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Bob Hope, KBE was a British stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 54 feature films with Hope as star, including a series of seven "Road" musical comedy movies with Bing Crosby as Hope's top-billed partner.

Birth Name

Leslie Townes Hope

Born

Friday, 29 May 1903

Died

Sunday, 27 July 2003

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Orson Bean Show	Self	8696
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story	Self	2022
The Last Movie Ride	Self	2021
Tiger	Self - Entertainer	2021
The Reagans	Self - Entertainer	2020
Howard	Self	2018
The Fabulous Allan Carr	Self	2018
1968: The Year That Changed America	Self - The Bob Hope Show	2018
Explained	Self - Host, The Bob Hope Special, 1972	2018
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond	Self	2017

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Orson Bean Show	Self	8696
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story	Self	2022
The Last Movie Ride	Self	2021
Tiger	Self - Entertainer	2021
The Reagans	Self - Entertainer	2020
Howard	Self	2018
The Fabulous Allan Carr	Self	2018
1968: The Year That Changed America	Self - The Bob Hope Show	2018
Explained	Self - Host, The Bob Hope Special, 1972	2018
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond	Self	2017
Five Came Back	Self	2017
I Am Battle Comic	Self - Comedian	2017
The History of Comedy	Self	2017
O.J.: Made in America	Self	2016
In Their Own Words	Self	2015
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All	Self	2015
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story	Self	2014
Arnie	Self - Host	2014
And the Oscar Goes to...	Self	2014
The Sixties	Himself, Self - Comedian	2013
Lovelace	Self	2013
Welcome to the Basement	Self	2012
A Football Life	Self	2011
Renée	Self	2011
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood	Self	2010
The Unforgettable Bob Monkhouse	Self	2010
Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	2010
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year	Self	2009
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America	Self	2009
Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney	Self	2008
The 80th Annual Academy Awards	Self	2008
Pioneers of Television	Self	2008
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Self	2007
100 Greatest Stand-Ups	Self	2007
Screenwipe	Self	2006
Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie	Self	2005
Inside Deep Throat	Self	2005
Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy	Self	2004
The 76th Annual Academy Awards	Self - Special Memorial Tribute	2004
Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets	Self	2004
Christmas from Hollywood	Self	2003
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina	Self	2003
Los Angeles Plays Itself	Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise	2003
A Century of Black Cinema	Self	2003
100 Years of Hope and Humor	Self	2003
The Kid Stays in the Picture	Self	2002
My Sister Maria	Self	2002
Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star	Self	2002
America's Favorite Funnyman	Self	2002
Price for Peace	Self	2002
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special	Self	2001
War Stories with Oliver North	Self	2001
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days	Self	2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood	Self	2001
Hollywood Remembers	(archive footage)	2000
The Century: America's Time	Self - at White House	1999
Television: The First Fifty Years	Self	1999
The Source	Self	1999
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion	Self	1998
Cold War	Self	1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's	Self	1998
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender	Self / Self (archive footage)	1997
Behind the Music	Self	1997
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years	Self	1997
Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents	Himself / Self - Co-Host	1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies	Self	1995
100 Years at the Movies	Self	1994
Forrest Gump	Self - in Vietnam	1994
That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage) / Self - Newsreel Clip	1994
That Little Monster	Bob Hope / Bob / Himself	1994
Liberation	Self / Self (archive footage)	1994
Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories	Self / Himself	1993
The 65th Annual Academy Awards	Self - Special Guest	1993
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie	Self	1993
The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion	Self	1993
Vicki!	Self	1992
Oscar's Greatest Moments	Self	1992
The Complete Churchill	Self	1992
One on One with John Tesh	Self	1991
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards	Self	1991
The Howard Stern Show	Self	1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths	(archive footage)	1990
The Simpsons	Bob Hope	1989
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration	Himself / Self	1989
The Joan Rivers Show	Self	1989
The Jim Henson Hour	Self	1989
The 61st Annual Academy Awards	Self - Presenter	1989
Bloopers Galore	Self	1989
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	Self	1988
Roseanne	Self	1988
Inside Edition	Self	1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind	Self / (archive footage)	1988
Entertaining the Troops	Self	1988
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration	Self	1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC	Self / Himself	1988
Bob Hope's USO Christmas from the Persian Gulf: Around the World in Eight Days	Self	1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues	Self	1988
CBS This Morning	Self	1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam	Self	1987
Dolly	Self	1987
NBC Investigates Bob Hope	Self	1987
The Wil Shriner Show	Himself	1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	1987
Biography	Self, Peter 'Painless' Potter (clip from The Paleface (1948))	1987
The New Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist	1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show.	Self	1986
Liberty Weekend	Self	1986
American Masters	Self	1986
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration	Self	1986
The 58th Annual Academy Awards	Self - Presenter	1986
George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special	Self - Cameo	1986
Super Duper Bloopers and Silly Shorts	Self	1986
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	Self - Honoree	1985
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan	Self	1985
Spies Like Us	Bob Hope / Golfer (cameo)	1985
The Golden Girls	Himself	1985
The Beach Boys: An American Band	Self	1985
The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards	Self	1985
Highway to Heaven	Sycopomp	1984
Muppet Babies	(archive footage)	1984
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team	Self	1984
Bob Hope's USO Christmas in Beirut	Self	1984
Vietnam: A Television History	Self	1983
Salute!	Self	1983
Breakaway	Self	1983
Star Search	Self - Introducer	1983
Happy Birthday, Bob!	Self / Himself	1983
The 55th Annual Academy Awards	Self - Presenter	1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Himself (archive footage) / Self	1983
Not Necessarily the News	Himself	1983
Showbiz Goes to War	(archive footage)	1982
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra	Himself	1982
The 54th Annual Academy Awards	Self	1982
Late Night with David Letterman	Himself	1982
The Regis Philbin Show	Self	1981
This Is Elvis	Self	1981
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters	Self	1980
Lucy Moves to NBC	Himself / Self	1980
The Toni Tennille Show	Self	1979
Ken Murray Shooting Stars	Self	1979
The Muppet Movie	Ice Cream Vendor	1979
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy		1978
Pat Boone and Family Thanksgiving Special	Self	1978
General Electric's All-Star Anniversary	Self	1978
20/20	Self	1978
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards	Self	1978
The 50th Annual Academy Awards	Self - Host	1978
The George Burns One-Man Show	Bob Hope	1977
Texaco Presents Bob Hope in a Very Special Special: On the Road with Bing	Self	1977
3 Girls 3	Self	1977
The Barbara Walters Summer Special	Self	1976
All This and World War II	Self	1976
The Captain and Tennille	Self	1976
The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	1976
The Sonny and Cher Show	Various Characters / Self	1976
Donny and Marie	Self	1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television	Self	1975
The Rich Little Show	Self	1975
Sammy and Company	Self	1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime	(archive footage)	1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys	Self	1975
Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena	Bob Hope on Parade	1974
Dinah!	Self	1974
The Mac Davis Show	Self	1974
Hearts and Minds	Self	1974
The World at War	Self	1973
Cancel My Reservation	Dan Bartlett	1972
MAS*H	Self	1972
Bing Crosby and His Friends	Self	1972
The ABC Comedy Hour	Self	1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self - film clip	1972
Make Your Own Kind of Music!	Self	1971
Great Performances	Self	1971
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special	Self	1970
If It's Saturday, It Must Be Nimmo	Self	1970
The Odd Couple	Self	1970
Make Room for Granddaddy	Self	1970
Raquel	Himself / Self	1970
The Bob Hope Christmas Special	Self	1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land	Self - Entertaining Troops at Valley Forge / Himself	1970
The Andy Williams Show	Self	1969
The Barbara McNair Show	Self	1969
The David Frost Show	Self	1969
How to Commit Marriage	Frank Benson	1969
The Johnny Cash Show	Self - Comedian	1969
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters	Self	1969
This Is Tom Jones	Self	1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Self	1969
The Don Rickles Show	Self	1968
Julia	Bob Hope	1968
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell	Sgt. Dan O'Farrell	1968
...and Debbie Makes Six	Self	1968
The Bob Hope Christmas Special	Himself / Self	1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies	Himself / Self	1968
The Danny Thomas Hour	Makeup Man	1967
The Carol Burnett Show	Self, Self - Cameo Appearance	1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Guest Performer	1967
Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare!	Self	1967
Eight on the Lam	Henry Dimsdale	1967
The Joey Bishop Show	Self	1967
Not with My Wife, You Don't!	Self - USO Christmas Show	1966
The Milton Berle Show	Self	1966
The Phyllis Diller Show	Library Patron, Self	1966
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!	Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade	1966
The Oscar	Bob Hope	1966
Hollywood My Home Town	Self	1965
Get Smart	Room Service Attendant	1965
The Dean Martin Show	Self, Himself - Cameo	1965
I'll Take Sweden	Bob Holcomb	1965
The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)	Contestant - Mr. X 'X', Self - Contestant - Mr. X 'X', Self	1965
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at...	(archive footage), Self	1964
Mr. and Mrs.	Bill Blakley / Bill Blakely	1964
A Global Affair	Frank Larrimore	1964
The Hollywood Palace	Self - Cameo Appearance, Self	1964
Hollywood and the Stars	Self, Buzz Fielding (clip from The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938))	1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Host, Self - Host / Host, Spectator / Host, Les Haines / Host, Monte Collins / Host, 'producer of the year' / Self / Host, George Warren / Host, Horatio Lovelace / Host	1963
Hollywood Without Make-Up	Self / Himself	1963
Call Me Bwana	Matt	1963
Critic's Choice	Parker Ballantine	1963
The Match Game	Cameo	1962
Here's Edie	Self	1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Himself, Himself - Guest	1962
The Lucy Show	Plumber's Assistant	1962
The Andy Williams Show	Self	1962
The Road to Hong Kong	Chester Babcock	1962
The Mike Douglas Show	Himself - Entertainer, Himself, Himself - Comedian	1961
Bachelor in Paradise	Adam J. Niles	1961
The Joey Bishop Show	Mary's Other Boyfriend	1961
The DuPont Show of the Week	Self	1961
The Facts of Life	Larry Gilbert	1960
Here's Hollywood	Self	1960
Celebrity Golf	Self	1960
Sunday Showcase	Self	1959
Premier Khrushchev in the USA	Self	1959
Alias Jesse James	Milford Farnsworth	1959
The Five Pennies	Bob Hope - Leaving Brown Derby Restaurant	1959
The Geisha Boy	Self - on TV	1958
The Kraft Music Hall	Self - Special Guest	1958
Paris Holiday	Robert Leslie Hunter	1958
The Frank Sinatra Show	Self	1957
The Edsel Show	Self - Sketch Actor / Singer	1957
Club Oasis	Self - Surprise Guest	1957
The Eddie Fisher Show	Self	1957
The Polly Bergen Show	Self	1957
The Thin Man	Cuddles / Self	1957
The Big Record	Self	1957
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	Himself, Himself - on film	1957
Beau James	Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker	1957
The Iron Petticoat	Captain Chuck Lockwood	1956
The Charles Farrell Show	Hotel Guest	1956
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show	Self - Guest, Self	1951
The Patti Page Show	Self - Comedian	1956
That Certain Feeling	Francis X. Dignan	1956
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch	Influential Man	1956
Lucy's Really Lost Moments	Himself	1956
Screen Directors Playhouse	Self	1955
This Is Your Life	Self, Self - Filmed tribute, Filmed Tribute	1955
Wide Wide World	Self	1955
The Seven Little Foys	Eddie Foy	1955
The Magical World of Disney	Himself	1954
Producers' Showcase	Self	1954
The Jimmy Durante Show	Self	1954
Casanova's Big Night	Pippo Popolino	1954
Person to Person	Self	1953
The Danny Thomas Show	Bob Hope	1953
Here Come the Girls	Stanley Snodgrass	1953
Scared Stiff	Skeleton	1953
Off Limits	Wally Hogan	1952
Road to Bali	Harold Gridley	1952
The Bob Hope Show	Self - Host, Himself - Host	1950
This Is Your Life	Self	1950
Son of Paleface	Peter Potter Jr.	1952
The Greatest Show on Earth	Spectator	1952
My Favorite Spy	Eric Augustine / Peanuts White	1951
The Dinah Shore Show	Self - Guest Host	1951
I Love Lucy	Bob Hope	1951
Chesterfield Sound Off Time	Self - Host, Self	1951
The Red Skelton Hour	Self - Cameo	1951
The Kate Smith Evening Hour	Self	1951
The Lemon Drop Kid	Sidney Milburn aka The Lemon Drop Kid / Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)	1951
The Cinematographer	Self - film clip from 'Road to Rio'	1951
The Jack Benny Program	Self, Bob Hope, Self / Clyde	1950
All Star Revue	Guest Comedian, Himself - Cameo, Himself - Host, Himself	1950
Cassino to Korea	Self - USO Show	1950
Lux Video Theatre	Self - Intermission Guest, Self - Lux Video Theatre Guest	1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self - Host, Self, Self - Awards Presenter	1950
Fancy Pants	Humphrey / Arthur Tyler	1950
You Can Change the World	Himself / Self	1950
What's My Line?	Himself - Mystery Guest	1950
College of Musical Knowledge	Self	1949
The Great Lover	Freddie Hunter	1949
Sorrowful Jones	Humphrey 'Sorrowful' Jones / Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones	1949
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	Himself, Herself, Himself - Guest	1948
The Paleface	'Painless' Peter Potter	1948
The Ed Sullivan Show	Himself, Self, Self - Comedian	1948
The Milton Berle Show	Self - Comedian	1948
We, the People	Self - Entertainer	1948
Road to Rio	Hot Lips Barton	1947
Where There's Life	Michael Joseph Valentine	1947
Variety Girl	Himself / Bob Hope	1947
My Favorite Brunette	Ronnie Jackson	1947
Monsieur Beaucaire	Monsieur Beaucaire	1946
Road to Utopia	Chester Hooton	1945
Story of G.I. Joe	Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) / Himself (voice)	1945
The All-Star Bond Rally	Self - Host	1945
The Princess and the Pirate	Sylvester / Sylvester the Great	1944
Let's Face It	Jerry Walker	1943
Show-Business at War	Self	1943
They Got Me Covered	Robert Kittredge	1943
Combat America	Himself / Self	1943
Road to Morocco	Aunt Lucy / Orville 'Turkey' Jackson / Orville Jackson	1942
My Favorite Blonde	Larry Haines	1942
Star Spangled Rhythm	Bob Hope - Master of Ceremonies / Bob Hope	1942
Louisiana Purchase	Jim Taylor	1941
Nothing But the Truth	Steve Bennett	1941
Caught in the Draft	Don Bolton	1941
Road to Zanzibar	Fearless Hubert Frazier / Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier	1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Himself - Master of Ceremonies / Self - Master of Ceremonies	1940
The Ghost Breakers	Larry Lawrence / Lawrence Lawrence	1940
Road to Singapore	Ace Lannigan	1940
The Cat and the Canary	Wally Campbell	1939
Some Like It Hot	Nicky Nelson	1939
Never Say Die	John Kidley	1939
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	1938
Calling All Tars	Bobby	1936
Double Exposure	Robert / Photographer	1935
Watch the Birdie	Bob	1935
The Old Grey Mayor	Bob	1935
Paree, Paree	Peter / Peter Forbes	1934
Going Spanish	Bob	1934

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories	1993
Bob Hope's USO Christmas from the Persian Gulf: Around the World in Eight Days	1988
NBC Investigates Bob Hope	1987
Bob Hope's USO Christmas in Beirut	1984
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television	1975
Cancel My Reservation	1972
The Bob Hope Christmas Special	1970
The Bob Hope Christmas Special	1968
Eight on the Lam	1967
Alias Jesse James	1959
Paris Holiday	1958
The Bob Hope Show	1950
My Favorite Brunette	1947

Year	Type	Category	Won

1968	Emmy	Outstanding Musical or Variety Program	Nominated
1967	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Special	Nominated
1966	Emmy	Outstanding Variety Special	Won
1965	Emmy	Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers	Nominated
1962	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Comedy or Musical	Nominated
1961	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Comedy or Musical	Nominated