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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 3, 1903
Died
October 14, 1977
Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- Harry Lillis Crosby
- Der Bingle
- Бинг Кросби
- The Rhythm Boys
Bing Crosby
1.2 Popularity
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 person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music. Crosby won an Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O'Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way and was nominated for his reprise of the role in The Bells of St. Mary's opposite Ingrid Bergman the next year, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations with longtime friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to... films from 1940 to 1962. Crosby influenced the development of the postwar recording industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to America by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in a California electronics company called Ampex to build copies. He then convinced ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. Through the medium of recording, he constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became an industry standard. In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped to finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.
Known For
7.9
(archival footage)
Twiggy
2025
0.0
Self (archive footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
8.4
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022
6.7
Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
7.6
Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
7.5
Self (archive footage)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
6.8
Jeff Peters (archive footage)
Howard
2018
8.0
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Credits
Twiggy
as (archival footage)
2025
7.9
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
8.4
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
as Self (archive footage)
2022
0.0
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
2022
6.7
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.6
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.5
Howard
as Jeff Peters (archive footage)
2018
6.8
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
2017
8.0
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
as Self (archive footage)
2012
0.0
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
as Self
2010
0.0
The Best of Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
2010
0.0
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
as Self
2007
0.0
Legends
as Self (archive footage)
2006
5.0
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
as Archive Footage
2006
0.0
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006
7.2
🎬
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
as Self
2005
0.0
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
as Self
2004
0.0
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
as Self
2004
0.0
🎬
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
as Self (Archive Footage)
2003
0.0
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
as (archive footage)
2003
5.0
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
as Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)
2003
8.2
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
2002
7.5
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
🎬
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
as Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
5.0
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
🎬
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
1999
0.0
Classic Commercials: Volume 3
1998
0.0
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self - Host (archive footage)
1998
0.0
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Bob Wallace (archive footage)
1997
5.4
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Shanks for the Memory
1994
0.0
Songs That Won the War
as Himself (Archive)
1994
8.0
🎬
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
1992
6.0
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1992
0.0
The Magic of Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
1991
0.0
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
1990
0.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.0
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.5
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1986
0.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
0.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Disney's Halloween Treat
as (archive footage)
1982
5.9
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
1982
0.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1979
0.0
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
as Himself (archival footage)
1978
0.0
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
as Self
1977
5.3
Halloween Hall o' Fame
as Narrator/Brom Bones
1977
0.0
Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway
as Himself
1977
5.5
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
0.0
🎬
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as Self
1975
0.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
1974
7.4
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
1973
8.0
Cancel My Reservation
as Himself (uncredited)
1972
5.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas
as Himself
1971
6.0
🎬
The Great Radio Comedians
as Self
1971
8.0
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
🎬
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
1971
0.0
Dr. Cook's Garden
as Leonard Cook
1971
6.6
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
as Self
1970
0.0
Goldilocks
as Self / Papa Bear (voice)
1970
0.0
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Mark Twain
1970
6.0
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
6.1
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
as Himself
1966
10.0
Stagecoach
as Doc Josiah Boone
1966
6.0
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
1966
5.7
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
as Self (host)
1965
6.0
🎬
Bob Hope Christmas Show
as Self
1965
0.0
The Bing Crosby Show
as Bing Collins
1964
5.0
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Allen A. Dale
1964
6.1
The Sound of Laughter
as Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)
1963
2.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as George Warren
1963
5.7
The Bing Crosby Show
as Himself
1962
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Road to Hong Kong
as Harry Turner
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self (archive footage)
1961
5.4
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
1961
2.0
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
1961
0.0
The Grand Olympics
as Himself
1961
5.6
Pepe
as Bing Crosby
1960
6.3
High Time
as Harvey Howard
1960
6.1
Let's Make Love
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
1960
6.4
Lifetime of Comedy
as (archive footage)
1960
5.5
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self
1959
0.0
Say One for Me
as Father Conroy
1959
4.5
Alias Jesse James
as Bing (uncredited)
1959
5.8
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
6.0
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
as Self
1957
0.0
Frank Sinatra Show
as Self
1957
0.0
The Edsel Show
as Self
1957
0.0
Man on Fire
as Earl Carleton
1957
5.8
High Society
as C. K. Dexter-Haven
1956
6.8
Anything Goes
as Bill Benson
1956
6.0
High Tor
as Van Van Dorn
1956
7.5
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
as Influential Man
1956
5.0
The Country Girl
as Frank Elgin
1954
6.9
White Christmas
as Bob Wallace
1954
7.2
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
1954
0.0
Little Boy Lost
as Bill Wainright
1953
7.7
Scared Stiff
as Skeleton (uncredited)
1953
6.4
Off Limits
as Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)
1952
5.6
Road to Bali
as George Cochran
1952
6.2
Just for You
as Jordan Blake
1952
4.8
Son of Paleface
as Driver (uncredited)
1952
6.3
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Spectator (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Angels in the Outfield
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
1951
6.7
Here Comes the Groom
as Peter 'Pete' Garvey
1951
5.2
Mr. Music
as Paul Merrick
1950
4.0
The Jack Benny Program
as Bing Crosby
1950
7.8
🎬
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Riding High
as Dan Brooks
1950
5.8
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
You Can Change The World
as Self
1950
5.8
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Narrator
1949
7.4
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
1949
6.5
Top o' the Morning
as Joe Mulqueen
1949
5.4
Jolson Sings Again
as Himself (voice) (uncredited)
1949
6.0
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
1949
0.0
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Hank Martin
1949
6.2
The Emperor Waltz
as Virgil Smith
1948
6.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Road to Rio
as Scat Sweeney
1947
6.8
Variety Girl
as Bing Crosby
1947
6.1
Road to Hollywood
as Himself
1947
4.3
Welcome Stranger
as Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
1947
6.6
My Favorite Brunette
as Harry (uncredited)
1947
6.6
Blue Skies
as Johnny Adams
1946
6.1
Road to Utopia
as Duke Johnson
1946
6.7
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Father Chuck O'Malley
1945
6.8
🎬
We've Got Another Bond to Buy
1945
0.0
Hollywood Victory Caravan
as Bing Crosby
1945
5.2
Duffy's Tavern
as Bing Crosby
1945
6.1
Out of This World
as Herbie Fenton (singing voice)
1945
7.3
🎬
Road to Home
as Self
1945
5.0
The All-Star Bond Rally
as Self
1945
5.0
Here Come the Waves
as Johnny Cabot
1944
5.0
The Princess and the Pirate
as Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
1944
6.9
🎬
The Road to Victory
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
1944
5.5
The Shining Future
as Self
1944
4.0
Going My Way
as Father Chuck O'Malley
1944
6.7
Dixie
as Daniel Decatur Emmett
1943
3.0
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
🎬
Don't Hook Now
as Self
1943
0.0
They Got Me Covered
as Music Box (voice)
1943
5.9
Road to Morocco
as Jeff Peters
1942
6.9
My Favorite Blonde
as Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Bing Crosby
1942
6.0
Holiday Inn
as Jim Hardy
1942
7.1
Birth of the Blues
as Jeff Lambert
1941
6.0
Road to Zanzibar
as Chuck Reardon
1941
6.3
Rhythm on the River
as Bob Sommers
1940
6.8
🎬
Swing with Bing
as Himself
1940
4.0
If I Had My Way
as Buzz Blackwell
1940
6.4
Road to Singapore
as Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V
1940
6.5
The Star Maker
as Larry Earl
1939
0.0
East Side of Heaven
as Denny Martin
1939
7.1
Paris Honeymoon
as 'Lucky' Lawton
1939
3.0
Sing, You Sinners
as Joe Beebe
1938
6.7
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
1938
4.5
Doctor Rhythm
as Dr. Bill Remsen
1938
6.0
Double or Nothing
as 'Lefty' Boylan
1937
6.6
Waikiki Wedding
as Tony Marvin
1937
5.5
Pennies from Heaven
as Larry Poole
1936
6.9
Rhythm on the Range
as Jeff Larabee
1936
4.0
Anything Goes
as Billy Crocker
1936
5.3
The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Bing
1935
5.5
Two for Tonight
as Gilbert Gordon
1935
6.5
Mississippi
as Tom Grayson
1935
6.7
Here Is My Heart
as J. Paul Jones
1934
6.8
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
1934
5.5
She Loves Me Not
as Paul Lawton
1934
5.6
We're Not Dressing
as Stephen Jones
1934
6.7
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as Self
1934
0.0
Going Hollywood
as Bill 'Billy' Williams
1933
5.3
Please
as Howard Jones
1933
0.0
Too Much Harmony
as Eddie Bronson
1933
5.0
College Humor
as Professor Frederick Danvers
1933
5.3
Sing, Bing, Sing
as Bing
1933
5.6
The Big Broadcast
as Bing Hornsby
1932
7.1
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
as Self
1932
1.0
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
1932
3.0
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
as Self (uncredited)
1932
0.0
Billboard Girl
as Bing
1932
3.5
🎬
Dream House
as Bing Fawcett (Plumber)
1932
7.4
One More Chance
as Bing Bangs
1931
5.0
Blue of the Night
as Bing Crosby / Jack Smith
1931
5.7
I Surrender Dear
as Bing Crosby
1931
5.6
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Bing
1931
5.8
Reaching for the Moon
as Bing
1930
5.4
The March of Time
as Self
1930
0.0
Two Plus Fours
as Bing
1930
4.5
King of Jazz
as Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
1930
6.2