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Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Acting · Production · Sound · Crew

Born May 3, 1903, 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (102)
  • 2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 2022Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues — Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
  • 2022Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Dean Martin: King of Cool — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019My Music: A Classic Christmas — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017This Is Bob Hope... — Self (archive footage)
  • 2014Bing Crosby: Rediscovered — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010The Best of Johnny Carson — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy — Self (archive footage)
  • 2006"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After — Self - (archive footage)
  • 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess — Self - Actor (archive footage)
  • Legends — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005Legendary Christmas Entertainers — Self
  • 2004'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration — Self
  • Parkinson — Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)
  • 2003Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer — Self (archive footage)
  • 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love — Self (Archive Footage)
  • 2003Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites — Self (archive footage)
  • 2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2000Hollywood Musicals of the 40's — Self (archive footage)
  • 1999Television: The First Fifty Years — Self (archive footage)
  • 1998A Bing Crosby Christmas — Self - Host (archive footage)
  • 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
  • 1994Songs That Won the War — Himself (Archive)
  • 1992A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • 1992Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' — Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
  • 1991The Magic of Bing Crosby — Self (archive footage)
  • 1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Self (archive footage)
  • 1986Classic Comedy Teams — Self (archive footage)
  • 1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers — Self (archive footage)
  • 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1982Showbiz Ballyhoo — Self (archive footage)
  • 1982Showbiz Goes to War — Self (archive footage)
  • 1978Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years — Himself (archival footage)
  • 1977Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas — Self
  • 1977Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway — Himself
  • 1976Hooray for Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 1976It's Showtime — Self (archive footage)
  • 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
  • 1975Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television — Self
  • Dinah! — Self
  • 1974That's Entertainment! — Self - Host / Narrator
  • 1972Cancel My Reservation — Himself (uncredited)
  • 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
  • 1971Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas — Himself
  • 1971The Great Radio Comedians — Self
  • The Pearl Bailey Show — Self
  • V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
  • 1970Bing Crosby: Cooling It — Self
  • 1970Goldilocks — Self / Papa Bear (voice)
  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour — Self
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self (uncredited)
  • 1968The Movie Orgy — Self (archive footage)
  • 1968The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Carol Burnett Show — Self, Self - Guest / Various Characters
  • 1966Christmas with Crosby & Kate — Himself
  • 1965Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show — Self (host)
  • 1965Bob Hope Christmas Show — Self
  • Top of the Pops — Self (archive footage), Self - Jim Hardy (archive footage)
  • 1962The Bing Crosby Show — Himself
  • The Merv Griffin Show — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • 1961The Bing Crosby Show — Self
  • 1961The Grand Olympics — Himself
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self (archive footage)
  • The Bell Telephone Hour — Self
  • 1959The Frank Sinatra Timex Show — Self
  • 1958The All-Star Christmas Show — Self
  • Frank Sinatra Show — Self
  • 1957Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank — Self
  • 1957The Edsel Show — Self
  • 1954The Bing Crosby Show — Self
  • The Red Skelton Show — Self
  • 1950Screen Actors — Self (uncredited)
  • The Bob Hope Show — Self
  • 1950You Can Change The World — Self
  • 1949Jolson Sings Again — Himself (voice) (uncredited)
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • 1947Road to Hollywood — Himself
  • 1945Road to Home — Self
  • 1945The All-Star Bond Rally — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Winner
  • 1944The Shining Future — Self
  • 1943Don't Hook Now — Self
  • 1943Show-Business at War — Self
  • 1940Swing with Bing — Himself
  • 1938Hollywood Handicap — Himself
  • 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 — Self
  • 1934Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove — Self
  • 1932Hollywood on Parade — Self
  • 1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 — Self
  • 1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 — Self (uncredited)
  • 1930The March of Time — Self
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