Bing Crosby

Known For: Acting
Born: May 3, 1903
Place of Birth: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Died: October 14, 1977

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 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 Chuc…

Filmography

Twiggy

2025 · (archival footage)

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

2023 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022 · Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)

Rat Pack

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Dean Martin: King of Cool

2021 · Self (archive footage)

My Music: A Classic Christmas

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Howard

2018 · Jeff Peters (archive footage)

This Is Bob Hope...

2017 · Self (archive footage)

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

2014 · Self (archive footage)

Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials

2010 · Self (archive footage)

The Best of Johnny Carson

2010 · Self (archive footage)

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

2007 · Self (archive footage)

Legends

2006 · Self (archive footage)

"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After

2006 · Self - (archive footage)

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

2006 · Self - Actor (archive footage)

Legendary Christmas Entertainers

Legendary Christmas Entertainers

2005 · Self

Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt

2005 · Thanks

'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration

2004 · Self

Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert

2004 · Self, Director

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

2003 · Self (Archive Footage)

Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1

2003 · Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

2001 · Self (archive footage)

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

2001 · Self (archive footage)

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

2001 · Self (archive footage)

'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

2000 · Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

2000 · Self (archive footage)

Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999 · Self (archive footage)

Classic Commercials: Volume 3

1998

A Bing Crosby Christmas

1998 · Self - Host (archive footage)

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

1997 · Bob Wallace (archive footage)

Silent Night

1996 · Songs

Good King Wenceslas

1996 · Songs

White Christmas

1995 · Songs

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994 · (archive footage)

Shanks for the Memory

1994

Songs That Won the War

1994 · Himself (Archive)

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992 · Self - Vocalist (archive footage)

A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show

1992 · Self

The Magic of Bing Crosby

1991 · Self (archive footage)

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990 · Self (archive footage)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987 · Self (archive footage)

Classic Comedy Teams

1986 · Self (archive footage)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985 · Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 · (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

1982 · Self (archive footage)

Disney's Halloween Treat

1982 · (archive footage)

Showbiz Ballyhoo

1982 · Self (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982 · Self (archive footage)

The Hollywood Clowns

1979 · (archive footage)

Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years

1978 · Himself (archival footage)

Mean Dog Blues

1978 · Executive Producer

Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

1977 · Self

Halloween Hall o' Fame

1977 · Narrator/Brom Bones

Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway

1977 · Himself

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

It's Showtime

1976 · Self (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood

1976 · Self (archive footage)

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975 · Self

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Self (archive footage)

Dinah!

1974 · Self

That's Entertainment!

1974 · Self - Host / Narrator

Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

1973

Arnold

1973 · Executive Producer

Paper Moon

1973 · Thanks

Terror in the Wax Museum

1973 · Producer

Cancel My Reservation

1972 · Himself (uncredited)

Ben

1972 · Executive Producer

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 · Self (archive footage)

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

1971 · Himself

The Great Radio Comedians

The Great Radio Comedians

1971 · Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971 · Self

The Pearl Bailey Show

The Pearl Bailey Show

1971 · Self

Dr. Cook's Garden

1971 · Leonard Cook

Bing Crosby: Cooling It

1970 · Self

Goldilocks

1970 · Self / Papa Bear (voice)

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970 · Mark Twain

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969 · Self

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

1968 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968 · Self (uncredited)

The Movie Orgy

1968 · Self (archive footage)

White Christmas

1968 · Music

The Carol Burnett Show

1967 · Self, Self - Guest / Various Characters

The Danny Thomas Hour

1967 · Charlie Castle

Christmas with Crosby & Kate

1966 · Himself

Stagecoach

1966 · Doc Josiah Boone

Cinerama's Russian Adventure

1966 · Narrator (voice)

Calder

1966 · Music

Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show

1965 · Self (host)

Bob Hope Christmas Show

Bob Hope Christmas Show

1965 · Self

The Bing Crosby Show

1964 · Bing Collins

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964 · Allen A. Dale

Top of the Pops

1964 · Self (archive footage), Self - Jim Hardy (archive footage)

The Sound of Laughter

1963 · Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 · George Warren

The Bing Crosby Show

1962 · Himself

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self, Self (archive footage)

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Road to Hong Kong

1962 · Harry Turner

The Bing Crosby Show

1961 · Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self, Self (archive footage)

Ben Casey

1961 · Executive Producer

Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show

1961

The Grand Olympics

1961 · Himself

Pepe

1960 · Bing Crosby

High Time

1960 · Harvey Howard

Let's Make Love

1960 · Bing Crosby (uncredited)

Lifetime of Comedy

1960 · (archive footage)

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

1959 · Self

Say One for Me

1959 · Father Conroy

Alias Jesse James

1959 · Bing (uncredited)

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959 · Self

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958 · Self

Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank

1957 · Self

Frank Sinatra Show

1957 · Self

The Edsel Show

1957 · Self

Man on Fire

1957 · Earl Carleton, Executive Producer

High Society

1956 · C. K. Dexter-Haven

Anything Goes

1956 · Bill Benson

High Tor

1956 · Van Van Dorn, Executive Producer

Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

1956 · Influential Man

The Phil Silvers Show

1955 · Bing Crosby

The Country Girl

1954 · Frank Elgin

White Christmas

1954 · Bob Wallace

The Bing Crosby Show

1954 · Self

Little Boy Lost

1953 · Bill Wainright

Scared Stiff

1953 · Skeleton (uncredited)

Off Limits

1952 · Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)

Road to Bali

1952 · George Cochran, Executive Producer

Just for You

1952 · Jordan Blake

Son of Paleface

1952 · Driver (uncredited)

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952 · Spectator (uncredited)

Angels in the Outfield

1951 · Bing Crosby (uncredited)

The Red Skelton Show

1951 · Self

Here Comes the Groom

1951 · Peter 'Pete' Garvey

America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers

1951

Mr. Music

1950 · Paul Merrick

Moments in Music

1950 · Self

The Jack Benny Program

1950 · Bing Crosby

Screen Actors

1950 · Self (uncredited)

Riding High

1950 · Dan Brooks

The Bob Hope Show

1950 · Self

You Can Change The World

1950 · Self

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1949 · Narrator

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1949 · Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")

Top o' the Morning

1949 · Joe Mulqueen

Jolson Sings Again

1949 · Himself (voice) (uncredited)

Down Memory Lane

1949 · Bing Crosby

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949 · Hank Martin

The Emperor Waltz

1948 · Virgil Smith

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Road to Rio

1947 · Scat Sweeney

Variety Girl

1947 · Bing Crosby

Road to Hollywood

1947 · Himself

Welcome Stranger

1947 · Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson

My Favorite Brunette

1947 · Harry (uncredited)

Abie's Irish Rose

1946 · Executive Producer

Blue Skies

1946 · Johnny Adams

Road to Utopia

1946 · Duke Johnson

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945 · Father O'Malley

We've Got Another Bond to Buy

We've Got Another Bond to Buy

1945

Hollywood Victory Caravan

1945 · Bing Crosby

Duffy's Tavern

1945 · Bing Crosby

Out of This World

1945 · Herbie Fenton (singing voice) (uncredited)

Road to Home

1945 · Self

The Great John L.

1945 · Executive Producer

The All-Star Bond Rally

1945 · Self

Here Come the Waves

1944 · Johnny Cabot

The Princess and the Pirate

1944 · Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)

The Road to Victory

The Road to Victory

1944 · Bing Crosby (uncredited)

The Shining Future

1944 · Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Winner

Going My Way

1944 · Father Chuck O'Malley

Dixie

1943 · Daniel Decatur Emmett

Show-Business at War

1943 · Self

Don't Hook Now

1943 · Self

They Got Me Covered

1943 · Music Box (voice)

Road to Morocco

1942 · Jeff Peters

Holiday Inn

1942 · Jim Hardy

My Favorite Blonde

1942 · Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942 · Bing Crosby

Birth of the Blues

1941 · Jeff Lambert

Road to Zanzibar

1941 · Chuck

Rhythm on the River

1940 · Bob Sommers

Swing with Bing

Swing with Bing

1940 · Himself

If I Had My Way

1940 · Buzz Blackwell

Road to Singapore

1940 · Josh Mallon

The Star Maker

1939 · Larry Earl

East Side of Heaven

1939 · Denny Martin

Paris Honeymoon

1939 · 'Lucky' Lawton

Sing, You Sinners

1938 · Joe Beebe

Hollywood Handicap

1938 · Himself

Doctor Rhythm

1938 · Dr. Bill Remsen

Double or Nothing

1937 · 'Lefty' Boylan

Waikiki Wedding

1937 · Tony Marvin

Pennies from Heaven

1936 · Larry Poole

Rhythm on the Range

1936 · Jeff Larabee

Anything Goes

1936 · Billy Crocker

The Big Broadcast of 1936

1935 · Bing

Two for Tonight

1935 · Gilbert Gordon

Mississippi

1935 · Tom Grayson

Here Is My Heart

1934 · J. Paul Jones

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

1934 · Self

She Loves Me Not

1934 · Paul Lawton

We're Not Dressing

1934 · Stephen Jones

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

1934 · Self

Going Hollywood

1933 · Bill 'Billy' Williams

Please

1933 · Howard Jones

Too Much Harmony

1933 · Eddie Bronson

College Humor

1933 · Professor Frederick Danvers

Sing, Bing, Sing

1933 · Bing

The Big Broadcast

1932 · Bing Hornsby

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2

1932 · Self

Hollywood on Parade

1932 · Self

Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

1932 · Self (uncredited)

Billboard Girl

1932 · Bing

Dream House

1932 · Bing Fawcett (Plumber)

One More Chance

1931 · Bing Bangs

Blue of the Night

1931 · Bing Crosby / Jack Smith

I Surrender Dear

1931 · Bing Crosby

Confessions of a Co-Ed

1931 · Bing

Reaching for the Moon

1930 · Bing

The March of Time

1930 · Self

Two Plus Fours

1930 · Bing

King of Jazz

1930 · Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)

Bing Crosby · Virelixia