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.
196 movies · 22 shows
Twiggy
2025·7.7
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024·0.0
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023·8.3
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022·0.0
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022·6.5
Rat Pack
2022·9.0
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021·7.6
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019·7.5
Howard
2018·6.8
This Is Bob Hope...
2017·8.0
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014·7.0
Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays
2012·0.0
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
2010·0.0
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010·0.0
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007·0.0
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
2006·0.0
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006·7.2
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
2005·0.0
'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
2004·0.0
Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert
2004·0.0
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003·7.0
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003·0.0
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
2003·6.5
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
2003·8.2
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002·7.7
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001·0.0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001·0.0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001·0.0
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
2000·5.0
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000·0.0
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999·0.0
Classic Commercials: Volume 3
1998·0.0
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998·10.0
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997·5.8
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995·8.0
That's Entertainment! III
1994·7.0
Shanks for the Memory
1994·0.0
Songs That Won the War
1994·8.0
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992·6.0
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
1992·0.0
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991·0.0
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990·0.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988·6.0
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987·7.0
Classic Comedy Teams
1986·7.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985·2.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·9.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982·10.0
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982·6.5
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982·0.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982·6.0
The Hollywood Clowns
1979·0.0
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
1978·0.0
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
1977·5.3
Halloween Hall o' Fame
1977·0.0
Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway
1977·5.5
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976·0.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·7.0
It's Showtime
1976·7.5
Hooray for Hollywood
1976·8.0
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975·0.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·6.3
That's Entertainment!
1974·7.4
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
1973·8.0
Cancel My Reservation
1972·6.5
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972·7.3
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas
1971·6.0
The Great Radio Comedians
1971·8.0
Dr. Cook's Garden
1971·6.8
Bing Crosby: Cooling It
1970·0.0
Goldilocks
1970·8.0
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970·5.7
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968·6.3
The Movie Orgy
1968·6.7
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
1966·10.0
Stagecoach
1966·6.1
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
1966·5.8
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
1965·6.0
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965·7.0
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964·6.2
The Sound of Laughter
1963·5.0
The Bing Crosby Show
1962·0.0
The Road to Hong Kong
1962·5.8
The Bing Crosby Show
1961·4.5
Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
1961·0.0
The Grand Olympics
1961·6.0
Pepe
1960·6.3
High Time
1960·6.4
Let's Make Love
1960·6.4
Lifetime of Comedy
1960·5.5
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
1959·0.0
Say One for Me
1959·5.4
Alias Jesse James
1959·6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958·6.0
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
1957·0.0
The Edsel Show
1957·9.0
Man on Fire
1957·6.0
High Society
1956·6.8
Anything Goes
1956·6.0
High Tor
1956·8.3
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956·7.0
The Country Girl
1954·7.0
White Christmas
1954·7.2
The Bing Crosby Show
1954·8.0
Little Boy Lost
1953·8.0
Scared Stiff
1953·6.5
Off Limits
1952·5.9
Road to Bali
1952·6.2
Just for You
1952·5.4
Son of Paleface
1952·6.4
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952·6.4
Angels in the Outfield
1951·7.0
Here Comes the Groom
1951·5.4
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951·0.0
Mr. Music
1950·6.5
Screen Actors
1950·6.3
Riding High
1950·6.1
You Can Change The World
1950·6.4
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949·7.4
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949·6.5
Top o' the Morning
1949·5.6
Jolson Sings Again
1949·6.4
Down Memory Lane
1949·7.0
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949·6.3
The Emperor Waltz
1948·6.2
Road to Rio
1947·6.8
Variety Girl
1947·6.5
Road to Hollywood
1947·5.0
Welcome Stranger
1947·6.9
My Favorite Brunette
1947·6.6
Blue Skies
1946·6.2
Road to Utopia
1946·6.7
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945·6.8
We've Got Another Bond to Buy
1945·0.0
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945·5.6
Duffy's Tavern
1945·6.4
Out of This World
1945·8.0
Road to Home
1945·5.0
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945·6.0
Here Come the Waves
1944·5.3
The Princess and the Pirate
1944·6.9
The Road to Victory
1944·6.7
The Shining Future
1944·4.0
Going My Way
1944·6.7
Dixie
1943·5.0
Show-Business at War
1943·7.0
Don't Hook Now
1943·7.0
They Got Me Covered
1943·6.2
Road to Morocco
1942·6.9
Holiday Inn
1942·7.0
My Favorite Blonde
1942·6.4
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942·6.2
Birth of the Blues
1941·6.2
Road to Zanzibar
1941·6.4
Rhythm on the River
1940·6.9
Swing with Bing
1940·6.5
If I Had My Way
1940·7.0
Road to Singapore
1940·6.4
The Star Maker
1939·7.0
East Side of Heaven
1939·7.4
Paris Honeymoon
1939·5.5
Sing, You Sinners
1938·7.0
Hollywood Handicap
1938·4.8
Doctor Rhythm
1938·7.5
Double or Nothing
1937·6.7
Waikiki Wedding
1937·5.9
Pennies from Heaven
1936·7.2
Rhythm on the Range
1936·5.5
Anything Goes
1936·5.8
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935·5.8
Two for Tonight
1935·7.7
Mississippi
1935·6.8
Here Is My Heart
1934·7.3
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934·6.0
She Loves Me Not
1934·6.0
We're Not Dressing
1934·6.7
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934·0.0
Going Hollywood
1933·5.5
Please
1933·9.0
Too Much Harmony
1933·7.0
College Humor
1933·5.6
Sing, Bing, Sing
1933·5.4
The Big Broadcast
1932·7.1
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
1932·1.0
Hollywood on Parade
1932·6.5
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932·0.0
Billboard Girl
1932·4.6
Dream House
1932·6.8
One More Chance
1931·7.0
Blue of the Night
1931·5.8
I Surrender Dear
1931·5.8
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931·6.2
Reaching for the Moon
1930·5.7
The March of Time
1930·7.0
Two Plus Fours
1930·5.1
King of Jazz
1930·6.3