Bing Crosby
Acting
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. Crosby influenced the development of the postwar recording industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to America by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in a California electronics company called Ampex to build copies. He then convinced ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. Through the medium of recording, he constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became an industry standard. In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped to finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.
Twiggy
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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
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
Self - (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
Self
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Self
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Self (Archive Footage)
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 2
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
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)
Television: The First Fifty Years
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)
That's Entertainment! III
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Shanks for the Memory
Songs That Won the War
Himself (Archive)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
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)
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
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Showbiz Goes to War
Self (archive footage)
Disney's Halloween Treat
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Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
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Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
Himself (archival footage)
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
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It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
Cancel My Reservation
Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas
Himself
The Great Radio Comedians
Self
Dr. Cook's Garden
Leonard Cook
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
Self
Goldilocks
Self / Papa Bear (voice)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Mark Twain
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Himself
Stagecoach
Doc Josiah Boone
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
Narrator (voice)
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
Self (host)
Bob Hope Christmas Show
Self
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Allen A. Dale
The Sound of Laughter
Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)
The Bing Crosby Show
Himself
The Road to Hong Kong
Harry Turner
The Bing Crosby Show
Self
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
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The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Self
Say One for Me
Father Conroy
Alias Jesse James
Bing (uncredited)
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
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 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)
Here Comes the Groom
Peter 'Pete' Garvey
Mr. Music
Paul Merrick
Moments in Music
Self
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
Riding High
Dan Brooks
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
Road to Rio
Scat Sweeney
Variety Girl
Bing Crosby
Road to Hollywood
Himself
Welcome Stranger
Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
My Favorite Brunette
Harry (uncredited)
Blue Skies
Johnny Adams
Road to Utopia
Duke Johnson
The Bells of St. Mary's
Father Chuck O'Malley
We've Got Another Bond to Buy
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Bing Crosby
Duffy's Tavern
Bing Crosby
Out of This World
Herbie Fenton (singing voice)
Road to Home
Self
The All-Star Bond Rally
Self
Here Come the Waves
Johnny Cabot
The Princess and the Pirate
Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
The Road to Victory
Bing Crosby (uncredited)
The Shining Future
Self
Going My Way
Father Chuck O'Malley
Dixie
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Show-Business at War
Self
Don't Hook Now
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 Reardon
Rhythm on the River
Bob Sommers
Swing with Bing
Himself
If I Had My Way
Buzz Blackwell
Road to Singapore
Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V
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
Dream House
Bing Fawcett (Plumber)
One More Chance
Bing Bangs
I Surrender Dear
Bing Crosby
Blue of the Night
Bing Crosby / Jack Smith
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)