1903-05-03 Tacoma, Washington, USA
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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Twiggy | (archival footage) | 2025-03-07 |
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-12 |
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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-04-26 |
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage) | 2022-09-08 |
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Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin | Self (archive footage) | 2022-09-17 |
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Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
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Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self (archive footage) | 2021-11-14 |
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My Music: A Classic Christmas | Self (archive footage) | 2019-11-16 |
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Howard | Jeff Peters (archive footage) | 2018-04-22 |
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This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-29 |
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Bing Crosby: Rediscovered | Self (archive footage) | 2014-12-02 |
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Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays | Self (archive footage) | 2012-12-10 |
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The Best of Johnny Carson | Self (archive footage) | 2010-01-01 |
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Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials | Self | 2010-11-09 |
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Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy | Self | 2007-01-30 |
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"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After | Archive Footage | 2006-10-10 |
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Grace face à son destin | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2006-09-16 |
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Legendary Christmas Entertainers | Self | 2005-10-04 |
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'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration | Self | 2004-10-05 |
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Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert | Self | 2004-01-01 |
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love | Self (Archive Footage) | 2003-12-15 |
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Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1 | Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage) | 2003-04-07 |
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Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites | (archive footage) | 2003-05-27 |
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Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer | Self (archive footage) | 2003-08-22 |
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
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The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 | Self (archive footage) | 2001-02-22 |
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The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 | Self (archive footage) | 2001-02-22 |
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Hollywood Musicals of the 40's | Self (archive footage) | 2000-09-01 |
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'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney | Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2000-11-21 |
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Television: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
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A Bing Crosby Christmas | Self - Host (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
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Classic Commercials: Volume 3 | 1998-07-07 | |
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Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | Bob Wallace (archive footage) | 1997-12-01 |
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Songs That Won the War | Himself (Archive) | 1994-05-01 |
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Shanks for the Memory | 1994-06-01 | |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1992-10-25 |
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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' | Self - Vocalist (archive footage) | 1992-12-25 |
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The Magic of Bing Crosby | Self (archive footage) | 1991-10-29 |
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | 1990-07-23 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 1988-05-16 |
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) | 1987-06-08 |
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Classic Comedy Teams | Self (archive footage) | 1986-01-01 |
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | 1985-01-01 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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Disney's Halloween Treat | (archive footage) | 1982-10-30 |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) | 1982-05-05 |
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The Hollywood Clowns | (archive footage) | 1979-03-23 |
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Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years | Himself (archival footage) | 1978-12-06 |
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Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway | Himself | 1977-08-27 |
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Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas | Self | 1977-11-30 |
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Halloween Hall o' Fame | Narrator/Brom Bones | 1977-10-30 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1976-01-01 |
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It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | Self | 1975-10-24 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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That's Entertainment! | Self - Host / Narrator | 1974-06-21 |
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Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show | 1973-12-09 | |
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Cancel My Reservation | Himself (uncredited) | 1972-09-21 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas | Himself | 1971-12-14 |
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Dr. Cook's Garden | Leonard Cook | 1971-01-19 |
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The Great Radio Comedians | Self | 1971-05-11 |
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Bing Crosby: Cooling It | Self | 1970-04-13 |
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Goldilocks | Self / Papa Bear (voice) | 1970-03-31 |
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Swing Out, Sweet Land | Mark Twain | 1970-01-01 |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1968-05-08 |
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Christmas with Crosby & Kate | Himself | 1966-12-24 |
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Stagecoach | Doc Josiah Boone | 1966-04-21 |
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Cinerama's Russian Adventure | Narrator (voice) | 1966-03-03 |
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Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show | Self (host) | 1965-12-25 |
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Bob Hope Christmas Show | Self | 1965-12-15 |
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Robin and the 7 Hoods | Allen A. Dale | 1964-06-24 |
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The Sound of Laughter | Bob (Singer in Grocery Store) | 1963-12-17 |
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The Bing Crosby Show | Himself | 1962-12-24 |
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The Road to Hong Kong | Harry Turner | 1962-03-29 |
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Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show | 1961-08-26 | |
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La grande olimpiade | Himself | 1961-05-26 |
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The Bing Crosby Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |
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Lifetime of Comedy | (archive footage) | 1960-01-01 |
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Let's Make Love | Bing Crosby (uncredited) | 1960-09-08 |
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Pepe | Bing Crosby | 1960-12-21 |
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High Time | Harvey Howard | 1960-09-16 |
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Alias Jesse James | Bing (uncredited) | 1959-03-20 |
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The Frank Sinatra Timex Show | Self | 1959-10-19 |
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Say One for Me | Father Conroy | 1959-06-19 |
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The All-Star Christmas Show | Self | 1958-12-01 |
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The Edsel Show | Self | 1957-10-13 |
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Man on Fire | Earl Carleton | 1957-08-22 |
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Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank | Self | 1957-12-20 |
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Anything Goes | Bill Benson | 1956-04-27 |
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High Society | C. K. Dexter-Haven | 1956-07-17 |
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Showdown at Ulcer Gulch | Influential Man | 1956-01-01 |
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High Tor | Van Van Dorn | 1956-03-10 |
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White Christmas | Bob Wallace | 1954-10-14 |
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The Country Girl | Frank Elgin | 1954-12-15 |
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The Bing Crosby Show | Self | 1954-01-03 |
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Little Boy Lost | Bill Wainright | 1953-09-21 |
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Scared Stiff | Skeleton (uncredited) | 1953-04-27 |
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Just for You | Jordan Blake | 1952-09-27 |
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The Greatest Show on Earth | Spectator (uncredited) | 1952-02-16 |
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Off Limits | Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1952-12-30 |
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Son of Paleface | Driver (uncredited) | 1952-07-14 |
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Road to Bali | George Cochran | 1952-12-05 |
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Angels in the Outfield | Bing Crosby (uncredited) | 1951-10-19 |
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Here Comes the Groom | Peter 'Pete' Garvey | 1951-09-20 |
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Screen Actors | Self (uncredited) | 1950-05-13 |
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You Can Change The World | Self | 1950-02-25 |
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Riding High | Dan Brooks | 1950-04-12 |
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Mr. Music | Paul Merrick | 1950-12-08 |
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow") | 1949-10-05 |
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Top o' the Morning | Joe Mulqueen | 1949-08-31 |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Narrator | 1949-10-08 |
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Hank Martin | 1949-04-18 |
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Down Memory Lane | (archive footage) | 1949-08-01 |
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Jolson Sings Again | Himself (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-08-17 |
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The Emperor Waltz | Virgil Smith | 1948-07-02 |
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Welcome Stranger | Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson | 1947-06-13 |
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Variety Girl | Bing Crosby | 1947-08-29 |
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The Road to Hollywood | Himself | 1947-07-04 |
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My Favorite Brunette | Harry (uncredited) | 1947-03-19 |
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Road to Rio | Scat Sweeney | 1947-12-25 |
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Road to Utopia | Duke Johnson | 1946-02-27 |
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Blue Skies | Johnny Adams | 1946-10-15 |
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The Bells of St. Mary's | Father Chuck O'Malley | 1945-12-27 |
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Hollywood Victory Caravan | Bing Crosby | 1945-09-30 |
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Out of This World | Herbie Fenton (singing voice) | 1945-07-13 |
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Duffy's Tavern | Bing Crosby | 1945-09-28 |
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The All-Star Bond Rally | Self | 1945-05-10 |
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We've Got Another Bond to Buy | 1945-12-04 | |
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Road to Home | Self | 1945-07-04 |
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The Road to Victory | Bing Crosby (uncredited) | 1944-05-18 |
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Going My Way | Father Chuck O'Malley | 1944-01-01 |
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Here Come the Waves | Johnny Cabot | 1944-12-18 |
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The Princess and the Pirate | Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited) | 1944-11-17 |
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The Shining Future | Self | 1944-04-11 |
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They Got Me Covered | Music Box (voice) | 1943-03-04 |
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Don't Hook Now | Self | 1943-04-30 |
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Dixie | Daniel Decatur Emmett | 1943-06-23 |
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Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
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My Favorite Blonde | Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited) | 1942-04-02 |
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Holiday Inn | Jim Hardy | 1942-07-10 |
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Road to Morocco | Jeff Peters | 1942-11-10 |
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Star Spangled Rhythm | Bing Crosby | 1942-03-05 |
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Road to Zanzibar | Chuck Reardon | 1941-04-11 |
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Birth of the Blues | Jeff Lambert | 1941-11-07 |
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Road to Singapore | Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V | 1940-03-22 |
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Swing with Bing | Himself | 1940-06-30 |
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If I Had My Way | Buzz Blackwell | 1940-05-05 |
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Rhythm on the River | Bob Sommers | 1940-08-28 |
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East Side of Heaven | Denny Martin | 1939-04-07 |
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The Star Maker | Larry Earl | 1939-08-25 |
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Paris Honeymoon | 'Lucky' Lawton | 1939-01-27 |
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Doctor Rhythm | Dr. Bill Remsen | 1938-05-06 |
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Hollywood Handicap | Himself | 1938-05-28 |
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Sing, You Sinners | Joe Beebe | 1938-09-02 |
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Waikiki Wedding | Tony Marvin | 1937-03-23 |
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Double or Nothing | 'Lefty' Boylan | 1937-09-17 |
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Rhythm on the Range | Jeff Larabee | 1936-07-01 |
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Pennies from Heaven | Larry Poole | 1936-11-25 |
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Anything Goes | Billy Crocker | 1936-01-24 |
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The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Bing | 1935-09-20 |
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Mississippi | Tom Grayson | 1935-03-22 |
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Two for Tonight | Gilbert Gordon | 1935-09-12 |
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Here Is My Heart | J. Paul Jones | 1934-12-28 |
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We're Not Dressing | Stephen Jones | 1934-04-27 |
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She Loves Me Not | Paul Lawton | 1934-08-31 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 | Self | 1934-01-22 |
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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self | 1934-12-01 |
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Please | Howard Jones | 1933-12-16 |
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Going Hollywood | Bill 'Billy' Williams | 1933-12-22 |
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Sing, Bing, Sing | Bing | 1933-03-23 |
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Too Much Harmony | Eddie Bronson | 1933-09-23 |
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College Humor | Professor Frederick Danvers | 1933-07-05 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 | Self (uncredited) | 1932-04-17 |
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Dream House | Bing Fawcett (Plumber) | 1932-01-17 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 | Self | 1932-09-22 |
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Billboard Girl | Bing | 1932-03-20 |
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Hollywood on Parade | Self | 1932-06-05 |
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The Big Broadcast | Bing Hornsby | 1932-10-14 |
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Confessions of a Co-Ed | Bing | 1931-07-11 |
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Blue of the Night | Bing Crosby / Jack Smith | 1931-09-13 |
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I Surrender Dear | Bing Crosby | 1931-09-13 |
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One More Chance | Bing Bangs | 1931-11-15 |
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King of Jazz | Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys) | 1930-04-20 |
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Reaching for the Moon | Bing | 1930-12-29 |
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The March of Time | Self | 1930-09-01 |
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Two Plus Fours | Bing | 1930-08-10 |
