horse

Rochester

Love Thy Neighbor

Exodus Johnson

Melody for Two

Janitor

Thanks for the Memory

Chauffeur

Bill Cracks Down

William

Over the Goal

William

Exposed

Rochester

Man About Town

George

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur

Topper Returns

Washington

Honolulu

Eddie

The Show-Off

Bellhop (uncredited)

His Night Out

Janitor

While New York Sleeps

Harry

The Sailor Takes a Wife

Groom

Going Places

Rochester Van Jones

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

Newton H. Newton

I Love a Bandleader

'Noxious'

Transient Lady

Man Carrying Coat

Public Wedding

Shufro

The Meanest Man in the World

Henry Clay Washington

On Such a Night

Groom

Kentucky

Doctor (uncredited)

Rainbow on the River

Old Glory (uncredited)

White Bondage

Henry Bangs

One Mile from Heaven

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

When Love Is Young

Man Getting Marriage License (uncredited)

Love Is News

Sam's Pal (uncredited)

From Hell to Heaven

Gros Bat

Jezebel

Swipe (uncredited)

Two in a Crowd

Sam (uncredited)

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Seaman (uncredited)

Terror Aboard

Max's Butler James (uncredited)

What Price Hollywood?

Self (archive footage)

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Rochester

What's Buzzin', Cousin?

Self

Show-Business at War

Self (archive footage)

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

(archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

2nd bootblack (uncredited)

The Gay Bride

Rochester

You Can Change The World

Charlie - Porter (uncredited)

I Love That Man

Brother Bill

Brother Bill

Boonville man speaking film's first line

Show Boat

Elevator Operator

Wake Up and Live

Walter (uncredited)

Hat Check Girl

Self

Jack Benny's Bag

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

66

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-09-18

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Also Known As

Eddie Anderson