Bing Crosby

ActorSoundCrewDirectorProducer May 3 (died age 74) Tacoma, Washington, USA 1930–2025 (95 year career)

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Biography

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian and actor. The first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine said that he was "the pers…

Known For

Film

Paper Moon

Thanks

Film

White Christmas

Bob Wallace

Film

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")

Film

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Narrator

Film

High Society

C. K. Dexter-Haven

Film

Holiday Inn

Jim Hardy

Film

The Greatest Show on Earth

Spectator (uncredited)

Film

Going My Way

Father Chuck O'Malley

Filmography

Acting (215)

Movies (193)

Twiggy

2025

as (archival footage)

7.7

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

2023

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

8.4

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022

as Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)

6.7

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Dean Martin: King of Cool

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

My Music: A Classic Christmas

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Howard

2018

as Jeff Peters (archive footage)

6.8

This Is Bob Hope...

2017

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials

2010

as Self

The Best of Johnny Carson

2010

as Self (archive footage)

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

2007

as Self

"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After

2006

as Self - (archive footage)

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

2006

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.2

Legendary Christmas Entertainers

2005

as Self

Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert

2004

as Self

'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration

2004

as Self

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1

2003

as Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)

8.2

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

2003

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

2003

as Self (Archive Footage)

Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

2002

as (archive footage)

7.5

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

2001

as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

2001

as Self (archive footage)

'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

2000

as Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

as Self (archive footage)

A Bing Crosby Christmas

1998

as Self - Host (archive footage)

Classic Commercials: Volume 3

1998

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

1997

as Bob Wallace (archive footage)

5.4

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

Songs That Won the War

1994

as Himself (Archive)

8.0

Shanks for the Memory

1994

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992

as Self - Vocalist (archive footage)

6.0

A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show

1992

as Self

The Magic of Bing Crosby

1991

as Self (archive footage)

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

as Self (archive footage)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Classic Comedy Teams

1986

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985

as Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

Disney's Halloween Treat

as (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Showbiz Ballyhoo

1982

as Self (archive footage)

The Hollywood Clowns

1979

as (archive footage)

Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years

1978

as Himself (archival footage)

Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

1977

as Self

5.3

Halloween Hall o' Fame

1977

as Narrator/Brom Bones

Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway

1977

as Himself

5.5

It's Showtime

1976

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Hooray for Hollywood

1976

as Self (archive footage)

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975

as Self

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

That's Entertainment!

1974

as Self - Host / Narrator

7.4

Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

1973

8.0

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Cancel My Reservation

1972

as Himself (uncredited)

5.3

The Great Radio Comedians

1971

as Self

8.0

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

as Himself

Dr. Cook's Garden

as Leonard Cook

Goldilocks

as Self / Papa Bear (voice)

Bing Crosby: Cooling It

1970

as Self

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970

as Mark Twain

6.0

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

1968

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.1

Stagecoach

1966

as Doc Josiah Boone

6.0

Christmas with Crosby & Kate

1966

as Himself

10.0

Cinerama's Russian Adventure

1966

as Narrator (voice)

5.7

Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show

1965

as Self (host)

6.0

Bob Hope Christmas Show

1965

as Self

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964

as Allen A. Dale

6.1

The Sound of Laughter

1963

as Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)

2.0

The Bing Crosby Show

1962

as Himself

The Road to Hong Kong

as Harry Turner

The Grand Olympics

as Himself

Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show

The Bing Crosby Show

as Self

Lifetime of Comedy

as (archive footage)

Let's Make Love

as Bing Crosby (uncredited)

High Time

as Harvey Howard

Pepe

as Bing Crosby

Alias Jesse James

as Bing (uncredited)

Say One for Me

as Father Conroy

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

1959

as Self

The All-Star Christmas Show

as Self

Man on Fire

as Earl Carleton

The Edsel Show

as Self

Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank

1957

as Self

High Society

1956

as C. K. Dexter-Haven

6.8

Anything Goes

1956

as Bill Benson

6.0

Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

as Influential Man

High Tor

as Van Van Dorn

The Bing Crosby Show

as Self

White Christmas

as Bob Wallace

The Country Girl

as Frank Elgin

Little Boy Lost

as Bill Wainright

Scared Stiff

as Skeleton (uncredited)

6.4

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952

as Spectator (uncredited)

6.3

Off Limits

1952

as Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)

Just for You

as Jordan Blake

Son of Paleface

as Driver (uncredited)

6.3

Road to Bali

1952

as George Cochran

6.2

Angels in the Outfield

1951

as Bing Crosby (uncredited)

6.8

Here Comes the Groom

1951

as Peter 'Pete' Garvey

5.2

You Can Change The World

as Self

Screen Actors

as Self (uncredited)

Mr. Music

as Paul Merrick

Riding High

as Dan Brooks

Moments in Music

as Self

Top o' the Morning

as Joe Mulqueen

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1949

as Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")

6.5

Jolson Sings Again

1949

as Himself (voice) (uncredited)

6.0

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1949

as Narrator

7.4

Down Memory Lane

1949

as (archive footage)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

as Hank Martin

The Emperor Waltz

as Virgil Smith

Road to Hollywood

as Himself

Welcome Stranger

as Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson

Variety Girl

as Bing Crosby

Road to Rio

as Scat Sweeney

My Favorite Brunette

as Harry (uncredited)

Blue Skies

as Johnny Adams

Road to Utopia

as Duke Johnson

Road to Home

as Self

Hollywood Victory Caravan

1945

as Bing Crosby

5.2

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945

as Father Chuck O'Malley

6.8

Out of This World

1945

as Herbie Fenton (singing voice)

7.3

We've Got Another Bond to Buy

1945

Duffy's Tavern

1945

as Bing Crosby

6.1

The All-Star Bond Rally

1945

as Self

5.0

The Road to Victory

1944

as Bing Crosby (uncredited)

5.5

The Shining Future

1944

as Self

4.0

The Princess and the Pirate

1944

as Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)

6.9

Going My Way

1944

as Father Chuck O'Malley

Here Come the Waves

as Johnny Cabot

Dixie

as Daniel Decatur Emmett

They Got Me Covered

as Music Box (voice)

Show-Business at War

as Self

Don't Hook Now

as Self

Road to Morocco

1942

as Jeff Peters

6.9

My Favorite Blonde

1942

as Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)

Holiday Inn

as Jim Hardy

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Bing Crosby

Road to Zanzibar

as Chuck Reardon

Birth of the Blues

as Jeff Lambert

Road to Singapore

as Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V

Swing with Bing

as Himself

If I Had My Way

as Buzz Blackwell

Rhythm on the River

as Bob Sommers

Paris Honeymoon

as 'Lucky' Lawton

East Side of Heaven

as Denny Martin

The Star Maker

as Larry Earl

Hollywood Handicap

as Himself

Doctor Rhythm

as Dr. Bill Remsen

Sing, You Sinners

as Joe Beebe

Waikiki Wedding

as Tony Marvin

Double or Nothing

as 'Lefty' Boylan

Rhythm on the Range

as Jeff Larabee

Pennies from Heaven

as Larry Poole

Anything Goes

as Billy Crocker

Two for Tonight

as Gilbert Gordon

Mississippi

as Tom Grayson

The Big Broadcast of 1936

1935

as Bing

5.5

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

1934

as Self

We're Not Dressing

as Stephen Jones

She Loves Me Not

as Paul Lawton

Here Is My Heart

as J. Paul Jones

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

as Self

Too Much Harmony

as Eddie Bronson

College Humor

as Professor Frederick Danvers

5.3

Please

1933

as Howard Jones

Going Hollywood

1933

as Bill 'Billy' Williams

Sing, Bing, Sing

as Bing

The Big Broadcast

as Bing Hornsby

Dream House

as Bing Fawcett (Plumber)

7.4

Billboard Girl

1932

as Bing

3.5

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2

1932

as Self

1.0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

1932

as Self (uncredited)

Hollywood on Parade

1932

as Self

3.0

Confessions of a Co-Ed

as Bing

I Surrender Dear

as Bing Crosby

Blue of the Night

as Bing Crosby / Jack Smith

One More Chance

as Bing Bangs

King of Jazz

as Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)

6.2

Two Plus Fours

1930

as Bing

4.5

Reaching for the Moon

1930

as Bing

5.4

The March of Time

1930

as Self

Television (22)

Legends

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Dinah!

as Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

The Pearl Bailey Show

1971

as Self

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969

as Self

5.8

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self (uncredited)

6.6

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self

7.7

The Danny Thomas Hour

1967

as Charlie Castle

5.0

Top of the Pops

1964

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

The Bing Crosby Show

1964

as Bing Collins

5.0

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as George Warren

5.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959

as Self

7.3

Frank Sinatra Show

1957

as Self

The Phil Silvers Show

1955

as Bing Crosby

7.0

The Red Skelton Show

1951

as Self - Award for Best Actor

7.4

The Bob Hope Show

1950

as Self

7.0

The Jack Benny Program

as Bing Crosby

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Crew (18)

Movies (17)

A Total Clover Christmas

2023

Songs

Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt

2005

Thanks

Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert

2004

Director

Silent Night

1996

Songs

Good King Wenceslas

1996

Songs

White Christmas

Songs

Mean Dog Blues

Executive Producer

Paper Moon

Thanks

Arnold

Executive Producer

Terror in the Wax Museum

Producer

Ben

Executive Producer

White Christmas

Music

Calder

Music

Man on Fire

Executive Producer

High Tor

Executive Producer

Abie's Irish Rose

Executive Producer

The Great John L.

1945

Executive Producer

5.0

Television (1)

Ben Casey

1961

Executive Producer

5.6