Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977

found: Internet movie database, via WWW, Oct. 18, 2012(Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson; Edmund L. Anderson; Eddie Anderson; Rochester; b. Sept. 18, 1905 in Oakland, Calif.; d. Feb. 28, 1977 in Los Angeles, Calif.; actor)

found: Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century, accessed June 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Anderson, Eddie; Edmund Lincoln Anderson; radio actor, television actor; born 18 September 1905 in Oakland, California, United States; famous for his character Rochester, the manservant in the Jack Benny radio shows and films (the 1930s and 1940s); was the highest-paid black actor of his time; with his brother Cornelius Anderson, and a friend formed an act called the Three Black Aces; first major screen role was in the movie “The Green Pastures” (1936); biggest parts came in some of Hollywood's most liberal black feature films, such as “Cabin in the Sky” (1943); had more than forty films include “What Price Hollywood?” (1932), “It Happened in New Orleans” (1936), “Gone with the Wind” (1939); died 28 February 1977 in Los Angeles, California, United States)