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Bing Crosby

Actor / Screenwriter / Radio Personality / Poet | * 05/02/1903 († 74, 10/14/1977) | Tacoma, Washington (United States of America (USA))
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, actor, television producer, television and radio personality and businessman. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Crosby was a leader in record sales, network radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He was one of the first global cultural icons. Crosby made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs. Crosby’s early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed, such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon. Yank magazine said that Crosby 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.: 6  In 1948, Music Digest estimated that Crosby’s recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music in America. Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Music | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Bing Crosby

Peabody Awards Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Academy Award for Best Actor American Music Award of Merit World Golf Hall of Fame Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 3x Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Bing Crosby as Actor(149)

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023 Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self (archive footage)2022 Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)2021 Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self (archive footage)2019 My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Jeff Peters (archive footage)2018 Howard
as Self (archive footage)2017 This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)2014 Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Actor (archive footage)2006 Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)2003 Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
as (archive footage)2003 Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
as (archive footage)2002 Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)2000 Prison Images
as Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)2000 'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
as (archive footage)1994 That's Entertainment! III
as Himself (Archive)1994 Songs That Won the War
as Self - Vocalist (archive footage)1992 Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self (archive footage)1991 The Magic of Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)1990 You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archival footage)1985 Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as (archive footage)1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)1982 Showbiz Goes to War
as Self (archive footage)1982 Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as (archive footage)1982 Disney's Halloween Treat
as (archive footage)1979 The Hollywood Clowns
as Himself (archival footage)1978 Bing Crosby the Christmas Years
as Narrator/Brom Bones1977 Halloween Hall 'o Fame
as (archive footage)1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as Self (archive footage)1976 It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self - Host / Narrator1974 That's Entertainment!
as Himself (uncredited)1972 Cancel My Reservation
as Dr. Leonard Cook1971 Dr. Cook's Garden
as Mark Twain1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Self (archive footage)1968 The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1968 The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
as Narrator (voice)1966 Cinerama's Russian Adventure
as Doc Josiah Boone1966 Stagecoach
as Self (archive footage)1965 Hollywood My Home Town
as Allen A. Dale1964 Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)1963 The Sound of Laughter
as Harry Turner1962 The Road to Hong Kong
as himself1961 The Bing Crosby Show
as himself1961 The Grand Olympics
as himself1960 Let's Make Love
as Harvey Howard1960 High Time
as himself1960 Pepe
as Father Conroy1959 Say One for Me
as Bing (uncredited)1959 Alias Jesse James
as Earl Carleton1957 Man on Fire
as himself1957 Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
as Van Van Dorn1956 High Tor
as Influential Man1956 Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
as C. K. Dexter-Haven1956 High Society
as Bill Benson1956 Anything Goes
as Frank Elgin1954 The Country Girl
as Bob Wallace1954 White Christmas
as George Cochran1953 Road to Bali
as Bill Wainright1953 Little Boy Lost
as Skeleton (uncredited)1953 Scared Stiff
as Jordan Blake1952 Just for You
as Driver (uncredited)1952 Son of Paleface
as Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)1952 Off Limits
as Spectator (uncredited)1952 The Greatest Show on Earth
as Peter 'Pete' Garvey1951 Here Comes the Groom
as Himself (uncredited)1951 Angels in the Outfield
as Dan Brooks1950 Riding High
as Paul Merrick1950 Mr. Music
as Self (uncredited)1950 Screen Actors
as Joe Mulqueen1949 Top o' the Morning
as archive footage1949 Down Memory Lane
as Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
as Himself (voice) (uncredited)1949 Jolson Sings Again
as Virgil Smith1948 The Emperor Waltz
as Harry (uncredited)1947 My Favorite Brunette
as Scat Sweeney1947 Road to Rio
as himself1947 The Road to Hollywood
as Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson1947 Welcome Stranger
as himself1947 Variety Girl
as Johnny Adams1946 Blue Skies
as Herbie Fenton (singing voice)1945 Out of This World
as Duke Johnson1945 Road to Utopia
as Father Chuck O'Malley1945 The Bells of St. Mary's
as himself1945 Duffy's Tavern
as himself1944 The Shining Future
as Bing Crosby (uncredited)1944 The Road to Victory
as Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)1944 The Princess and the Pirate
as Father Chuck O'Malley1944 Going My Way
as Johnny Cabot1944 Here Come the Waves
as Music Box (voice) (uncredited)1943 They Got Me Covered
as himself1943 Show-Business at War
as Daniel Decatur Emmett1943 Dixie
as Jim Hardy1942 Holiday Inn
as Jeff Peters1942 Road to Morocco
as Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)1942 My Favorite Blonde
as himself1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
as Jeff Lambert1941 Birth of the Blues
as Chuck Reardon1941 Road to Zanzibar
as Bob Sommers1940 Rhythm on the River
as Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V1940 Road to Singapore
as himself1940 Swing with Bing
as Buzz Blackwell1940 If I Had My Way
as 'Lucky' Lawton1939 Paris Honeymoon
as Larry Earl1939 The Star Maker
as Denny Martin1939 East Side of Heaven
as Dr. Bill Remsen1938 Doctor Rhythm
as Joe Beebe1938 Sing, You Sinners
as himself1938 Hollywood Handicap
as 'Lefty' Boylan1937 Double or Nothing
as Tony Marvin1937 Waikiki Wedding
as Larry Poole1936 Pennies from Heaven
as Billy Crocker1936 Anything Goes
as Jeff Larabee1936 Rhythm on the Range
as Gilbert Gordon1935 Two for Tonight
as Tom Grayson1935 Mississippi
as Stephen Jones1934 We're Not Dressing
as Paul Lawton1934 She Loves Me Not
as J. Paul Jones1934 Here Is My Heart
as Bill 'Billy' Williams1933 Going Hollywood
as Howard Jones1933 Please
as Bing1933 Sing, Bing, Sing
as Professor Frederick Danvers1933 College Humor
as Eddie Bronson1933 Too Much Harmony
as Bing Fawcett (Plumber)1932 Dream House
as Bing Hornsby1932 The Big Broadcast
as Self (uncredited)1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
as himself1932 Hollywood on Parade
as Bing1932 Billboard Girl
as Bing Bangs1931 One More Chance
as Bing Crosby / Jack Smith1931 Blue of the Night
as himself1931 I Surrender Dear
as himself1930 The March of Time
as Bing (as The Rhythm Boys)1930 Two Plus Fours
as Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)1930 King of Jazz

TV Shows/Series with Bing Crosby as Actor(10)

as Self (archive footage)2006 Legends
as himself1971 The Pearl Bailey Show
as himself1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
as himself1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as Bing Collins1964 The Bing Crosby Show
as himself1957 Frank Sinatra Show
as himself1950 The Jack Benny Program
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Bing Crosby as Crew(10)

Sound/Songs1996 Silent Night
Sound/Songs1995 White Christmas
Production/Executive Producer1978 Mean Dog Blues
Production/Producer1973 Terror in the Wax Museum
Crew/Thanks1973 Paper Moon
Sound/Music1968 White Christmas
Production/Executive Producer1956 High Tor
Production/Executive Producer1946 Abie's Irish Rose
Production/Executive Producer1945 The Great John L.

Additional Information

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Full Name: Harry Lillis Crosby
Born: Saturday, 05/02 1903 (May) in Tacoma, Washington (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 10/14 1977 (October) in Alcobendas (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Gonzaga Preparatory School, Gonzaga University, North Central High School
Record Label: Decca, Columbia Records, Brunswick Records, RCA Records, RCA Victor, Reprise Records, Capitol Records, Verve Records, United Artists Records
Spouses (current/former): Kathryn Crosby, Dixie Lee
Children: Lindsay Crosby, Mary Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby, Phillip Crosby, Dennis Crosby, Harry Crosby, Gary Crosby
Siblings: Larry Crosby, Bob Crosby
Father: Harry Lowe Crosby
Mother: Catherine Helen Harrigan
Other names for Bing Crosby (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Harry Lillis Crosby"
"Der Bingle"
"Бинг Кросби"
"The Rhythm Boys"
"Bing" (Nickname)
"Bingsy" (Pseudonym)
Bing Crosby frequently works together with these people:
Bob Hope (51x, Actor)
Edith Head (42x, Crew)
Frank Sinatra (28x, Actor)
Hans Dreier (28x, Crew)
Wally Westmore (22x, Crew)
Dorothy Lamour (21x, Actress)
Sam Comer (19x, Crew)
Jimmy Durante (14x, Actor)
Frank Butler (14x, Crew)
Fred Astaire (13x, Actor)
Gordon Jennings (13x, Crew)
Jackie Gleason (8x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10719, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024