Bing Crosby
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
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
(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
Jim Hardy
Holiday Inn
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
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
Jordan Blake
Just for You
Virgil Smith
The Emperor Waltz
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
(archive footage)
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 Crosby
I Surrender Dear
Bing Fawcett (Plumber)
Dream House
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
Dr. Bill Remsen
Doctor Rhythm
Howard Jones
Please
'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
(archive footage)
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
(archive footage)
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
The Bing Crosby Show
Self
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
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
(archive footage)
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
Skeleton (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
Spectator (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Angels in the Outfield
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Jolson Sings Again
Himself (uncredited)
Cancel My Reservation
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
(archive footage)
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
Self
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
Himself
The Bing Crosby Show
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
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
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
(archive footage)
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
(archive footage)
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
The Best of Johnny Carson
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Don't Hook Now
Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
191
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-05-03
Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also Known As
Harry Lillis Crosby