Bing Crosby
Acting
🎂 1903-05-03
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Cast credits(205)
Self
1962
Self
1961
Self (archive footage)
1961
George Warren
1963
Self
1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Self
1948
Self (archive footage)
2006
Bing Crosby
1950
Self
1950
Self
1971
Self (archive footage)
2014
Bing Crosby (uncredited)
1951
Doc Josiah Boone
1966
Bing Collins
1964
Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
1949
C. K. Dexter-Haven
1956
Self (archive footage)
1982
Peter 'Pete' Garvey
1951
Harvey Howard
1960
Allen A. Dale
1964
Self
1934
1998
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Self (host)
1965
1958
Father Chuck O'Malley
1944
Bob Wallace
1954
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
Bing Crosby
1960
Bing Crosby
1947
Bing Crosby (uncredited)
1960
Self (archive footage)
1975
Himself
1962
(archive footage)
1982
Bing
1933
Herbie Fenton (singing voice)
1945
Mark Twain
1970
Frank Elgin
1954
Bing (uncredited)
1959
(archive footage)
1976
(archive footage)
2002
Self
1970
Narrator
1949
Self - Host (archive footage)
1998
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
Self (archive footage)
2022
Jim Hardy
1942
Self (archive footage)
1972
Driver (uncredited)
1952
Skeleton (uncredited)
1953
Bing Crosby
1945
Self (archive footage)
1968
(archive footage)
1994
Himself (uncredited)
1972
Self (archive footage)
1990
Self (archive footage)
1988
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006
Bill Benson
1956
Dan Brooks
1950
Self (archive footage)
2014
Bing Crosby
1942
(archive footage)
1960
Self (archive footage)
1991
Bing Crosby
1945
Self (archive footage)
1985
Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
1947
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
1949
(archive footage)
1949
1973
Spectator (uncredited)
1952
Self (Archive Footage)
2003
Self (archive footage)
1987
Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
1992
Paul Merrick
1950
Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
1944
Father Conroy
1959
Self (archive footage)
1976
Joe Beebe
1938
Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V
1940
Scat Sweeney
1947
Earl Carleton
1957
Joe Mulqueen
1949
Self (archive footage)
1982
Self
1971
Father Chuck O'Malley
1945
Virgil Smith
1948
Self
1977
Buzz Blackwell
1940
Harry (uncredited)
1947
Jeff Lambert
1941
Self
1957
Harry Turner
1962
Self
2004
Jordan Blake
1952
Bing
1935
Self (archive footage)
2022
Bill Wainright
1953
(archival footage)
2025
Self
1934
Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)
1942
Self
1932
Van Van Dorn
1956
Johnny Adams
1946
Self (archive footage)
1976
Self (archive footage)
1999
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self
1945
Tom Grayson
1935
Self
1975
Himself
1966
Jeff Larabee
1936
1961
Larry Poole
1936
Self / Papa Bear (voice)
1970
Self
1965
Duke Johnson
1946
Chuck Reardon
1941
(archive footage)
1979
Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)
1930
George Cochran
1953
Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
2022
Bing
1930
Jeff Peters
1942
Professor Frederick Danvers
1933
Bing
1931
Self
1992
Billy Crocker
1936
Self
1944
Larry Earl
1939
Bill 'Billy' Williams
1933
(archive footage)
1984
Daniel Decatur Emmett
1943
Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)
1952
Jeff Peters (archive footage)
2018
Self
1943
Dr. Bill Remsen
1938
Bing Crosby (uncredited)
1944
Self (archive footage)
2017
Music Box (voice)
1943
'Lucky' Lawton
1939
Gilbert Gordon
1935
1994
Leonard Cook
1971
Hank Martin
1949
Himself
1971
Himself
1938
Bing Hornsby
1932
Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)
2003
Self
2010
Self (archive footage)
2000
Tony Marvin
1937
Bob Wallace (archive footage)
1997
Denny Martin
1939
Influential Man
1956
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
1961
Bob Sommers
1940
Himself
1961
Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self
1971
Eddie Bronson
1933
Johnny Cabot
1944
Self (uncredited)
1950
J. Paul Jones
1934
(archive footage)
1982
Self (archive footage)
2019
Bing Crosby / Jack Smith
1931
Self (archive footage)
2003
'Lefty' Boylan
1937
Self (archive footage)
2001
Paul Lawton
1934
Bing Crosby
1931
Bing Fawcett (Plumber)
1932
Himself (archival footage)
1978
2010
Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)
1963
Self (uncredited)
1932
Self
1957
Stephen Jones
1934
Self
1950
Self
1959
Self
1930
Himself
1947
Howard Jones
1933
Narrator (voice)
1966
Self
1957
Himself
1977
Self
2007
Bing
1930
Self
2005
Self
1932
Self
1954
(archive footage)
2003
Self
1945
Archive Footage
2006
Bing
1932
Bing Bangs
1931
Himself
1940
Self
1943
Himself (Archive)
1994
Narrator/Brom Bones
1977
Self
2004
1945
