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Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope was born in Eltham, London, England, on June 8, 1927, was a British-born American actor. Young Bob Hope first started performing as a comedian and dancer on vaudeville circuit in the 1920s. He made his big screen debut in musical comedy film The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) in role as Buzz Fielding. He got his television debut on inaugural broadcast of Los Angeles station KTLA (1947). Bob's breakthrough performance came as Wally Campbell in horror comedy film The Cat and the Canary (1939). He landed his Broadway debut in a musical "Sidewalks of New York" (1927) in role as Monk, at Knickerbocker Theatre.

How tall was Bob Hope and what was his weight? Bob Hope's height was 5' 10" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 178 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, his weight was 176.5 іn pоunds or 80 іn kіlоgrаmѕ.

Bob Hope

Bob Hope
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Birth Date

May 29, 1903

Died

July 27, 2003

Nationality

United States - United Kingdom

Sun Sign

Gemini

Natural hair color

Gray

Eye color

Dark Brown

Height

5 ft 10 in | 178 cm

Weight

80 kg | 176.5 lbs

Shoe size

Not available

Best Movies

He starred in seven Road to ... musical comedy films:

Road to Singapore (1940) as Ace Lannigan

Road to Singapore (1940) as Hubert 'Fearless' Frazier

Road to Morocco (1942) as Orville "Turkey" Jackson

Road to Utopia (1946) as Chester Hooton

Road to Rio (1947) as Hot Lips Barton

Road to Bali (1952) as Harold Gridley

The Road to Hong Kong (1962) as Chester Babcock

He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical and won the Golden Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance for his role as Adam J. Niles (Jack Adams) in romantic comedy film Bachelor in Paradise (1961).

He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical for his role as Larry Gilbert in romantic comedy movie The Facts of Life (1960).

He was nominated for the Golden Laurel Award for Male Comedy Performance for his role as Tom Meade in comedy film Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966).

He won the Photoplay Award for Best Performances of the Month (December) for his role as Wally Campbell in horror comedy film The Cat and the Canary (1939).

He won the Photoplay Award for Best Performances of the Month (August) for his role as Larry Lawrence in mystery horror comedy film The Ghost Breakers (1940).

My Favorite Blonde (1942) comedy as Larry Haines

The Princess and the Pirate (1944) comedy as Sylvester Crosby

My Favorite Brunette (1947) romantic comedy as Ronnie Jackson

The Paleface (1948) comedy Western as Painless Potter

Son of Paleface (1952) comedy Western as Peter "Junior" Potter Jr./Peter Potter

My Favorite Spy (1951) comedy as Peanuts White / Eric Augustine

Best TV Shows

He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical or Variety Program for The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1968).

He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963-1966).

Facts

Attended Boys Industrial School in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

Had six brothers: Jack, Frederick, Sidney, George, Ivor and James.

Had Welsh and English ancestry.

He had a career as a boxer in 1919, had three wins and one loss.

He played Huckleberry Haines in a musical "Roberta" (1933 -1934), at New Amsterdam Theatre.

He portrayed Jimmy Blake in a musical "Say When" (1934-1935), at Imperial Theatre.

He wrote 14 books.

He was an avid golfer.

He won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1960.

He was awarded four Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:

Live Performance at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in 1993

Motion Picture at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard in 1960

Television at 6758 Hollywood Boulevard in 1960

Radio at 6141 Hollywood Boulevard in 1960

He won four Academy Honorary Awards.

He won the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1966.

He won the Kennedy Center Honors in 1985.

He won the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1963.

He won the American Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy in 1995.

Bob died on July 27, 2003, Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 100.

Spouse

He was married to:

Dolores Hope (1934-2003), they had four adopted children: Linda, Tony, Kelly and Eleanora.

Grace Troxell (1933-1934)

Relationships

He dated actress Veronica Lake (1943).

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