Cast & creator
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Best known for What's My Line?, Love, American Style, The Ed Sullivan Show
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.
Also known as: Eddie Anderson, Edmund Lincoln Anderson, Rochester
69
film credits
9
television credits
78
1932–2004 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (78)
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What's My Line?
Self
1950
Love, American Style
1969
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Jack Benny Program
Rochester
1950
Gone with the Wind
Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'
1939
It Takes a Thief
Concierge
1968The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
B.J. Mason (voice)
1972
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Second Cab Driver
1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Noah
1951
You Can't Take It with You
Donald
1938
Harlem Globetrotters
1970
Jezebel
Gros Bat
1938
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
1973
Love Is News
Man Getting Marriage License (uncredited)
1937
Two in a Crowd
Swipe (uncredited)
1936
Transient Lady
'Noxious'
1935
Cabin in the Sky
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
1943
Wake Up and Live
Elevator Operator
1937
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
You Can Change The World
Rochester
1950
Exposed
William
1938
I Love That Man
Charlie - Porter (uncredited)
1933
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Sam (uncredited)
1939Brother Bill
Brother Bill
1945
From Hell to Heaven
Sam's Pal (uncredited)
1933
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Cheerful
1939
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
The Meanest Man in the World
Shufro
1943
Tales of Manhattan
Reverend Lazarus
1942
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
2004
Star Spangled Rhythm
Rochester
1942
Buck Benny Rides Again
Rochester
1940
Topper Returns
Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur
1941
The Sailor Takes a Wife
Harry
1945
Strange Faces
William
1938
Birth of the Blues
Louey
1941
Going Places
Groom
1938
Show Boat
Boonville man speaking film's first line
1936
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
George
1941
Gold Diggers in Paris
Doorman
1938
While New York Sleeps
Janitor
1938
Thanks for the Memory
Janitor
1938
One Mile from Heaven
Henry Bangs
1937
On Such a Night
Henry Clay Washington
1937
Brewster's Millions
Jackson
1945
The Gay Bride
2nd bootblack (uncredited)
1934
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Self (archive)
2004
What's Buzzin', Cousin?
Rochester
1943
Three Men on a Horse
Moses, the Elevator Operator
1936
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
Himself
1981
What Price Hollywood?
Max's Butler James (uncredited)
1932Jack Benny's Bag
Self
1968
Public Wedding
Man Carrying Coat
1937
The Green Pastures
Noah
1936
The Music Goes 'Round
Lucifer
1936
The Mouse That Jack Built
Rochester (voice)
1959
Man About Town
Rochester
1939
Broadway Rhythm
Eddie
1944
The Show-Off
Eddie
1946
Over the Goal
William
1937
Rainbow on the River
Doctor (uncredited)
1936
Honolulu
Washington
1939
When Love Is Young
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1937
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Rochester Van Jones
1957Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Self
1970
I Love a Bandleader
Newton H. Newton
1945
Kentucky
Groom
1938
Melody for Two
Exodus Johnson
1937
Bill Cracks Down
Chauffeur
1937
Terror Aboard
Seaman (uncredited)
1933
Hat Check Girl
Walter (uncredited)
1932
His Night Out
Bellhop (uncredited)
1935
Love Thy Neighbor
Rochester
1940Is Everybody Listening?
Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program
1947
White Bondage
Old Glory (uncredited)
1937
Reckless Living
Dreamboat
1938