Bob Hope

Leslie Townes Hope (Eltham, 1903 – May 29, Toluca Lake, July 27, 2003) was an American comedian.

As Bob Hope, he was one of the most famous American comedians of the 20th century. Bob Hope was a conferencier, which controlled all facets of the box. He acted as vaudeville actor, in Broadway-plays and musicals, in radio and television programmes and films.



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[hide] *Youth 1  ==Youth[ Edit] == He came in the world in Eltham, SoutheastLondon, the fifth of seven sons. His father was a Stonecutter and his mother sang in light operas. In 1907his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. In 1920 he became an American citizen. ==Early career[ Edit] == At the age of 10 he won a Charlie Chaplinimitation contest. After high school he took dance classes at King Rastus Brown and Johnny Root. He turned out to be a natural.
 * 2 Early Career
 * 3 Fame
 * 4 Awards
 * 5 Quotes
 * 6 external link

At eighteen he gave dance performances with his then-girlfriend Mildred Rosequist in Cleveland and the surrounding area. A short time later, he danced his way to the theaters in New York City.

After his debut on Broadway in 1927 in the musical The Sidewalks of New York broke Hope in 1933 by the grappende as Huckleberry Haines in the musical Roberta. During this performance he learned the singer Dolores Reade, with whom he married in 1934 . ==Fame[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">By the success of his satirical radio monologues he got a role in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938 which was a success. He sang In this film Thanks for the Memory what are anthem would be.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Hopes cooperation with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in the various Road to ... movies (1940-1952) brought long lines for the cinemas. The series began with Road to Singapore, followed by Road to Zanzibar (1941), ''... Morocco (1942), ... Utopia (1946), ... Rio (1947), ... Bali (1948) and ... Hong Kong'' (1952).

<p lang="en" len="189" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Other comedy roles he played in Caught in the Draft (1941), Let's Face It (1943), The Paleface (1948), Fancy Pants (1950) and My Favorite Spy (1951).

<p lang="en" len="143" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Hope played leading roles in over fifty movies and appeared with supporting roles in fifteen other (the last one was Spies Like US in 1985).

<p lang="en" len="417" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">In 1944 was the highest rated radio show in the US Hopes and in 1950, he made his debut on television.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">On 6 may 1941 Bob Hope performed for the first time on for American soldiers. He continued to entertain soldiers during the rest of the Second World War, the Korean war, the Viet Nam warand even in 1991 during the Gulf war. During his performances for these soldiers, he was very committed and he almost always wore army clothing as a sign of support and admiration for his audience.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">The comedian amassed a fortune, which he invested in real estate. Forbes magazine once estimated his assets at more than $ 500 million. ==Awards<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">He had five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Of president George w. Bush referred to him he got the Bob Hope American Patriot Award.

<p lang="en" len="295" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">He got five honoraryOscars for his particular humanitarian merits in 1940, 1944, 1952, 1959 and 1965.

<p lang="en" len="263" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">The Academy Award for "best actor", however, was never awarded to him.

<p lang="en" len="127" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Every American army's part he got awards for the more than 40 Christmas tours he made along the troops.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">He was honorary Commander of the order of the British Empire and got a People to People Award of President Dwight d. Eisenhower, the Congressional Gold Medal by President John f. Kennedy and the Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon b. Johnson.

<p lang="en" len="113" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Hope was honored as often (more than 2000 times) that he had to build a warehouse to store its prices.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Although his health declined in recent years, continued to hold out Hope that he would never cease to entertain. "They'll have to carry me away", he threatened, "because I still have to do a few songs before I go to the large Golf course".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Hope was reputed for his love of sports. He was in his youth short time professional Boxer, played pool for money, was crazy about American football and was part-owner of the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Rams. However, he was best known by his passion for golf; He even played in a number of PGA (Professional Golf Association) competitions. In honor of America's most beloved comedian was the Hope/Chrysler Classic named after him, that in 2003 for the 44th time is organized. He played golf with nearly every president after Dwight d. Eisenhower.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Hope celebrated his centenary on 29 May 2003 and rivaled only by Irving Berlin and George Burns for the title of most famous centenarian. On the occasion of his birthday was the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles (California) renamed to Bob Hope Square. Also this day in 35 States named Bob Hope Day. Self, who spent the day at his home inToluca Lake, where he lived since 1937 . Even at that age showed his sense of humor not desert him when he said "I'm so old that they have abolished my blood group ". He died two months later to a pneumonia. ==Quotes<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Hope was a perfectionist where the witty remarks and short jokes were concerned. Because he so often was away from his wife and their four adopted children to enter to shows on he joked: "when I get home, thinking my children that I am booked especially for them".

<p lang="en" len="94" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">"Our family was so great that I pass on my eighth was allowed for the first time in the bathroom."

<p lang="en" len="129" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">He changed his first name in Bob because he was afraid that classmates would otherwise "Hope, Leslie" verba to download "hopelessly".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">He knew he was destined to be an actor: "the day I was born I stood up and bowed. When the doctor slapped me, I thought I got applause ".