Bob Hope in The Ghost Breakers This is a selection of films and television appearances by British-American comedian and actor Bob Hope
Hope's feature film debut came in The Big Broadcast of 1938 Going Spanish stand-up comedy USO performances for American military personnel that were stationed overseas. Hope's last starring role in a theatrical feature film was the 1972 comedy Cancel My Reservation A Masterpiece of Murder
Filmography
Film shorts
Going Spanish Paree, Paree Calling All Tars (1935)Double Exposure (1935)The Old Grey Mayor (1935)Soup for Nuts (1935)Watch the Birdie (1935)Shop Talk (1936)Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 6 (1940)Hedda Hopper 's Hollywood No. 4Don't Hook Now (1943)Show Business at War Combat America (1943)[ 1] Strictly G.I. (1943)The All-Star Bond Rally (1945)Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945)March of Time Volume 14, No. 1: Is Everybody Listening? (1947)Weekend in Hollywood (1947)Screen Actors (1950)You Can Change the World (1951)Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952)Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Invisible Man (1954)Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (1955)Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956)The Heart of Show Business (1957)Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Star Night (1957)Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Theatrical features
The Big Broadcast of 1938 W. C. Fields and Martha Raye ) as Buzz FieldingCollege Swing George Burns , Gracie Allen , Martha Raye , and Betty Grable ) as Bud BradyGive Me a Sailor Martha Raye , Betty Grable , and Jack Whiting ) as Jim BrewsterThanks for the Memory Shirley Ross ) as Steve MerrickNever Say Die Martha Raye and Andy Devine ) as John KidleySome Like It Hot Rhythm Romance ) (with Shirley Ross and Gene Krupa ) as Nicky NelsonThe Cat and the Canary Paulette Goddard ) as Wally CampbellRoad to Singapore Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour ) as Ace LanniganThe Ghost Breakers Paulette Goddard ) as Larry LawrenceRoad to Zanzibar Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour ) as FearlessCaught in the Draft Eddie Bracken ) as Don BoltonNothing But the Truth Paulette Goddard ) as Steve BennettLouisiana Purchase Vera Zorina and Victor Moore ) as Jim TaylorStar Spangled Rhythm Bing Crosby and Paramount Pictures all-star cast) as Bob Hope - Master of CeremoniesMy Favorite Blonde Madeleine Carroll ) as Larry HainesRoad to Morocco Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour ) as Orville 'Turkey' Jackson / Aunt LucyThey Got Me Covered Dorothy Lamour ) as Robert KittredgeLet's Face It Betty Hutton ) as Jerry WalkerThe Princess and the Pirate Virginia Mayo and Walter Brennan ) as Sylvester the GreatThe Story of G.I. Joe Road to Utopia Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour ) as Chester HootonMonsieur Beaucaire Joan Caulfield ) as Monsieur BeaucaireMy Favorite Brunette Dorothy Lamour , Lon Chaney Jr. and Peter Lorre ) as Ronnie JacksonVariety Girl Bing Crosby and Paramount Pictures all-star cast) as Bob HopeWhere There's Life William Bendix ) as Michael Joseph ValentineRoad to Rio Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour ) as Hot Lips BartonThe Paleface Jane Russell ) as 'Painless' Peter PotterSorrowful Jones Lucille Ball ) as Humphrey 'Sorrowful' JonesThe Great Lover Rhonda Fleming ) as Freddie HunterFancy Pants Lucille Ball ) as HumphreyThe Lemon Drop Kid Marilyn Maxwell ) as Sidney Milburn aka The Lemon Drop KidMy Favorite Spy Hedy Lamarr ) as Peanuts White / Eric AugustineThe Greatest Show on Earth Son of Paleface Jane Russell and Roy Rogers ) as Peter Potter Jr.Road to Bali Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour ) as Harold GridleyOff Limits Mickey Rooney and Marilyn Maxwell ) as Wally HoganScared Stiff Here Come the Girls Arlene Dahl and Rosemary Clooney ) as Stanley SnodgrassCasanova's Big Night Joan Fontaine and Basil Rathbone ) as Pippo PopolinoThe Seven Little Foys James Cagney as George M. Cohan ) as Eddie FoyThat Certain Feeling Eva Marie Saint and George Sanders ) as Francis X. DignanThe Iron Petticoat Katharine Hepburn ) as Major Charles "Chuck" LockwoodBeau James Vera Miles and Alexis Smith ) as Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' WalkerParis Holiday Fernandel , Anita Ekberg , Martha Hyer , and Preston Sturges ) as Robert Leslie HunterThe Geisha Boy Alias Jesse James Rhonda Fleming and many cameos) as Milford FarnsworthThe Five Pennies The Facts of Life Lucille Ball ) as Larry GilbertBachelor in Paradise Lana Turner ) as Adam J. NilesThe Road to Hong Kong Bing Crosby and Joan Collins ) as Chester BabcockCritic's Choice Lucille Ball and Rip Torn ) as Parker BallantineCall Me Bwana Anita Ekberg ) as MattA Global Affair Michèle Mercier and Yvonne De Carlo ) as Frank LarrimoreI'll Take Sweden Tuesday Weld ) as Bob HolcombThe Oscar Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! Elke Sommer ) as Thomas J. 'Tom' MeadeNot with My Wife, You Don't! Eight on the Lam Phyllis Diller and Jonathan Winters ) as Henry DimsdaleThe Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell Phyllis Diller ) as Sgt. Dan O'FarrellHow to Commit Marriage Jackie Gleason ) as Frank BensonCancel My Reservation Eva Marie Saint and Ralph Bellamy ) as Dan BartlettThe Muppet Movie Spies Like Us A Masterpiece of Murder Don Ameche (TV))[ 2]
Voice roles and documentaries
Box office ranking
For a number of years Hope was ranked as one of the most popular stars in the world:
1941 – 4th (US)[ 3]
1942 – 5th (US)
1943 – 2nd (US)
1944 – 3rd (US)
1945 – 7th (US)
1946 – 5th (US)
1947 – 6th (US)
1948 – 5th (US)
1949 – 1st (US)
1950 – 2nd (US), 1st (UK)
1951 – 6th (US), 1st (UK)
1952 – 5th (US), 1st (UK)
1953 – 8th (US)
Portrayals
Hope was portrayed by Greg Kinnear in the 2020 comedy-drama film Misbehaviour Miss World 1970 Women's Liberation protests.[ 4] [ 5]
References
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