Bing Crosby

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

123

Movies

196

Born: May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977
From: Tacoma, Washington, USA
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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.

Works

196 films

White Christmas

19547.2

Holiday Inn

19427.0

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

19496.5

High Society

19566.8

The Greatest Show on Earth

19526.4

Let's Make Love

19606.4

Hollywood Victory Caravan

19455.6

Angels in the Outfield

19517.0

Robin and the 7 Hoods

19646.2

Stagecoach

19666.1

The Movie Orgy

19686.7

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

20226.5

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

Scared Stiff

19536.5

Going My Way

19446.7

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1

20038.2

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

The Country Girl

19547.0

Alias Jesse James

19596.0

Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

19775.3

The Bells of St. Mary's

19456.8

Blue Skies

19466.2

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

Waikiki Wedding

19375.9

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

20027.7

The Road to Hong Kong

19625.8

Howard

20186.8

It's Showtime

19767.5

The Princess and the Pirate

19446.9

My Favorite Brunette

19476.6

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

Road to Bali

19526.2

Dixie

19435.0

Dean Martin: King of Cool

20217.6

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0

The Best of Johnny Carson

2010

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

19496.3

Variety Girl

19476.5

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

2001

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

20238.3

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

Pepe

19606.3

Welcome Stranger

19476.9

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

20147.0

King of Jazz

19306.3

Road to Rio

19476.8

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

Going Hollywood: The '30s

19849.0

Rat Pack

20229.0

Road to Singapore

19406.4

Classic Commercials: Volume 3

1998

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

19727.3

Man on Fire

19576.0

Son of Paleface

19526.4

College Humor

19335.6

Double or Nothing

19376.7

Sing, Bing, Sing

19335.4

Road to Utopia

19466.7

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

19686.3

Star Spangled Rhythm

19426.2

The All-Star Christmas Show

19586.0

She Loves Me Not

19346.0

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

19497.4

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

19975.8

Here Come the Waves

19445.3

High Time

19606.4

Road to Morocco

19426.9

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

19826.0

Twiggy

20257.7

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

19346.0

Here Comes the Groom

19515.4

Pennies from Heaven

19367.2

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

19852.0

Cancel My Reservation

19726.5

Mississippi

19356.8

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

20067.2

Off Limits

19525.9

This Is Bob Hope...

20178.0

The Emperor Waltz

19486.2

Hooray for Hollywood

19768.0

Swing Out, Sweet Land

19705.7

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

19877.0

Lifetime of Comedy

19605.5

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

19716.0

Doctor Rhythm

19387.5

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

19926.0

Anything Goes

19566.0

Disney's Halloween Treat

19826.5

Rhythm on the Range

19365.5

Billboard Girl

19324.6

Down Memory Lane

19497.0

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

2024

Riding High

19506.1

You Can Change The World

19506.4

East Side of Heaven

19397.4

My Favorite Blonde

19426.4

Showbiz Goes to War

198210.0

The Star Maker

19397.0

Too Much Harmony

19337.0

Rhythm on the River

19406.9

Out of This World

19458.0

Duffy's Tavern

19456.4

Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years

1978

Mr. Music

19506.5

High Tor

19568.3

Road to Zanzibar

19416.4

Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank

1957

We're Not Dressing

19346.7

Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

19567.0

Two for Tonight

19357.7

Show-Business at War

19437.0

Goldilocks

19708.0

They Got Me Covered

19436.2

Shanks for the Memory

1994

America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers

1951

A Bing Crosby Christmas

199810.0

Just for You

19525.4

Confessions of a Co-Ed

19316.2

Say One for Me

19595.4

My Music: A Classic Christmas

20197.5

Screen Actors

19506.3

The Big Broadcast of 1936

19355.8

The Sound of Laughter

19635.0

The Shining Future

19444.0

Classic Comedy Teams

19867.0

Halloween Hall o' Fame

1977

Bing Crosby: Cooling It

1970

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

2007

Here Is My Heart

19347.3

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

19886.0

Reaching for the Moon

19305.7

Hollywood on Parade

19326.5

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

1959

Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

19738.0

Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials

2010

Top o' the Morning

19495.6

Anything Goes

19365.8

The Grand Olympics

19616.0

Going Hollywood

19335.5

Don't Hook Now

19437.0

Two Plus Fours

19305.1

The Bing Crosby Show

19614.5

Hollywood Handicap

19384.8

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

20037.0

Showbiz Ballyhoo

1982

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

1934

The Hollywood Clowns

1979

The Big Broadcast

19327.1

The All-Star Bond Rally

19456.0

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

2000

Road to Hollywood

19475.0

The Great Radio Comedians

19718.0

Christmas with Crosby & Kate

196610.0

Bob Hope Christmas Show

19657.0

Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway

19775.5

Little Boy Lost

19538.0

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

20036.5

The Road to Victory

19446.7

If I Had My Way

19407.0

The Edsel Show

19579.0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2

19321.0

Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays

2012

Legendary Christmas Entertainers

2005

Dr. Cook's Garden

19716.8

Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

1932

Swing with Bing

19406.5

Birth of the Blues

19416.2

Please

19339.0

A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show

1992

'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

20005.0

The March of Time

19307.0

Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert

2004

The Magic of Bing Crosby

1991

Sing, You Sinners

19387.0

Paris Honeymoon

19395.5

Jolson Sings Again

19496.4

I Surrender Dear

19315.8

Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

2003

Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show

19656.0

'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration

2004

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

2001

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

2022

Blue of the Night

19315.8

Road to Home

19455.0

Dream House

19326.8

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

2001

We've Got Another Bond to Buy

1945

One More Chance

19317.0

The Bing Crosby Show

19548.0

Cinerama's Russian Adventure

19665.8

The Bing Crosby Show

1962

Songs That Won the War

19948.0

Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show

1961

"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After

2006