This Is Bob Hope...

During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.

Documentary Comedy

Bob Hope

(Self (archive footage))

Billy Crystal

(Narrator (voice))

Woody Allen

Dick Cavett

Leonard Maltin

Conan O'Brien

Margaret Cho

Linda Hope

Bing Crosby

(Self (archive footage))

Lucille Ball

(Self (archive footage))

George Burns

(Self (archive footage))

Gracie Allen

(Self (archive footage))

Phyllis Diller

(Self (archive footage))

Dorothy Lamour

(Self (archive footage))

Ronald Reagan

(Self (archive footage))

James Cagney

(Self (archive footage))

Johnny Carson

(Self (archive footage))

Rosemary Clooney

(Self (archive footage))

Jerry Colonna

(Self (archive footage))

Sammy Davis Jr.

(Self (archive footage))

Aretha Franklin

(Self (archive footage))

Betty Grable

(Self (archive footage))

Harry James

(Self (archive footage))

Frances Langford

(Self (archive footage))

Fred MacMurray

(Self (archive footage))

Marilyn Maxwell

(Self (archive footage))

Ethel Merman

(Self (archive footage))

Richard Nixon

(Self (archive footage))

Janis Paige

(Self (archive footage))

Diana Ross

(Self (archive footage))

Tom Selleck

Brooke Shields

Connie Stevens

James Stewart

(Self (archive footage))

Lana Turner

(Self (archive footage))

Paulette Goddard

(actress in 'The Ghost Breakers' (archive footage) (uncredited))

Anthony Quinn

(actor in 'The Ghost Breakers' (archive footage) (uncredited))