List of awards and nominations received by Bob Hope
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This is a list of awards and prestigious honors received by Bob Hope throughout his career.
Contents |
[edit] Academy Awards
| Year (Ceremony) |
Notes | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 (13th) |
To Bob Hope "in recognition of his unselfish services to the Motion Picture Industry." |
Special Silver Plaque |
| 1944 (17th) |
To Bob Hope for his many services to the Academy." |
Life Membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| 1952 (25th) |
To Bob Hope "for his contribution to the laughter of the world, his service to the motion picture industry, and his devotion to the American premise." |
Statuette |
| 1959 (32nd) |
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Statuette |
| 1965 (38th) |
To Bob Hope "for unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy." |
Gold Medal |
[edit] Honors
- Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1985.
[edit] Medals
- Congressional Gold Medal (June 8, 1962)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (awarded by Lyndon B. Johnson, January 20, 1969)
- Sylvanus Thayer Award, United States Military Academy at West Point, 1968
- Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, 1997
[edit] Titles and designations
- Honorary mayor of Palm Springs, California (1950s)
- Hasty Pudding Man of the Year (first awardee, 1967)
- Board of Governors of the National Space Institute, forerunner of the present-day National Space Society, a nonprofit educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher von Braun (1974)
- Honorary Veteran of the United States Armed Forces, a tribute from the United States Congress given in recognition of the entertainment he provided U.S. troops during war and peacekeeping missions (October 29, 1997)
- Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) In recognition of his contributions to film, to song, and to the entertainment of troops in the past. (1998). He had previously been appointed an Honorary Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1976.
- Knighthood, Order of St. Sylvester from the Vatican
- Silver Buffalo Award (highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America)
- The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.
- Appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II in 1998[1]
[edit] Memorials and tributes
- The PGA Tour's Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, which was an existing tournament (The Desert Classic) renamed in recognition of the comedian's lifelong passion for the game, 1966
- Bob Hope Drive, streets in both Burbank (where there is also an airport named after him) and Rancho Mirage, California. The Rancho Mirage street is the location of Eisenhower Medical Center which Hope and his wife were instrumental in creating.
- The Spirit of Bob Hope, a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft (1997) [1]
- Bob Hope: 50 Years of Hope, an exhibition of Hope's service of entertaining the United States military at the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton, Ohio [2]
- Bob Hope Square (naming of the intersection at Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles to commemorate Hope's 100th birthday, May 29, 2003)
- Bob Hope Airport: Hope had joked with his family that he wanted an airport named for him after hearing in 1979 that Orange County officials had renamed their airport after John Wayne. On November 3, 2003 the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority voted unanimously to rename the facility and on November 18, 2003 the Glendale, and Burbank city councils voted unanimously to approve it. Pasadena followed on December 10. The FAA three-letter designation BUR did not change. A rededication ceremony took place on December 17, the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight.
- Bob Hope Theatre, a renovated Fox Theatre movie house in Stockton, California (2004)
- USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), one of the few naval vessels to be named for a living person
- The Bob Hope Theatre, an amateur theatre (although professional musicians receive payment) in Eltham, London where he was born. He personally funded the theatre in 1980 to develop further projects for the venue.
- Blue plaque at 44, Craigton Road Eltham, London, Hope's place of birth.
- The Bob Hope Theatre, an on-base movie theatre and lecture hall at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California.
- "The Bob Hope Theatre", a 392-seat facility at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. It has a proscenium stage, continental seating and a hydraulic orchestra pit.[2]
- "The Bob Hope Chow Hall", the dining facility at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa. [3]
- "Bob Hope Primary School", a primary school located on Kadena US Air Force Base, in Okinawa, Japan.
[edit] Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Motion picture star at 6541 Hollywood Blvd.
- Radio star at 6141 Hollywood Blvd.
- TV star at 6758 Hollywood Blvd.
- Live theatre special plaque at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
[edit] Polls
- In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
