Bob Hope
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-05-29 (100 years old)
Deathday
2003-07-27
Place of Birth
Eltham, London, England, UK
Also known As
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 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...
Acting
1975
as Self
1985
as Self (archive footage)
1988
1979
as Ice Cream Vendor
1944
as Sylvester the Great
1952
as Peter Potter Jr.
1942
as Orville Jackson
1962
as Chester Babcock
1941
as Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier
1947
as Hot Lips Barton
1951
as Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)
1985
as Self
1955
as Eddie Foy
1978
1953
as Harold Gridley
1958
as Robert Leslie Hunter
1979
as Self (archive footage)
1956
as Captain Chuck Lockwood
1940
as Ace Lannigan
1946
as Chester Hooton
1940
as Larry Lawrence
1938
as Buzz Fielding
1946
as Monsieur Beaucaire
1936
as Robert Hope Jr.
1991
1968
1966
as Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade
1960
as Larry Gilbert
1965
as Bob Holcomb
1947
as Michael Joseph Valentine
1959
as Milford Farnsworth
1948
as 'Painless' Peter Potter
1947
as Ronnie Jackson
1939
as Wally Campbell
2005
1982
as (archive footage)
1956
as Influential Man
2004
as Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
1961
as Adam J. Niles
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971
1950
as Humphrey / Arthur Tyler
1966
as Bob Hope
1978
1949
as Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
1954
as Pippo Popolino
1963
as Parker Ballantine
1971
as Self (archive footage)
1941
as Steve Bennett
1942
as Larry Haines
1941
as Jim Taylor
1957
as Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
1947
as Bob Hope - Bob Hope Radio Program
1951
as Peanuts White / Eric Augustine
1993
1970
1968
as Sgt. Dan O'Farrell
1941
as Don Bolton
1963
as Matt
1942
as Bob Hope
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1969
as Frank Benson
1952
as Wally Hogan
1943
as Robert Kittredge
1972
as Dan Bartlett
1964
as Frank Larrimore
1989
as Self - Host
1939
as John Kidley
1947
as Bob Hope
1953
as Stanley Snodgrass
1938
as Bud Brady
1969
as Huck Haines
1934
as Bob
1949
as Freddie Hunter
1938
as Jim Brewster
1939
as Nicky Nelson
1956
as Francis X. Dignan
1973
1996
as Self - Co-Host
1935
as Photographer / Robert
1943
as Jerry Walker
1938
as Steve Merrick
1945
as Self
1942
1935
as Bob
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)
1988
1974
as Self (archive footage)
2003
1934
as Peter
1981
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1990
2016
2002
as (archive footage)
1976
1936
as Bobby
2003
as Self (archive footage)
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1965
as Bob Hope / Marcello
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as Self - Host
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1960
as Self
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1999
as Self (archive footage)
1979
as Self
1967
as Henry Dimsdale
1966
as Self - USO Christmas Show (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
1943
as Self (uncredited)
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1989
as Self
1970
as Self
1953
as Skeleton (uncredited)
1952
as Spectator (uncredited)
2008
1968
as Self
2010
as Himself (archive footage)
1994
as (archive footage)
1945
as Bob Hope
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as Self
1961
as Self
1980
as Self
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Bob Hope / Bob (uncredited)
1964
as Bill Blakely
1943
as Self
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1940
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1945
as Self - Host
1942
as Bob
1970
as Self
1943
as Self
1950
as Self
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1944
as Self
1935
as Bob
1986
as Dan Dolan
1979
as Self
1956
as Self
1983
as Self
1945
as Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1997
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Self
1963
as Bing Fawcett - Plumber
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1999
as Self (archive footage)
1973
as Commentator
2001
as Self (archive footage)
2001
as Self (archive footage)
1950
as Self (uncredited)
1998
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1955
1994
as Self (archive footage)
1982
as Self
1977
as Host / Barf Vader
1984
1979
as Self - Host
1980
as Self (archive footage)
1971
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as Bob Hope
1989
as Self
1971
as Self
1970
as Self
1977
1982
1974
as Self - Host
1973
as Self - Host
1994
as Self - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
as Self
1956
as Himself/Ricky Ricardo
1966
1963
as Self
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1987
1978
as Self
1999
as Self (Archival Footage)
1955
as Bob Hope (uncredited)
2025
as Self (archive footage)
1961
as Self - Narrator
1968
as Self
1943
as Self
Production
1989
as Executive Producer
1959
as Executive Producer
1947
as Writer
1958
as Story
1988
as Executive Producer
1947
as Producer
1991
as Executive Producer
1958
as Producer
1969
as Executive Producer
1965
as Associate Producer
1972
as Executive Producer
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