Biography
Over the course of a career that spanned more than 60 years, actor-comedian- humanitarian-noted golf enthusiast, Bob Hope came to be regarded as not only a legendary entertainer, but a veritable American institution. Getting his start on the vaudeville circuit of the late-1920s, he eventually broke through on the Broadway stage in such productions as 1933's "Roberta" and 1936's "Red, Hot and Blue." He began hosting his own long-running radio …
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Career Milestones
1995 | String of annual NBC Christmas shows broken | |
1993 | Awarded his fourth star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | |
1971 | Applied for visa to Hanoi to negotiate release of US prisoners | |
1963 | Hosted "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre"; appearing often in the anthological offerings | |
1962 | Made last "Road" film, "Road to Hong Kong" | |
1953 | NBC broadcast first of Hope's annual Christmas specials | |
1950 | Hosted "Star Spangled Revue" | |
1948 | Initiated first of numerous Christmas shows for armed forces personnel abroad | |
1947 | Cut the ribbon on the first Los Angeles TV broadcast--at KTLA | |
1942 | Made first trip with USO, visting army bases in England, North Africa and Sicily | |
1941 | Began entertaining US troops at March Field in Riverside, California, in May | |
1940 | First "Road" film teaming him with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, "Road to Singapore" | |
1938 | Film acting debut in "The Big Broadcast of 1938"; sang (with Shirley Ross) what was to become his signature song, "Thanks for the Memory"; became host of NBC Radio's "The Pepsodent Show"--Hope's NBC radio show would last until the 1950s in one form or another | |
1933 | Broadway acting debut in "Roberta" | |
1927 | Appeared in the stage production of "Sidewalks of New York" | |
| Began performing in vaudeville | ||
1914 | Won contest as Chaplin imitator (date approximate) | |
| Raised in Cleveland, Ohio | ||
1907 | Immigrated to USA aged four | |
Awards
1965 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Life Achievement |
1962 | Golden Globe Award for Cecil B. DeMille Award |
1961 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Bachelor in Paradise |
1960 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in The Facts of Life |
1957 | Golden Globe Award for Special Achievement Award |