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Personal Info

Known Credits 196

Gender Male

Birthdate 1903-05-29 (122 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Eltham, London, England, UK

Also Known For Leslie Townes Hope

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 ...

Known For

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

Rat Pack

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

Howard

This Is Bob Hope...

Acting

2022 -- Kids' TV: The Surprising Story | Self (archive footage)

2022 -- Rat Pack | Self (archive footage)

2021 -- Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self (archive footage)

2018 -- Howard | Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)

2017 -- This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage)

2016 -- Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops | Self

2014 -- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered | Self (archive footage)

2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)

2010 -- Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials | Self

2010 -- Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino | Himself (archive footage)

2009 -- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage)

2008 -- Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas | Self

2006 -- The Best of Carson, Volume 1 |

2006 -- Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer | Self (archive footage)

2005 -- Legendary Christmas Entertainers | Self

2004 -- Los Angeles Plays Itself | Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)

2004 -- Judy Garland: By Myself | Self (archive footage)

2003 -- Christmas in Hollywood | Self (archive footage)

2003 -- Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter | Self (archive footage)

2003 -- Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer | Self

2002 -- Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage)

2002 -- Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO | Self (archive footage)

2002 -- Bob Hope and the Road to Success | Self (archive footage)

2001 -- The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 | Self (archive footage)

2001 -- The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 | Self (archive footage)

2000 -- Hollywood Musicals of the 40's | Self (archive footage)

2000 -- Buñuel in Hollywood | Self (archive footage)

1999 -- Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died | Self (archive footage)

1999 -- Television: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage)

1998 -- The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self - Roastee (archive footage)

1997 -- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage)

1996 -- Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents | Self - Co-Host

1996 -- Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular | Self

1994 -- That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage)

1994 -- Forrest Gump | Self - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)

1994 -- Shanks for the Memory |

1994 -- That Little Monster | Bob Hope / Bob (uncredited)

1994 -- Liberation | Self (archive footage)

1994 -- A Century of Cinema | Self

1993 -- Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories | Self

1991 -- Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia | Self

1990 -- You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self

1990 -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic | Self (archive footage)

1990 -- Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self

1989 -- Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy | Self - Host

1989 -- Miss Piggy's Hollywood | Self

1989 -- Bob Hope's Super Bowl Party! | Self

1988 -- Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show | Self

1988 -- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage)

1988 -- Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration | Self

1988 -- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self

1986 -- TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines | Self

1986 -- A Masterpiece of Murder | Dan Dolan

1986 -- Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special | Self

1985 -- Spies Like Us | Self

1985 -- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage)

1984 -- It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour | Self - Host

1984 -- Bob Hope's USO Christmas in Beirut | Self

1983 -- George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business | Self

1983 -- Happy Birthday, Bob! | Self

1983 -- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982 -- Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage)

1982 -- Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny | Self

1982 -- Let Poland Be Poland | Self

1981 -- The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special | Himself

1980 -- A Tribute to Dr. Shock | Self (archive footage)

1980 -- Lucy Moves to NBC | Self

1979 -- Bob Hope on the Road to China | Self - Host

1979 -- The Muppet Movie | Ice Cream Vendor

1979 -- Leif | Self

1979 -- The Hollywood Clowns | Self (archive footage)

1979 -- Derby Fever USA | Self

1978 -- Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy | Self

1978 -- Pat Boone and Family: A Thanksgiving Special | Self

1978 -- NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Self

1977 -- The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special | Host / Barf Vader

1977 -- Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl | Self

1976 -- Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special |

1976 -- CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self

1976 -- Joys | Self

1975 -- Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | Self

1975 -- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage)

1975 -- Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self

1974 -- Hearts and Minds | Self (archive footage)

1974 -- The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards | Self - Host

1973 -- Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling | Self

1973 -- The Bob Hope Mardi Gras Special | Self - Host

1973 -- Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) | Commentator

1972 -- Cancel My Reservation | Dan Bartlett

1972 -- Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage)

1971 -- Festival at Ford's | Self

1971 -- The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World | Self

1971 -- The Great Radio Comedians | Self (archive footage)

1971 -- The Bob Hope Christmas Special | Self

1970 -- Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special | Self

1970 -- Honor America Day | Self

1970 -- Raquel! | Self

1970 -- Swing Out, Sweet Land | Self

1969 -- Roberta | Huck Haines

1969 -- How to Commit Marriage | Frank Benson

1968 -- The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self

1968 -- The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Sgt. Dan O'Farrell

1968 -- The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the World with the USO | Self

1968 -- Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Self

1967 -- Eight on the Lam | Henry Dimsdale

1967 -- Bob Hope Comedy Special |

1966 -- Not With My Wife, You Don't | Self - USO Christmas Show (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966 -- Murder at N.B.C. |

1966 -- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! | Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade

1966 -- The Oscar | Bob Hope

1965 -- Bob Hope Christmas Show | Self

1965 -- The Jack Benny Hour | Bob Hope / Marcello

1965 -- I'll Take Sweden | Bob Holcomb

1964 -- The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour | Bill Blakely

1964 -- A Global Affair | Frank Larrimore

1963 -- The Sound of Laughter | Bing Fawcett - Plumber

1963 -- A Bob Hope Comedy Special | Self

1963 -- Call Me Bwana | Matt

1963 -- Critic's Choice | Parker Ballantine

1962 -- The Road to Hong Kong | Chester Babcock

1961 -- The Bing Crosby Show | Self

1961 -- Bachelor in Paradise | Adam J. Niles

1960 -- The Facts of Life | Larry Gilbert

1960 -- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self

1959 -- Alias Jesse James | Milford Farnsworth

1959 -- Some of Manie's Friends |

1958 -- Paris Holiday | Robert Leslie Hunter

1957 -- Beau James | Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker

1956 -- The Bob Hope Chevy Show | Himself/Ricky Ricardo

1956 -- The Iron Petticoat | Captain Chuck Lockwood

1956 -- That Certain Feeling | Francis X. Dignan

1956 -- Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Self

1956 -- Showdown at Ulcer Gulch | Influential Man

1955 -- The Seven Little Foys | Eddie Foy

1955 -- Playing Fields Association: Cricket | Self

1954 -- Casanova's Big Night | Pippo Popolino

1953 -- Here Come the Girls | Stanley Snodgrass

1953 -- Scared Stiff | Skeleton (uncredited)

1953 -- Road to Bali | Harold Gridley

1952 -- Off Limits | Wally Hogan

1952 -- Son of Paleface | Peter Potter Jr.

1952 -- The Greatest Show on Earth | Spectator (uncredited)

1951 -- My Favorite Spy | Peanuts White / Eric Augustine

1951 -- The Lemon Drop Kid | Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)

1950 -- Fancy Pants | Humphrey / Arthur Tyler

1950 -- Screen Actors | Self (uncredited)

1950 -- You Can Change The World | Self

1949 -- The Great Lover | Freddie Hunter

1949 -- Sorrowful Jones | Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones

1948 -- The Paleface | 'Painless' Peter Potter

1947 -- Road to Rio | Hot Lips Barton

1947 -- Where There's Life | Michael Joseph Valentine

1947 -- Is Everybody Listening? | Bob Hope - Bob Hope Radio Program

1947 -- Variety Girl | Bob Hope

1947 -- My Favorite Brunette | Ronnie Jackson

1946 -- Monsieur Beaucaire | Monsieur Beaucaire

1946 -- Road to Utopia | Chester Hooton

1945 -- Hollywood Victory Caravan | Bob Hope

1945 -- Story of G.I. Joe | Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)

1945 -- Road to Home | Self

1945 -- The All-Star Bond Rally | Self - Host

1944 -- The Princess and the Pirate | Sylvester the Great

1944 -- Memo for Joe | Self

1943 -- Let's Face It | Jerry Walker

1943 -- Show-Business at War | Self

1943 -- They Got Me Covered | Robert Kittredge

1943 -- Combat America | Self

1943 -- A Welcome to Britain | Self (uncredited)

1943 -- Strictly G.I. | Self - Master of Ceremonies

1942 -- Road to Morocco | Orville Jackson

1942 -- Bob's Busy Day | Bob

1942 -- My Favorite Blonde | Larry Haines

1942 -- Star Spangled Rhythm | Bob Hope

1942 -- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4 | Self

1941 -- Louisiana Purchase | Jim Taylor

1941 -- Nothing But the Truth | Steve Bennett

1941 -- Caught in the Draft | Don Bolton

1941 -- Road to Zanzibar | Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier

1940 -- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self - Master of Ceremonies

1940 -- The Ghost Breakers | Larry Lawrence

1940 -- Road to Singapore | Ace Lannigan

1939 -- The Cat and the Canary | Wally Campbell

1939 -- Some Like It Hot | Nicky Nelson

1939 -- Never Say Die | John Kidley

1938 -- Thanks for the Memory | Steve Merrick

1938 -- Give Me a Sailor | Jim Brewster

1938 -- College Swing | Bud Brady

1938 -- The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Buzz Fielding

1936 -- Calling All Tars | Bobby

1936 -- Shop Talk | Robert Hope Jr.

1935 -- Double Exposure | Photographer / Robert

1935 -- Watch the Birdie | Bob

1935 -- The Old Grey Mayor | Bob

1934 -- Paree, Paree | Peter

1934 -- Going Spanish | Bob