This is a selection of films and television appearances by British-American comedian and actor Bob Hope (1903–2003). Hope, a former boxer, began his acting career in 1925 in various vaudeville acts and stage performances
Hope's feature film debut came in The Big Broadcast of 1938. (although he made his debut in film short Going Spanish). Hope continued to act, in addition to 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; his final starring role in a film was the 1986 made-for-television movie A Masterpiece of Murder). He retired in 1998.
Filmography
Film shorts
Going Spanish (1934) as Bob Paree, Paree (1934) as Peter 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. 4 (1942) Don't Hook Now (1943) Show Business at War (1943) Combat America (1943)Turner Classic Movies: Combat America 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 (1968)
Theatrical features
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) as Buzz Fielding College Swing (1938) as Bud Brady Give Me a Sailor (1938) as Jim Brewster Thanks for the Memory (1938) as Steve Merrick Never Say Die (1939) as John Kidley Some Like It Hot (1939; AKA Rhythm Romance) as Nicky Nelson The Cat and the Canary (1939) as Wally Campbell Road to Singapore (1940) as Ace Lannigan The Ghost Breakers (1940) as Larry Lawrence Road to Zanzibar (1941) as Fearless Caught in the Draft (1941) as Don Bolton Nothing But the Truth (1941) as Steve Bennett Louisiana Purchase (1941) as Jim Taylor Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) as Bob Hope - Master of Ceremonies My Favorite Blonde (1942) as Larry Haines Road to Morocco (1942) as Orville 'Turkey' Jackson / Aunt Lucy They Got Me Covered (1943) as Robert Kittredge Let's Face It (1943) as Jerry Walker The Princess and the Pirate (1944) as Sylvester the Great The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) as voice on radio program; uncredited Road to Utopia (1946) as Chester Hooton Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) as Monsieur Beaucaire My Favorite Brunette (1947) as Ronnie Jackson Variety Girl (1947) as Bob Hope Where There's Life (1947) as Michael Joseph Valentine Road to Rio (1947) as Hot Lips Barton The Paleface (1948) as 'Painless' Peter Potter Sorrowful Jones (1949) as Humphrey 'Sorrowful' Jones The Great Lover (1949) as Freddie Hunter Fancy Pants (1950) as Humphrey The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) as Sidney Milburn aka The Lemon Drop Kid My Favorite Spy (1951) as Peanuts White / Eric Augustine The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) as Spectator (cameo, uncredited) Son of Paleface (1952) (as Peter Potter Jr. Road to Bali (1952) as Harold Gridley Off Limits (1953) as Wally Hogan Scared Stiff (1953) as Skeleton (cameo, uncredited) Here Come the Girls (1953) as Stanley Snodgrass Casanova's Big Night (1954) as Pippo Popolino The Seven Little Foys (1955) as Eddie Foy That Certain Feeling (1956) as Francis X. Dignan The Iron Petticoat (1956) as Major Charles "Chuck" Lockwood Beau James (1957) (with Vera Miles and as Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker Paris Holiday (1958) as Robert Leslie Hunter The Geisha Boy (1958) as himself on TV (uncredited cameo) Alias Jesse James (1959) as Milford Farnsworth The Five Pennies (1959) as himself - Leaving Brown Derby Restaurant (uncredited) (cameo) The Facts of Life (1960) as Larry Gilbert Bachelor in Paradise (1961) as Adam J. Niles The Road to Hong Kong (1962) as Chester Babcock Critic's Choice (1963) as Parker Ballantine Call Me Bwana (1963) as Matt A Global Affair (1964) as Frank Larrimore I'll Take Sweden (1965) as Bob Holcomb The Oscar (1966) as himself (cameo, uncredited) Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) as Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966) as himself - USO Christmas Show (cameo, uncredited) Eight on the Lam (1967) as Henry Dimsdale The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968) as Sgt. Dan O'Farrell How to Commit Marriage (1969) as Frank Benson Cancel My Reservation (1972) as Dan Bartlett The Muppet Movie (1979) as Ice Cream Vendor (cameo) Spies Like Us (1985) as himself (cameo) A Masterpiece of Murder (1986, TV) as Dan DolanTurner Classic Movies: A Masterpiece of Murder (aka A Nice, Pleasant, Deadly Weekend in Palm Springs and A Nice, Pleasant Deadly Weekend)
Voice roles and documentaries The Simpsons (1992) (TV; "Lisa the Beauty Queen") – Himself; voice A Century of Cinema (1994) (Documentary) That Little Monster (1994) as himself (voice) Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997) (Documentary)
Box office ranking
For a number of years Hope was ranked as one of the most popular stars in the world: 1941 – 4th (US) 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 about the Miss World 1970 Women's Liberation protests.
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