Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Acting • Born 1905-09-18 – Died 1977-02-28
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.
Filmography
76 credits
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie • 1963
Second Cab Driver
Reckless Living
Movie • 1938
Dreamboat
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Donald
Tales of Manhattan
Movie • 1942
Reverend Lazarus
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Movie • 1939
Cheerful
Brewster's Millions
Movie • 1945
Jackson
Broadway Rhythm
Movie • 1944
Eddie
The Green Pastures
Movie • 1936
Noah
Buck Benny Rides Again
Movie • 1940
Rochester
Cabin in the Sky
Movie • 1943
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Birth of the Blues
Movie • 1941
Louey
The Mouse That Jack Built
Movie • 1959
Rochester (voice)
Is Everybody Listening?
Movie • 1947
Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Movie • 1970
Self
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie • 1942
Rochester
The Music Goes 'Round
Movie • 1936
Lucifer
Gold Diggers in Paris
Movie • 1938
Doorman
Three Men on a Horse
Movie • 1936
Moses, the Elevator Operator
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 1940
Rochester
Melody for Two
Movie • 1937
Exodus Johnson
Thanks for the Memory
Movie • 1938
Janitor
Bill Cracks Down
Movie • 1937
Chauffeur
Over the Goal
Movie • 1937
William
Exposed
Movie • 1938
William
Man About Town
Movie • 1939
Rochester
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Movie • 1941
George
Topper Returns
Movie • 1941
Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur
Honolulu
Movie • 1939
Washington
The Show-Off
Movie • 1946
Eddie
His Night Out
Movie • 1935
Bellhop (uncredited)
While New York Sleeps
Movie • 1938
Janitor
The Sailor Takes a Wife
Movie • 1945
Harry
Going Places
Movie • 1938
Groom
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Movie • 1957
Rochester Van Jones
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
I Love a Bandleader
Movie • 1945
Newton H. Newton
Transient Lady
Movie • 1935
'Noxious'
Public Wedding
Movie • 1937
Man Carrying Coat
The Meanest Man in the World
Movie • 1943
Shufro
On Such a Night
Movie • 1937
Henry Clay Washington
Kentucky
Movie • 1938
Groom
Rainbow on the River
Movie • 1936
Doctor (uncredited)
White Bondage
Movie • 1937
Old Glory (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven
Movie • 1937
Henry Bangs
When Love Is Young
Movie • 1937
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Love Is News
Movie • 1937
Man Getting Marriage License (uncredited)
From Hell to Heaven
Movie • 1933
Sam's Pal (uncredited)
Jezebel
Movie • 1938
Gros Bat
Two in a Crowd
Movie • 1936
Swipe (uncredited)
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie • 1939
Sam (uncredited)
Terror Aboard
Movie • 1933
Seaman (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?
Movie • 1932
Max's Butler James (uncredited)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
What's Buzzin', Cousin?
Movie • 1943
Rochester
Show-Business at War
Movie • 1943
Self
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
The Gay Bride
Movie • 1934
2nd bootblack (uncredited)
You Can Change The World
Movie • 1950
Rochester
I Love That Man
Movie • 1933
Charlie - Porter (uncredited)
Brother Bill
Movie • 1945
Brother Bill
Show Boat
Movie • 1936
Boonville man speaking film's first line
Wake Up and Live
Movie • 1937
Elevator Operator
Hat Check Girl
Movie • 1932
Walter (uncredited)
Jack Benny's Bag
Movie • 1968
Self
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
Movie • 1981
Himself
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Noah
Harlem Globetrotters
TV • 1970
It Takes a Thief
TV • 1968
Concierge
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TV • 1972
B.J. Mason (voice)
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Rochester Van Jones
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969