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.
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Películas (210)
Twiggy
2025 · (archival footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong: Black & Blues
2022 · Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021 · Self (archive footage)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Howard
2018 · Jeff Peters (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
2010 · Self (archive footage)
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007 · Self (archive footage)
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
2006 · Self - (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
2005 · Self
Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt
2005 · Thanks
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004 · Self
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
2004 · Self, Director
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003 · Self (Archive Footage)
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
2003 · Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001 · Self (archive footage)
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
2000 · Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Classic Commercials: Volume 3
1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998 · Self - Host (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997 · Bob Wallace (archive footage)
Silent Night
1996 · Songs
Good King Wenceslas
1996 · Songs
White Christmas
1995 · Songs
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shanks for the Memory
1994
Songs That Won the War
1994 · Himself (Archive)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992 · Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
1992 · Self
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991 · Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 · Self (archive footage)
Tenderness
1985 · Music
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985 · Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · Self (archive footage)
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982 · (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982 · Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 · (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
1978 · Himself (archival footage)
Mean Dog Blues
1978 · Executive Producer
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
1977 · Self
Halloween Hall o' Fame
1977 · Narrator/Brom Bones
Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway
1977 · Himself
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975 · Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Self - Host / Narrator
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
1973
Arnold
1973 · Executive Producer
Paper Moon
1973 · Thanks
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973 · Producer
Cancel My Reservation
1972 · Himself (uncredited)
Ben
1972 · Executive Producer
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas
1971 · Himself
The Great Radio Comedians
1971 · Self
Dr. Cook's Garden
1971 · Leonard Cook
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
1970 · Self
Goldilocks
1970 · Self / Papa Bear (voice)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970 · Mark Twain
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
White Christmas
1968 · Music
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
1966 · Himself
Stagecoach
1966 · Doc Josiah Boone
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
1966 · Narrator (voice)
Calder
1966 · Music
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
1965 · Self (host)
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965 · Self
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · Allen A. Dale
The Sound of Laughter
1963 · Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)
The Bing Crosby Show
1962 · Himself
The Road to Hong Kong
1962 · Harry Turner
The Bing Crosby Show
1961 · Self
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
1961
The Grand Olympics
1961 · Himself
Pepe
1960 · Bing Crosby
High Time
1960 · Harvey Howard
Let's Make Love
1960 · Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Lifetime of Comedy
1960 · (archive footage)
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
1959 · Self
Say One for Me
1959 · Father Conroy
Alias Jesse James
1959 · Bing (uncredited)
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
1957 · Self
The Edsel Show
1957 · Self
Man on Fire
1957 · Earl Carleton, Executive Producer
High Society
1956 · C. K. Dexter-Haven
Anything Goes
1956 · Bill Benson
High Tor
1956 · Van Van Dorn, Executive Producer
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956 · Influential Man
The Country Girl
1954 · Frank Elgin
White Christmas
1954 · Bob Wallace
The Bing Crosby Show
1954 · Self
Little Boy Lost
1953 · Bill Wainright
Scared Stiff
1953 · Skeleton (uncredited)
Off Limits
1952 · Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Road to Bali
1952 · George Cochran, Executive Producer
Just for You
1952 · Jordan Blake
Son of Paleface
1952 · Driver (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Spectator (uncredited)
Angels in the Outfield
1951 · Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
1951 · Peter 'Pete' Garvey
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951
Mr. Music
1950 · Paul Merrick
Screen Actors
1950 · Self (uncredited)
Riding High
1950 · Dan Brooks
You Can Change The World
1950 · Self
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949 · Narrator
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949 · Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
Top o' the Morning
1949 · Joe Mulqueen
Jolson Sings Again
1949 · Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Down Memory Lane
1949 · Bing Crosby
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949 · Hank Martin
The Emperor Waltz
1948 · Virgil Smith
Road to Rio
1947 · Scat Sweeney
Variety Girl
1947 · Bing Crosby
Road to Hollywood
1947 · Himself
Welcome Stranger
1947 · Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Harry (uncredited)
Abie's Irish Rose
1946 · Executive Producer
Blue Skies
1946 · Johnny Adams
Road to Utopia
1946 · Duke Johnson
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 · Father O'Malley
We've Got Another Bond to Buy
1945
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945 · Bing Crosby
Duffy's Tavern
1945 · Bing Crosby
Out of This World
1945 · Herbie Fenton (singing voice) (uncredited)
Road to Home
1945 · Self
The Great John L.
1945 · Executive Producer
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945 · Self
Here Come the Waves
1944 · Johnny Cabot
The Princess and the Pirate
1944 · Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
The Road to Victory
1944 · Bing Crosby (uncredited)
The Shining Future
1944 · Self
Going My Way
1944 · Father Chuck O'Malley
Dixie
1943 · Daniel Decatur Emmett
Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
Don't Hook Now
1943 · Self
They Got Me Covered
1943 · Music Box (voice)
Road to Morocco
1942 · Jeff Peters
Holiday Inn
1942 · Jim Hardy
My Favorite Blonde
1942 · Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · Bing Crosby
Birth of the Blues
1941 · Jeff Lambert
Road to Zanzibar
1941 · Chuck
Rhythm on the River
1940 · Bob Sommers
Swing with Bing
1940 · Himself
If I Had My Way
1940 · Buzz Blackwell
Road to Singapore
1940 · Josh Mallon
The Star Maker
1939 · Larry Earl
East Side of Heaven
1939 · Denny Martin
Paris Honeymoon
1939 · 'Lucky' Lawton
Sing, You Sinners
1938 · Joe Beebe
Hollywood Handicap
1938 · Himself
Doctor Rhythm
1938 · Dr. Bill Remsen
Double or Nothing
1937 · 'Lefty' Boylan
Waikiki Wedding
1937 · Tony Marvin
Pennies from Heaven
1936 · Larry Poole
Rhythm on the Range
1936 · Jeff Larabee
Anything Goes
1936 · Billy Crocker
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935 · Bing
Two for Tonight
1935 · Gilbert Gordon
Mississippi
1935 · Tom Grayson
Here Is My Heart
1934 · J. Paul Jones
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934 · Self
She Loves Me Not
1934 · Paul Lawton
We're Not Dressing
1934 · Stephen Jones
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934 · Self
Going Hollywood
1933 · Bill 'Billy' Williams
Please
1933 · Howard Jones
Too Much Harmony
1933 · Eddie Bronson
College Humor
1933 · Professor Frederick Danvers
Sing, Bing, Sing
1933 · Bing
The Big Broadcast
1932 · Bing Hornsby
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
1932 · Self
Hollywood on Parade
1932 · Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932 · Self (uncredited)
Billboard Girl
1932 · Bing
Dream House
1932 · Bing Fawcett (Plumber)
One More Chance
1931 · Bing Bangs
Blue of the Night
1931 · Bing Crosby / Jack Smith
I Surrender Dear
1931 · Bing Crosby
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931 · Bing
Reaching for the Moon
1930 · Bing
The March of Time
1930 · Self
Two Plus Fours
1930 · Bing
King of Jazz
1930 · Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
Series (25)
Legends
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)
The South Bank Show
1978
Dinah!
1974 · Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971 · Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited), Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self, Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 · Charlie Castle
The Bing Crosby Show
1964 · Bing Collins
Top of the Pops
1964 · Self (archive footage), Self - Jim Hardy (archive footage)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · George Warren
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self, Self (archive footage)
Ben Casey
1961 · Executive Producer
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self
Frank Sinatra Show
1957 · Self
The Phil Silvers Show
1955 · Bing Crosby
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Bing Crosby
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Winner