Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope, KBE, KC*SG, KSS, was an American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career spanning nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in over 70 films and shorts, including a series of "Road" movies also starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. In addition to hosting the Academy Awards 19 times, he appeared in many stage productions and television roles and was the author of fourteen books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" is widely regarded...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 May 1903
CityLondon, England
CountryUnited States of America
Pebble Beach is Alcatraz with grass.
Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.
It's so cold here in Washington, D.C., that politicians have their hands in their own pockets.
My father told me all about the birds and the bees, the liar - I went steady with a woodpecker till I was twenty one.
Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
I don't know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House.
Zsa Zsa Gabor got married as a one-off, and it was so successful she turned it into a series.
The only time to believe any kind of rating is when it shows you at the top.
It was a typically British birth... I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward... I came out in sympathy.
Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I've never heard of a clean one.
If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.
I'm so old they've cancelled my blood type.
My old friend Jack Benny has only had one ball all his golfing life. And now he's lost it. The string came off!
I like to play in the low 70's. If it gets any hotter than that I'll stay in the bar!