Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Born: 1905-09-18

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.


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Gone with the Wind

as Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'
Released: 1939-12-15

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...

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

as Second Cab Driver
Released: 1963-11-07

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about...

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You Can't Take It with You

as Donald
Released: 1938-09-01

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...

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Jezebel

as Gros Bat
Released: 1938-03-26

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...

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Topper Returns

as Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur
Released: 1941-03-21

Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards,...

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Show Boat

as Boonville man speaking film's first line
Released: 1936-05-17

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...

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Tales of Manhattan

as Rev. Lazarus
Released: 1942-08-05

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed...

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What Price Hollywood?

as Max's Butler James (uncredited)
Released: 1932-06-24

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film...

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Cabin in the Sky

as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Released: 1943-03-24

When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory,...

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That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
Released: 1976-05-16

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...

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Brewster's Millions

as Jackson
Released: 1945-04-07

Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns...

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The Mouse That Jack Built

as Rochester (voice)
Released: 1959-04-03

In this spoof of "The Jack Benny Program", a mouse with Jack Benny's personality and poor violin...

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

as Cheerful
Released: 1939-02-17

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run...

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Going Places

as Groom
Released: 1938-12-31

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he...

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Love Is News

as Man Getting Marriage License (uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-26

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she...

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You Can't Get Away with Murder

as Sam (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-23

Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun...

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The Green Pastures

as Noah
Released: 1936-08-01

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are...

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Terror Aboard

as Seaman (uncredited)
Released: 1933-04-14

An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find...

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Gold Diggers in Paris

as Doorman
Released: 1938-06-11

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to...

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

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1991-01-01

A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

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Star Spangled Rhythm

as Rochester
Released: 1942-03-05

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his...

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Kentucky

as Groom
Released: 1938-12-30

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky...

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Birth of the Blues

as Louey
Released: 1941-11-07

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He...

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Three Men on a Horse

as Moses, the Elevator Operator
Released: 1936-11-21

A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.

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Kiss the Boys Goodbye

as George
Released: 1941-08-01

New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for...

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One Mile from Heaven

as Henry Bangs
Released: 1937-08-18

A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised...

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The Gay Bride

as 2nd bootblack (uncredited)
Released: 1934-12-14

Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life...

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The Sailor Takes a Wife

as Harry
Released: 1945-12-28

While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen...

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Honolulu

as Washington
Released: 1939-02-03

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner...

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Love Thy Neighbor

as Rochester
Released: 1940-12-27

Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two...

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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2004-01-01

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of...

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On Such a Night

as Henry Clay Washington
Released: 1937-08-27

When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.

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Man About Town

as Rochester
Released: 1939-06-29

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she...

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Transient Lady

as 'Noxious'
Released: 1935-03-04

A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows...

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Bill Cracks Down

as Chauffeur
Released: 1937-03-22

William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and...

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Buck Benny Rides Again

as Rochester
Released: 1940-05-31

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling...

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Show-Business at War

as Self
Released: 1943-05-21

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

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Public Wedding

as Man Carrying Coat
Released: 1937-07-09

The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a...

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Hat Check Girl

as Walter (uncredited)
Released: 1932-10-08

Gerry Marsh is a hat-check girl in a nightclub surrounded by bootleggers, blackmailers and...

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When Love Is Young

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1937-03-26

In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to...

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The Show-Off

as Eddie
Released: 1946-12-01

Chaos is brought to a family when daughter marries a brash young man met on a blind date.

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White Bondage

as Old Glory (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-05

A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.

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Rainbow on the River

as Doctor
Released: 1936-12-18

A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't...

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Thanks for the Memory

as Janitor
Released: 1938-11-11

Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife...

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The Music Goes 'Round

as Lucifer
Released: 1936-02-27

Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence...

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His Night Out

as Bellhop (uncredited)
Released: 1935-10-01

When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he...

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Broadway Rhythm

as Eddie
Released: 1944-01-19

Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his...

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You Can Change The World

as Rochester
Released: 1950-02-25

Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the...

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The Meanest Man in the World

as Shufro
Released: 1943-02-12

Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but...

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Two in a Crowd

as Swipe (uncredited)
Released: 1936-10-03

When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that...

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Wake Up and Live

as Elevator Operator
Released: 1937-08-23

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist...

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Melody for Two

as Exodus Johnson
Released: 1937-05-01

A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1973-01-01

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From Hell to Heaven

as Sam's Pal (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-24

The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a...

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Reckless Living

as Dreamboat
Released: 1938-03-01

This harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of...

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I Love a Bandleader

as Newton H. Newton
Released: 1945-09-13

A painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds...

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Exposed

as William
Released: 1938-11-05

A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications...

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What's Buzzin', Cousin?

as Rochester
Released: 1943-07-08

Musicians help a woman (Ann Miller) and her friends make some money with a ghost-town hotel.

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While New York Sleeps

as Janitor
Released: 1938-12-16

Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).

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Over the Goal

as William
Released: 1937-10-16

The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss...

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I Love That Man

as Charlie - Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1933-07-07

Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way...

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Love, American Style

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Jack Benny Program

as Rochester Van Jones
First aired: 1950-10-28

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...

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The New Scooby-Doo Movies

as B.J. Mason (voice)
First aired: 1972-09-09

Aside from doubling the length of each episode, The New Scooby-Doo Movies differed from its...

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Harlem Globetrotters

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-09-12

Harlem Globetrotters is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and CBS...

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It Takes a Thief

as Concierge
First aired: 1968-01-09

Convicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Noah
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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