Bob Hope
Biography
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (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 …
Known For
The Muppet Movie
Ice Cream Vendor
Spies Like Us
Self
The Greatest Show on Earth
Spectator (uncredited)
Hearts and Minds
Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
The Cat and the Canary
Wally Campbell
Road to Morocco
Orville Jackson
The Ghost Breakers
Larry Lawrence
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Filmography
Acting (276)
Movies (217)
Sally
2025as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
2025as Self - Co-Host, 47th Academy Awards (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022as Self (archive footage)
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022as Self (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021as Self (archive footage)
Howard
2018as Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
2016as Self
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
2010as Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
2008as Self
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
2005as Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004as Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004as Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
Christmas in Hollywood
2003as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
2003as Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003as Self
Bob Hope and the Road to Success
2002as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002as (archive footage)
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
2002as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001as Self (archive footage)
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999as Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999as (archive footage)
Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died
1999as Self (archive footage)
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
1996as Self - Co-Host
Radio Star - Die AFN-Story
1995as Self
That's Entertainment! III
1994as (archive footage)
Liberation
1994as Self (archive footage)
A Century of Cinema
1994as Self
That Little Monster
1994as Bob Hope / Bob (uncredited)
Shanks for the Memory
1994 Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories
1993as Self
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
1992as Self
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991as Self
Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia
1991as Self
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990as Self
Dors: The Other Diana
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990as Self
Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy
1989as Self - Host
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
1989as Self
Bob Hope's Super Bowl Party!
1989as Self
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show
1988as Self
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988as Self
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987as Self
Just a Song and Dance
1987 A Masterpiece of Murder
1986as Dan Dolan
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986as Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986as Self
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986as Self
Classic Comedy Teams
1986as Self (archive footage)
Spies Like Us
1985as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985as Self (archive footage)
It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour
1984as Self - Host
Bob Hope's USO Christmas in Beirut
1984as Self
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984as Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983as Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob!
1983as Self
Let Poland Be Poland
1982as Self
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
1982as Self
Showbiz Goes to War
1982as (archive footage)
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
1981as Himself
The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special
1981as Himself
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980as Self
A Tribute to Dr. Shock
1980as Self (archive footage)
Derby Fever USA
1979as Self
The Muppet Movie
1979as Ice Cream Vendor
Leif
1979as Self
The Hollywood Clowns
1979as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope on the Road to China
1979as Self - Host
Pat Boone and Family: A Thanksgiving Special
1978as Self
Mickey's 50
1978as Self
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978as Self
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978as Self
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
1977as Host / Barf Vader
Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl
1977as Self
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977as Self
Joys
1976as Self
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976 Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular
1976as Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976as Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975as Self
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975as Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975as Self (archive footage)
Hearts and Minds
1974as Self (archive footage)
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
1974as Self - Host
The Bob Hope Mardi Gras Special
1973as Self - Host
Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling
1973as Self
Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
1973as Commentator
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972as Self (archive footage)
Cancel My Reservation
1972as Dan Bartlett
The Great Radio Comedians
1971as Self (archive footage)
The Bob Hope Christmas Special
1971as Self
Festival at Ford's
1971as Self
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971as Self
Raquel!
1970as Self
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970as Self
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
1970as Self
Honor America Day
1970as Self
Roberta
1969as Huck Haines
How to Commit Marriage
1969as Frank Benson
The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the World with the USO
1968as Self
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968as Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968as Self
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968as Sgt. Dan O'Farrell
Carnival Nights
1968as Self
Eight on the Lam
1967as Henry Dimsdale
Bob Hope Comedy Special
1967
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966as Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade
The Oscar
1966as Bob Hope
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966as Self - USO Christmas Show (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
The Jack Benny Hour
1965as Bob Hope / Marcello
I'll Take Sweden
1965as Bob Holcomb
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965as Self
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
1964as Bill Blakely
A Global Affair
1964as Frank Larrimore
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
1963as Self
Call Me Bwana
1963as Matt
Critic's Choice
1963as Parker Ballantine
The Sound of Laughter
1963as Bing Fawcett - Plumber
The Road to Hong Kong
1962as Chester Babcock
The Bing Crosby Show
1961as Self
Bachelor in Paradise
1961as Adam J. Niles
Project XX: The Story of Will Rogers
1961as Self - Narrator
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960as Self
The Facts of Life
1960as Larry Gilbert
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
Alias Jesse James
1959as Milford Farnsworth
Paris Holiday
1958as Robert Leslie Hunter
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958as Self
Beau James
1957as Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
The Iron Petticoat
1956as Captain Chuck Lockwood
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956as Influential Man
That Certain Feeling
1956as Francis X. Dignan
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956as Self
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956as Himself/Ricky Ricardo
The Awful Truth
1956as Jerry Warner
Playing Fields Association: Cricket
1955as Self
The Seven Little Foys
1955as Eddie Foy
Casanova's Big Night
1954as Pippo Popolino
Scared Stiff
1953as Skeleton (uncredited)
Here Come the Girls
1953as Stanley Snodgrass
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952as Spectator (uncredited)
Off Limits
1952as Wally Hogan
Son of Paleface
1952as Peter Potter Jr.
Road to Bali
1952as Harold Gridley
My Favorite Spy
1951as Peanuts White / Eric Augustine
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951as Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)
You Can Change The World
1950as Self
Screen Actors
1950as Self (uncredited)
Fancy Pants
1950as Humphrey / Arthur Tyler
Sorrowful Jones
1949as Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
The Great Lover
1949as Freddie Hunter
The Paleface
1948as 'Painless' Peter Potter
Is Everybody Listening?
1947as Bob Hope - Bob Hope Radio Program
Variety Girl
1947as Bob Hope
Road to Rio
1947as Hot Lips Barton
My Favorite Brunette
1947as Ronnie Jackson
Where There's Life
1947as Michael Joseph Valentine
Road to Utopia
1946as Chester Hooton
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946as Monsieur Beaucaire
Road to Home
1945as Self
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945as Bob Hope
Story of G.I. Joe
1945as Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945as Self - Host
The Princess and the Pirate
1944as Sylvester the Great
Memo for Joe
1944as Self
Show-Business at War
1943as Self
Combat America
1943as Self
A Welcome to Britain
1943as Self (uncredited)
Let's Face It
1943as Jerry Walker
They Got Me Covered
1943as Robert Kittredge
Strictly G.I.
1943as Self - Master of Ceremonies
Don't Hook Now
1943as Self
Road to Morocco
1942as Orville Jackson
My Favorite Blonde
1942as Larry Haines
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942as Bob Hope
Bob's Busy Day
1942as Bob
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
1942as Self
Road to Zanzibar
1941as Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier
Louisiana Purchase
1941as Jim Taylor
Nothing but the Truth
1941as Steve Bennett
Caught in the Draft
1941as Don Bolton
Road to Singapore
1940as Ace Lannigan
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940as Self - Master of Ceremonies
The Ghost Breakers
1940as Larry Lawrence
Some Like It Hot
1939as Nicky Nelson
The Cat and the Canary
1939as Wally Campbell
Never Say Die
1939as John Kidley
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938as Buzz Fielding
Give Me a Sailor
1938as Jim Brewster
College Swing
1938as Bud Brady
Thanks for the Memory
1938as Steve Merrick
Calling All Tars
1936as Bobby
Shop Talk
1936as Robert Hope Jr.
The Old Grey Mayor
1935as Bob
Double Exposure
1935as Photographer / Robert
Watch the Birdie
1935as Bob
Going Spanish
1934as Bob
Paree, Paree
1934as Peter
Bob Hope: The Vietnam Years 1964-1972
as Bob Hope
Television (59)
O.J.: Made in America
2016as Self (archive footage)
Pebble Mill
1991as Self
The Simpsons
1989as Bob Hope (voice)
The Jim Henson Hour
1989as Himself
The Golden Girls
1985as Bob Hope
Highway to Heaven
1984as Sycopomp
Late Night with David Letterman
1982as Self
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
1980as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978as Self
The Muppet Show
1976as Self - Special Guest Star
Donny & Marie
1976as Self
The Captain and Tennille
1976as Self - Guest
People's Choice Awards
1975as Self - Presenter
Dinah!
1974as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973as Self
Midi trente
1972as Self
Great Performances
1971as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971as Self
Treffpunkte
1970as Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969as Self
The Barbara McNair Show
1969as Self
The Johnny Cash Show
1969as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968as Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968as Self (uncredited)
The Carol Burnett Show
1967as Self (uncredited)
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967as Makeup Man
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966as Library Patron
Get Smart
1965as Room Service Attendant (uncredited)
The Hollywood Palace
1964as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963as Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962as Self
The Lucy Show
1962as Plumber's Assistant
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self - Co-Host
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961as Self
Startime
1959
Kraft Music Hall
1958as Self
The Dick Clark Show
1958as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957as Self
The Thin Man
1957as Self (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra Show
1957as Self
Tony Awards
1956as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956as Self - Guest
Cinépanorama
1956as Self
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955as Bob Hope (uncredited)
The Chevy Show
1955as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Self
Project XX
1954as Narrator
The Oscars
1953as Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951as Self - Cameo
I Love Lucy
1951as Bob Hope
The Bob Hope Show
1950as Self - Host
What's My Line?
1950as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950as Self - Lux Video Theatre Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944as Self - Presenter
Talking Comedy
Crew (13)
Movies (12)
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
1992Executive Producer
Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia
1991Executive Producer
Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy
1989Executive Producer
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show
1988Executive Producer
Cancel My Reservation
1972Executive Producer
Roberta
1969Executive Producer
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965Associate Producer
Alias Jesse James
1959Executive Producer
Paris Holiday
1958Producer
Paris Holiday
1958Story
My Favorite Brunette
1947Producer
My Favorite Brunette
1947Writer
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