Biography
Popular crooner and durable boxoffice star of the 1930s, 40s and 50s who amassed one of the entertainment world's largest fortunes. Crosby made his screen debut as a band singer in "King of Jazz" (1930), but his most successful films were the "Road" movies with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
Crosby's effortless baritone, caramel-mellow singing style, and his easy-going, self-mocking charm helped him endure while other, flashier talents faded …
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Career Milestones
1977 | Collapsed and died of heart attack on golf course after a round of golf outside of Madrid | |
1968 | Offered role of TV sleuth Columbo but turned it down | |
1966 | Last feature film, "Stagecoach" | |
1962 | Reunited with Bob Hope and (in a cameo) Dorothy Lamour for a seventh "Road" picture, "Road to Hong Kong" | |
1952 | Last "Road" film for a decade, "Road to Bali" | |
1944 | Enjoyed two of the biggest hits of his film career in the role of a priest, Father Chuck O'Malley, "Going My Way" and its sequel, "The Bells of St. Mary's" | |
1940 | Appeared in first of seven "Road" comedies opposite Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, "The Road to Singapore" | |
1932 | Appeared in film which made him a star, "The Big Broadcast" | |
1931 | Signed to CBS radio contract by William S. Paley when Paley heard record of Crosby singing, "I Surrender, Dear" | |
| Played romantic/comic/singing lead in several shorts produced by Mack Sennett in the early 1930s | ||
1931 | Made radio debut with Gus Arnheim's orchestra at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub | |
1930 | Film debut in "King of Jazz", spotlighting the Paul Whiteman Orchestra; Crosby appeared as one of the "Rhythm Boys" | |
1927 | Hired with Rinker as a singing act for Paul Whiteman's band; later joined by Harry Barris and act called "The Rhythm Boys" | |
1925 | Formed "Two Boys and a Piano" with piano player Al Rinker and left Spokane for Los Angeles | |
Awards
1959 | Golden Globe Award for Cecil B. DeMille Award |
1954 | Academy Award for Actor in The Country Girl |
1954 | National Board of Review Award for Best Actor in The Country Girl |
1951 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Here Comes the Groom |
1945 | Academy Award for Actor in The Bells of St. Mary's |
1944 | Academy Award for Actor in Going My Way |