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Bob Hope in
The Ghost Breakers trailer (1940)
This is a selection of films and television appearances by
British-American comedian and actor
Bob Hope (1903-2003). Hope, a former boxer, began his acting career in 1925 in various vaudeville acts and stage performances
Hope's feature film debut came in
The Big Broadcast of 1938 .(although he made his debut in film short
Going Spanish ). Hope continued to act, in addition to
stand-up comedy
USO performances for American military personnel that were stationed overseas. His final starring feature theatrical release was the comedy
Cancel My Reservation in 1972, (although he would feature in the 1986 made for TV film
A Masterpiece of Murder ). He retired in 1998.
Filmography
Film shorts
Going Spanish (1934) as Bob
Paree, Paree (1934) as Peter
Calling All Tars (1935)
Double Exposure (1935)
The Old Grey Mayor (1935)
Soup for Nuts (1935)
Watch the Birdie (1935)
Shop Talk (1936)
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 6 (1940)
Hedda Hopper 's Hollywood No. 4 (1942)
Don't Hook Now (1943)
Show Business at War (1943)
Combat America (1943)
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Strictly
G.I. (1943)
The All-Star Bond Rally (1945)
Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945)
March of Time Volume 14, No. 1: Is Everybody Listening? (1947)
Weekend in Hollywood (1947)
Screen Actors (1950)
You Can Change the World (1951)
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to
Al Jolson (1952)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Invisible Man (1954)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (1955)
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956)
The Heart of Show Business (1957)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Star Night (1957)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)
Theatrical features
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) (with
W. C. Fields and
Martha Raye ) as Buzz Fielding
College Swing (1938) (with
George Burns ,
Gracie Allen ,
Martha Raye , and
Betty Grable ) as Bud Brady
Give Me a Sailor (1938) (with
Martha Raye ,
Betty Grable , and
Jack Whiting ) as Jim Brewster
Thanks for the Memory (1938) (with
Shirley Ross ) as Steve Merrick
Never Say Die (1939) (with
Martha Raye and
Andy Devine ) as John Kidley
Some Like It Hot (1939; AKA Rhythm Romance ) (with
Shirley Ross and
Gene Krupa ) as Nicky Nelson
The Cat and the Canary (1939) (with
Paulette Goddard ) as Wally Campbell
Road to Singapore (1940) (with
Bing Crosby and
Dorothy Lamour ) as Ace Lannigan
The Ghost Breakers (1940) (with
Paulette Goddard ) as Larry Lawrence
Road to Zanzibar (1941) (with
Bing Crosby and
Dorothy Lamour ) as Fearless
Caught in the Draft (1941) (with
Eddie Bracken ) as Don Bolton
Nothing But the Truth (1941) (with
Paulette Goddard ) as Steve Bennett
Louisiana Purchase (1941) (with
Vera Zorina and
Victor Moore ) as Jim Taylor
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) (with
Bing Crosby and
Paramount Pictures all-star cast) as Bob Hope - Master of Ceremonies
My Favorite Blonde (1942) (with
Madeleine Carroll ) as Larry Haines
Road to Morocco (1942) (with
Bing Crosby and
Dorothy Lamour ) as Orville 'Turkey' Jackson / Aunt Lucy
They Got Me Covered (1943) (with
Dorothy Lamour ) as Robert Kittredge
Let's Face It (1943) (with
Betty Hutton ) as Jerry Walker
The Princess and the Pirate (1944) (with
Virginia Mayo and
Walter Brennan ) as Sylvester the Great
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) (voice on radio program; uncredited)
Road to Utopia (1946) (with
Bing Crosby and
Dorothy Lamour ) as Chester Hooton
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) (with
Joan Caulfield ) as Monsieur Beaucaire
My Favorite Brunette (1947) (with
Dorothy Lamour ,
Lon Chaney Jr. and
Peter Lorre ) as Ronnie Jackson
Variety Girl (1947) (with
Bing Crosby and
Paramount Pictures all-star cast) as Bob Hope
Where There's Life (1947) (with
William Bendix ) as Michael Joseph Valentine
Road to Rio (1947) (with
Bing Crosby and
Dorothy Lamour ) as Hot Lips Barton
The Paleface (1948) (with
Jane Russell ) as 'Painless' Peter Potter
Sorrowful Jones (1949) (with
Lucille Ball ) as Humphrey 'Sorrowful' Jones
The Great Lover (1949) (with
Rhonda Fleming ) as Freddie Hunter
Fancy Pants (1950) (with
Lucille Ball ) as Humphrey
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) (with
Marilyn Maxwell ) as Sidney Milburn aka The Lemon Drop Kid
My Favorite Spy (1951) (with
Hedy Lamarr ) as Peanuts White / Eric Augustine
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) as Spectator (cameo, uncredited)
Son of Paleface (1952) (with
Jane Russell and
Roy Rogers ) as Peter Potter Jr.
Road to Bali (1952) (with
Bing Crosby and
Dorothy Lamour ) as Harold Gridley
Off Limits (1953) (with
Mickey Rooney and
Marilyn Maxwell ) as Wally Hogan
Scared Stiff (1953) as Skeleton (cameo, uncredited)
Here Come the Girls (1953) (with
Arlene Dahl and
Rosemary Clooney ) as Stanley Snodgrass
Casanova's Big Night (1954) (with
Joan Fontaine and
Basil Rathbone ) as Pippo Popolino
The Seven Little Foys (1955) (with
James Cagney as
George M. Cohan ) as Eddie Foy
That Certain Feeling (1956) (with
Eva Marie Saint and
George Sanders ) as Francis X. Dignan
The Iron Petticoat (1956) (with
Katharine Hepburn ) as Major Charles "Chuck" Lockwood
Beau James (1957) (with
Vera Miles and
Alexis Smith ) as Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
Paris Holiday (1958) (with
Fernandel ,
Anita Ekberg ,
Martha Hyer , and
Preston Sturges ) as Robert Leslie Hunter
The Geisha Boy (1958) (cameo; appears on TV) as himself (on TV) (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James (1959) (with
Rhonda Fleming and many cameos) as Milford Farnsworth
The Five Pennies (1959) as himself - Leaving Brown Derby Restaurant (uncredited) (cameo)
The Facts of Life (1960) (with
Lucille Ball ) as Larry Gilbert
Bachelor in Paradise (1961) (with
Lana Turner ) as Adam J. Niles
The Road to Hong Kong (1962) (with
Bing Crosby and
Joan Collins ) as Chester Babcock
Critic's Choice (1963) (with
Lucille Ball and
Rip Torn ) as Parker Ballantine
Call Me Bwana (1963) (with
Anita Ekberg ) as Matt
A Global Affair (1964) (with
Michèle Mercier and
Yvonne De Carlo ) as Frank Larrimore
I'll Take Sweden (1965) (with
Tuesday Weld ) as Bob Holcomb
The Oscar (1966) as himself (cameo, uncredited)
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) (with
Elke Sommer ) as Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade
Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966) as himself - USO Christmas Show (cameo, uncredited)
Eight on the Lam (1967) (with
Phyllis Diller and
Jonathan Winters ) as Henry Dimsdale
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968) (with
Phyllis Diller ) as Sgt. Dan O'Farrell
How to Commit Marriage (1969) (with
Jackie Gleason ) as Frank Benson
Cancel My Reservation (1972) (with
Eva Marie Saint and
Ralph Bellamy ) as Dan Bartlett
The Muppet Movie (1979) as Ice Cream Vendor (cameo)
Spies Like Us (1985) as himself (cameo)
A Masterpiece of Murder (1986) (with
Don Ameche (TV))
[2] as Dan Dolan
Voice roles and documentaries
Box office ranking
For a number of years Hope was ranked as one of the most popular stars in the world:
1941 – 4th (US)
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1942 – 5th (US)
1943 – 2nd (US)
1944 – 3rd (US)
1945 – 7th (US)
1946 – 5th (US)
1947 – 6th (US)
1948 – 5th (US)
1949 – 1st (US)
1950 – 2nd (US), 1st (UK)
1951 – 6th (US), 1st (UK)
1952 – 5th (US), 1st (UK)
1953 – 8th (US)
Portrayals
Hope was portrayed by
Greg Kinnear in the 2020 comedy-drama film
Misbehaviour about the
Miss World 1970
Women's Liberation protests.
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References
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