Born in Eltham, England, May 29, 1903, Bob Hope was raised in Cleveland after age 4. He started in vaudeville as a teenager, eventually landing in New York, where he won a role in the 1933 Broadway musical "Roberta." From there, Hope went into radio and comedy shorts, then to Hollywood for his big-screen debut in The Big Broadcast of 1938.After scoring hits with The Cat and the Canary and The Ghost Breakers, Hope was cast opposite Bing Crosby in Road to Singapore (1940), the first of seven popular Road pictures. During World War II, Hope led USO shows to entertain troops overseas, a tradition he continued through the 1991 Gulf War.
Later films included The Paleface, Beau James and The Muppet Movie. Hope's last film role was a cameo in 1985's Spies Like Us. Movie, TV and stage star, humanitarian, friend of presidents and symbol of America, the much-honored Hope died at age 100 in 2003.
The Facts of LifeMiddle-aged suburbanites Larry and Mary Gilbert (Bob Hope and Ruth Hussey) and Jack and Kitty Weaver (Don DeFore and Lucille Ball) have been friends for many years. But when circumstances keep throwing Larry and Kitty together without their spouses, the two fall in love. Now, they must decide... Read More
The Ghost BreakersBob Hope plays Larry Lawrence, a New York City detective who stows away in a trunk that ends up on a boat en route to an island castle, which Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) has recently inherited. Once there, many perilous and hilarious adventures await them in this castle that's rumored to be... Read More
The Road to BaliThe sixth and final Road movie (and the only one in color) that Bing Crosby and Bob Hope made for Paramount finds the boys acting as scuba divers in the South Pacific. It's not long before the pair winds up on a tropical island with -- who else? -- Dorothy Lamour, a princess with treasure troubles.... Read More
The Princess and the PirateWise-cracking comedian Bob Hope stars as an egotistical vaudevillian who is shanghaied by pirates, gets involved with a lovely princess (Virginia Mayo) and becomes the make-shift leader of a band of cutthroats in this hilarious send-up of swashbuckling. Hope is at his zaniest as the wackiest... Read More
They've Got Me CoveredWhen a hapless reporter (Bob Hope) uncovers a Nazi spy ring operating in the nation's capital, he enlists the help of his girlfriend (Dorothy Lamour) to help him crack the story. But the hilarious mayhem he unleashes is more than he bargained for. Together, can they break the story, win back their... Read More
