Cast
Bing Crosby
Acting
Cast
Bing Crosby
Known for
Acting
Born
1903-05-03
From
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Died
1977-10-14
Also known as Harry Lillis Crosby, Der Bingle, The Rhythm Boys
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.
High Society
as C. K. Dexter-Haven
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Spectator (uncredited)
Angels in the Outfield
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
Let's Make Love
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Stagecoach
as Doc Josiah Boone
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Hank Martin
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Holiday Inn
as Jim Hardy
White Christmas
as Bob Wallace
Waikiki Wedding
as Tony Marvin
Howard
as Jeff Peters (archive footage)
Anything Goes
as Billy Crocker
Mississippi
as Tom Grayson
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Allen A. Dale
Paris Honeymoon
as 'Lucky' Lawton
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
High Time
as Harvey Howard
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Country Girl
as Frank Elgin
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Alias Jesse James
as Bing (uncredited)
Going My Way
as Father Chuck O'Malley
Doctor Rhythm
as Dr. Bill Remsen
Twiggy
as (archival footage)
Road to Morocco
as Jeff Peters
Pepe
as Bing Crosby
Riding High
as Dan Brooks
Going Hollywood
as Bill 'Billy' Williams
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Road to Bali
as George Cochran
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Mark Twain
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
Variety Girl
as Bing Crosby
Road to Rio
as Scat Sweeney
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self (archive footage)
Rhythm on the River
as Bob Sommers
Billboard Girl
as Bing
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Bing Crosby
Welcome Stranger
as Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as Self (archive footage)
Pennies from Heaven
as Larry Poole
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The Princess and the Pirate
as Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
Jolson Sings Again
as Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
Double or Nothing
as 'Lefty' Boylan
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Narrator
Scared Stiff
as Skeleton (uncredited)
Blue Skies
as Johnny Adams
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Bing
Dixie
as Daniel Decatur Emmett
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
Son of Paleface
as Driver (uncredited)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
Road to Singapore
as Josh Mallon
Show-Business at War
as Self
Off Limits
as Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Father Chuck O'Malley
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as Self
Road to Utopia
as Duke Johnson
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
as Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)
You Can Change The World
as Self
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
They Got Me Covered
as Music Box (voice)
King of Jazz
as Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
The Road to Hong Kong
as Harry Turner
Cancel My Reservation
as Himself (uncredited)
Man on Fire
as Earl Carleton
My Favorite Blonde
as Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)
Say One for Me
as Father Conroy
College Humor
as Professor Frederick Danvers
My Favorite Brunette
as Harry (uncredited)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Victory Caravan
as Bing Crosby
Two for Tonight
as Gilbert Gordon
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self - Host (archive footage)
Road to Zanzibar
as Chuck
The Sound of Laughter
as Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
Duffy's Tavern
as Bing Crosby
Here Comes the Groom
as Peter 'Pete' Garvey
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
as Self (archive footage)
High Tor
as Van Van Dorn
Sing, You Sinners
as Joe Beebe
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Bob Wallace (archive footage)
Here Is My Heart
as J. Paul Jones
The Star Maker
as Larry Earl
The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Bing
Anything Goes
as Bill Benson
Here Come the Waves
as Johnny Cabot
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
as Self
Mr. Music
as Paul Merrick
Too Much Harmony
as Eddie Bronson
Reaching for the Moon
as Bing
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
East Side of Heaven
as Denny Martin
Out of This World
as Herbie Fenton (singing voice)
Just for You
as Jordan Blake
We're Not Dressing
as Stephen Jones
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
as Self (archive footage)
Rhythm on the Range
as Jeff Larabee
The Emperor Waltz
as Virgil Smith
The Road to Victory
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Classic Commercials: Volume 3
The Big Broadcast
as Bing Hornsby
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
as Self (host)
One More Chance
as Bing Bangs
She Loves Me Not
as Paul Lawton
Road to Hollywood
as Himself
The March of Time
as Self
Bob Hope Christmas Show
as Self
Little Boy Lost
as Bill Wainright
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
as Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
as Self (Archive Footage)
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
as Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
Disney's Halloween Treat
as (archive footage)
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
as Influential Man
If I Had My Way
as Buzz Blackwell
Shanks for the Memory
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
as Self
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
as Self (archive footage)
Moments in Music
as Self
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
as Self
The Great Radio Comedians
as Self
Dream House
as Bing Fawcett (Plumber)
The Grand Olympics
as Himself
Lifetime of Comedy
as (archive footage)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
as Self
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
Birth of the Blues
as Jeff Lambert
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
as Himself
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
Halloween Hall o' Fame
as Narrator/Brom Bones
The Shining Future
as Self
Goldilocks
as Self / Papa Bear (voice)
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
Dr. Cook's Garden
as Leonard Cook
Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway
as Himself
The All-Star Bond Rally
as Self
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
as Self
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
Top o' the Morning
as Joe Mulqueen
The Magic of Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
I Surrender Dear
as Bing Crosby
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self
Two Plus Fours
as Bing
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
as Himself (archival footage)
Down Memory Lane
as Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
as Self (archive footage)
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
as Self
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
as Self - (archive footage)
Road to Home
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
as Self (uncredited)
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
The Bing Crosby Show
as Himself
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
as Self (archive footage)
The Edsel Show
as Self
Blue of the Night
as Bing Crosby / Jack Smith
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
Sing, Bing, Sing
as Bing
Swing with Bing
as Himself
Songs That Won the War
as Himself (Archive)
The Best of Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
as Self
Please
as Howard Jones
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as Self
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas
as Himself
We've Got Another Bond to Buy
Don't Hook Now
as Self