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
It's amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn't sell theirs threw them away.
Golf is my profession Show business is just to pay the green fees.
I'll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.
I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.
Golf is a funny game. It's done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I'm the healthiest idiot in the world.
Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough.
I can still chase women, only downhill
I've always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It's an island and the audience can't run very far.
Be happy you guys. Be proud! You know what you are: you're God's frozen people.
With today's movies, if we took out all the bad language, we'd go back to silent films.
English clubs are very exclusive. I played Royal Foxshire and they made me wear a suit and tie. . . in the shower.
There's a very apt saying in show business: "If you don't go over budget in Paris, you're either very rich or very sick. "
I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
It's a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he's dead.