Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

In the meantime, Amos and Andy depicted African-Americans in more typical working class and professional roles. As an adult, he has had a successful career as a radio announcer and co-host of The Other Half, a daytime talk show positioned as a complementry show to The View. That said, Anderson was playing a servant, as with other shows with African-American leads, such as Ethel Waters in Beulah. They have two children together. Benny's call of "Rochester," and Anderson's answers (often a raspy "Yes, Boss," but just as often a snappy joke at Benny's expense) were among the weekly highlights of the show, and some newspapers reportedly listed the show as The Eddie Anderson Show, with Benny relegated to a secondary role (this despite the show's opening title being repeated each week by announcer Don Wilson). They married that same day (Bonaduce claims he only married her so he could sleep with her). Anderson was as responsible as was Benny for the show's tremendous success across so many segments of American society, and the relationship between Anderson and Benny became more complex and intimate as the years went by. In 1990, he met his wife, Gretchen, on a blind date.

(Anderson was of course not Benny's butler in real life, as many listeners of the time apparently thought in somewhat condescending fashion.) Anderson was also well-known for his role in the groundbreaking musical film, Cabin in the Sky. He was married to Setsuko Hattori until 1988 when they divorced. Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (September 18, 1905 - February 28, 1977) was an African-American comic actor and star of movies, television and especially old-time radio, where he played the butler Rochester to Jack Benny's eponymous title character on The Jack Benny Show. He was a good match for Dave Madden who played the Partridge Family manager. Danny Bonaduce played the role of wisecracking Danny Partridge in the 1970s series. He originally gained recognition by starring in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974.

Danny Bonaduce (born August 13, 1959) is an actor and disk jockey.