Bob Hope
Age: N/A | From: Eltham, London, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Leslie Townes Hope
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Eltham, London, England, UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 81
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
Biography
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope KBE, KC*SG, KSS (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian, actor, and entertainer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films—54 in which he starred. These included a series of seven Road to... musical comedy films with Bing Crosby as Hope's top-billed partner. In addition to hosting the Academy Awards show 19 times, more than any other host, Hope appeared in many stage productions and television roles and wrote 14 books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" was his signature tune. Hope was born in the Eltham district of southeast London. He arrived in the United States with his family at the age of four, and grew up near Cleveland, Ohio. After a brief stint in the late 1910s as a boxer, Hope began his career in show business in the early 1920s, initially as a comedian and dancer on the vaudeville circuit, before acting on Broadway. Hope began appearing on radio and in films starting in 1934. He was praised for his comedic timing, specializing in one-liners and rapid-fire delivery of jokes that were often self-deprecating. He helped establish modern American stand-up comedy. Between 1941 and 1991, Hope made 57 tours for the United Service Organizations (USO), entertaining active duty U.S. military personnel around the world. In 1997, the United States Congress passed a bill that made Hope an honorary veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. Hope appeared in numerous television specials for NBC during his career and was one of the first users of cue cards. Hope retired from public life in 1998 and died on July 27, 2003, at the age of 100. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Hope, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Tony Awards
(1956) Self
Midi trente
(1972) Self
Highway to Heaven
(1984) Sycopomp
Dinah!
(1974) Self
Kraft Music Hall
(1958) Self
The Oscars
(1953) Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
(1954) Self
The Thin Man
(1957) Self (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2021 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| Himself (archive footage) | ||
| 2009 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2006 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2005 | Self | |
| 2004 | Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
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| 2001 | Self (archive footage) | |
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| 2000 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1998 | Self - Roastee (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | Self - Co-Host | |
| Self | ||
| 1994 | (archive footage) | |
| Bob Hope / Bob (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1993 | Self | |
| 1991 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1990 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1989 | Bob Hope (voice) | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Self | ||
| Himself | ||
| Self | ||
| 1988 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1986 | Self | |
| Dan Dolan | ||
| Self | ||
| 1985 | Self | |
| Bob Hope | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1984 | Self - Host | |
| Sycopomp | ||
| Self | ||
| 1983 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1982 | (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Himself | |
| 1980 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1979 | Self - Host | |
| Ice Cream Vendor | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1978 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1977 | Host / Barf Vader | |
| Self | ||
| 1976 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Special Guest Star | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1975 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Self | ||
| 1973 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Commentator | ||
| 1972 | Dan Bartlett | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1971 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1970 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1969 | Huck Haines | |
| Self | ||
| Frank Benson | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1968 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Sgt. Dan O'Farrell | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1967 | Self (uncredited) | |
| Self - Cameo Appearance (uncredited) | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Henry Dimsdale | ||
| 1966 | Self - USO Christmas Show (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Library Patron | ||
| Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade | ||
| Bob Hope | ||
| 1965 | Bob Hope / Marcello | |
| Room Service Attendant (uncredited) | ||
| Bob Holcomb | ||
| 1964 | Bill Blakely | |
| Frank Larrimore | ||
| Self - Cameo Appearance | ||
| 1963 | Bing Fawcett - Plumber | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Matt | ||
| Parker Ballantine | ||
| 1962 | Plumber's Assistant | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Chester Babcock | ||
| 1961 | Self - Co-Host | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Adam J. Niles | ||
| Self | ||
| 1960 | Larry Gilbert | |
| Self | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Milford Farnsworth | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1958 | Self | |
| Robert Leslie Hunter | ||
| Self | ||
| 1957 | Self | |
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker | ||
| 1956 | Captain Chuck Lockwood | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Francis X. Dignan | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Influential Man | ||
| Self | ||
| 1955 | Bob Hope (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| Eddie Foy | ||
| Self | ||
| 1954 | Self | |
| Pippo Popolino | ||
| 1953 | Stanley Snodgrass | |
| Skeleton (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Harold Gridley | ||
| 1952 | Wally Hogan | |
| Peter Potter Jr. | ||
| Spectator (uncredited) | ||
| 1951 | Peanuts White / Eric Augustine | |
| Bob Hope | ||
| Self - Cameo | ||
| Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid) | ||
| 1950 | Bob Hope | |
| Self / Clyde | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Intermission Guest | ||
| Self - Lux Video Theatre Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Humphrey / Arthur Tyler | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | Freddie Hunter | |
| Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones | ||
| 1948 | 'Painless' Peter Potter | |
| Self - Comedian | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1947 | Hot Lips Barton | |
| Michael Joseph Valentine | ||
| Bob Hope - Bob Hope Radio Program | ||
| Bob Hope | ||
| Ronnie Jackson | ||
| 1946 | Monsieur Beaucaire | |
| Chester Hooton | ||
| 1945 | Bob Hope | |
| Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 1944 | Sylvester the Great | |
| Self | ||
| 1943 | Jerry Walker | |
| Self | ||
| Robert Kittredge | ||
| Self - Master of Ceremonies | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1942 | Orville Jackson | |
| Bob | ||
| Larry Haines | ||
| Bob Hope | ||
| Self | ||
| 1941 | Jim Taylor | |
| Steve Bennett | ||
| Don Bolton | ||
| Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier | ||
| 1940 | Self - Master of Ceremonies | |
| Larry Lawrence | ||
| Ace Lannigan | ||
| 1939 | Wally Campbell | |
| Nicky Nelson | ||
| John Kidley | ||
| 1938 | Steve Merrick | |
| Jim Brewster | ||
| Bud Brady | ||
| Buzz Fielding | ||
| 1936 | Bobby | |
| Robert Hope Jr. | ||
| 1935 | Photographer / Robert | |
| Bob | ||
| Bob | ||
| 1934 | Peter | |
| Bob | ||
| Bob Hope | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Executive Producer | |
| 1989 | Executive Producer | |
| 1988 | Executive Producer | |
| 1969 | Executive Producer | |
| 1963 | Executive Producer | |
| 1959 | Executive Producer | |
| 1958 | Producer | |
| 1947 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Story | |
| 1947 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |