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.
Gone with the Wind
as Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...
Movie pageIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Second Cab DriverA group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about...
Movie pageYou Can't Take It with You
as DonaldAlice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...
Movie pageJezebel
as Gros BatIn 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...
Movie pageTopper Returns
as Edward ("Eddie"), the ChauffeurTopper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards,...
Movie pageWhat Price Hollywood?
as Max's Butler James (uncredited)Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film...
Movie pageShow Boat
as Boonville man speaking film's first lineDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...
Movie pageSomething a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self (archive footage)A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Movie pageBrewster's Millions
as JacksonMonty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns...
Movie pageTales of Manhattan
as Rev. LazarusTen screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed...
Movie pageThat's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...
Movie pageCabin in the Sky
as Joseph 'Little Joe' JacksonWhen compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory,...
Movie pageThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of...
Movie pageStar Spangled Rhythm
as RochesterPop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his...
Movie pageWhite Bondage
as Old Glory (uncredited)A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
Movie pageHonolulu
as WashingtonWanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner...
Movie pageOne Mile from Heaven
as Henry BangsA female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised...
Movie pageThe Mouse That Jack Built
as Rochester (voice)In this spoof of "The Jack Benny Program", a mouse with Jack Benny's personality and poor violin...
Movie pageYou Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as CheerfulFields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run...
Movie pageYou Can't Get Away with Murder
as Sam (uncredited)Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun...
Movie pageKentucky
as GroomYoung lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky...
Movie pageThe Gay Bride
as 2nd bootblack (uncredited)Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life...
Movie pageBroadway Rhythm
as EddieBroadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his...
Movie pageTerror Aboard
as Seaman (uncredited)An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find...
Movie pageBirth of the Blues
as LoueyJeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He...
Movie pageYou Can Change The World
as RochesterComedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the...
Movie pageWhen Love Is Young
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to...
Movie pageThe Green Pastures
as NoahGod, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are...
Movie pageBuck Benny Rides Again
as RochesterRadio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling...
Movie pageI Love a Bandleader
as Newton H. NewtonA painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds...
Movie pageGoing Places
as GroomA sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he...
Movie pagePublic Wedding
as Man Carrying CoatThe operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a...
Movie pageThree Men on a Horse
as Moses, the Elevator OperatorA meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
Movie pageShow-Business at War
as SelfA multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Movie pageTwo in a Crowd
as Swipe (uncredited)When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that...
Movie pageLove Is News
as Man Getting Marriage License (uncredited)When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she...
Movie pageBill Cracks Down
as ChauffeurWilliam Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and...
Movie pageMan About Town
as RochesterProducer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she...
Movie pageThe Show-Off
as EddieChaos is brought to a family when daughter marries a brash young man met on a blind date.
Movie pageThanks for the Memory
as JanitorSteve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife...
Movie pageThe Music Goes 'Round
as LuciferHarry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence...
Movie pageOn Such a Night
as Henry Clay WashingtonWhen her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.
Movie pageFrom Hell to Heaven
as Sam's Pal (uncredited)The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a...
Movie pageThe Sailor Takes a Wife
as HarryWhile waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen...
Movie pageExposed
as WilliamA magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications...
Movie pageKiss the Boys Goodbye
as GeorgeNew York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for...
Movie pageGold Diggers in Paris
as DoormanWhen the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to...
Movie pageThe Meanest Man in the World
as ShufroCompassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but...
Movie pageRainbow on the River
as Doctor (uncredited)A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't...
Movie pageReckless Living
as DreamboatThis harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of...
Movie pageLove Thy Neighbor
as RochesterCapitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two...
Movie pageHis Night Out
as Bellhop (uncredited)When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he...
Movie pageI Love That Man
as Charlie - Porter (uncredited)Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way...
Movie pageWake Up and Live
as Elevator OperatorSatire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist...
Movie pageWhile New York Sleeps
as JanitorNewspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Movie pageOver the Goal
as WilliamThe Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss...
Movie pageMelody for Two
as Exodus JohnsonA singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
Movie pageWhat's Buzzin', Cousin?
as RochesterMusicians help a woman (Ann Miller) and her friends make some money with a ghost-town hotel.
Movie pageHat Check Girl
as Walter (uncredited)Gerry Marsh is a hat-check girl in a nightclub surrounded by bootleggers, blackmailers and...
Movie pageTransient Lady
as 'Noxious'A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows...
Movie pageWhat's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
TV Show pageThe Jack Benny Program
as Rochester Van JonesLaugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...
TV Show pageThe New Scooby-Doo Movies
as B.J. Mason (voice)Aside from doubling the length of each episode, The New Scooby-Doo Movies differed from its...
TV Show pageThe Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
TV Show pageIt Takes a Thief
as ConciergeConvicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States...
TV Show pageHallmark Hall of Fame
as NoahHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
TV Show pageHarlem Globetrotters
as uncreditedHarlem Globetrotters is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and CBS...
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