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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD


Born
1905-09-18
Oakland, CA
(Edmund L. Anderson)
Died
1977-02-28   (71)
Los Angeles, CA
(Heart disease)

Joined Jack Benny's radio cast as 'Rochester Van Jones' in 1937, and continued in that role thru Benny's TV years up to 1974.

Apart from Benny, he also has prominent film credits in YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN (1939) with W. C. Fields, GONE WITH THE WIND (1939), CABIN IN THE SKY (1943), SHOW BOAT (1936), GREEN PASTURES (1937), JEZEBEL (1938), Frank Capra's YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938), and more, including of course IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963).

Acting Credits (2)

Film or Short Title Featuring Role
THE SAILOR TAKES A WIFE (1945) Joe DeRita (Solo) Harry
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963) Moe, Larry and Curly Joe 1st cab driver

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