Bob Hope

Bob Hope

American entertainer (1903–2003)

Lester Townes "Bob" Hope was a British-born American comedian, actor, musician, 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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 66 films (1934–1979) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 436 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1934 PAREE, PAREE. Vitaphone Corp. 2 reels B&W
1938 COLLEGE SWING. Paramount Pictures Inc. 9 reels B&W
1938 GIVE ME A SAILOR. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 THANKS FOR THE MEMORY. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels 16mm B&W sound
1938 The big broadcast of 1938. Paramount Pictures Inc. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1939 Never Say Die Elliott Nugent
1939 THE CAT AND THE CANARY. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels 16mm B&W Silent
1940 ROAD TO SINGAPORE Paramount 90min 16mm B&W Sound
1940 Road To Singapore. Victor Schertzinger 9 reels
1940 The Ghost Breakers. George Marshall 9 reels
1941 Caught In The Draft. David Butler 8 reels B&W
1941 Louisiana Purchase Kodak 22 0:22:00 16mm B&W sound
1941 Louisiana Purchase. Irving Cummings 11 reels. Color sound
1941 Nothing But The Truth. Elliott Nugent 9 reels B&W
1941 Road To Zanzibar. Paramount 9 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1942 My Favorite Blonde. Sidney Lanfield 8 reels B&W
1942 The Road To Morocco. Paramount 9 reels 16mm Sound
1942 They Got Me Covered. David Butler 94 min. B&W
1943 Let's Face It. Sidney Lanfield 7 reels
1943 SHOW BUSINESS AT WAR ▶ March of Time 16mm B&W
1943 They got me covered. David Butler 83 min 16mm B&W sound
1944 The Princess And The Pirate. David Butler 94 min. Color sound
1946 Monsieur Beaucaire. George Marshall 10 reels B&W
1946 Road to utopia. Paramount Pictures Inc. 3200 16mm B&W sound
1947 My Favorite Brunette Dist By Aims Media 87 min. 16mm B&W sound
1947 Road to Rio Jack Rose, Norman Z. McLeod 12:00 B&W
1947 Road to Rio. Bing Crosby Enterprises 3475 16mm B&W sound
1947 Road To Rio. Jack Rose, Norman Z. McLeod 100 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 Variety Girl. George Marshall 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Where There's Life. Sidney Lanfield 75 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 The Paleface. Norman Z. McLeod 91 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Sorrowful Jones Sidney Lanfield 88 min B&W
1949 Sorrowful Jones. Sidney Lanfield 88 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 The Great Lover Alexander Hall 80 min B&W
1950 Fancy Pants. Paramount Pictures Corp. 92 min. 35mm Color sound
1950 Screen Actors ▶ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8:42 16mm B&W sound
1950 You Can Change the World ▶ Leo McCarey B&W
1950 YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD ▶ christopher-films B&W
1950 You can change the world. Leo McCarey 11:50 16mm B&W sound
1951 My Favorite Spy. Paramount Pictures Corp. 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 THE LEMON DROP KID. Hope Enterprises Inc.; Sidney Lanfield. 91 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 You Can Change The World ▶ christophers 30 min 16mm B&W sound
1952 Son Of Paleface Paramount Pictures Corporation 95 min. 16mm Color sound
1953 Here Come The Girls. Hope Enterprises Inc. 100 min 35mm Color sound
1953 Road to Bali. Bing Crosby Enterprises Inc. and Hope Enterprises Inc. 91 min. 35mm Color sound
1954 Casanova’s Big Night. Paramount Pictures Corp. 86 min. 35mm Color sound
1955 The Seven Little Foys Paramount Pictures Corporation 3200 16mm Color sound
1956 That Certain Feeling Melvin Frank 103 min Color
1956 The Iron Petticoat. Hope Records Inc. & Benhar Productions Inc. 94 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 Beau James. Hope Enterprises Inc. & Scribe Productions 105 min 35mm Color sound