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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 6.121 |
Birthday | 1905-09-18 |
Place of Birth | Oakland, California, USA |
Also Known As | Eddie Anderson, Edmund Lincoln Anderson, Rochester, |
1939
Gone with the Wind
8/3932
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruc...
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Gone with the Wind
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7/570
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1938
You Can't Take It with You
7.5/378
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish m...
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You Can't Take It with You
1942
Tales of Manhattan
6.2/30
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video relea...
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Tales of Manhattan
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
6.8/16
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step a...
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1945
Brewster's Millions
6.7/19
Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relat...
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Brewster's Millions
1944
Broadway Rhythm
5.5/2
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in...
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Broadway Rhythm
1936
The Green Pastures
6.286/14
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black...
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The Green Pastures
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
0/0
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing...
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Buck Benny Rides Again
1943
Cabin in the Sky
6.3/37
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for si...
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Cabin in the Sky
1941
Birth of the Blues
5.3/7
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which...
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Birth of the Blues
1959
The Mouse That Jack Built
6.7/15
In this spoof of "The Jack Benny Program", a mouse with Jack Benny's personality and poor violin playing ability lives, along with a mouse version of...
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The Mouse That Jack Built
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
5.9/8
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddie...
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Star Spangled Rhythm
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris
5/1
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetar...
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Gold Diggers in Paris
1936
Three Men on a Horse
6.2/5
A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
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Three Men on a Horse
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
5.6/18
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, F...
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You Can't Get Away with Murder
1940
Love Thy Neighbor
6.5/2
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each oth...
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Love Thy Neighbor
1937
Melody for Two
0/0
A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
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Melody for Two
1938
Thanks for the Memory
5.7/6
Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publishe...
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Thanks for the Memory
1937
Bill Cracks Down
5/3
William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he...
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Bill Cracks Down
1937
Over the Goal
3/2
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would s...
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Over the Goal
1938
Exposed
5/2
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
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Exposed
1939
Man About Town
4.5/3
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he pick...
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Man About Town
1941
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
5/1
New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her ro...
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Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941
Topper Returns
6.278/45
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealt...
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Topper Returns
1939
Honolulu
6.1/7
Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
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Honolulu
1946
The Show-Off
7/2
Chaos is brought to a family when daughter marries a brash young man met on a blind date.
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The Show-Off
1938
While New York Sleeps
0/0
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
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While New York Sleeps
1945
The Sailor Takes a Wife
6/1
While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each...
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The Sailor Takes a Wife
1938
Going Places
6/4
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
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Going Places
1945
I Love a Bandleader
0/0
A painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds romance with a pretty singer. Comedy with music.
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I Love a Bandleader
1935
Transient Lady
5.5/2
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
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Transient Lady
1937
Public Wedding
5.7/3
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofita...
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Public Wedding
1943
The Meanest Man in the World
6.4/4
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tr...
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The Meanest Man in the World
1938
Kentucky
5.2/8
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...
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Kentucky
1936
Rainbow on the River
9/1
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
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Rainbow on the River
1937
White Bondage
6/3
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
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White Bondage
1937
One Mile from Heaven
6.7/4
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
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One Mile from Heaven
1937
When Love Is Young
0/0
In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to school. The trouble is, no one notices her. Later a m...
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When Love Is Young
1937
Love Is News
6/9
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are e...
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Love Is News
1933
From Hell to Heaven
7.5/1
The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in di...
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From Hell to Heaven
1938
Jezebel
7.067/186
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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Jezebel
1936
Two in a Crowd
0/0
When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress...
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Two in a Crowd
1933
Terror Aboard
5.8/4
An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
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Terror Aboard
1932
What Price Hollywood?
6.597/31
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaura...
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What Price Hollywood?
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
4/1
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and hi...
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
1943
What's Buzzin', Cousin?
0/0
Musicians help a woman (Ann Miller) and her friends make some money with a ghost-town hotel.
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What's Buzzin', Cousin?
1943
Show-Business at War
7/3
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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Show-Business at War
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
0/0
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
6.779/34
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1950
You Can Change The World
5.8/4
Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest, wh...
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You Can Change The World
1934
The Gay Bride
5.8/8
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
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The Gay Bride
1933
I Love That Man
0/0
Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way across the country until they decide to settle down in a...
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I Love That Man
1945
Brother Bill
0/0
The Jubalaires perform "Brother Bill".
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Brother Bill
1936
Show Boat
6.684/38
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
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Show Boat
1937
Wake Up and Live
5.3/3
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
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Wake Up and Live
1932
Hat Check Girl
6/1
Gerry Marsh is a hat-check girl in a nightclub surrounded by bootleggers, blackmailers and others before she falls in love with millionaire playboy Bu...
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Hat Check Girl
1938
Reckless Living
0/0
This harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of legendary Broadway comedian Jimmy Savo (his previous starre...
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Reckless Living
1947
Is Everybody Listening?
5/1
A documentary about the 82% of US citizens that listen to the radio for their entertainment, news and sport.
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Is Everybody Listening?
1970
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
0/0
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Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
1935
His Night Out
0/0
When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by th...
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His Night Out
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
0/0
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1936
The Music Goes 'Round
0/0
Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence from Broadway, encounters a troupe of untalented showbo...
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The Music Goes 'Round
1957
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
0/0
Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a wallet salesman with constant changes to his order. Meanwhile, Dennis...
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Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1937
On Such a Night
0/0
When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.
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