Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Birth : 18 September 1905, Oakland, California, USA Death : 28 February 1977, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart ailment) Birth Name: Edward Anderson Nickname: Rochester

Filmography: Go!!! Himself False Faces Chauffeur (uncredited) Hat Check Girl Walter What Price Hollywood? James, Max's Butler (uncredited) Billion Dollar Scandal Railroad Steward (uncredited) From Hell to Heaven Sam's Pal (uncredited) I Love That Man Charlie, Porter (uncredited) Terror Aboard Seaman (uncredited) The Gay Bride Second Bootblack (uncredited) Behold My Wife Chauffeur (uncredited) His Night Out Bellhop (uncredited) Transient Lady Noxious The Green Pastures Noah The Music Goes 'Round Lucifer Rainbow on the River Doctor (uncredited) Show Boat Young Black Man [who first spots the show boat at the beginning of film] (uncredited) Star for a Night Maid's Boyfriend (uncredited) Three Men on a Horse Moses, the Elevator Operator (as Eddie Anderson) Two in a Crowd Swipe Bill Cracks Down Chauffeur Love Is News Man (uncredited) Melody for Two Exodus Johnson (as Eddie Anderson) Mysterious Crossing Porter (uncredited) On Such a Night Henry Clay, Fentridge Handyman (as Eddie Anderson) One Mile from Heaven Henry Bangs Over the Goal William (as Eddie Anderson) Public Wedding Man Carrying Coat (uncredited) Reported Missing Porter (uncredited) Wake Up and Live Elevator Operator (uncredited) When Love Is Young Taxi Driver (uncredited) White Bondage Glory (uncredited) Exposed William Five of a Kind Hotel Attendant (uncredited) Going Places George - a Groom (as Eddie Anderson) Gold Diggers in Paris Doorman (as Eddie Anderson) Jezebel Gros Bat (as Eddie Anderson) Kentucky Groom Reckless Living Dreamboat Strange Faces William Thanks for the Memory Janitor You Can't Take It with You Donald (as Eddie Anderson) Gone with the Wind Uncle Peter - Her Coachman (as Eddie Anderson) Honolulu Washington, Mason's Hollywood Servant (as Eddie Anderson) Man About Town Rochester You Can't Cheat an Honest Man Cheerful (as Eddie Anderson) You Can't Get Away with Murder Sam (uncredited) Buck Benny Rides Again Rochester Van Jones Love Thy Neighbor Rochester Pluto's Dream House Genie (voice) Birth of the Blues Louey (as Rochester) Kiss the Boys Goodbye George Topper Returns Eddie - Chauffeur Star Spangled Rhythm Himself - Sharp as a Tack Number (as Rochester) Tales of Manhattan Rev. Lazarus Cabin in the Sky Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson Calling All Kids Buckwheat The Meanest Man in the World Shufro Show Business at War Himself Stormy Weather (scenes deleted) What's Buzzin', Cousin? Rochester Broadway Rhythm Eddie Brewster's Millions Jackson I Love a Bandleader Newton H. Newton (as Rochester) The Sailor Takes a Wife Harry The Show-Off Eddie "Shower of Stars" Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1955-1958) The Mouse That Jack Built Rochester It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Second cab driver "Harlem Globe Trotters" Bobby Joe Mason (unknown episodes) "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" Bobby Joe 'B.J.' Mason (3 episodes, 1972-1973) That's Entertainment, Part II Clip from 'Cabin in the Sky' (archive footage) Entertaining the Troops Himself (archive footage) "Hallmark Hall of Fame" Noah You Can Change the World Rochester Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America Rochester Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' First Cab Driver Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Pair of Jacks Himself The Jack Benny Program Rochester The Good Old Days of Radio "Great Performances" (archive footage) Is Everybody Listening? Rochester, Jack Benny Radio Program Jack Benny's Twentieth Anniversary Special Himself Christmas in Tinseltown Himself (archive footage)

The son of a minstrel and circus tightrope walker, Eddie Anderson developed a gravel voice early in life which would become his trademark to fame. He joined his older brother Cornelius as members of "The Three Black Aces" during his vaudeville years, singing for pennies in the hotel lobby. He eventually moved his way up to the Roxy and Apollo theaters in New York, which led to the Los Angeles Cotton Club in the west.

He began to appear in films, typically in servile bits, his best being the featured role of "Noah" in The Green Pastures (1936). He continued in that vein until a chance pairing with comedy star Jack Benny on his radio program in 1937 put him on the map. He only had a bit part on Benny's Easter show as a Pullman porter, but his scratchy voice, superb timing and comic reaction to Benny's banter earned him a fixed spot. He then was heard as Benny's personal valet, Rochester Van Jones, and the role became so popular that he became billed as Eddie "Rochester" Anderson.

In between radio assignments, he found the time to appear in both film drama and comedies, including You Can't Take It with You (1938), Kentucky (1938), Jezebel (1938), and three with Benny - Man About Town (1939), Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) and Love Thy Neighbor (1940). After the films Brewster's Millions (1945) and The Show-Off (1946), Anderson concentrated on his partnership with Jack Benny, following him into television and working with him for a total of 23 years. He returned to the screen for It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) but ill health eventually forced him into retirement. He died of long-standing heart problems in 1977.

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