Bing Crosby
Biography
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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 Chuck O'Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way and was nominated for his reprise of the role in The Bells of St. Mary's opposite Ingrid Bergman the next year, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations with longtime friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to... films from 1940 to 1962.
Crosby influenced the development of the postwar recording industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to America by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in a California electronics company called Ampex to build copies. He then convinced ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. Through the medium of recording, he constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became an industry standard. In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped to finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-05-03
Place of birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
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Cast
The Movie Orgy
1968
6.50
The Country Girl
1954
6.90
Man on Fire
1957
5.80
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
6.85
High Society
1956
6.90
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932
0.00
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
5.70
Road to Morocco
1942
6.90
Road to Zanzibar
1941
6.31
Road to Rio
1947
6.70
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
6.80
Halloween Hall o' Fame
1977
0.00
Road to Bali
1953
6.30
Going Hollywood
1933
5.50
We're Not Dressing
1934
6.60
Here Comes the Groom
1951
5.20
White Christmas
1954
7.18
Holiday Inn
1942
7.03
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
0.00
Road to Singapore
1940
6.45
Road to Utopia
1946
6.60
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
7.50
Here Come the Waves
1944
5.00
East Side of Heaven
1939
7.10
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
7.46
Just for You
1952
4.80
Anything Goes
1956
5.90
The Emperor Waltz
1948
5.90
Stagecoach
1966
6.11
Alias Jesse James
1959
5.90
Going My Way
1944
6.73
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
6.00
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
2005
0.00
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
10.00
Hollywood Handicap
1938
4.50
Rhythm on the Range
1936
4.00
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
1932
1.00
Blue Skies
1946
6.00
Pepe
1960
6.10
Waikiki Wedding
1937
5.40
Double or Nothing
1937
6.60
If I Had My Way
1940
6.40
Classic Commercials: Volume 3
1998
0.00
Little Boy Lost
1953
7.70
The Great Radio Comedians
1971
8.00
My Favorite Brunette
1947
6.70
Birth of the Blues
1941
5.30
High Time
1960
5.60
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
5.90
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.00
Mr. Music
1950
4.00
Dream House
1932
7.40
Blue of the Night
1931
5.70
I Surrender Dear
1931
5.60
Goldilocks
1970
0.00
Riding High
1950
5.80
Say One for Me
1959
4.80
She Loves Me Not
1934
5.60
Sing, You Sinners
1938
6.70
Rhythm on the River
1940
7.00
Mississippi
1935
6.70
Variety Girl
1947
6.10
Welcome Stranger
1947
6.60
The March of Time
1930
0.00
Sing, Bing, Sing
1933
5.60
Two Plus Fours
1930
4.50
Top o' the Morning
1949
5.80
College Humor
1933
5.60
Here Is My Heart
1934
6.80
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
6.00
The Road to Victory
1944
5.50
Anything Goes
1936
5.30
Pennies from Heaven
1936
6.86
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935
5.40
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956
5.00
Dr. Cook's Garden
1971
6.60
The Big Broadcast
1932
7.10
Road to Home
1945
5.00
Two for Tonight
1935
6.50
Please
1933
0.00
Doctor Rhythm
1938
6.00
Paris Honeymoon
1939
3.00
The Star Maker
1939
0.00
The Shining Future
1944
4.00
Howard
2018
6.90
Reaching for the Moon
1930
5.80
Son of Paleface
1952
6.30
Too Much Harmony
1933
5.00
My Favorite Blonde
1942
6.40
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
10.00
They Got Me Covered
1943
5.90
Rat Pack
2022
9.00
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
1965
6.00
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
7.50
Hollywood on Parade
1932
3.00
Dixie
1943
3.00
Out of This World
1945
7.30
King of Jazz
1930
6.20
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.30
The Bing Crosby Show
1954
0.00
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
1970
0.00
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
7.00
Swing with Bing
1940
4.00
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
6.56
Duffy's Tavern
1945
6.10
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.90
High Tor
1956
7.50
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
0.00
Off Limits
1952
5.80
Billboard Girl
1932
4.30
Scared Stiff
1953
6.40
Jolson Sings Again
1949
6.00
Cancel My Reservation
1972
5.30
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
6.32
Angels in the Outfield
1951
6.70
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
1966
5.70
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
5.50
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.00
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945
5.20
Songs That Won the War
1994
8.00
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991
0.00
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
0.00
Lifetime of Comedy
1960
0.00
Let's Make Love
1960
6.38
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
1966
10.00
The Bing Crosby Show
1962
0.00
The Bing Crosby Show
1961
2.00
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
8.00
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
5.80
Show-Business at War
1943
7.00
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
5.70
Road to Hollywood
1947
4.30
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945
5.00
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
5.67
You Can Change The World
1950
5.80
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
1978
0.00
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
2003
8.20
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.00
It's Showtime
1976
7.00
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019
7.50
We've Got Another Bond to Buy
1945
0.00
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007
0.00
The Sound of Laughter
1963
2.00
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
1959
0.00
Screen Actors
1950
6.00
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
5.90
One More Chance
1931
5.00
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934
0.00
The Edsel Show
1957
0.00
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
2003
5.00
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
2004
0.00
The Grand Olympics
1961
5.60
Down Memory Lane
1949
0.00
Twiggy
2025
7.20
Shanks for the Memory
1994
0.00
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965
0.00
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
0.00