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Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

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American comedian and actor (1905-1977)

United StatesActorsLived 1905 to 1977 · aged 71
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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".

Also inDeutsch

Photos 10

Jack Benny and Eddie Anderson disembark from a train in Los Angeles in 1943 with a camel.Jack Benny and Eddie Anderson disembark from a train in Los Angeles in 1943 with a camel.Most of the cast: Eddie Anderson, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Jack Benny, Don Wilson and Mel BlancMost of the cast: Eddie Anderson, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Jack Benny, Don Wilson and Mel BlancTicket for Elks' Club reception for Anderson as Mayor of Central Avenue, 1940. The name ‘Rochester’ is misspelled.Ticket for Elks' Club reception for Anderson as Mayor of Central Avenue, 1940. The name ‘Rochester’ is misspelled.Anderson with Jack Benny radio show cast, 1946Anderson with Jack Benny radio show cast, 1946Anderson, as Rochester, demonstrates to John Forsythe how Benny pinches a penny on Bachelor Father, 1962.Anderson, as Rochester, demonstrates to John Forsythe how Benny pinches a penny on Bachelor Father, 1962.Anderson greets two visitors at his dressing-room door.Anderson greets two visitors at his dressing-room door.Postcard view of Anderson's home, c.1940sPostcard view of Anderson's home, c.1940s

Filmography 40

Gone with the Wind1939 · ★ 7.9
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · ★ 7.0
You Can't Take It with You1938 · ★ 7.5
Jezebel1938 · ★ 7.0
Topper Returns1941 · ★ 6.4
Show Boat1936
Cabin in the Sky1943 · ★ 6.5
That's Entertainment, Part II1976
Tales of Manhattan1942
What Price Hollywood?1932
Brewster's Millions1945
You Can't Get Away with Murder1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man1939
The Mouse That Jack Built1959
The Green Pastures1936
Kentucky1938
Birth of the Blues1941
Star Spangled Rhythm1942
Love Is News1937
The Gay Bride1934
Honolulu1939
Thanks for the Memory1938
Going Places1938
Bill Cracks Down1937
Three Men on a Horse1936
Terror Aboard1933
You Can Change The World1950
Man About Town1939
Wake Up and Live1937
The Meanest Man in the World1943
One Mile from Heaven1937
Gold Diggers in Paris1938
Show-Business at War1943
Public Wedding1937
White Bondage1937
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years2004
Exposed1938
Love Thy Neighbor1940
Broadway Rhythm1944
Over the Goal1937

77 credits on file

Television 9

Love, American Style1969
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
What's My Line?1950
The Jack Benny Program1950
The New Scooby-Doo Movies1972
It Takes a Thief1968
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
The George Gobel Show1954
Harlem Globetrotters1970

Awards 1

1960star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Connected to Eddie 6

Don AmecheAlso in Love Is News (1937)Nancy WalkerAlso in Broadway Rhythm (1944)Busby BerkeleyAlso in Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)June HavocAlso in Brewster's Millions (1945)Jack BennyAlso in The Meanest Man in the World (1943)Dick PowellAlso in Going Places (1938)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1977 · aged 71
Written about in
18 languages

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