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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Acting

Born September 18, 1905 · Oakland, California, USA

Died February 28, 1977

Also known as Eddie Anderson · Edmund Lincoln Anderson · Rochester

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Biography

Edmund Lincoln Anderson was an American actor and comedian known for his gravelly voice. To a generation of early radio and television comedy audiences, he was known as "Rochester".

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1960

Filmography21 titles

Gone with the Wind

1939as Aunt Pittypat's Coachman 'Uncle Peter'

The Jack Benny Program

1950as Rochester

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972as B.J. Mason (voice)

You Can't Take It with You

1938as Donald

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)

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

1963as Second Cab Driver

What's My Line?

1950as Self

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939as Cheerful

Jezebel

1938as Gros Bat

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Brewster's Millions

1945as Jackson

Gold Diggers in Paris

1938as Doorman

Cabin in the Sky

1943as Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Honolulu

1939as Washington

Topper Returns

1941as Edward ("Eddie"), the Chauffeur

The Green Pastures

1936as Noah

Kentucky

1938as Groom

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939as Sam (uncredited)

Bill Cracks Down

1937as Chauffeur

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004as Self (archive footage)

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

1957as Rochester Van Jones