Bing Crosby
Known for Acting · 217 credits
- Born
- 1903-05-03
- Died
- 1977-10-14
- Place of birth
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
- Also known as
- Harry Lillis Crosby · Der Bingle · The Rhythm Boys
Biography
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self (archive footage)
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self (archive footage) / Self - Jim Hardy (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Winner
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self / Self - Guest / Various Characters
TV Shows (22)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self (archive footage)
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self (archive footage) / Self - Jim Hardy (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Winner
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self / Self - Guest / Various Characters
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as George Warren
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self - Award for Best Actor
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Bing Crosby
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
as Bing Crosby
Legends
2006
as Self (archive footage)
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Charlie Castle
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
as Bing Collins
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
as Self
Frank Sinatra Show
1957
as Self
Movies (195)
High Society
1956
as C. K. Dexter-Haven
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
as Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Spectator (uncredited)
Holiday Inn
1942
as Jim Hardy
Angels in the Outfield
1951
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stagecoach
1966
as Doc Josiah Boone
White Christmas
1954
as Bob Wallace
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Let's Make Love
1960
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Howard
2018
as Jeff Peters (archive footage)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Hank Martin
The Country Girl
1954
as Frank Elgin
Anything Goes
1936
as Billy Crocker
Waikiki Wedding
1937
as Tony Marvin
Going My Way
1944
as Father Chuck O'Malley
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Alias Jesse James
1959
as Bing (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as Self - Host / Narrator
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Allen A. Dale
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Paris Honeymoon
1939
as 'Lucky' Lawton
Road to Bali
1952
as George Cochran
Mississippi
1935
as Tom Grayson
Twiggy
2025
as (archival footage)
Variety Girl
1947
as Bing Crosby
High Time
1960
as Harvey Howard
Pennies from Heaven
1936
as Larry Poole
Doctor Rhythm
1938
as Dr. Bill Remsen
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Pepe
1960
as Bing Crosby
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
as Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Road to Morocco
1942
as Jeff Peters
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
Jolson Sings Again
1949
as Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
as Bing
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Rhythm on the River
1940
as Bob Sommers
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
as Narrator
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Double or Nothing
1937
as 'Lefty' Boylan
Scared Stiff
1953
as Skeleton (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood
1933
as Bill 'Billy' Williams
Riding High
1950
as Dan Brooks
Billboard Girl
1932
as Bing
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Road to Rio
1947
as Scat Sweeney
King of Jazz
1930
as Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
Road to Singapore
1940
as Josh Mallon
Blue Skies
1946
as Johnny Adams
Road to Zanzibar
1941
as Chuck
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
You Can Change The World
1950
as Self
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as Mark Twain
Off Limits
1952
as Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Say One for Me
1959
as Father Conroy
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
2003
as Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Harry (uncredited)
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as Harry Turner
They Got Me Covered
1943
as Music Box (voice)
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
as Father Chuck O'Malley
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as Self
Man on Fire
1957
as Earl Carleton
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Road to Utopia
1946
as Duke Johnson
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Sing, You Sinners
1938
as Joe Beebe
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Reaching for the Moon
1930
as Bing
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Here Comes the Groom
1951
as Peter 'Pete' Garvey
Dixie
1943
as Daniel Decatur Emmett
College Humor
1933
as Professor Frederick Danvers
Cancel My Reservation
1972
as Himself (uncredited)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
as Self (archive footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
as Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
Lifetime of Comedy
1960
as (archive footage)
Son of Paleface
1952
as Driver (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997
as Bob Wallace (archive footage)
The Road to Victory
1944
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Here Is My Heart
1934
as J. Paul Jones
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945
as Bing Crosby
If I Had My Way
1940
as Buzz Blackwell
Mr. Music
1950
as Paul Merrick
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
1932
as Self
Here Come the Waves
1944
as Johnny Cabot
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
as Self - Host (archive footage)
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
as (archive footage)
Road to Hollywood
1947
as Himself
One More Chance
1931
as Bing Bangs
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935
as Bing
Two for Tonight
1935
as Gilbert Gordon
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
1977
as Self
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Duffy's Tavern
1945
as Bing Crosby
High Tor
1956
as Van Van Dorn
Rhythm on the Range
1936
as Jeff Larabee
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
About Bing Crosby
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 overse… With 217 credits spanning from 1930 to 2025, Bing Crosby has appeared in 195 films and 22 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bing Crosby Movies
- High Society (1956) — as C. K. Dexter-Haven
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) — as Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) — as Spectator (uncredited)
- Holiday Inn (1942) — as Jim Hardy
- Angels in the Outfield (1951) — as Bing Crosby (uncredited)
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