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