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Bob Hope Biography
Built-in: May 29, 1903
Eltham, England
American comedian and player
I n improver to his successes on radio, in movies, on television, and in alive shows, Bob Hope entertained members of the American armed services all over the world and made many appearances to benefit different charities.
"Hopeless" childhood
Built-in in Eltham, England, on May 29, 1903, Leslie Townes Promise was one of Harry and Agnes Townes Hope's 7 surviving boys. His father was a stonemason (a construction worker), and his female parent had been a concert vocalist in Wales. By the age of 4 Promise was a skilled mimic and loved to sing and dance. In 1908 the family left England and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. For Hope, who looked and sounded British, the aligning was difficult. Neighborhood kids turned his name effectually to create the nickname "Hopelessly." When he shortened his name to Les, they began to refer to him as "Hopeless." As a outcome of all this teasing, Hope often got in fights. He developed into a boxer of some skill.
As a youth Hope sold ii-cent newspapers on the streets of Cleveland to help his family out. On one occasion a man in a long, blackness limousine waited while Hope rushed into a nearby store to get change for a dime. When he returned he received a lecture about the importance of keeping change in guild to take advantage of all business concern opportunities. The man in the limousine was John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), founder of Standard Oil Company and i of the richest men in the world.
Enters show business
As a teenager Hope once said that he would rather be an thespian than concord an honest job. He performed whenever possible, mainly dancing and telling the 1-line jokes for which he later became famous. He gained experience in an act he formed with a comedian from Columbus, Ohio, named George Byrne. Using the name Lester, Promise went with Byrne to New York City in 1926. They performed in cities and towns throughout the state. They finally appeared in a New York Urban center vaudeville (traveling phase entertainment featuring several different performers) production called "Sidewalks." They were fired within a month, notwithstanding.
Hope got his start chance to work as a solo act at the Stratford Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, in 1928. He changed his name to Bob because he felt that would be "chummier" and would look amend on a theater sign. Hope e'er made his audience feel at ease and comfortable by making himself the subject of his humor. He worked hard and succeeded just presently left the Stratford to bout Midwestern cities. From 1920 to 1937 Hope performed in all kinds of shows both on and off Broadway, earning a reputation as a master of the one-liner (a short joke). Past 1932 Promise was earning a g dollars a week during a time when millions of people were out of piece of work. Still, he was not satisfied. He always wanted to improve and to become an outstanding comic in the business organization.
Promise and Crosby
Promise met actor and singer Bing Crosby (1904–1977) in 1932, and they started performing together in vocal and trip the light fantastic toe routines. Hope met actress Delores Reade in 1933 and afterward married her. In 1935 Promise joined the "Ziegfield Follies" and performed in cities outside New York. In January 1936 he opened in the "Follies" at New York City's Winter Garden Theatre. The "Ziegfield Follies" was the musical highlight of Broadway, consisting of beautiful girls and costumes, witty dialogue between the actors and actresses, and music past such great composers every bit Vernon Duke (1903–1969) and Ira Gershwin (1896–1983).
Although Promise had acted in some short picture comedies as early every bit 1934, he began his feature-length movie career in Hollywood in 1938 with The Large Broadcast of 1938, which also starred comedian W. C. Fields (1880–1947). This was the starting time of an active film career for Promise. He went on to
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appear in fifty-two movies, including 6 films in the Road serial (including The Road to Zanzibar and The Road to Rio ), which besides featured Crosby and Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996).
Performed for the troops
Promise has always been strongly patriotic. On Dec 7, 1941, when Japanese attack planes bombed Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to enter World War Ii (1939–45; a war in which Germany, Japan, and Italy fought against Great United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, France, the Soviet Wedlock, and the United States), Hope spoke out against the attack. During a radio broadcast on December 16, Hope alleged his honey for his country: "There is no demand to tell a nation to keep smiling when it'due south never stopped. It is that ability to express joy the makes us the great people that we are … Americans!"
In 1942 Hope was asked to brand an entertainment bout of Alaskan army bases. Hope brought other performers along and put together a variety prove for the troops stationed there. That was the start of a commitment on Promise's part that has never concluded. Every year, particularly during the Christmas season, he has led a bulldoze to present shows to American men and women in the military. At the University Awards in February 1941, Promise was given a special award for his many benefit performances. He also won honorary (awarded without meeting the usual requirements) Oscars in 1940, 1944, 1952, and 1965.
Later years
Some of Hope's charitable activities involve golf. Hope has played the game all of his life, including with several U.Due south. presidents. In 1964 he agreed to have the Palm Springs Archetype golf tournament renamed The Bob Hope Desert Classic, which he has hosted ever since. Since the administration of Franklin Roosevelt (1882–1945), Hope has appeared many times at the White House. Hope'due south seventy-fifth birthday party, held in the Washington Kennedy Center, was attended by members of Congress and by many of Hope'southward acting friends. Another celebration was held at the Kennedy Center in 1983, when Promise turned eighty years old. This time President Ronald Reagan (1911–) and his married woman, Nancy (1921–), hosted the celebration. At the commemoration Hope showed no signs of slowing downwardly.
In May 1993 NBC historic Hope'due south ninetieth birthday with the three-hour special "Bob Hope: The First Ninety Years." The show featured tributes from every living U.S. president at that time. By then, according to Tv set Guide, Hope had made more than five hundred TV shows and 70 movies. Hope concluded his lx-year contract with NBC in November 1996, when his final special, "Laughing with the Presidents," aired.
The Guinness Volume of Globe Records called Hope the nearly honored entertainer in the globe. By mid-1995 he had received more than ii yard awards, including fifty-four honorary doctorate degrees, The Sabbatum Evening Mail service reported. In 1998 Hope and his wife Delores appear that they would donate his personal papers and collection of nigh 90,000 jokes to the Library of Congress. In June 2000 Hope spent six days in the hospital because of internal bleeding.
For More Information
Curtis, Jenny. Bob Promise. New York: Metro Books, 1999.
Faith, William Robert. Bob Hope: A Life in Comedy. New York: Putnam, 1982.
Grudens, Richard. The Spirit of Bob Hope. Stony Brook, NY: Celebrity Profiles Publishing, 2002.
Quirk, Lawrence J. Bob Hope: The Road Well-Traveled. New York: Applause, 1998.
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