Bob Hope

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Eltham, London, England, UK, 1903-05-29

Died: 2003-07-27

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
4	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self - Host	70
5	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
6	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self - Host	68
7	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Self - Intermission Guest	63
8	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Self - Lux Video Theatre Guest	63
9	1950	The Jack Benny Program	Bob Hope	78
10	1950	The Jack Benny Program	Self / Clyde	78
11	1950	The Jack Benny Program	Self	78
12	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Self - Cameo	74
13	1951	I Love Lucy	Bob Hope	79
14	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
15	1954	Project XX	Narrator	60
16	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Self	78
17	1955	The Chevy Show	Self	0
18	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Bob Hope (uncredited)	65
19	1956	Cinépanorama	Self	80
20	1956	Tony Awards	Self	51
21	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Guest	56
22	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
23	1957	The Thin Man	Self (uncredited)	76
24	1957	Frank Sinatra Show	Self	0
25	1958	The Dick Clark Show	Self	55
26	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self	47
27	1959	Startime		60
28	1961	The DuPont Show of the Week	Self	60
29	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
30	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
31	1962	The Lucy Show	Plumber's Assistant	70
32	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
33	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
34	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Self - Host	57
35	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Cameo Appearance	45
36	1965	Get Smart	Room Service Attendant (uncredited)	79
37	1966	The Pruitts of Southampton	Library Patron	53
38	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self (uncredited)	77
39	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)	77
40	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self (uncredited)	65
41	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
42	1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Self	58
43	1969	The Johnny Cash Show	Self	65
44	1969	The Barbara McNair Show	Self	0
45	1970	Treffpunkte	Self	0
46	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
47	1971	V.I.P. Schaukel	Self	60
48	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
49	1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self	54
50	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
51	1976	Donny & Marie	Self	65
52	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
53	1976	The Captain and Tennille	Self	55
54	1978	The Kennedy Center Honors	Self	74
55	1980	Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters	Self	50
56	1982	Late Night with David Letterman	Self	58
57	1984	Highway to Heaven	Sycopomp	74
58	1985	The Golden Girls	Bob Hope	75
59	1989	The Jim Henson Hour	Himself	89
60	1989	The Simpsons	Bob Hope (voice)	80
61	1991	Pebble Mill	Self	31
62	2016	O.J.: Made in America	Self (archive footage)	80

Bob Hope

Film

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Going Spanish	Bob	58
2	1934	Paree, Paree	Peter	48
3	1935	The Old Grey Mayor	Bob	60
4	1935	Watch the Birdie	Bob	55
5	1935	Double Exposure	Photographer / Robert	70
6	1936	Shop Talk	Robert Hope Jr.	0
7	1936	Calling All Tars	Bobby	0
8	1938	The Big Broadcast of 1938	Buzz Fielding	61
9	1938	College Swing	Bud Brady	68
10	1938	Give Me a Sailor	Jim Brewster	58
11	1938	Thanks for the Memory	Steve Merrick	56
12	1939	Never Say Die	John Kidley	68
13	1939	Some Like It Hot	Nicky Nelson	72
14	1939	The Cat and the Canary	Wally Campbell	70
15	1940	Road to Singapore	Ace Lannigan	65
16	1940	The Ghost Breakers	Larry Lawrence	65
17	1940	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Self - Master of Ceremonies	65
18	1941	Road to Zanzibar	Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier	63
19	1941	Caught in the Draft	Don Bolton	58
20	1941	Nothing But the Truth	Steve Bennett	71
21	1941	Louisiana Purchase	Jim Taylor	66
22	1942	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4	Self	0
23	1942	Star Spangled Rhythm	Bob Hope	59
24	1942	My Favorite Blonde	Larry Haines	64
25	1942	Bob's Busy Day	Bob	50
26	1942	Road to Morocco	Orville Jackson	69
27	1943	Strictly G.I.	Self - Master of Ceremonies	60
28	1943	A Welcome to Britain	Self (uncredited)	70
29	1943	Combat America	Self	54
30	1943	They Got Me Covered	Robert Kittredge	59
31	1943	Show-Business at War	Self	70
32	1943	Let's Face It	Jerry Walker	45
33	1944	Memo for Joe	Self	0
34	1944	The Princess and the Pirate	Sylvester the Great	69
35	1945	The All-Star Bond Rally	Self - Host	50
36	1945	Road to Home	Self	50
37	1945	Story of G.I. Joe	Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)	64
38	1945	Hollywood Victory Caravan	Bob Hope	52
39	1946	Road to Utopia	Chester Hooton	66
40	1946	Monsieur Beaucaire	Monsieur Beaucaire	56
41	1947	My Favorite Brunette	Ronnie Jackson	66
42	1947	Variety Girl	Bob Hope	61
43	1947	Is Everybody Listening?	Bob Hope - Bob Hope Radio Program	50
44	1947	Where There's Life	Michael Joseph Valentine	56
45	1947	Road to Rio	Hot Lips Barton	67
46	1948	The Paleface	'Painless' Peter Potter	61
47	1949	Sorrowful Jones	Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones	61
48	1949	The Great Lover	Freddie Hunter	68
49	1950	You Can Change The World	Self	58
50	1950	Screen Actors	Self (uncredited)	60
51	1950	Fancy Pants	Humphrey / Arthur Tyler	56
52	1951	The Lemon Drop Kid	Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)	65
53	1951	My Favorite Spy	Peanuts White / Eric Augustine	60
54	1952	The Greatest Show on Earth	Spectator (uncredited)	63
55	1952	Son of Paleface	Peter Potter Jr.	63
56	1952	Off Limits	Wally Hogan	58
57	1953	Road to Bali	Harold Gridley	63
58	1953	Scared Stiff	Skeleton (uncredited)	64
59	1953	Here Come the Girls	Stanley Snodgrass	44
60	1954	Casanova's Big Night	Pippo Popolino	61
61	1955	Playing Fields Association: Cricket	Self	0
62	1955	The Seven Little Foys	Eddie Foy	60
63	1955	The Silent Partner	Bob Hope (uncredited)	60
64	1956	Showdown at Ulcer Gulch	Influential Man	50
65	1956	Lucy's Really Lost Moments	Self	65
66	1956	That Certain Feeling	Francis X. Dignan	53
67	1956	The Iron Petticoat	Captain Chuck Lockwood	58
68	1956	The Bob Hope Chevy Show	Himself/Ricky Ricardo	0
69	1957	Beau James	Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker	57
70	1958	Paris Holiday	Robert Leslie Hunter	52
71	1958	The All-Star Christmas Show		60
72	1959	Some of Manie's Friends		0
73	1959	Alias Jesse James	Milford Farnsworth	59
74	1960	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood	Self	60
75	1960	The Facts of Life	Larry Gilbert	52
76	1961	Bachelor in Paradise	Adam J. Niles	65
77	1961	The Bing Crosby Show	Self	20
78	1962	The Road to Hong Kong	Chester Babcock	57
79	1963	Critic's Choice	Parker Ballantine	55
80	1963	Call Me Bwana	Matt	57
81	1963	A Bob Hope Comedy Special	Self	0
82	1963	The Sound of Laughter	Bing Fawcett - Plumber	20
83	1964	A Global Affair	Frank Larrimore	45
84	1964	The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour	Bill Blakely	75
85	1965	I'll Take Sweden	Bob Holcomb	50
86	1965	The Jack Benny Hour	Bob Hope / Marcello	0
87	1965	Bob Hope Christmas Show	Self	0
88	1966	The Oscar	Bob Hope	51
89	1966	Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!	Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade	51
90	1966	Murder at N.B.C.		0
91	1966	Not With My Wife, You Don't	Self - USO Christmas Show (archive footage) (uncredited)	60
92	1967	Bob Hope Comedy Special		0
93	1967	Eight on the Lam	Henry Dimsdale	49
94	1968	Rowan & Martin at the Movies	Self	0
95	1968	The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the World with the USO	Self	80
96	1968	The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell	Sgt. Dan O'Farrell	61
97	1968	The Dean Martin Christmas Show	Self	76
98	1969	How to Commit Marriage	Frank Benson	48
99	1969	Roberta	Huck Haines	50
100	1970	Swing Out, Sweet Land	Self	60
101	1970	Raquel!	Self	100
102	1970	Honor America Day	Self	0
103	1970	Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special	Self	0
104	1971	The Bob Hope Christmas Special	Self	0
105	1971	The Great Radio Comedians	Self (archive footage)	80
106	1971	The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World	Self	70
107	1971	Festival at Ford's	Self	0
108	1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)	60
109	1972	Cancel My Reservation	Dan Bartlett	53
110	1973	Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)	Commentator	0
111	1973	The Bob Hope Mardi Gras Special	Self - Host	0
112	1973	Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling	Self	0
113	1974	The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards	Self - Host	0
114	1974	Hearts and Minds	Self (archive footage)	77
115	1975	Mitzi & 100 Guys	Self	0
116	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
117	1975	Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television	Self	0
118	1976	Joys	Self	40
119	1976	CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years	Self	73
120	1976	Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special		0
121	1977	Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl	Self	0
122	1977	The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special	Host / Barf Vader	60
123	1978	NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney	Self	0
124	1978	Pat Boone and Family: A Thanksgiving Special	Self	0
125	1978	Mickey's 50	Self	0
126	1978	Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy	Self	77
127	1979	Derby Fever USA	Self	0
128	1979	The Hollywood Clowns	Self (archive footage)	0
129	1979	Leif	Self	0
130	1979	The Muppet Movie	Ice Cream Vendor	72
131	1979	Bob Hope on the Road to China	Self - Host	0
132	1980	Lucy Moves to NBC	Self	10
133	1980	A Tribute to Dr. Shock	Self (archive footage)	100
134	1981	The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special	Himself	0
135	1982	Let Poland Be Poland	Self	0
136	1982	Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny	Self	0
137	1982	Showbiz Goes to War	(archive footage)	100
138	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	65
139	1983	Happy Birthday, Bob!	Self	60
140	1983	George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business	Self	80
141	1984	Bob Hope's USO Christmas in Beirut	Self	90
142	1984	The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team		0
143	1984	It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour	Self - Host	0
144	1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers	Self (archive footage)	0
145	1985	Spies Like Us	Self	62
146	1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special	Self	90
147	1986	A Masterpiece of Murder	Dan Dolan	0
148	1986	TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines	Self	0
149	1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	57
150	1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC	Self	60
151	1988	Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration	Self	0
152	1988	The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind	Self (archive footage)	80
153	1988	Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show	Self	0
154	1989	Bob Hope's Super Bowl Party!	Self	0
155	1989	Miss Piggy's Hollywood	Self	0
156	1989	Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy	Self - Host	0
157	1990	Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration	Self	88
158	1990	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic	Self (archive footage)	83
159	1990	You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story	Self	0
160	1991	Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia	Self	0
161	1991	Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II	Self	0
162	1993	Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories	Self	80
163	1994	A Century of Cinema	Self	80
164	1994	Liberation	Self (archive footage)	80
165	1994	That Little Monster	Bob Hope / Bob (uncredited)	34
166	1994	Shanks for the Memory		0
167	1994	Forrest Gump	Self - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)	85
168	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	70
169	1996	Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular	Self	0
170	1996	Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents	Self - Co-Host	75
171	1997	The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender	Self (archive footage)	52
172	1998	The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self - Roastee (archive footage)	50
173	1999	Television: The First Fifty Years	Self (archive footage)	0
174	1999	Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died	Self (archive footage)	0
175	1999	Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults	Self (Archival Footage)	0
176	2000	Buñuel in Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	0
177	2000	Hollywood Musicals of the 40's	Self (archive footage)	0
178	2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1	Self (archive footage)	0
179	2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2	Self (archive footage)	0
180	2002	Bob Hope and the Road to Success	Self (archive footage)	0
181	2002	Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO	Self (archive footage)	0
182	2002	Edith Head: The Paramount Years	(archive footage)	75
183	2003	Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer	Self	0
184	2003	Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter	Self (archive footage)	0
185	2003	Christmas in Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	0
186	2004	Judy Garland: By Myself	Self (archive footage)	75
187	2004	Los Angeles Plays Itself	Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)	76
188	2005	Legendary Christmas Entertainers	Self	0
189	2005	Pioneers of Primetime		0
190	2006	Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer	Self (archive footage)	0
191	2006	The Best of Carson, Volume 1		100
192	2008	Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas	Self	0
193	2009	1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year	Self (archive footage)	75
194	2010	The Best of Johnny Carson		0
195	2010	Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino	Himself (archive footage)	85
196	2010	Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials	Self	0
197	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
198	2014	Bing Crosby: Rediscovered	Self (archive footage)	70
199	2016	Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops	Self	0
200	2017	This Is Bob Hope...	Self (archive footage)	80
201	2018	Howard	Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)	69
202	2021	Boulevard! A Hollywood Story	Self (archive footage)	50
203	2022	Rat Pack	Self (archive footage)	90
204	2022	Kids' TV: The Surprising Story	Self (archive footage)	0
205		Bob Hope: The Vietnam Years 1964-1972	Bob Hope	0
206	2025	Sally	Self (archive footage)	81