This is a selection of films and television appearances by British-American comedian and actor Bob Hope (1903-2003). Hope, a former boxer, began his acting career in 1925 in various vaudeville acts and stage performances

Bob Hope in The Ghost Breakers trailer (1940)

Hope's feature film debut came in The Big Broadcast of 1938.(although he made his debut in film short Going Spanish). Hope continued to act, in addition to stand-up comedy USO performances for American military personnel that were stationed overseas. His final starring feature theatrical release was the comedy Cancel My Reservation in 1972, (although he would feature in the 1986 made for TV film A Masterpiece of Murder). He retired in 1998.

Filmography

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Film shorts

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  • Going Spanish (1934) as Bob
  • Paree, Paree (1934) as Peter
  • Calling All Tars (1935)
  • Double Exposure (1935)
  • The Old Grey Mayor (1935)
  • Soup for Nuts (1935)
  • Watch the Birdie (1935)
  • Shop Talk (1936)
  • Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 6 (1940)
  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4 (1942)
  • Don't Hook Now (1943)
  • Show Business at War (1943)
  • Combat America (1943)[1]
  • Strictly G.I. (1943)
  • The All-Star Bond Rally (1945)
  • Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945)
  • March of Time Volume 14, No. 1: Is Everybody Listening? (1947)
  • Weekend in Hollywood (1947)
  • Screen Actors (1950)
  • You Can Change the World (1951)
  • Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952)
  • Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Invisible Man (1954)
  • Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (1955)
  • Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956)
  • The Heart of Show Business (1957)
  • Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Star Night (1957)
  • Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)

Theatrical features

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Voice roles and documentaries

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Box office ranking

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For a number of years Hope was ranked as one of the most popular stars in the world:

  • 1941 – 4th (US)[3]
  • 1942 – 5th (US)
  • 1943 – 2nd (US)
  • 1944 – 3rd (US)
  • 1945 – 7th (US)
  • 1946 – 5th (US)
  • 1947 – 6th (US)
  • 1948 – 5th (US)
  • 1949 – 1st (US)
  • 1950 – 2nd (US), 1st (UK)
  • 1951 – 6th (US), 1st (UK)
  • 1952 – 5th (US), 1st (UK)
  • 1953 – 8th (US)

Portrayals

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Hope was portrayed by Greg Kinnear in the 2020 comedy-drama film Misbehaviour about the Miss World 1970 Women's Liberation protests.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Turner Classic Movies: Combat America
  2. ^ Turner Classic Movies: A Masterpiece of Murder (aka A Nice, Pleasant, Deadly Weekend in Palm Springs and A Nice, Pleasant Deadly Weekend)
  3. ^ "Filmdom Ranks Its Money-Spinning Stars Best At Box-Office". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 30 March 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Greg Kinnear to Play Bob Hope in Keira Knightley's Miss World Comedy-Drama 'Misbehaviour'". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  5. ^ Gilbey, Ryan (2020-03-06). "Greg Kinnear on Misbehaviour and #MeToo: 'Where were human resources in the 1990s?'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-08.