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
That's life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.
My folks were English . . . we were too poor to be British.
Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
The place was so British, I wouldn't have been surprised if the mice wore monocles.
As soon as the war ended, we located the one spot on earth that hadn't been touched by the war and blew it to hell.
The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don't know which end to talk to.
Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
Golf's really fun in Japan because of the women caddies. ... I saw one guy start out playing alone with his caddie. By the 9th hole they were engaged and when they finished on 18 they had a foursome.
Our first stop was red square, the heart of Moscow - if Moscow has one.
The workers love Khrushchev very much. He hasn't got an enemy in the entire country. Quite a few under it.
Following his doctor's orders, Nikita (Khrushchev) has cut his drinking in half. He's leaving out the water.
Go figure a crazy, mixed-up country where ballet outsells boxing. I wouldn't be surprised if their wrestling was on the level.
I left England when I was four because I found out I could never be King.
Louis B. Mayer came out west with $28.00, a box camera and an old lion. He built a monument to himself -- the Bank of America.