Hope, Bob

A British-born twentieth-century American comedian. Hope is known for his work in films, especially a series of seven “Road” pictures, including The Road to Zanzibar and The Road to Morocco. His costars in all these films were Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. He is also famous as a tireless entertainer of American service personnel overseas.

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Bob Hope was the most beloved, honored, and richly rewarded comedian of all time.

From Bob Hope to Whoopi Goldberg and Neil Patrick Harris, relive six decades of Academy Award openers.

Bob Hope hosted and it drew an estimate of 40 million viewers on television.

I think what they ought to do is start now and spend the next year building an animatronic Bob Hope.

Among the male recipients of the honor: Bob Hope, Paul Newman, and Lemmon.

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