Jack Benny’s valet Rochester

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fictional character radio character television character

Jack Benny’s valet Rochester is the wisecracking, gravel-voiced comic character portrayed by Eddie Anderson on Benny’s long-running radio and television programs.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rochester Van Jones	0

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ radio character ⓘ television character ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jack Benny’s valet Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	The Jack Benny Program (radio) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jack Benny Program (television) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	American old-time radio ⓘ Golden Age of Television ⓘ
characteristic	gravel-voiced ⓘ wisecracking ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdFor	The Jack Benny Program NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Jack Benny (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ
introducedIn	The Jack Benny Program radio series NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	radio ⓘ television ⓘ
notableFor	comic banter with Jack Benny ⓘ undercutting Jack Benny’s stingy persona ⓘ
notableWork	running gags about Jack Benny’s age and stinginess ⓘ
occupation	valet ⓘ
partOf	supporting cast of The Jack Benny Program ⓘ
portrayedBy	Eddie Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Anderson (actor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
raceInFiction	African American ⓘ
relationship	comic foil to Jack Benny ⓘ employee of Jack Benny (character) ⓘ
usedFor	comic relief ⓘ
voiceType	raspy ⓘ

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Eddie Anderson → notableRole → Jack Benny’s valet Rochester ⓘ