Actor

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

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.

Notable work

7.9
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'
7
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Second Cab Driver
7.5
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Donald

Often works with

Oscar Polk
3 titles together
Gone with the Wind, Cabin in the Sky, The Green Pastures
John Litel
3 titles together
Jezebel, Brewster's Millions, You Can't Get Away with Murder
Eddy Chandler
3 titles together
Topper Returns, You Can't Get Away with Murder, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Clark Gable
2 titles together
Gone with the Wind, That's Entertainment, Part II
Hattie McDaniel
2 titles together
Gone with the Wind, Show Boat
Thomas Mitchell
2 titles together
Gone with the Wind, Tales of Manhattan

Full filmography · 66

That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
19767
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Second Cab Driver
19637
The Mouse That Jack Built
as Rochester (voice)
1959
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
as Rochester Van Jones
1957
You Can Change The World
as Rochester
1950
Is Everybody Listening?
as Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program
1947
The Show-Off
as Eddie
1946
The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Harry
1945
I Love a Bandleader
as Newton H. Newton
1945
Brewster's Millions
as Jackson
19456.8
Broadway Rhythm
as Eddie
1944
What's Buzzin', Cousin?
as Rochester
1943