Bing Crosby
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.
217 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 217
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Top of the Pops
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Dinah!
1974
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Legends
2006
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Angels in the Outfield
1951
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
Stagecoach
1966
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
High Society
1956
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Let's Make Love
1960
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
White Christmas
1954
Howard
2018
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Frank Sinatra Show
1957
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
Holiday Inn
1942
Twiggy
2025
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Country Girl
1954
Going My Way
1944
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Alias Jesse James
1959
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
That's Entertainment!
1974
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
Pepe
1960
Road to Morocco
1942
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
Rat Pack
2022
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
Road to Utopia
1946
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Rhythm on the River
1940
King of Jazz
1930
High Time
1960
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Road to Singapore
1940
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
Rhythm on the Range
1936
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
Road to Zanzibar
1941
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
Variety Girl
1947
East Side of Heaven
1939
Road to Rio
1947
Mississippi
1935
Show-Business at War
1943
We're Not Dressing
1934
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
Double or Nothing
1937
Here Come the Waves
1944
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Duffy's Tavern
1945
Road to Bali
1952
It's Showtime
1976
Riding High
1950
Anything Goes
1956
Son of Paleface
1952
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Cancel My Reservation
1972
Man on Fire
1957
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
Welcome Stranger
1947
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
2003
My Favorite Brunette
1947
Off Limits
1952
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
Screen Actors
1950
Reaching for the Moon
1930
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003
Anything Goes
1936
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
They Got Me Covered
1943
Blue Skies
1946
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Scared Stiff
1953
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
Here Is My Heart
1934
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
High Tor
1956
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
Pennies from Heaven
1936
Out of This World
1945
Jolson Sings Again
1949
Going Hollywood
1933
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Just for You
1952
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945
The Emperor Waltz
1948
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
Down Memory Lane
1949
Birth of the Blues
1941
College Humor
1933
Two for Tonight
1935
Waikiki Wedding
1937
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Dixie
1943
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
Hollywood on Parade
1932
If I Had My Way
1940
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935
Doctor Rhythm
1938
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945
The Sound of Laughter
1963
Sing, You Sinners
1938
Too Much Harmony
1933
The Star Maker
1939
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
2000
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956
Hollywood Handicap
1938
She Loves Me Not
1934
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
The Road to Victory
1944
Dr. Cook's Garden
1971
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
1959
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
2010
Mr. Music
1950
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007
The Big Broadcast
1932
Shanks for the Memory
1994
The Edsel Show
1957
Little Boy Lost
1953
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
1992
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
1970
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
1957
Road to Hollywood
1947
Say One for Me
1959
One More Chance
1931
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
1966
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
1977
The Grand Olympics
1961
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
1966
You Can Change The World
1950
The Bing Crosby Show
1961
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965
Moments in Music
1950
The Shining Future
1944
Lifetime of Comedy
1960
Goldilocks
1970
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
2012
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010
Top o' the Morning
1949
Paris Honeymoon
1939
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
1973
The Great Radio Comedians
1971
Road to Home
1945
The March of Time
1930
Two Plus Fours
1930
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
1932
Dream House
1932
Please
1933
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
1965
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas
1971
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
2004
Blue of the Night
1931
Sing, Bing, Sing
1933
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
2005
Songs That Won the War
1994
Classic Commercials: Volume 3
1998
The Bing Crosby Show
1954
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
2003
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934
Billboard Girl
1932
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
1978
The Bing Crosby Show
1962
Halloween Hall o' Fame
1977
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
2006
Swing with Bing
1940
Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway
1977
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951
Don't Hook Now
1943
I Surrender Dear
1931
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
1961
We've Got Another Bond to Buy
1945