
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.

Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Frank Elgin
The Country Girl

Earl Carleton
Man on Fire

Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
The Princess and the Pirate

C. K. Dexter-Haven
High Society

Self (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

Harry Turner
The Road to Hong Kong

Jeff Peters
Road to Morocco

Chuck Reardon
Road to Zanzibar

Scat Sweeney
Road to Rio

Father Chuck O'Malley
The Bells of St. Mary's

Narrator/Brom Bones
Halloween Hall o' Fame

George Cochran
Road to Bali

Bill 'Billy' Williams
Going Hollywood

Stephen Jones
We're Not Dressing

Peter 'Pete' Garvey
Here Comes the Groom

Bob Wallace
White Christmas

Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

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The Hollywood Clowns

Jim Hardy
Holiday Inn

Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V
Road to Singapore

Duke Johnson
Road to Utopia

Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool

Hank Martin
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Johnny Cabot
Here Come the Waves

Denny Martin
East Side of Heaven

Narrator
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Self
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank

Bill Benson
Anything Goes

Virgil Smith
The Emperor Waltz

Jordan Blake
Just for You

Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

Doc Josiah Boone
Stagecoach

Bing (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James

Father Chuck O'Malley
Going My Way

Allen A. Dale
Robin and the 7 Hoods

Bob Wallace (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Self
Legendary Christmas Entertainers

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Showbiz Goes to War

Himself
Hollywood Handicap

Jeff Larabee
Rhythm on the Range

Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2

Johnny Adams
Blue Skies

Bing Crosby
Pepe

Tony Marvin
Waikiki Wedding

'Lefty' Boylan
Double or Nothing

Buzz Blackwell
If I Had My Way

Classic Commercials: Volume 3

Bill Wainright
Little Boy Lost

Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show

Self
The Great Radio Comedians

Harry (uncredited)
My Favorite Brunette

Jeff Lambert
Birth of the Blues

Harvey Howard
High Time

Bing Crosby
Star Spangled Rhythm

Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Paul Merrick
Mr. Music

Bing Crosby / Jack Smith
Blue of the Night

Bing Fawcett (Plumber)
Dream House

Bing Crosby
I Surrender Dear

Self / Papa Bear (voice)
Goldilocks

Dan Brooks
Riding High

Father Conroy
Say One for Me

Paul Lawton
She Loves Me Not

Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Joe Beebe
Sing, You Sinners

Bob Sommers
Rhythm on the River

Tom Grayson
Mississippi

Bing Crosby
Variety Girl

Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
Welcome Stranger

Self
The March of Time

Bing
Sing, Bing, Sing

Bing
Two Plus Fours

Joe Mulqueen
Top o' the Morning

Professor Frederick Danvers
College Humor

J. Paul Jones
Here Is My Heart

Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Bing Crosby (uncredited)
The Road to Victory

Billy Crocker
Anything Goes

Larry Poole
Pennies from Heaven

Bing
The Big Broadcast of 1936

Influential Man
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

Leonard Cook
Dr. Cook's Garden

Bing Hornsby
The Big Broadcast

Self
Road to Home

Gilbert Gordon
Two for Tonight

Howard Jones
Please

Dr. Bill Remsen
Doctor Rhythm

'Lucky' Lawton
Paris Honeymoon

Larry Earl
The Star Maker

Self
The Shining Future

Jeff Peters (archive footage)
Howard

Bing
Reaching for the Moon

Driver (uncredited)
Son of Paleface

Eddie Bronson
Too Much Harmony

Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde

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Going Hollywood: The '30s

Music Box (voice)
They Got Me Covered

Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

Self (host)
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show

Archive Footage
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After

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Edith Head: The Paramount Years

Self
Hollywood on Parade

Daniel Decatur Emmett
Dixie

Herbie Fenton (singing voice)
Out of This World

Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
King of Jazz

Self - Host / Narrator
That's Entertainment!

Self (Archive Footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

Self
Bing Crosby: Cooling It

Self
The Bing Crosby Show

Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

Himself
Swing with Bing

Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Bing Crosby
Duffy's Tavern

Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years

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That's Entertainment, Part II

Van Van Dorn
High Tor

Self - Host (archive footage)
A Bing Crosby Christmas

Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Off Limits

Bing
Billboard Girl

Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Jolson Sings Again

Himself (uncredited)
Cancel My Reservation

Spectator (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth

Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Angels in the Outfield

Skeleton (uncredited)
Scared Stiff

Narrator (voice)
Cinerama's Russian Adventure

Self
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III

Bing Crosby
Hollywood Victory Caravan

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

Himself (Archive)
Songs That Won the War

Self (archive footage)
The Magic of Bing Crosby

Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

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Lifetime of Comedy

Self
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration

Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Let's Make Love

Himself
Christmas with Crosby & Kate

Himself
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

Himself
The Bing Crosby Show

Self
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

Self
The Bing Crosby Show

Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...

Bing
Confessions of a Co-Ed

Self
Show-Business at War

Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Himself
The Road to Hollywood

Self
The All-Star Bond Rally

Mark Twain
Swing Out, Sweet Land

Self
You Can Change The World

Himself (archival footage)
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years

Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1

Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime

Self (archive footage)
My Music: A Classic Christmas

We've Got Another Bond to Buy

Self
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)
The Sound of Laughter

Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

Self
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

Self (uncredited)
Screen Actors

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Disney's Halloween Treat

Bing Bangs
One More Chance

Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

Self
The Edsel Show

Self - Actor (archive footage)
Grace face à son destin

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Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

Self
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert

Himself
Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway

Himself
La grande olimpiade

(archive footage)
Down Memory Lane

(archival footage)
Twiggy

Self (archive footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Shanks for the Memory

Self
Bob Hope Christmas Show

Self
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show

Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood

Self (archive footage)
The Best of Johnny Carson

Self
The All-Star Christmas Show

Self
Don't Hook Now

Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo

Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams

Self (archive footage)
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
192
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-05-03
Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also Known As
Harry Lillis Crosby