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The Best of Carson, Volume 1
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Bob Hope
Also known as: Leslie Townes Hope, Leslie Hope, Lester Hope...
Acting
Nationality:United States
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Lester Townes "Bob" Hope (né Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring in 54, including a series of seven Road to ... musical comedy films with Bing Crosby as his partner. He reached his 100th birthday 59 days before he died in 2003. Hope hosted the Academy Awards ceremony a record 19 times. He also appeared in many stage productions and television roles and wrote 14 books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" was his signature tune. He was praised for his comedic timing, specializing in one-liners and rapid-fire delivery of jokes that were often self-deprecating. Between 1941 and 1991, he made 57 tours for the United Service Organizations (USO), entertaining military personnel around the world. In 1997, Congress passed a bill that made him an honorary veteran of the Armed Forces. 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. He became a boxer in the late 1910s, but moved into show business in the early 1920s, initially as a comedian and dancer on the vaudeville circuit before acting on Broadway. He began appearing on radio and in films in his 30s, starting in 1934. Hope retired from public life in 1999 and died in 2003, at 100.
Filmography (185 movies)
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Raquel!
1970
as Self
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A Tribute to Dr. Shock
1980
as Self (archive footage)
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Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
as Self
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Bob Hope's USO Christmas in Beirut
1984
as Self
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Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
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George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983
as Self
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This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
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The Great Radio Comedians
1971
as Self (archive footage)
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Liberation
1994
as Self (archive footage)
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The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the World with the USO
1968
as Self
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Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories
1993
as Self
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A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
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Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
as Self
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
as Self
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Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
1996
as Self - Co-Host
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Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self (archive footage)
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The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
1964
as Bill Blakely
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)
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CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
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The Muppet Movie
1979
as Ice Cream Vendor
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Some Like It Hot
1939
as Nicky Nelson
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Nothing But the Truth
1941
as Steve Bennett
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Double Exposure
1935
as Photographer / Robert
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A Welcome to Britain
1943
as Self (uncredited)
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The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
as Self
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The Princess and the Pirate
1944
as Sylvester the Great
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The Cat and the Canary
1939
as Wally Campbell
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Road to Morocco
1942
as Orville Jackson
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Road to Rio
1947
as Hot Lips Barton
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Never Say Die
1939
as John Kidley
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College Swing
1938
as Bud Brady
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The Great Lover
1949
as Freddie Hunter
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Road to Utopia
1946
as Chester Hooton
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Louisiana Purchase
1941
as Jim Taylor
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My Favorite Brunette
1947
Producer
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Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956
as Self
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Road to Singapore
1940
as Ace Lannigan
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The Ghost Breakers
1940
as Larry Lawrence
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The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
as Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)
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Story of G.I. Joe
1945
as Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
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My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Larry Haines
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Son of Paleface
1952
as Peter Potter Jr.
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Road to Zanzibar
1941
as Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier
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Bachelor in Paradise
1961
as Adam J. Niles
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The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Buzz Fielding
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Road to Bali
1953
as Harold Gridley
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Spies Like Us
1985
as Self
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The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968
as Sgt. Dan O'Farrell
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Variety Girl
1947
as Bob Hope
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Sorrowful Jones
1949
as Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
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The Paleface
1948
as 'Painless' Peter Potter
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self
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Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as Self
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Screen Actors
1950
as Self (uncredited)
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The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977
as Self
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
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Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Bob Hope
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The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
1977
as Host / Barf Vader
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My Favorite Spy
1951
as Peanuts White / Eric Augustine
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The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
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The Old Grey Mayor
1935
as Bob
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Happy Birthday, Bob!
1983
as Self
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The Seven Little Foys
1955
as Eddie Foy
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Strictly G.I.
1943
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
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They Got Me Covered
1943
as Robert Kittredge
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Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Pippo Popolino
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Alias Jesse James
1959
Executive Producer
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Where There's Life
1947
as Michael Joseph Valentine
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Give Me a Sailor
1938
as Jim Brewster
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The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as Chester Babcock
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You Can Change The World
1950
as Self
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Going Spanish
1934
as Bob
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The Iron Petticoat
1956
as Captain Chuck Lockwood
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Fancy Pants
1950
as Humphrey / Arthur Tyler
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Thanks for the Memory
1938
as Steve Merrick
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Off Limits
1952
as Wally Hogan
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Caught in the Draft
1941
as Don Bolton
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Critic's Choice
1963
as Parker Ballantine
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Watch the Birdie
1935
as Bob
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Combat America
1943
as Self
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Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
as Monsieur Beaucaire
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That Certain Feeling
1956
as Francis X. Dignan
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Cancel My Reservation
1972
Executive Producer
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Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945
as Bob Hope
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Paris Holiday
1958
Producer
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Call Me Bwana
1963
as Matt
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The Facts of Life
1960
as Larry Gilbert
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The All-Star Bond Rally
1945
as Self - Host
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Is Everybody Listening?
1947
as Bob Hope - Bob Hope Radio Program
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Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956
as Influential Man
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Bob's Busy Day
1942
as Bob
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Road to Home
1945
as Self
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Roberta
1969
Executive Producer
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The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
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Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966
as Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
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Eight on the Lam
1967
as Henry Dimsdale
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I'll Take Sweden
1965
as Bob Holcomb
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Paree, Paree
1934
as Peter
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How to Commit Marriage
1969
as Frank Benson
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Beau James
1957
as Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
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A Global Affair
1964
as Frank Larrimore
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Let's Face It
1943
as Jerry Walker
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Here Come the Girls
1953
as Stanley Snodgrass
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Joys
1976
as Self
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That Little Monster
1994
as Bob Hope / Bob (uncredited)
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The Sound of Laughter
1963
as Bing Fawcett - Plumber
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The Bing Crosby Show
1961
as Self
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Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
as Self
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Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
as Self
Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
1973
as Commentator
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Playing Fields Association: Cricket
1955
as Self
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010
Pat Boone and Family: A Thanksgiving Special
1978
as Self
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as Self (archive footage)
Shop Talk
1936
as Robert Hope Jr.
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
as (archive footage)
The Jack Benny Hour
1965
as Bob Hope / Marcello
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
1970
as Self
Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy
1989
Executive Producer
Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling
1973
as Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
1942
as Self
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Calling All Tars
1936
as Bobby
Bob Hope and the Road to Success
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
2002
as Self (archive footage)
It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour
1984
as Self - Host
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show
1988
Executive Producer
Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia
1991
Executive Producer
Bob Hope on the Road to China
1979
as Self - Host
Carnival Nights
1968
as Self
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976
The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special
1981
as Himself
Project XX: The Story of Will Rogers
1961
as Self - Narrator
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
1989
as Self
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self
The Bob Hope Christmas Special
1971
as Self
Bob Hope: The Vietnam Years 1964-1972
TBA
as Bob Hope
Bob Hope's Super Bowl Party!
1989
as Self
Festival at Ford's
1971
as Self
Honor America Day
1970
as Self
Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl
1977
as Self
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular
1996
as Self
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
1982
as Self
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
1974
as Self - Host
The Bob Hope Mardi Gras Special
1973
as Self - Host
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as Self
Shanks for the Memory
1994
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965
as Self
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956
as Himself/Ricky Ricardo
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
as Self (archive footage)
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
1963
as Self
Bob Hope Comedy Special
1967
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991
as Self
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Dors: The Other Diana
1990
Just a Song and Dance
1987
Don't Hook Now
1943
as Self
Radio Star - Die AFN-Story
1995
as Self
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
1981
as Himself
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
1992
Executive Producer
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
2010
as Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self
Derby Fever USA
1979
as Self
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003
as Self
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
2005
as Self
Memo for Joe
1944
as Self
Leif
1979
as Self
A Masterpiece of Murder
1986
as Dan Dolan
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
2008
as Self
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
2016
as Self
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