Bob Hope filmography
This is a selection of films and television appearances by British-American comedian and actor Bob Hope. Although Hope began his career in 1919 with a brief stint as a boxer, Hope began his acting career in 1925 in various vaudeville acts and stage performances, before making his film debut in 1934 in the film short Going Spanish, 4 years later his feature debut would come in The Big Broadcast of 1938. Hope would continue to act, in addition to stand-up comedy USO performances for American military personnel that where stationed overseas, his last feature role would be Spies Like Us appearing as himself in a cameo in 1985, although his final starring role was the comedy Cancel My Reservation in 1972. He would retire in 1997.
- Going Spanish (1934) (short film) as Bob
- Paree, Paree (1934) (short film) as Peter
- The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) (with W. C. Fields and Martha Raye) as Buzz Fielding
- College Swing (1938) (with George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, and Betty Grable) as Bud Brady
- Give Me a Sailor (1938) (with Martha Raye and Betty Grable) as Jim Brewster
- Thanks for the Memory (1938) (with Shirley Ross) as Steve Merrick
- Never Say Die (1939) (with Martha Raye and Andy Devine) as John Kidley
- Some Like It Hot (1939; AKA Rhythm Romance) (with Shirley Ross and Gene Krupa) as Nicky Nelson
- The Cat and the Canary (1939) (with Paulette Goddard) as Wally Campbell
- Road to Singapore (1940) (with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour) as Ace Lannigan
- The Ghost Breakers (1940) (with Paulette Goddard) as Larry Lawrence
- Road to Zanzibar (1941) (with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour) as Fearless
- Caught in the Draft (1941) (with Eddie Bracken) as Don Bolton
- Nothing But the Truth (1941) (with Paulette Goddard) as Steve Bennett
- Louisiana Purchase (1941) (with Vera Zorina and Victor Moore) as Jim Taylor
- Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) (with Bing Crosby and Paramount Pictures all-star cast) as Bob Hope - Master of Ceremonies
- My Favorite Blonde (1942) (with Madeleine Carroll) as Larry Haines
- Road to Morocco (1942) (with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour) as Orville 'Turkey' Jackson / Aunt Lucy
- Combat America (1943) (short documentary film)[1]
- They Got Me Covered (1943) (with Dorothy Lamour) as Robert Kittredge
- Show Business at War (1943) (short documentary film)
- Let's Face It (1943) (with Betty Hutton) as Jerry Walker
- The Princess and the Pirate (1944) (with Virginia Mayo and Walter Brennan) as Sylvester the Great
- The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) (voice on radio program; uncredited)
- Road to Utopia (1946) (with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour) as Chester Hooton
- Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) (with Joan Caulfield) as Monsieur Beaucaire
- My Favorite Brunette (1947) (with Dorothy Lamour, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Peter Lorre) as Ronnie Jackson
- Variety Girl (1947) (with Bing Crosby and Paramount Pictures all-star cast) as Bob Hope
- Where There's Life (1947) (with William Bendix) as Michael Joseph Valentine
- Road to Rio (1947) (with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour) as Hot Lips Barton
- The Paleface (1948) (with Jane Russell) as 'Painless' Peter Potter
- Sorrowful Jones (1949) (with Lucille Ball) as Humphrey 'Sorrowful' Jones
- The Great Lover (1949) (with Rhonda Fleming) as Freddie Hunter
- Fancy Pants (1950) (with Lucille Ball) as Humphrey
- The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) (with Marilyn Maxwell) as Sidney Milburn aka The Lemon Drop Kid
- My Favorite Spy (1951) (with Hedy Lamarr) as Peanuts White / Eric Augustine
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) as Spectator (cameo, uncredited)
- Son of Paleface (1952) (with Jane Russell and Roy Rogers) as Peter Potter Jr.
- Road to Bali (1952) (with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour) as Harold Gridley
- Off Limits (1953) (with Mickey Rooney and Marilyn Maxwell) as Wally Hogan
- Scared Stiff (1953) as Skeleton (cameo, uncredited)
- Here Come the Girls (1953) (with Arlene Dahl and Rosemary Clooney) as Stanley Snodgrass
- Casanova's Big Night (1954) (with Joan Fontaine and Basil Rathbone) as Pippo Popolino
- The Seven Little Foys (1955) (with James Cagney as George M. Cohan) as Eddie Foy
- That Certain Feeling (1956) (with Eva Marie Saint and George Sanders) as Francis X. Dignan
- The Iron Petticoat (1956) (with Katharine Hepburn) as Major Charles "Chuck" Lockwood
- Beau James (1957) (with Vera Miles and Alexis Smith) as Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
- Paris Holiday (1958) (with Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer, and Preston Sturges) as Robert Leslie Hunter
- The Geisha Boy (1958) (cameo; appears on TV) as Himself (on TV) (uncredited)
- Alias Jesse James (1959) (with Rhonda Fleming and many cameos) as Milford Farnsworth
- The Five Pennies (1959) as Himself - Leaving Brown Derby Restaurant (uncredited) (cameo)
- The Facts of Life (1960) (with Lucille Ball) as Larry Gilbert
- Bachelor in Paradise (1961) (with Lana Turner) as Adam J. Niles
- The Road to Hong Kong (1962) (with Bing Crosby and Joan Collins) as Chester Babcock
- Critic's Choice (1963) (with Lucille Ball and Rip Torn) as Parker Ballantine
- Call Me Bwana (1963) (with Anita Ekberg) as Matt
- A Global Affair (1964) (with Michèle Mercier and Yvonne De Carlo) as Frank Larrimore
- I'll Take Sweden (1965) (with Tuesday Weld) as Bob Holcomb
- The Oscar (1966) as Himself (cameo, uncredited)
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) (with Elke Sommer) 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) (with Phyllis Diller and Jonathan Winters) as Henry Dimsdale
- The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968) (with Phyllis Diller) as Sgt. Dan O'Farrell
- How to Commit Marriage (1969) (with Jackie Gleason) as Frank Benson
- Cancel My Reservation (1972) (with Eva Marie Saint and Ralph Bellamy) as Dan Bartlett
- The Muppet Movie (1979) as Ice Cream Vendor (cameo)
- Spies Like Us (1985) as Himself (cameo)
- A Masterpiece of Murder (1986) (with Don Ameche (TV))[2] as Dan Dolan
- 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)[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 is portrayed by Greg Kinnear in the upcoming comedy-drama film Misbehaviour about the Miss World 1970 Women's Liberation protests.[4][5]
References
- ^ Turner Classic Movies: Combat America
- ^ Turner Classic Movies: A Masterpiece of Murder (aka A Nice, Pleasant, Deadly Weekend in Palm Springs and A Nice, Pleasant Deadly Weekend)
- ^ "Filmdom Ranks Its Money-Spinning Stars Best At Box-Office". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 30 March 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Greg Kinnear to Play Bob Hope in Keira Knightley's Miss World Comedy-Drama 'Misbehaviour'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Gilbey, Ryan (2020-03-06). "Greg Kinnear on Misbehaviour and #MeToo: 'Where were human resources in the 1990s?'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-08.