Bing Crosby
Actor
Born May 3, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington, USA
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian and actor. The first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music. Crosby won an Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O'Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way and was nominated for his reprise of the role in The Bells of St. Mary's opposite Ingrid Bergman the next year, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations with longtime friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to... films from 1940 to 1962.
Filmography
Twiggy
(archival footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Self (archive footage)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self (archive footage)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Self (archive footage)
Howard
Jeff Peters (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Self (archive footage)
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Self (archive footage)
Legends
Self (archive footage)
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
Self - (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Self
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
Self
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Self (archive footage)
Classic Commercials: Volume 3
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Self - Host (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Bob Wallace (archive footage)
Silent Night
Good King Wenceslas
White Christmas
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Shanks for the Memory
Songs That Won the War
Himself (Archive)
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Magic of Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Self (archive footage)
Disney's Halloween Treat
(archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
Himself (archival footage)
Mean Dog Blues
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
Self
Halloween Hall o' Fame
Narrator/Brom Bones
Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway
Himself
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Dinah!
Self
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
Arnold
Paper Moon
Terror in the Wax Museum
Cancel My Reservation
Himself (uncredited)
Ben
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas
Himself
Dr. Cook's Garden
Leonard Cook
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
Self
Goldilocks
Self / Papa Bear (voice)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Mark Twain
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
White Christmas
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
The Danny Thomas Hour
Charlie Castle
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Himself
Stagecoach
Doc Josiah Boone
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
Narrator (voice)
Calder
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
Self (host)
The Bing Crosby Show
Bing Collins
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Allen A. Dale
Top of the Pops
Self (archive footage)
The Sound of Laughter
Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)
The Bing Crosby Show
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Road to Hong Kong
Harry Turner
The Bing Crosby Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Ben Casey
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
The Grand Olympics
Himself
Pepe
Bing Crosby
High Time
Harvey Howard
Let's Make Love
Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Lifetime of Comedy
(archive footage)
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Self
Say One for Me
Father Conroy
Alias Jesse James
Bing (uncredited)
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
Self
Frank Sinatra Show
Self
The Edsel Show
Self
Man on Fire
Earl Carleton
High Society
C. K. Dexter-Haven
Anything Goes
Bill Benson
High Tor
Van Van Dorn
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
Influential Man
The Phil Silvers Show
Bing Crosby
The Country Girl
Frank Elgin
White Christmas
Bob Wallace
The Bing Crosby Show
Self
Little Boy Lost
Bill Wainright
Scared Stiff
Skeleton (uncredited)
Off Limits
Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Road to Bali
George Cochran
Just for You
Jordan Blake
Son of Paleface
Driver (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Spectator (uncredited)
Angels in the Outfield
Bing Crosby (uncredited)
The Red Skelton Show
Self
Here Comes the Groom
Peter 'Pete' Garvey
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
Mr. Music
Paul Merrick
Moments in Music
Self
The Jack Benny Program
Bing Crosby
Riding High
Dan Brooks
The Bob Hope Show
Self
You Can Change The World
Self
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Narrator
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
Top o' the Morning
Joe Mulqueen
Jolson Sings Again
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Down Memory Lane
Bing Crosby
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Hank Martin
The Emperor Waltz
Virgil Smith
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Road to Rio
Scat Sweeney
Variety Girl
Bing Crosby
Road to Hollywood
Himself
Welcome Stranger
Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
My Favorite Brunette
Harry (uncredited)
Abie's Irish Rose
Blue Skies
Johnny Adams
Road to Utopia
Duke Johnson
The Bells of St. Mary's
Father O'Malley
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Bing Crosby
Duffy's Tavern
Bing Crosby
Out of This World
Herbie Fenton (singing voice) (uncredited)
The Great John L.
The All-Star Bond Rally
Self
Here Come the Waves
Johnny Cabot
The Princess and the Pirate
Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
The Shining Future
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
Going My Way
Father Chuck O'Malley
Dixie
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Show-Business at War
Self
They Got Me Covered
Music Box (voice)
Road to Morocco
Jeff Peters
Holiday Inn
Jim Hardy
My Favorite Blonde
Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
Bing Crosby
Birth of the Blues
Jeff Lambert
Road to Zanzibar
Chuck
Rhythm on the River
Bob Sommers
If I Had My Way
Buzz Blackwell
Road to Singapore
Josh Mallon
The Star Maker
Larry Earl
East Side of Heaven
Denny Martin
Paris Honeymoon
'Lucky' Lawton
Sing, You Sinners
Joe Beebe
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
Doctor Rhythm
Dr. Bill Remsen
Double or Nothing
'Lefty' Boylan
Waikiki Wedding
Tony Marvin
Pennies from Heaven
Larry Poole
Rhythm on the Range
Jeff Larabee
Anything Goes
Billy Crocker
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Bing
Two for Tonight
Gilbert Gordon
Mississippi
Tom Grayson
Here Is My Heart
J. Paul Jones
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
She Loves Me Not
Paul Lawton
We're Not Dressing
Stephen Jones
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
Self
Going Hollywood
Bill 'Billy' Williams
Please
Howard Jones
Too Much Harmony
Eddie Bronson
College Humor
Professor Frederick Danvers
Sing, Bing, Sing
Bing
The Big Broadcast
Bing Hornsby
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
Self
Hollywood on Parade
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Self (uncredited)
Billboard Girl
Bing
One More Chance
Bing Bangs
Blue of the Night
Bing Crosby / Jack Smith
I Surrender Dear
Bing Crosby
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Bing
Reaching for the Moon
Bing
The March of Time
Self
Two Plus Fours
Bing
King of Jazz
Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)