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
At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.
Today's ballroom dances like the swim, the frug, the chicken and the monkey are really nervous disorders set to music.
Congratulations to whoever is finally booking music we love. It's going to get us out of the house after dark!
If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.
It sure has been a pleasure for us to broadcast for the sailors and soldiers; besides, its part of the National Defence Program to prepare our boys for anything.
I was lucky, you know, I always had a beautiful girl and the money was good. Although I would have done the whole thing over for, oh, perhaps half.
Failure is the only thing I've ever been a success at.
Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you'll promise her anything.
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.