Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Birthday: 1905-09-18

Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA

Biography: 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
Gone with the Wind

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

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

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

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Reckless Living
Reckless Living

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

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You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You

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

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Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan

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

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

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

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Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions

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

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Broadway Rhythm
Broadway Rhythm

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

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The Green Pastures
The Green Pastures

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

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Buck Benny Rides Again
Buck Benny Rides Again

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

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Cabin in the Sky
Cabin in the Sky

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

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Birth of the Blues
Birth of the Blues

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

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The Mouse That Jack Built
The Mouse That Jack Built

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

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Is Everybody Listening?
Is Everybody Listening?

A documentary about the 82% of US citizens that listen to the radio for their entertainment, news an...

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Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

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Star Spangled Rhythm
Star Spangled Rhythm

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

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The Music Goes 'Round
The Music Goes 'Round

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

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Gold Diggers in Paris
Gold Diggers in Paris

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

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Three Men on a Horse
Three Men on a Horse

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

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Love Thy Neighbor
Love Thy Neighbor

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

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Melody for Two
Melody for Two

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

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Thanks for the Memory
Thanks for the Memory

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

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Bill Cracks Down
Bill Cracks Down

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

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Over the Goal
Over the Goal

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

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Exposed
Exposed

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

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Man About Town
Man About Town

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't t...

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Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Kiss the Boys Goodbye

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

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Topper Returns
Topper Returns

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

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Honolulu
Honolulu

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

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The Show-Off
The Show-Off

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

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His Night Out
His Night Out

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

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While New York Sleeps
While New York Sleeps

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

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The Sailor Takes a Wife
The Sailor Takes a Wife

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

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Going Places
Going Places

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

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Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a wallet salesman with...

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

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I Love a Bandleader
I Love a Bandleader

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

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Transient Lady
Transient Lady

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

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Public Wedding
Public Wedding

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

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The Meanest Man in the World
The Meanest Man in the World

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

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On Such a Night
On Such a Night

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

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Kentucky
Kentucky

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

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Rainbow on the River
Rainbow on the River

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

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White Bondage
White Bondage

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

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One Mile from Heaven
One Mile from Heaven

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

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When Love Is Young
When Love Is Young

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

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Love Is News
Love Is News

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

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From Hell to Heaven
From Hell to Heaven

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

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Jezebel
Jezebel

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

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Two in a Crowd
Two in a Crowd

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

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You Can't Get Away with Murder
You Can't Get Away with Murder

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

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Terror Aboard
Terror Aboard

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

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What Price Hollywood?
What Price Hollywood?

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

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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

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

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What's Buzzin', Cousin?
What's Buzzin', Cousin?

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

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Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War

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

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

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

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That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II

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

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The Gay Bride
The Gay Bride

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

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You Can Change The World
You Can Change The World

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

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I Love That Man
I Love That Man

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

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Brother Bill
Brother Bill

The Jubalaires perform "Brother Bill"....

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Show Boat
Show Boat

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

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Wake Up and Live
Wake Up and Live

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

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Hat Check Girl
Hat Check Girl

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

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Jack Benny's Bag
Jack Benny's Bag

Jack Benny's 1968 TV specials features topical references including a parody of The Graduate....

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A Love Letter to Jack Benny
A Love Letter to Jack Benny

Love Letter to Jack Benny" is a wonderfully warm-hearted tribute to the late comic genius. Hosted by...

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