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
If my golf game was a prize fight, they'd stop it.
Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. They're all running for the Presidency.
To give you an idea of how fast we travelled - we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two.
I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight - and that was just their hair.
In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you. In Hollywood the weatherman gets a shooting schedule from all the major studios and then figures out where he can fit in a little rain without upsetting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer too much.
The home videos aren't as good, but they are seeming to get better.
Bing Crosby and I play a lot of golf together and I have a small course at my place where we often play for side stakes. The only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
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.
Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you'll promise her anything.
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.
Everyone's nervous these days. Ronald McDonald has hired six bodyguards, and that's just to protect his buns.
Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells 'Fore!' the guy he's hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.