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
You know, marriage is making a big comeback. I know personally that in Hollywood people are marrying people they never married before.
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.
I've never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn't know how really great he is.
Out here in the Pacific, they have typhoons and hurricanes that blow over 200 miles an hour. We have tornadoes and hurricanes back home, but I don't worry about them. The mortgage on my house is so heavy that nothing could budge it.
Television. That's where movies go when they die.
We're on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It's a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
Foursomes have left the first tee there and have never been seen again. They just find their shoelaces and bags.
The firm is really ahead of the times. It has a stock market ticker that prints its report on thin aspirins.
Everyone's nervous these days. Ronald McDonald has hired six bodyguards, and that's just to protect his buns.
It's not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course - you just follow the wounded.
Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
I don't know what people have against government; they haven't done anything.
President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.