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Hope continued to act, in addition to stand-up comedy USO performances for American military personnel that were stationed overseas. Hope's last starring role in a theatrical feature film was the 1972 comedy Cancel My Reservation; his final starring role in a film was the 1986 made-for-television movie A Masterpiece of Murder). He retired in 1998.
Fox California Theater, renamed the Bob Hope Theatre in 2004, is a commercial building in Stockton, California built in 1930. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an English-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours.
Blue plaque at 44, Craigton Road Eltham, London, Hope's place of birth. The Bob Hope Theatre, an on-base movie theatre and lecture hall at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California. [21] Hope had a long and close association with Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
The Seven Little Foys is a Technicolor in VistaVision 1955 biographical musical comedy-drama film directed by Melville Shavelson starring Bob Hope as Eddie Foy.One highlight of the film is an energetic tabletop dance showdown sequence with Bob Hope as Eddie Foy and James Cagney as George M. Cohan (reprising his role from Yankee Doodle Dandy).
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope , but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
The Facts of Life is a 1960 romantic comedy starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball as married people who (almost) have an affair. Written, directed and produced by longtime Hope associates Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the film is more serious than many other contemporary Hope vehicles.
This is a list of episodes of the television series Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967). The series aired on NBC Fridays at 8:30–9:30 pm (EST) for the first two seasons, before moving to Wednesdays at 9:00-10:00 pm (EST) during seasons 3 and 4.