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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Acting · Born September 18, 1905 · Oakland, California, USA

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.

Movies with Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

• Gone with the Wind (1939) — Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — Second Cab Driver
• You Can't Take It with You (1938) — Donald
• Jezebel (1938) — Gros Bat
• That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) — (archive footage)
• TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) — Self (archive footage)
• Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Topper Returns (1941) — Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur
• Tales of Manhattan (1942) — Reverend Lazarus
• Cabin in the Sky (1943) — Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973) — Self (archive footage)
• Two in a Crowd (1936) — Swipe (uncredited)

TV shows with Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

• Harlem Globetrotters (1970)