Bing Crosby
Acting
- Born:
- 1903-05-03
- Died:
- 1977-10-14
- Place of birth:
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Twiggy
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Rat Pack
Dean Martin: King of Cool
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Howard
This Is Bob Hope...
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
The Best of Johnny Carson
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Legends
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Parkinson
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Television: The First Fifty Years
Classic Commercials: Volume 3
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
That's Entertainment! III
Shanks for the Memory
Songs That Won the War
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
The Magic of Bing Crosby
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Classic Comedy Teams
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Showbiz Goes to War
Disney's Halloween Treat
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
The Hollywood Clowns
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
The South Bank Show
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
Halloween Hall o' Fame
Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
That's Entertainment, Part II
It's Showtime
Hooray for Hollywood
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Dinah!
That's Entertainment!
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
Cancel My Reservation
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas
The Great Radio Comedians
V.I.P. Schaukel
The Pearl Bailey Show
Dr. Cook's Garden
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
Goldilocks
Swing Out, Sweet Land
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Movie Orgy
The Carol Burnett Show
The Danny Thomas Hour
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Stagecoach
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
Bob Hope Christmas Show
The Bing Crosby Show
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Top of the Pops
The Sound of Laughter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Bing Crosby Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Road to Hong Kong
The Bing Crosby Show
The Mike Douglas Show
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
The Grand Olympics
Pepe
High Time
Let's Make Love
Lifetime of Comedy
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Say One for Me
Alias Jesse James
The Bell Telephone Hour
The All-Star Christmas Show
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
Frank Sinatra Show
The Edsel Show
Man on Fire
High Society
Anything Goes
High Tor
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
The Phil Silvers Show
The Country Girl
White Christmas
The Bing Crosby Show
Little Boy Lost
Scared Stiff
Off Limits
Road to Bali
Just for You
Son of Paleface
The Greatest Show on Earth
Angels in the Outfield
The Red Skelton Show
Here Comes the Groom
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
Mr. Music
The Jack Benny Program
Screen Actors
Riding High
The Bob Hope Show
You Can Change The World
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Top o' the Morning
Jolson Sings Again
Down Memory Lane
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Emperor Waltz
The Ed Sullivan Show
Road to Rio
Variety Girl
Road to Hollywood
Welcome Stranger
My Favorite Brunette
Blue Skies
Road to Utopia
The Bells of St. Mary's
We've Got Another Bond to Buy
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Duffy's Tavern
Out of This World
Road to Home
The All-Star Bond Rally
Here Come the Waves
The Princess and the Pirate
The Road to Victory
The Shining Future
Golden Globe Awards
Going My Way
Dixie
Show-Business at War
Don't Hook Now
They Got Me Covered
Road to Morocco
Holiday Inn
My Favorite Blonde
Star Spangled Rhythm
Birth of the Blues
Road to Zanzibar
Rhythm on the River
Swing with Bing
If I Had My Way
Road to Singapore
The Star Maker
East Side of Heaven
Paris Honeymoon
Sing, You Sinners
Hollywood Handicap
Doctor Rhythm
Double or Nothing
Waikiki Wedding
Pennies from Heaven
Rhythm on the Range
Anything Goes
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Two for Tonight
Mississippi
Here Is My Heart
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
She Loves Me Not
We're Not Dressing
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
Going Hollywood
Please
Too Much Harmony
College Humor
Sing, Bing, Sing
The Big Broadcast
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
Hollywood on Parade
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Billboard Girl
Dream House
One More Chance
Blue of the Night
I Surrender Dear
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Reaching for the Moon
The March of Time
Two Plus Fours
King of Jazz