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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 29, 1903
Died
July 27, 2003
Place of Birth
Eltham, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Leslie Townes Hope
Bob Hope
1.2 Popularity
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 books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" was his signature tune. 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. After a brief stint in the late 1910s as a boxer, Hope began his career in show business in the early 1920s, initially as a comedian and dancer on the vaudeville circuit, before acting on Broadway. Hope began appearing on radio and in films starting in 1934. He was praised for his comedic timing, specializing in one-liners and rapid-fire delivery of jokes that were often self-deprecating. He helped establish modern American stand-up comedy. Between 1941 and 1991, Hope made 57 tours for the United Service Organizations (USO), entertaining active duty U.S. military personnel around the world. In 1997, the United States Congress passed a bill that made Hope an honorary veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. Hope appeared in numerous television specials for NBC during his career and was one of the first users of cue cards. Hope retired from public life in 1998 and died on July 27, 2003, at the age of 100.
Known For
7.0
Self - Co-Host, 47th Academy Awards (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Sally
2025
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
6.2
Self (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
6.8
Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)
Howard
2018
8.0
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
8.0
Self (archive footage)
O.J.: Made in America
2016
0.0
Self
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
2016
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
Credits
Breakdown: 1975
as Self - Co-Host, 47th Academy Awards (archive footage)
2025
7.0
Sally
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.7
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
as Self (archive footage)
2022
0.0
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.2
Howard
as Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)
2018
6.8
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
2017
8.0
O.J.: Made in America
as Self (archive footage)
2016
8.0
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
as Self
2016
0.0
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
as Self
2010
0.0
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
as Self (archive footage)
2010
8.5
The Best of Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
2010
0.0
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.5
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
as Self
2008
0.0
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
10.0
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
as Self (archive footage)
2006
5.0
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
0.0
🎬
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
as Self
2005
0.0
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
2004
7.6
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.5
Christmas in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
🎬
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
as Self
2003
0.0
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
2002
7.5
🎬
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
as Self (archive footage)
2002
0.0
Bob Hope and the Road to Success
as Self (archive footage)
2002
0.0
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
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
Buñuel in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2000
7.0
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
as (archive footage)
1999
0.0
🎬
Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died
as Self (archive footage)
1999
0.0
🎬
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
1999
0.0
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
5.0
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
4.9
🎬
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
as Self - Co-Host
1996
7.5
🎬
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular
as Self
1996
0.0
🎬
Radio Star - Die AFN-Story
as Self
1995
0.0
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Forrest Gump
as Self - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
8.5
Shanks for the Memory
1994
0.0
That Little Monster
as Bob Hope / Bob (uncredited)
1994
3.4
Liberation
as Self (archive footage)
1994
7.8
A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
8.0
🎬
Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories
as Self
1993
8.0
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
as Self
1992
0.0
🎬
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
as Self
1991
0.0
🎬
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
3.1
Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia
as Self
1991
0.0
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
1990
0.0
Dors: The Other Diana
1990
0.0
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
as Self (archive footage)
1990
8.3
🎬
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1990
8.8
The Simpsons
as Bob Hope (voice)
1989
8.0
🎬
Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy
as Self - Host
1989
0.0
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
as Self
1989
0.0
The Jim Henson Hour
as Himself
1989
8.8
🎬
Bob Hope's Super Bowl Party!
as Self
1989
0.0
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show
as Self
1988
0.0
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988
8.0
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
as Self
1988
0.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1988
6.0
🎬
Just a Song and Dance
1987
0.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
🎬
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self
1986
6.0
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
as Self
1986
0.0
🎬
A Masterpiece of Murder
as Dan Dolan
1986
0.0
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
1986
9.0
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1986
0.0
Spies Like Us
as Self
1985
6.2
The Golden Girls
as Bob Hope
1985
7.6
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
0.0
🎬
It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour
as Self - Host
1984
0.0
Highway to Heaven
as Sycopomp
1984
7.4
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as Self
1984
0.0
🎬
Bob Hope's USO Christmas in Beirut
as Self
1984
9.0
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
as Self
1983
8.0
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
5.0
🎬
Happy Birthday, Bob!
as Self
1983
6.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
🎬
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
as Self
1982
0.0
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
5.9
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self
1982
0.0
The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special
as Himself
1981
0.0
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
as Himself
1981
0.0
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
as Self
1980
5.0
A Tribute to Dr. Shock
as Self (archive footage)
1980
10.0
Lucy Moves to NBC
as Self
1980
1.0
🎬
Bob Hope on the Road to China
as Self - Host
1979
0.0
The Muppet Movie
as Ice Cream Vendor
1979
7.2
Leif
as Self
1979
0.0
The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
1979
0.0
🎬
Derby Fever USA
as Self
1979
0.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Self
1978
7.7
Mickey's 50
as Self
1978
0.0
Pat Boone and Family: A Thanksgiving Special
as Self
1978
0.0
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1978
0.0
🎬
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
as Host / Barf Vader
1977
6.0
🎬
Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl
as Self
1977
0.0
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
as Self
1977
6.0
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976
0.0
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
1976
7.3
The Captain and Tennille
as Self
1976
5.5
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
Joys
as Self
1976
4.0
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
6.7
🎬
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
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
0.0
Hearts and Minds
as Self (archive footage)
1974
7.7
🎬
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
as Self - Host
1974
0.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling
as Self
1973
0.0
The Bob Hope Mardi Gras Special
as Self - Host
1973
0.0
🎬
Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
as Commentator
1973
0.0
Cancel My Reservation
as Dan Bartlett
1972
5.3
🎬
Midi trente
as Self
1972
6.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
🎬
Festival at Ford's
as Self
1971
0.0
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
as Self
1971
7.0
🎬
The Great Radio Comedians
as Self (archive footage)
1971
8.0
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
🎬
The Bob Hope Christmas Special
as Self
1971
0.0
🎬
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
as Self
1970
0.0
Honor America Day
as Self
1970
0.0
🎬
Treffpunkte
as Self
1970
0.0
Raquel!
as Self
1970
10.0
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Self
1970
6.0
🎬
Roberta
as Huck Haines
1969
5.0
🎬
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
1969
0.0
How to Commit Marriage
as Frank Benson
1969
4.8
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
6.5
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self
1968
7.6
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
as Sgt. Dan O'Farrell
1968
6.1
Carnival Nights
as Self
1968
0.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the World with the USO
as Self
1968
8.0
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
1968
2.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self (uncredited)
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1967
7.7
Eight on the Lam
as Henry Dimsdale
1967
4.9
🎬
Bob Hope Comedy Special
1967
0.0
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Self - USO Christmas Show (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
5.5
🎬
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
0.0
The Pruitts of Southampton
as Library Patron
1966
5.3
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
as Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade
1966
5.2
The Oscar
as Bob Hope
1966
4.8
🎬
Bob Hope Christmas Show
as Self
1965
0.0
The Jack Benny Hour
as Bob Hope / Marcello
1965
0.0
Get Smart
as Room Service Attendant (uncredited)
1965
7.9
I'll Take Sweden
as Bob Holcomb
1965
4.8
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
as Bill Blakely
1964
7.5
A Global Affair
as Frank Larrimore
1964
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
The Sound of Laughter
as Bing Fawcett - Plumber
1963
2.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Self - Host
1963
5.7
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
as Self
1963
0.0
Call Me Bwana
as Matt
1963
5.2
Critic's Choice
as Parker Ballantine
1963
5.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Lucy Show
as Plumber's Assistant
1962
7.0
The Road to Hong Kong
as Chester Babcock
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
1961
2.0
Bachelor in Paradise
as Adam J. Niles
1961
6.3
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Self
1961
6.0
Project XX: The Story of Will Rogers
as Self - Narrator
1961
0.0
The Facts of Life
as Larry Gilbert
1960
5.1
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
1960
6.0
Startime
1959
6.0
Alias Jesse James
as Milford Farnsworth
1959
5.8
🎬
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
0.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
6.0
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
Paris Holiday
as Robert Leslie Hunter
1958
5.2
The Dick Clark Show
as Self
1958
5.5
Frank Sinatra Show
as Self
1957
0.0
The Thin Man
as Self (uncredited)
1957
7.5
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Beau James
as Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
1957
4.5
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
as Himself/Ricky Ricardo
1956
0.0
The Iron Petticoat
as Captain Chuck Lockwood
1956
5.8
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
That Certain Feeling
as Francis X. Dignan
1956
5.3
Tony Awards
as Self
1956
5.9
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
as Influential Man
1956
5.0
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as Self
1956
6.5
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Bob Hope (uncredited)
1955
6.5
The Chevy Show
as Self
1955
0.0
The Seven Little Foys
as Eddie Foy
1955
6.0
Playing Fields Association: Cricket
as Self
1955
0.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1954
7.8
Project XX
as Narrator
1954
6.0
Casanova's Big Night
as Pippo Popolino
1954
5.8
Here Come the Girls
as Stanley Snodgrass
1953
4.1
Scared Stiff
as Skeleton (uncredited)
1953
6.4
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Off Limits
as Wally Hogan
1952
5.6
Road to Bali
as Harold Gridley
1952
6.2
Son of Paleface
as Peter Potter Jr.
1952
6.3
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Spectator (uncredited)
1952
6.3
My Favorite Spy
as Peanuts White / Eric Augustine
1951
6.0
I Love Lucy
as Bob Hope
1951
7.9
The Red Skelton Show
as Self - Cameo
1951
7.4
The Lemon Drop Kid
as Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)
1951
6.5
The Jack Benny Program
as Bob Hope
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Self / Clyde
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Self
1950
7.8
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Self - Intermission Guest
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Self - Lux Video Theatre Guest
1950
6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
1950
6.8
Fancy Pants
as Humphrey / Arthur Tyler
1950
5.6
🎬
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
1950
6.0
The Bob Hope Show
as Self - Host
1950
7.0
You Can Change The World
as Self
1950
5.8
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
The Great Lover
as Freddie Hunter
1949
6.8
Sorrowful Jones
as Humphrey "Sorrowful" Jones
1949
6.1
The Paleface
as 'Painless' Peter Potter
1948
6.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Road to Rio
as Hot Lips Barton
1947
6.8
Where There's Life
as Michael Joseph Valentine
1947
5.8
🎬
Is Everybody Listening?
as Bob Hope - Bob Hope Radio Program
1947
5.0
Variety Girl
as Bob Hope
1947
6.1
My Favorite Brunette
as Ronnie Jackson
1947
6.6
Monsieur Beaucaire
as Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
5.4
Road to Utopia
as Chester Hooton
1946
6.7
Hollywood Victory Caravan
as Bob Hope
1945
5.2
Story of G.I. Joe
as Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
1945
6.4
🎬
Road to Home
as Self
1945
5.0
The All-Star Bond Rally
as Self - Host
1945
5.0
The Princess and the Pirate
as Sylvester the Great
1944
6.9
Memo for Joe
as Self
1944
0.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Let's Face It
as Jerry Walker
1943
4.5
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
🎬
Don't Hook Now
as Self
1943
0.0
They Got Me Covered
as Robert Kittredge
1943
5.9
Combat America
as Self
1943
5.4
A Welcome to Britain
as Self (uncredited)
1943
7.0
Strictly G.I.
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
1943
6.0
Road to Morocco
as Orville Jackson
1942
6.9
Bob's Busy Day
as Bob
1942
5.0
My Favorite Blonde
as Larry Haines
1942
6.4
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Bob Hope
1942
6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
as Self
1942
0.0
Louisiana Purchase
as Jim Taylor
1941
6.6
Nothing But the Truth
as Steve Bennett
1941
7.1
Caught in the Draft
as Don Bolton
1941
5.6
Road to Zanzibar
as Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier
1941
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
1940
6.5
The Ghost Breakers
as Larry Lawrence
1940
6.5
Road to Singapore
as Ace Lannigan
1940
6.5
The Cat and the Canary
as Wally Campbell
1939
6.9
Some Like It Hot
as Nicky Nelson
1939
7.2
Never Say Die
as John Kidley
1939
6.8
Thanks for the Memory
as Steve Merrick
1938
5.6
Give Me a Sailor
as Jim Brewster
1938
5.8
College Swing
as Bud Brady
1938
6.8
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Buzz Fielding
1938
6.3
Calling All Tars
as Bobby
1936
0.0
Shop Talk
as Robert Hope Jr.
1936
0.0
Double Exposure
as Photographer / Robert
1935
7.0
🎬
Watch the Birdie
as Bob
1935
5.5
The Old Grey Mayor
as Bob
1935
6.0
Paree, Paree
as Peter
1934
4.8
Going Spanish
as Bob
1934
5.8
Talking Comedy
N/A
0.0
🎬
Bob Hope: The Vietnam Years 1964-1972
as Bob Hope
N/A
0.0