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
Seventy years of ad-lib material, and I am speechless.
He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight - and that was just their hair.
Now that the war is winding down, I want to say I do appreciate you fellows hanging around here - just for me.
If I had that kind of money, I wouldn't come to Vietnam, I'd send for it.
Please don't stand up on my account.
Everybody knows what California smog is - that's fog with the vitamins removed.
In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you. In Hollywood the weatherman gets a shooting schedule from all the major studios and then figures out where he can fit in a little rain without upsetting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer too much.
I don't bother to look for parking space anymore. As soon as I get near Hollywood Boulevard ... I sell.
If my golf game was a prize fight, they'd stop it.
Be happy you guys. Be proud! You know what you are: you're God's frozen people.
Don't people know that they don't have to heckle the president of the United States? That's what Congress is for.
The last time I played golf with President Ford he hit a birdie. And an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark...
One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we'll have her forever.