Bob Hope
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.
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Known For
Acting

1975
asSelf

1985
asSelf (archive footage)

1988
asSelf

1979
asIce Cream Vendor

1944
asSylvester the Great

1952
asPeter Potter Jr.

1942
asOrville Jackson

1962
asChester Babcock

1941
asHubert 'Fearless' Frazier

1947
asHot Lips Barton

1951
asSidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)

1985
asSelf

1955
asEddie Foy

1978
asSelf

1953
asHarold Gridley

1958
asRobert Leslie Hunter

1979
asSelf (archive footage)

1956
asCaptain Chuck Lockwood

1940
asAce Lannigan

1946
asChester Hooton

1940
asLarry Lawrence

1938
asBuzz Fielding

1946
asMonsieur Beaucaire

1936
asRobert Hope Jr.

1991
asSelf

1968
asSelf

1966
asThomas J. 'Tom' Meade

1960
asLarry Gilbert

1965
asBob Holcomb

1947
asMichael Joseph Valentine

1959
asMilford Farnsworth

1948
as'Painless' Peter Potter

1947
asRonnie Jackson

1939
asWally Campbell

2005
asSelf

1982
as(archive footage)

1956
asInfluential Man

2004
asAdam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)

1961
asAdam J. Niles

1983
asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

1971
asSelf

1950
asHumphrey / Arthur Tyler

1966
asBob Hope

1978
asSelf

1949
asHumphrey "Sorrowful" Jones

1954
asPippo Popolino

1963
asParker Ballantine

1971
asSelf (archive footage)

1941
asSteve Bennett

1942
asLarry Haines

1941
asJim Taylor

1957
asMayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker

1947
asBob Hope - Bob Hope Radio Program

1951
asPeanuts White / Eric Augustine

1993
asSelf

1970
asSelf

1968
asSgt. Dan O'Farrell

1941
asDon Bolton

1963
asMatt

1942
asBob Hope

1972
asSelf (archive footage)

1969
asFrank Benson

1952
asWally Hogan

1943
asRobert Kittredge

1972
asDan Bartlett

1964
asFrank Larrimore

1989
asSelf - Host

1939
asJohn Kidley

1947
asBob Hope

1953
asStanley Snodgrass

1938
asBud Brady

1969
asHuck Haines

1934
asBob

1949
asFreddie Hunter

1938
asJim Brewster

1939
asNicky Nelson

1956
asFrancis X. Dignan

1973
asSelf

1996
asSelf - Co-Host

1935
asPhotographer / Robert

1943
asJerry Walker

1938
asSteve Merrick

1945
asSelf

1942
asSelf

1935
asBob

2022
asSelf (archive footage)

2018
asOrville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)

1959
as
1988
asSelf

1974
asSelf (archive footage)

1976
as
2003
asSelf

1934
asPeter

1981
asHimself

2022
asSelf (archive footage)

1990
asSelf

2016
asSelf

2002
as(archive footage)

1976
asSelf

1936
asBobby

1968
asSelf

2006
as
1990
asSelf

2003
asSelf (archive footage)

2002
asSelf (archive footage)

1965
asBob Hope / Marcello

2002
asSelf (archive footage)

1984
asSelf - Host

1986
asSelf

2021
asSelf (archive footage)

1960
asSelf

2003
asSelf (archive footage)

1999
asSelf (archive footage)

1979
asSelf

1967
asHenry Dimsdale

1966
asSelf - USO Christmas Show (archive footage) (uncredited)

1986
asSelf

1943
asSelf - Master of Ceremonies

1943
asSelf (uncredited)

2006
asSelf (archive footage)

1989
asSelf

1970
asSelf

1953
asSkeleton (uncredited)

1952
asSpectator (uncredited)

2008
asSelf

1978
asSelf

1983
asSelf

1968
asSelf

2010
asHimself (archive footage)

1994
as(archive footage)

1945
asBob Hope

2010
asSelf

2000
asSelf (archive footage)

1976
asSelf

1961
asSelf

1980
asSelf

2017
asSelf (archive footage)

1994
asBob Hope / Bob (uncredited)

1964
asBill Blakely

1943
asSelf

2004
asSelf (archive footage)

1940
asSelf - Master of Ceremonies

1975
asSelf (archive footage)

1945
asSelf - Host

1942
asBob

1970
asSelf

1943
asSelf

1950
asSelf

1988
asSelf (archive footage)

1944
asSelf

1935
asBob

1986
asDan Dolan

1979
asSelf

1956
asSelf

1983
asSelf

1988
asSelf

1945
asBob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)

2009
asSelf (archive footage)

2014
asSelf (archive footage)

1997
asSelf (archive footage)

2014
asSelf (archive footage)

1994
asSelf

1963
asBing Fawcett - Plumber

1990
asSelf (archive footage)

1999
asSelf (archive footage)

1973
asCommentator

2001
asSelf (archive footage)

2001
asSelf (archive footage)

1950
asSelf (uncredited)

1998
asSelf - Roastee (archive footage)

1955
asSelf

1994
asSelf (archive footage)

1982
asSelf

1977
asHost / Barf Vader

1984
asSelf

1979
asSelf - Host

1980
asSelf (archive footage)

1971
asSelf
asBob Hope

1989
asSelf

1971
asSelf

1970
asSelf

1977
asSelf

1996
asSelf

1982
asSelf

1974
asSelf - Host

1973
asSelf - Host

1994
asSelf - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975
asSelf

1994
as
1965
asSelf

1956
asHimself/Ricky Ricardo

1966
as
1963
asSelf

1967
as
2000
asSelf (archive footage)

1987
asSelf

1978
asSelf

1999
asSelf (Archival Footage)

1991
asSelf

2005
as
1984
as
2010
as
1955
asBob Hope (uncredited)

2025
asSelf (archive footage)

1958
as
1961
asSelf - Narrator

1990
as
1987
as
1968
asSelf
asBob Hope (voice)
asSelf
asPlumber's Assistant
asSycopomp
asSelf
asBob Hope
asSelf
asRoom Service Attendant (uncredited)
asSelf - Special Guest Star
asSelf
asSelf - Cameo Appearance
asSelf (uncredited)
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf (uncredited)
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf (archive footage)
asSelf - Host
asBob Hope
asSelf - Host
as
asSelf
asSelf - Co-Host
asSelf (uncredited)
asSelf - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
asLibrary Patron
asSelf / Clyde
asSelf
asSelf - Cameo
asSelf - Host
asSelf
asSelf - Lux Video Theatre Guest
asSelf
asSelf - Intermission Guest
asBob Hope
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Mystery Guest
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asBob Hope (uncredited)
asHimself
asSelf
asSelf
asNarrator
asSelf - Presenter
Production

1989
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1959
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1988
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1947
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1991
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1958
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1969
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1965
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asCrew
Directing