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
The place was so British, I wouldn't have been surprised if the mice wore monocles.
And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them. We didn't know that in America after the war, you wouldn't be able to get into a sushi joint without a reservation. And we thought they lost.
Zsa Zsa Gabor got married as a one-off, and it was so successful she turned it into a series.
Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I've never heard of a clean one.
It was a typically British birth... I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward... I came out in sympathy.
I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die. I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.
I don't know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House.
My folks were English . . . we were too poor to be British.
The only time to believe any kind of rating is when it shows you at the top.
I can't understand what's holding up our missile program. It's the first time the government ever had trouble making the taxpayers' money go up in smoke.
I knew the President would run for reelection in 1984. Why not? Actors love sequels ... and returns.
Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent for that.
Television. That's where movies go when they die.
Every Naval vessel has a contingent of Marines aboard. After all, the Sailors have to have someone to dance with.