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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Twiggy
Character:(archival footage)
Release Date:07/03/2025
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/09/2024
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/04/2023
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/09/2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Character:Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
Release Date:08/09/2022
Rat Pack
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2022
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/11/2021
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/11/2019
Howard
Character:Jeff Peters (archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2018
This Is Bob Hope...
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/12/2017
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/2014
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/12/2012
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
Character:Self
Release Date:09/11/2010
The Best of Johnny Carson
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2010
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Character:Self
Release Date:30/01/2007
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
Character:Archive Footage
Release Date:10/10/2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:16/09/2006
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
Character:Self
Release Date:04/10/2005
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2004
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Character:Self (Archive Footage)
Release Date:15/12/2003
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/08/2003
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:27/05/2003
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
Character:Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:07/04/2003
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:26/11/2002
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/02/2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/02/2001
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
Character:Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:21/11/2000
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Classic Commercials: Volume 3
Character:
Release Date:07/07/1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Character:Self - Host (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1998
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Character:Bob Wallace (archive footage)
Release Date:01/12/1997
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
Shanks for the Memory
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1994
Songs That Won the War
Character:Himself (Archive)
Release Date:01/05/1994
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Character:Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
Release Date:25/12/1992
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Release Date:25/10/1992
The Magic of Bing Crosby
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/10/1991
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/07/1990
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1988
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/06/1987
Classic Comedy Teams
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1986
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Showbiz Goes to War
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1982
Disney's Halloween Treat
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:30/10/1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/05/1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
The Hollywood Clowns
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:23/03/1979
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
Character:Himself (archival footage)
Release Date:06/12/1978
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
Character:Self
Release Date:30/11/1977
Halloween Hall o' Fame
Character:Narrator/Brom Bones
Release Date:30/10/1977
Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway
Character:Himself
Release Date:27/08/1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
It's Showtime
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1976
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
That's Entertainment!
Character:Self - Host / Narrator
Release Date:21/06/1974
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
Character:
Release Date:09/12/1973
Cancel My Reservation
Character:Himself (uncredited)
Release Date:21/09/1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas
Character:Himself
Release Date:14/12/1971
The Great Radio Comedians
Character:Self
Release Date:11/05/1971
Dr. Cook's Garden
Character:Leonard Cook
Release Date:19/01/1971
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
Character:Self
Release Date:13/04/1970
Goldilocks
Character:Self / Papa Bear (voice)
Release Date:31/03/1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Character:Mark Twain
Release Date:01/01/1970
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:08/05/1968
The Movie Orgy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1968
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/12/1966
Stagecoach
Character:Doc Josiah Boone
Release Date:21/04/1966
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/03/1966
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
Character:Self (host)
Release Date:25/12/1965
Bob Hope Christmas Show
Character:Self
Release Date:15/12/1965
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Character:Allen A. Dale
Release Date:24/06/1964
The Sound of Laughter
Character:Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)
Release Date:17/12/1963
The Bing Crosby Show
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/12/1962
The Road to Hong Kong
Character:Harry Turner
Release Date:29/03/1962
The Bing Crosby Show
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/1961
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
Character:
Release Date:26/08/1961
The Grand Olympics
Character:Himself
Release Date:26/05/1961
Pepe
Character:Bing Crosby
Release Date:21/12/1960
High Time
Character:Harvey Howard
Release Date:16/09/1960
Let's Make Love
Character:Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Release Date:08/09/1960
Lifetime of Comedy
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1960
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Character:Self
Release Date:19/10/1959
Say One for Me
Character:Father Conroy
Release Date:19/06/1959
Alias Jesse James
Character:Bing (uncredited)
Release Date:20/03/1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/1958
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
Character:Self
Release Date:20/12/1957
The Edsel Show
Character:Self
Release Date:13/10/1957
Man on Fire
Character:Earl Carleton
Release Date:22/08/1957
High Society
Character:C. K. Dexter-Haven
Release Date:17/07/1956
Anything Goes
Character:Bill Benson
Release Date:27/04/1956
High Tor
Character:Van Van Dorn
Release Date:10/03/1956
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
Character:Influential Man
Release Date:01/01/1956
The Country Girl
Character:Frank Elgin
Release Date:15/12/1954
White Christmas
Character:Bob Wallace
Release Date:14/10/1954
The Bing Crosby Show
Character:Self
Release Date:03/01/1954
Little Boy Lost
Character:Bill Wainright
Release Date:21/09/1953
Scared Stiff
Character:Skeleton (uncredited)
Release Date:27/04/1953
Off Limits
Character:Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:30/12/1952
Road to Bali
Character:George Cochran
Release Date:05/12/1952
Just for You
Character:Jordan Blake
Release Date:27/09/1952
Son of Paleface
Character:Driver (uncredited)
Release Date:14/07/1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
Character:Spectator (uncredited)
Release Date:16/02/1952
Angels in the Outfield
Character:Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Release Date:19/10/1951
Here Comes the Groom
Character:Peter 'Pete' Garvey
Release Date:20/09/1951
Mr. Music
Character:Paul Merrick
Release Date:08/12/1950
Screen Actors
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:13/05/1950
Riding High
Character:Dan Brooks
Release Date:12/04/1950
You Can Change The World
Character:Self
Release Date:25/02/1950
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Character:Narrator
Release Date:08/10/1949
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Character:Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
Release Date:05/10/1949
Top o' the Morning
Character:Joe Mulqueen
Release Date:31/08/1949
Jolson Sings Again
Character:Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:17/08/1949
Down Memory Lane
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Character:Hank Martin
Release Date:18/04/1949
The Emperor Waltz
Character:Virgil Smith
Release Date:02/07/1948
Road to Rio
Character:Scat Sweeney
Release Date:25/12/1947
Variety Girl
Character:Bing Crosby
Release Date:29/08/1947
Road to Hollywood
Character:Himself
Release Date:04/07/1947
Welcome Stranger
Character:Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
Release Date:13/06/1947
My Favorite Brunette
Character:Harry (uncredited)
Release Date:19/03/1947
Blue Skies
Character:Johnny Adams
Release Date:15/10/1946
Road to Utopia
Character:Duke Johnson
Release Date:27/02/1946
The Bells of St. Mary's
Character:Father Chuck O'Malley
Release Date:27/12/1945
We've Got Another Bond to Buy
Character:
Release Date:04/12/1945
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Character:Bing Crosby
Release Date:30/09/1945
Duffy's Tavern
Character:Bing Crosby
Release Date:28/09/1945
Out of This World
Character:Herbie Fenton (singing voice)
Release Date:13/07/1945
Road to Home
Character:Self
Release Date:04/07/1945
The All-Star Bond Rally
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/1945
Here Come the Waves
Character:Johnny Cabot
Release Date:18/12/1944
The Princess and the Pirate
Character:Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
Release Date:17/11/1944
The Road to Victory
Character:Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Release Date:18/05/1944
The Shining Future
Character:Self
Release Date:11/04/1944
Going My Way
Character:Father Chuck O'Malley
Release Date:01/01/1944
Dixie
Character:Daniel Decatur Emmett
Release Date:23/06/1943
Show-Business at War
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1943
Don't Hook Now
Character:Self
Release Date:30/04/1943
They Got Me Covered
Character:Music Box (voice)
Release Date:04/03/1943
Road to Morocco
Character:Jeff Peters
Release Date:10/11/1942
Holiday Inn
Character:Jim Hardy
Release Date:10/07/1942
My Favorite Blonde
Character:Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)
Release Date:02/04/1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
Character:Bing Crosby
Release Date:05/03/1942
Birth of the Blues
Character:Jeff Lambert
Release Date:07/11/1941
Road to Zanzibar
Character:Chuck Reardon
Release Date:11/04/1941
Rhythm on the River
Character:Bob Sommers
Release Date:28/08/1940
Swing with Bing
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/06/1940
If I Had My Way
Character:Buzz Blackwell
Release Date:05/05/1940
Road to Singapore
Character:Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V
Release Date:22/03/1940
The Star Maker
Character:Larry Earl
Release Date:25/08/1939
East Side of Heaven
Character:Denny Martin
Release Date:07/04/1939
Paris Honeymoon
Character:'Lucky' Lawton
Release Date:27/01/1939
Sing, You Sinners
Character:Joe Beebe
Release Date:02/09/1938
Hollywood Handicap
Character:Himself
Release Date:28/05/1938
Doctor Rhythm
Character:Dr. Bill Remsen
Release Date:06/05/1938
Double or Nothing
Character:'Lefty' Boylan
Release Date:17/09/1937
Waikiki Wedding
Character:Tony Marvin
Release Date:23/03/1937
Pennies from Heaven
Character:Larry Poole
Release Date:25/11/1936
Rhythm on the Range
Character:Jeff Larabee
Release Date:01/07/1936
Anything Goes
Character:Billy Crocker
Release Date:24/01/1936
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Character:Bing
Release Date:20/09/1935
Two for Tonight
Character:Gilbert Gordon
Release Date:12/09/1935
Mississippi
Character:Tom Grayson
Release Date:22/03/1935
Here Is My Heart
Character:J. Paul Jones
Release Date:28/12/1934
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/1934
She Loves Me Not
Character:Paul Lawton
Release Date:31/08/1934
We're Not Dressing
Character:Stephen Jones
Release Date:27/04/1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
Character:Self
Release Date:22/01/1934
Going Hollywood
Character:Bill 'Billy' Williams
Release Date:22/12/1933
Please
Character:Howard Jones
Release Date:16/12/1933
Too Much Harmony
Character:Eddie Bronson
Release Date:23/09/1933
College Humor
Character:Professor Frederick Danvers
Release Date:05/07/1933
Sing, Bing, Sing
Character:Bing
Release Date:23/03/1933
The Big Broadcast
Character:Bing Hornsby
Release Date:14/10/1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
Character:Self
Release Date:22/09/1932
Hollywood on Parade
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:17/04/1932
Billboard Girl
Character:Bing
Release Date:20/03/1932
Dream House
Character:Bing Fawcett (Plumber)
Release Date:17/01/1932
One More Chance
Character:Bing Bangs
Release Date:15/11/1931
Blue of the Night
Character:Bing Crosby / Jack Smith
Release Date:13/09/1931
I Surrender Dear
Character:Bing Crosby
Release Date:13/09/1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Character:Bing
Release Date:11/07/1931
Reaching for the Moon
Character:Bing
Release Date:29/12/1930
The March of Time
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/1930
Two Plus Fours
Character:Bing
Release Date:10/08/1930
King of Jazz
Character:Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
Release Date:20/04/1930
Television Appearances
Legends
Character:Self (archive footage)
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
Character:Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Character:Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Character:Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Bing Crosby Show
Character:Bing Collins
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:George Warren
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra Show
Character:Self
The Jack Benny Program
Character:Bing Crosby
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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