Bob Hope
Acting
🎂 1903-05-29
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.
Cast credits(268)
Self
1962
Self
1962
Bob Hope (voice)
1989
Self (uncredited)
1967
Self - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1967
Bob Hope
1950
Self / Clyde
1950
Self
1950
Self
1971
Self
1957
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self
1961
Self
1948
Self - Cameo
1951
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1950
Self - Host
1950
Self - Guest
1968
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Host
1950
Self
1958
Self - Guest
1956
Self - Cameo Appearance
1964
Bob Hope
1985
Library Patron
1966
Plumber's Assistant
1962
Self
1958
Self
1980
Self
1982
Self
1969
Bob Hope (uncredited)
1955
Self
1978
Self
1991
Room Service Attendant (uncredited)
1965
Self
1956
Self - Host
1963
Self
1956
Self
1969
Self (uncredited)
1957
Self
1973
Self
1953
Self
1976
Sycopomp
1984
Self
1969
Self - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Self
1954
Self
1972
Bob Hope
1951
Self (archive footage)
2016
Self
1974
Self
1961
Self
1976
Self - Lux Video Theatre Guest
1950
Self - Intermission Guest
1950
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Self (uncredited)
1968
Self
1957
Self (archive footage)
2025
Self
1971
Narrator
1960
1959
Self
1955
Larry Lawrence
1940
Self (archive footage)
1975
Self
1970
Steve Bennett
1941
Ice Cream Vendor
1979
Himself
1989
Self
1985
Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Self (archive footage)
1974
Self (archive footage)
2006
Harold Gridley
1953
Self (archive footage)
1999
Spectator (uncredited)
1952
Orville Jackson
1942
Self (archive footage)
2014
Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
2004
Self - USO Christmas Show (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
Wally Campbell
1939
Sylvester the Great
1944
Self
1987
Self (archive footage)
1994
Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)
2018
(archive footage)
1994
Milford Farnsworth
1959
Bob Hope
1947
Bob Hope
1966
Humphrey / Arthur Tyler
1950
Peanuts White / Eric Augustine
1951
Ronnie Jackson
1947
Ace Lannigan
1940
Chester Babcock
1962
Skeleton (uncredited)
1953
Self
1970
'Painless' Peter Potter
1948
Self (archive footage)
1988
Self (archive footage)
2022
Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)
1951
Pippo Popolino
1954
Self
1990
Self (archive footage)
2003
Hot Lips Barton
1947
Self
1971
Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade
1966
Michael Joseph Valentine
1947
Self
1975
Adam J. Niles
1961
Larry Gilbert
1960
Jim Taylor
1941
Self (archive footage)
2009
Bob Hope
1942
Self
1978
Wally Hogan
1952
Chester Hooton
1946
(archive footage)
1982
Jim Brewster
1938
Self (archive footage)
2014
Frank Benson
1969
Matt
1963
Larry Haines
1942
Self
1943
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Dan Dolan
1986
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
Self
1990
Parker Ballantine
1963
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self (archive footage)
1972
Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier
1941
Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
1949
Self
1994
Peter Potter Jr.
1952
Robert Kittredge
1943
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
1985
Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
1957
Self
1970
Self
1988
Stanley Snodgrass
1953
Robert Leslie Hunter
1958
Self
1982
Self (archive footage)
2004
Captain Chuck Lockwood
1956
Jerry Walker
1943
Self
1968
Dan Bartlett
1972
Francis X. Dignan
1956
Bud Brady
1938
Henry Dimsdale
1967
John Kidley
1939
Nicky Nelson
1939
Bob Holcomb
1965
Don Bolton
1941
Self
1978
Self
1986
Host / Barf Vader
1977
(archive footage)
2002
Self - Master of Ceremonies
1940
Self
1980
Self
1978
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self (archive footage)
2001
Eddie Foy
1955
Sgt. Dan O'Farrell
1968
Self
1950
Buzz Fielding
1938
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self
1973
Self (archive footage)
2000
Steve Merrick
1938
Bob Hope (uncredited)
1955
Bob Hope / Marcello
1965
Freddie Hunter
1949
Self
1976
Self (archive footage)
1990
Self
1968
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
Self
1989
Bob Hope
1945
Self
1961
Self (archive footage)
1979
2006
Peter
1934
Bill Blakely
1964
Self (archive footage)
1999
1984
Frank Larrimore
1964
Self
1991
Self - Master of Ceremonies
1943
Huck Haines
1969
Self
1960
Self
2008
Robert Hope Jr.
1936
Self (Archival Footage)
1999
1966
2010
Photographer / Robert
1935
Self - Host
1974
Self
1943
Self - Host
1989
Self - Co-Host
1996
Bing Fawcett - Plumber
1963
Self
1944
Self - Host
1979
Self
1956
Bobby
1936
Bob
1935
Self
1975
Self
1983
Self
1976
Self
1945
Self (uncredited)
1950
Self
1986
Self
2005
Himself (archive footage)
2010
Self
1970
Self
1978
Self (archive footage)
1980
Self
2016
Self
1942
Influential Man
1956
Self (archive footage)
2002
Himself
1981
Self
2003
1959
Self
1971
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self - Host
1945
2005
Self (archive footage)
1971
1958
Self
1988
Self
1970
Self
1965
Self
1979
Self
1963
Bob
1935
Bob Hope / Bob (uncredited)
1994
1994
Self
1955
Bob
1934
Self
1991
Self
2010
1976
Self
1977
Bob Hope
Self
1968
Self - Host
1984
Commentator
1973
Self (uncredited)
1943
Himself/Ricky Ricardo
1956
Self - Host
1973
1967
Bob
1942
Self
1989
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self
1971
Self
1988
Self
1979
Bob Hope - Bob Hope Radio Program
1947
Self
1984
Self
1996
Self
1993
Self
1982
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self
1983