Harry Lillis Crosby

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| website = bingcrosby.comHarry Lillis “Bing” Crosby, Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Crosby’s trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation.A multimedia star, from 1934 to 1954 Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. His early career coincided with technical recording innovations; this allowed him to develop a laid-back, intimate singing style that influenced many of the popular male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for American G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, American polls declared him the “most admired man alive”, ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.Crosby exerted an important influence on the development of the postwar recording industry. He worked for NBC at the time and wanted to record his shows; however, most broadcast networks did not allow recording. This was primarily because the quality of recording at the time was not as good as live broadcast sound quality. While in Europe performing during the war, Crosby had witnessed tape recording, on which The Crosby Research Foundation would come to have many patents. The company also developed equipment and recording techniques such as the laugh track which are still in use today. In 1947, he invested $50,000 in the Ampex company, which built North America’s first commercial reel-to-reel tape recorder. He left NBC to work for ABC because NBC was not interested in recording at the time. This proved beneficial because ABC accepted him and his new ideas. Crosby then became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. He gave one of the first Ampex Model 200 recorders to his friend, musician Les Paul, which led directly to Paul’s invention of multitrack recording. Along with Frank Sinatra, Crosby was one of the principal backers behind the famous United Western Recorders recording studio complex in Los Angeles.During the “Golden Age of Radio”, performers often had to recreate their live shows a second time for the west coast time zone. Through the medium of recording, Crosby constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) being used in motion picture production. This became the industry standard.Crosby won an Academy Award 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 four actors to IMDB Wikipedia $50 million 1903 1903-5-2 1977-10-14 5′ 7″ (1.7 m) Actor Bing Crosby Net Worth Going My Way (1944) Harry Lillis Crosby Holiday Inn (1942) Kathryn Crosby May 2 producer Road to Utopia (1945) Soundtrack Tacoma Taurus U.S. Washington White Christmas (1954)

Harry Lillis Crosby Quick Info

Full Name Bing Crosby
Net Worth $50 Million
Date Of Birth May 2, 1903
Died 1977-10-14
Place Of Birth Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Height 5′ 7″ (1.7 m)
Profession Soundtrack, Actor, Producer
Education Gonzaga Preparatory School, Gonzaga University, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, White Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka
Nationality American
Spouse Kathryn Crosby
Children Mary Crosby, Gary Crosby, Lindsay Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby, Phillip Crosby, Dennis Crosby, Harry Crosby
Parents Harry Lincoln Crosby, Catherine Harrigan, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, White Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka
Siblings Bob Crosby, Larry Crosby, Everett Crosby, Ted Crosby, Mary Rose Crosby, Catherine Crosby, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, White Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001078
Awards Academy Award for Best Actor, Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Peabody Award, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, American Music Award of Merit, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, White Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, NME Award for World’s Outstanding Popular Singer, NME Award for Favourite US Male Singer, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, White Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka
Movies Going My Way, High Society, White Christmas, Road to Morocco, Holiday Inn, Road to Singapore, The Country Girl, Road to Bali, Road to Utopia, Road to Zanzibar, Road to Rio, The Road to Hong Kong, The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes the Groom, The Emperor Waltz, The Big Broadcast, Pennies from Heaven…
TV Shows The Hollywood Palace, The Bing Crosby Show, The Edsel Show

Harry Lillis Crosby Trademarks

  1. Baritone voice
  2. “Crooned” most of the songs he sang.
  3. Often worked with Bob Hope
  4. Signature Song: “White Christmas”
  5. Often played what he referred to as “happy go-lucky fellas” in his movies

Harry Lillis Crosby Quotes

  • [after Hedda Hopper asked if he was considering retirement] Every day, but I’m sure I’ll never get caught up with my work in time to do it.
  • [at the start of his career] If I’m going to get by in pictures, it’s going to be as a singer, with about as much acting as you would expect from a guy standing in front of a microphone.
  • [accepting his Oscar] This is the only country in the world where an old broken-down crooner can win an Oscar for acting. It shows that everybody in this country has a chance to succeed. I was just lucky enough to have Leo McCarey take me by the hand and lead me through the picture.
  • [on John Boles singing his solo in King of Jazz (1930)] I have often wondered what might have happened to me if I had sung “The Song of the Dawn”. It certainly helped Boles – on the strength of it, he got a lot of pictures. I must say, he had a bigger voice and a better delivery for that kind of song than I had. My crooning style wouldn’t have been good for such a number, which was supposed to have been delivered a la breve, like “The Vagabond Song”. I might have flopped with it. I might have been cut out of “The King of Jazz”. I might never have been given another crack at a song in any picture.
  • [on Grace Kelly] She’s a great lady, with great talent and kind, considerate, friendly with everybody. She was great with the crew and they all loved her.
  • [on Fred Astaire] But when you’re in a picture with Astaire, you’ve got rocks in your head if you do much dancing. He’s so quick-footed and so light that it’s impossible not to look like a hay-digger compared with him.
  • [on W.C. Fields] His comedy routines appeared spontaneous and improvised, but he spent much time perfecting them. He knew exactly what he was doing every moment, and what each prop was supposed to do. That My Little Chickadee (1940) way of talking of his was natural.
  • [on Judy Garland] There wasn’t a thing that gal couldn’t do — except look after herself.
  • [on Judy Garland] The most talented woman I ever knew was Judy Garland. She was a great, great comedienne and she could do more things than any girl I ever knew. Act, sing, dance, make you laugh. She was everything. I had a great affection for her. Such a tragedy. Too much work, too much pressure, the wrong kind of people as husbands.
  • [on Bob Hope] Hope? He’s got more money on him than I have.
  • [on Frank Sinatra] He has this tense Sicilian quality while I don’t have any tenseness at all and I just hang in there with what I call a dead ass. But Frank gets picked on by people who want to see how tough he is and he usually obliges them with a demonstration. Like all Sicilians, if he is a friend he will always be a friend — and if he is an enemy, go on hating.
  • [in 1954] I don’t sing anywhere as good as I used to, and I feel sincerely that it’s getting worse. I don’t see any purpose in trying to stretch something out that was once acceptable and that now is merely adequate, if that. I don’t know what the reason for this condition is, unless it’s apathy. I just don’t have the interest in singing. I am not keen about it any more. Songs all sound alike to me, and some of them so shoddy and trivial. I don’t mean I didn’t sing some cheap songs in the old days, but I had such a tremendous interest in singing and was so wrapped up in the work that it didn’t matter. I don’t know how to diagnose the condition, but it seems to me that possibly this apathy, this lack of desire, when I have to go to a recording session, transmits itself into nervous exhaustion and fatigue.
  • [on his phenomenally successful single “White Christmas”] A jackdaw with a cleft palate could have sung it successfully.
  • Once or twice I’ve been described as a light comedian. I consider this the most accurate description of my abilities I’ve ever seen.
  • [his own epitaph] He was an average guy who could carry a tune.
  • Honestly, I think I’ve stretched a talent which is so thin it’s almost transparent over a quite unbelievable term of years.
  • [about Elvis Presley] He helped to kill off the influence of me and my contemporaries, but I respect him for that. Because music always has to progress, and no-one could have opened the door to the future like he did.
  • Everyone knows I’m just a big, good-natured slob.
  • I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the 20th century that have made great strides in reverse.
  • [on Frank Sinatra] Frank is a singer who comes along once in a lifetime, but why did he have to come in mine?

Harry Lillis Crosby Important Facts

  • Stated in interviews that he was against US involvement in the Vietnam War.
  • Maxwell Anderson (at age 61 in 1949) first considered a musical adaptation of “High Tor” for television in 1949. Mid-1954 Bill Paley (CBS) first approached Maxwell Anderson with the intent to produce the play for his newly planned anthology series “The Ford Star Jubilee”. During production development, Maxwell Anderson (at age 66) and John Monks Jr. (at age 44; b.1910-2004; 94) adapted the play specifically as a made-for-television musical fantasy in early 1955, with music composed by Arthur Schwartz (at age 54) and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. Another factor to consider in the relationship and history between Bing Crosby (b.1903-1977; 74) and William S. Paley (b.1901-1990; 89) should be noted: in the mid-1930s, Bill Paley signed and contracted Bing Crosby (at age 32) to be a regular radio performer on his daily-and-weekly CBS radio network schedule. Bing Crosby (at age 51 in 1955) became the leading drive for the “High Tor” project which brought indirectly creative film talents at Paramount Studios where Crosby’s Production office was situated. Because Crosby was uncomfortable with the exigencies of live television, performing 90 minutes non-stop in front of a television studio audience, he insisted that it be filmed. Bing Crosby did not want to use the CBS Hollywood Television City studio facility nor the New York Studio 72 stage. Situated adjacent to Paramount Studios is the former RKO-Pathé Film Studio stages. renamed Desilu Studios when husband and wife comedy team Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball acquired the studio to film their CBS television series “I Love Lucy.” The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz television “filmed” production unit had pioneered a number of methods, still in use in television production – filming before a live studio audience with a number of cameras; this established the multiple camera filming procedure to produce, edit, and deliver their filmed show to the CBS network. Paramount Studios negotiated with the Desilu studio facilities to utilize the Desilu “I Love Lucy” production unit facility system, their feature-film production crew in staging, filming, editing and delivering the color film musical special to CBS. Network executives considered the use of film an unnecessary extravaganza. Bing Crosby convinced CBS to allow him to cover all additional costs with filming “High Tor”. The total cost of the CBS production was $450,000.00, the most expensive television production up to that time, and the first special filmed for broadcast by CBS. Bing Crosby was reportedly paid $375,000.00. The production was filmed during the month of November 1955 on the Desilu Studios’ lot-stages with 35mm cameras. Director of photographer Lester Shorr (at age 48,1907-1992; 85) experienced in filming filmed productions for network clients was part of the Hollywood Paramount-Desilu production package. Two Hollywood directors James Neilson (at age 46, 1909-1979; 70) and Franklin J. Schaffner (at age 35, 1920-1989; 69), both had television-film experience with network filmed productions, shared directorial reigns. Discovered in 1948 on stage at UCLA, Paramount signed Nancy Olson (b. 1929) to a studio contract. Nancy Olson (at age 21) as a relatively inexperienced starlet was given the role of a lifetime as script girl Betty Schaefer, who attracts never-do-well writer William Holden (at age 32, 1918-1981; 63) and irks reclusive diva Gloria Swanson (at age 51; 1899-1983; 84) in the towering classic “Sunset Boulevard” (1950). Her pairing with Holden, in fact, went over so well, they were teamed in a succession of Paramount standard features. With these film credentials Nancy Olson (at age 26) was cast in the “High Tor” musical project. Nancy married to renowned lyricist Alan Jay Lerner knew that Julie Andrews (age 20; b. 1935) had been discovered by her husband lyricist Alan Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe having seen Andrews’ Broadway debut in the British hit musical “The Boy Friend” (1954-1955, 485 performances). Julie Andrews had been signed to perform the Eliza Doolittle role in their Broadway bound musical “My Fair Lady”. Bing Crosby (at age 52) had also seen Julie Andrews in her Broadway debut in “The Boy Friend” and invited her to appear in his television-musical “High Tor”. It was Andrews’ first work in a Hollywood color film-production, and her American television debut. Hollywood film and Broadway stage performers Hans Conried (age 38; b.1917-1982; 65), Keenan Wynn (age 39; b.1916-1986; 70), Everett Sloane (age 46; b. 1909-1965; 55), John Pickard (age 42; b. 1913-1993; 80), Lloyd Corrigan (age 54; b. 1900-1969; 69) completed the illustrious cast; James Neilson (age 46; 1919-1979; 70) was an established Hollywood film director. Arthur Schwartz, who had also produced films for Columbia Pictures, was a highly successful stage/film composer. The songs Arthur Scwartz composed in collaboration with Maxwell Anderson as lyricist for “High Tor” follow: “Living One Day at a Time”/”When You’re in Love” – Bing Cros
  • The 1964 CBS Television “Bing Crosby Special” was video taped in color at the NBC Burbank Television Studios on Stage 2, during the last week in August 1963. The New York Producers Nick Vanoff and Bill Harbach brought their production assistants from their New York City production office to Los Angeles to prepare the show’s material. Rita Scott supervised the production elements, acting as the Unit Production Manager. The color special was for a CBS TV ‘color” broadcast. CBS’ Hollywood Television City had color cameras in moth-balled storage in their facility (stored in the main facilities corridor between the Drapery Department and the main stage midway). CBS did not choose to unwrap their color facilities to video tape the special; nor had available stages to video-tape (record) their network variety special. NBC Burbank had the only operational West Coast color television facility, using RCA Color Cameras and Ampex Video Recording Tape Machines, to record and tape-edit the show. Vanoff and Harbach assembled the production team of writers, music arrangers, designers at the West Coast NBC-Burbank facility to rehearse and tape the variety special. Bing Crosby (at age 61) used his trump card to bring his cast of guest performers together for a ‘very very musical special’. The segments were taped without an audience present. Les Brown and his orchestra and crew members were the only audience for the performers. After the production was in “the can,” Vanoff, Harbach and Rita Scott remained in Los Angeles developing a television project with Bing Crosby Productions, which became the ABC TV variety show and series “The Hollywood Palace” hosted by Bing Crosby. This ABC TV variety show premiered January 1964, and had a seven season duration until being canceled in January 1970. The Saturday night “The Hollywood Palace” was the ABC network’s prestigious answer to CBS’s popular Ed Sullivan’s Sunday night variety hour.
  • Bing Crosby died from a heart attack after playing a round of golf in Spain, on October 14, 1977 at the age of 74. Bing Crosby’s electronic solo music recordings, from his 1930’s CBS radio days to the end of his life, established Crosby as the most recorded voice in the history of recorded electronic music.
  • He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Going My Way (1944) and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952).
  • Is one of 8 actors who have received an Oscar nomination for their performance as a priest. The others, in chronological order, are: Spencer Tracy for San Francisco (1936) and Boys Town (1938); Charles Bickford for The Song of Bernadette (1943); Barry Fitzgerald for Going My Way (1944); Gregory Peck for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); Karl Malden for On the Waterfront (1954); Jason Miller for The Exorcist (1973); and Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008). Tracy, Crosby and Fitzgerald all won Oscars for their performances.
  • Great-grandfather of Luke Gregory Crosby.
  • According to “Films in Review’s” 1968 career article on the star, Paul Whiteman wanted Crosby to sing “Song of the Dawn” in King of Jazz (1930), but just before filming was to take place, the singer crashed his car on Hollywood Boulevard near the Roosevelt Hotel while driving a “starlet” home, and although no one was hurt, he was sentenced to 60 days for DWI. In his absence, Whiteman had John Boles sing the solo.
  • In 1968, Crosby considered doing another “Road” picture, “The Road to Christmas”, with Bob Hope and Hayley Mills.
  • As early as 1932, Crosby made the list of Top Ten box office stars, which included Mae West, Will Rogers, Wallace Beery, etc.
  • Crosby named his first son, Gary Crosby, after friend and fellow Paramount contractee, Gary Cooper.
  • Caricatured in the Warner Bros. cartoons “I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song”, “Hollywood Steps Out”, and “What’s Up, Doc?” (all as himself), and in “Curtain Razor”, “Swooner Crooner” and “The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos” and “Bingo Crosbyana” (all as a bird). Due to the unflattering depiction of him in the last one, he sued Warner Bros.
  • His favorite performer was Al Jolson.
  • Introduced three Oscar-winning songs: “White Christmas” from Holiday Inn (1942) (Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin); “Swinging on a Star” from Going My Way (1944) (Music: James Van Heusen. Lyrics: Johnny Burke) and “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” from Here Comes the Groom (1951) (Music: Hoagy Carmichael. Lyrics: Johnny Mercer).
  • He was awarded 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1611 Vine Street, for Radio at 6769 Hollywood Boulevard, and for Recording at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
  • After Judy Garland was fired from MGM about 1950, he was one of the first to offer her work on his radio show to help her out of her financial woes. The two had marvelous chemistry as a comedy duo, and many of these audio recordings still survive today.
  • Has a street named after him in Iowa City, Iowa.
  • In March 1977, after videotaping a concert for CBS to commemorate his 50th anniversary in show business, Crosby backed off the stage into an orchestra pit, rupturing a disc in his back that required a month of hospitalization.
  • Inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007.
  • Nearly filed for divorce from his first wife in 1948 because he wanted to marry Joan Caulfield.
  • Stagecoach (1966) was his last major film. Though it did not get good reviews, his performance as the drunken doctor was praised. Crosby felt the movies had changed a lot since his heyday, although he let it be known that he was still open to offers.
  • In 1969, it was reported that he was worth an estimated $75 million.
  • At the time of his death he was considering buying an eighteen hole golf course in Kent, England.
  • In the autumn of 1974, having recovered from major lung surgery, Crosby performed a series of concerts at the London Palladium. This was the first time he had sung before a live audience since World War II. He repeated this engagement in 1975, 1976 and 1977. He also began recording new albums at a faster rate than he had since the early 1950s.
  • Is portrayed by Alex Fallis in Dash and Lilly (1999).
  • His estate was valued at $150 million, making him one of the wealthiest entertainers in Hollywood, along with his friends Bob Hope and Fred MacMurray.
  • In 1948 a poll declared Crosby the most admired man in the world, ahead of President Harry S. Truman, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII.
  • He is the most electronically recorded voice in history.
  • The Met Theater in downtown Spokane, Washington, where he was raised and performed (with the Musicaladers) as a young man in 1925, was renamed the Bing Crosby Theater on December 8, 2006. The Met was built in 1915. Bing was also a giving donor to the city’s Gonzaga University.
  • Four songs Crosby sang in movies – “Sweet Leilani” (1937), “White Christmas” (1942), “Swinging on a Star” (1944), and “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (1951) – won Oscars.
  • Delayed his marriage to Kathryn Grant until 1957 due to his long affair with Grace Kelly.
  • Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978.
  • Was the first person to sing “White Christmas”.
  • In 1962 Crosby was the first recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • He is estimated to have sold between 600 million and 900 million records worldwide. Most of these sales were singles.
  • Mary Carlisle, who worked with him in films, noticed he was self-conscious about his height, and he wore lifts. Crosby once told Alan Ladd how pleased he was that Ladd was shorter than him at 5’5″. Bing maintained he was 5’9″, but an office secretary named Nancy Briggs recalled a visit to his home when he wore slippers and she realized he was her height – 5’7″.
  • A longtime supporter of the Republican Party, Crosby campaigned for Wendell Willkie in the 1940 Presidential election, because he strongly believed President Franklin D. Roosevelt should only serve two terms of office. When Roosevelt was easily re-elected, Crosby vowed never to become publicly involved in partisan politics again.
  • He sang on 4,000 radio shows from 1931 to 1962 and was the top-rated radio star for eighteen of those years.
  • His last TV appearance was in Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas (1977) which was taped in London and broadcast, after his death, in the USA on 30 November 1977, and in the United Kingdom on 24 December 1977. This show has also been made available on commercial video. It is memorable for Crosby and David Bowie singing a duet.
  • In a great many of his films, he played lighthearted comedy and musical roles as a singer or songwriter. His usual casual approach belied the fact that Crosby was a fine dramatic actor, as witnessed by his portrayals in Little Boy Lost (1953), The Country Girl (1954), Man on Fire (1957), and his last major film Stagecoach (1966). He also starred in the television movie Dr. Cook’s Garden (1971) and won much critical acclaim for his performance.
  • He appeared on approximately 4,000 radio broadcasts, nearly 3,400 of them his own programs, and single-handedly changed radio from a live-performance to a canned or recorded medium by presenting, in 1946, the first transcribed network show on ABC, thereby making that also-ran network a major force.
  • On the day of his death he played a full 18 holes of golf, where he scored a respectable 85 and won the match. Walking off the 18th green of the La Moraleja Golf Club, in a suburb of Madrid, Spain, he suffered a massive heart attack. His last words were reported as, “That was a great game of golf, fellas.” However, according to the Summer 2001 issue of Club Crosby’s BINGANG magazine, he then said, “Let’s go have a Coca-Cola.” According to his biographer Gary Giddens, Crosby’s last words were, “Let’s go get a Coke.”.
  • Between 1915 and 1980 he was the only motion-picture star to rank as the #1 box-office attraction five times (1944-1948). Between 1934 and 1954 he scored in the top ten 15 times.
  • In 1960 he received a platinum record as First Citizen of the Record Industry for having sold 200 million discs, a number that doubled by 1980.
  • According to ticket sales Crosby is, at 1,077,900,000 tickets sold, the third most popular actor of all time after Clark Gable and John Wayne. He is also, according to Quigley Publishing Company’s International Motion Picture Almanac, tied for second on the “All Time Number One Stars List” with three other actors – Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks and Burt Reynolds. Crosby was the #1 box office attraction for five years, beaten only by Tom Cruise who was #1 for seven years.
  • According to the Guinness Book of Records, his “White Christmas” has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles.
  • He received 23 gold records and was awarded platinum discs for his two biggest selling singles, “White Christmas” in 1960 and “Silent Night” in 1970.
  • Is one of only five actors/actresses to have a #1 single and an Oscar for best actor/actress. The others are Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Cher and Jamie Foxx.
  • Until the late 1970s he had been listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records as having sold more recordings than any other entertainer.
  • His father was of English descent, with many family lines tracing back to New England of the 1600s. His mother’s family, which was from New Brunswick, Canada, was of Irish descent.
  • He is only one of six performers to be nominated for an Oscar twice for playing the same role in two separate films. He was nominated as Father O’Malley in Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945). The other five are Peter O’Toole as Henry II in Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler (1961) and The Color of Money (1986), Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976) and Creed (2015).
  • Uncle of Chris Crosby and Cathy Crosby
  • At the time of his death in 1977, he was the biggest selling recording artist of all time.
  • Became seriously ill around Christmas 1973, with chest pains and respiratory problems. Both Bing and wife Kathryn Grant thought he had lung cancer. In January 1974 he felt so ill he consented to be hospitalized, and a large tumor was found in his left lung. The tumor and three-fifths of the lung were removed, and over the next months he slowly recovered. Since the tumor was benign, it was believed his illness was caused by a fungal infection from a recent safari in Africa.
  • Pictured on a 29 cent U.S. commemorative postage stamp in the “Legends of American Music” series, issued September 1st 1994.
  • Through the electronics lab he funded, he was heavily involved in the initial development of both audio and video tape recording in the late ’40s and early ’50s, primarily for use on his own TV and radio projects. One of the very first commercial uses of audio tape in the USA, in fact, was the recording and editing of his radio program on the ABC network around 1946-1948. His early videotape format, however, was quickly obscured by Ampex’s industry-standard Quadruplex format.
  • Phil Crosby, Jr., Bing’s grandson, formed a jazz quartet in the Los Angeles area and is bringing a semi-resurgence of interest in Bing and his music.
  • Biography in: “Who’s Who in Comedy” by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 122-124. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
  • On October 13, 1977, the day before Crosby’s death, independent producer Lew Grade announced that he was reuniting Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour onscreen for the film “Road to the Fountain of Youth,” ending several years of speculation at to whether the trio would reunite professionally or not.
  • He and his second wife and younger children did TV commercials for Minute Maid orange juice, because he owned considerable stock in the company.
  • Refused the role of Columbo due to the fact that he felt that it would interfere with his golf game.
  • Star of CBS Radio’s “The Bing Crosby Chesterfield Show” (1949-1952). When Chesterfield left, General Electric took over as sponsor for 1953 and 1954.
  • In March of 1950, he had his appendix removed.
  • Star of CBS Radio’s “The Bing Crosby Show” (1954-1956).
  • Star of ABC Radio’s “Philco Radio Time” (1946-1949).
  • Star of NBC Radio’s “Kraft Music Hall” (1935-1946).
  • During the Vietnam War, a secret code was to have been broadcast informing all US personnel that an immediate evacuation had been ordered. The code was the playing of Crosby’s “White Christmas” twice on the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN), followed by the announcement “The temperature in Hanoi is 105 and rising.”.
  • “White Christmas” became the bestselling single for more than 50 years until overtaken in 1997 by “Candle in the Wind”, Elton John’s tribute to the late Princess Diana.
  • The balding actor hated having to wear a toupee during filming and specifically looked for scripts that had outdoor scenes where he could wear a hat or bed scenes in which he could wear a nightcap.
  • As a young adult he enjoyed carousing and drinking and actually received another nickname: “Binge” Crosby. He once spent two months in jail (weekends only) for DUI after a minor car accident, and surprised and shocked interviewers by advocating that pot be decriminalized.
  • Sang on radio at least once a week from 1931 to 1962.
  • One of his early inspirations was Louis Armstrong, who returned the admiration. Louis once described Bing’s mellow voice as “like gold being poured out of a cup.”
  • When he married his first wife actress/singer Dixie Lee in 1930, her fame at the time was greater than his. One headline actually read: “Well Known Fox Movie Star Marries Bing Croveny.” Dixie eventually retired to raise four sons.
  • He was the 20th century’s first multi-media entertainer: a star on radio, in movies and in chart-topping recordings. He had 38 No. 1 singles, which surpassed even Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
  • Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1998.
  • Opened the Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, California in 1937 and collected tickets at the turnstile on opening day. Before the start of every day of racing his song “Where the Turf Meets the Surf” is played. This song was written for Del Mar and never sold commercially.
  • Was the first choice of “Columbo” creators Richard Levinson and William Link to portray the famed detective.
  • Was nicknamed “Bing” after a character named “Bingo” in a comic strip titled “Bingville Bugle.”
  • Left a clause in his will stating that his sons could not collect their inheritance money until they were 65. They had already been amply taken care of by a trust fund set up by their mother, Dixie Lee, which is truth was totally funded by Bing. All four sons continued to collect monies from that fund until their deaths.
  • Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, in the Grotto section, L119, #1.
  • Three things about Bing were frequent sources of jokes in Hollywood: his inability to sire a daughter, prior to the birth of Mary Crosby; his investment in racehorses that rarely won; and his rather bad, almost colorblind, taste in casual clothes. These jokes often made their way into radio and TV shows, movies and, most often, into the comedy routines of Bob Hope.
  • From the 1940s to the 1960s he owned 15% of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. His cameo in Angels in the Outfield (1951) was as part-owner of the team.
  • His large ears were pinned back during his early films, until partway through She Loves Me Not (1934).
  • Older brother of bandleader Bob Crosby.
  • Grandfather of Denise Crosby, L. Chip Crosby Jr. and Gregory Crosby.
  • Father, with actress Kathryn Grant, of sons Harry Crosby and Nathaniel Crosby, and of actress Mary Crosby.
  • Father, with singer Dixie Lee, of sons Gary Crosby, Phillip Crosby & Dennis Crosby (twins) and Lindsay Crosby. All 4 deceased. Both Dennis and Lindsay died due to suicide.
  • His eldest son Gary Crosby was vocal in criticizing Bing’s violent ways as a father. He wrote a sensationalist tell-all biography titled “Going My Own Way” in 1983 which was touted as a “Daddy Dearest” about Bing. Though Lindsay Crosby and Dennis Crosby fluctuated between agreeing and disagreeing with Gary’s criticisms of their father, Phillip Crosby defended Bing after the book was published. Two of the sons suffered bouts of depression, much as their mother Dixie Lee had, throughout their lives and committed suicide(Lindsay and Dennis, in 1989 and 1991, respectively). Gary died of lung cancer in 1995. Phillip died of a heart attack in 2004, having defended his father to the end. Bing’s children from his second marriage, including daughter and actress Mary Crosby, praised him as a kind and loving father in later life.

Harry Lillis Crosby Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Christmas in Tattertown 1988 TV Movie performer: “White Christmas” Soundtrack
The Wonder Years 1988 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Lady in White 1988 performer: “DID YOU EVER SEE A DREAM WALKING” Soundtrack
Drei D 1988 “Accentuate The Positive” Soundtrack
A Bit of Fry and Laurie 1987 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story 1987 TV Movie performer: “I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store” – uncredited Soundtrack
Someone to Love 1987 performer: “Long Ago and Far Away” Soundtrack
Radio Days 1987 performer: “Pistol Packin’ Mama” 1943 Soundtrack
The Singing Detective 1986 TV Mini-Series performer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Tough Guys 1986 performer: “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” Soundtrack
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge 1985 performer: “Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?” Soundtrack
Cocoon 1985 performer: “The Second Time Around” Soundtrack
Racing with the Moon 1984 performer: “Moonlight Becomes You” Soundtrack
A Christmas Story 1983 performer: “Jingle Bells”, “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” uncredited Soundtrack
Frances 1982 performer: “Love Is So Terrific” Soundtrack
Some Kind of Hero 1982 performer: “Silver Bells” Soundtrack
Mensen zoals jij en ik 1981 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Pennies from Heaven 1981 performer: “Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?” 1933 Soundtrack
Bye Bye Brasil 1980 performer: “White Christmas” Soundtrack
1941 1979 performer: “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Brink’s Job 1978 performer: “Accentuate the Positive” Soundtrack
F.I.S.T. 1978 performer: “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” Soundtrack
Pennies from Heaven 1978 TV Mini-Series lyrics – 1 episode Soundtrack
Top of the Pops 1977 TV Series performer – 3 episodes Soundtrack
Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas 1977 TV Special performer: “The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth” – uncredited Soundtrack
All You Need Is Love 1977 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
That’s Entertainment, Part II 1976 Documentary performer: “Temptation” 1933, “Now You Has Jazz” 1956 – uncredited Soundtrack
The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 performer: “True Love” Soundtrack
Hooray for Hollywood 1975 Documentary performer: “Snuggled on Your Shoulder” Soundtrack
Brother Can You Spare a Dime 1975 Documentary lyrics: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” 1931 – as Crosby / performer: “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” 1931, “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” 1931 Soundtrack
That’s Entertainment! 1974 performer: “Going Hollywood” 1933, “Well, Did You Evah” 1939, “True Love” 1956 – uncredited Soundtrack
Paper Moon 1973 performer: “Just One More Chance” 1931 – uncredited Soundtrack
Dad’s Army 1970 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Hollywood Palace TV Series performer – 3 episodes, 1966 – 1969 lyrics – 1 episode, 1966 Soundtrack
The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell 1968 performer: “Pennies from Heaven” Soundtrack
The Dean Martin Show 1967 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Bing Crosby in Dublin 1965 TV Movie documentary performer: “Molly Malone” uncredited, “Come Back to Erin” uncredited, “Galway Bay” uncredited, “Isle of Innisfree”, “MacNamara’s Band” uncredited, “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” uncredited Soundtrack
Bob Hope Christmas Show 1965 TV Movie performer: “Do You Hear What I Hear” Soundtrack
The Bing Crosby Show 1965 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Robin and the 7 Hoods 1964 performer: “Mr. Booze”, “Don’t be a Do-Badder”, “Style” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1963 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Road to Hong Kong 1962 performer: “Teamwork”, “The Road to Hong Kong”, “Let’s Not Be Sensible” Soundtrack
Pepe 1960 performer: “Let’s Fall In Love”, “South of the Border”, “Pennies from Heaven” – uncredited Soundtrack
Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall 1960 TV Series lyrics – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Revlon Revue 1960 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes 1959 TV Special performer: “High Hopes”, “Together”, “Cheek to Cheek”, “By the Old Mill Stream”, “My Old Flame”, “Old Man River”, “You Gotta Start Off Each Day with a Song”, “Inka Dinka Doo”, “Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bailey” – uncredited Soundtrack
Say One for Me 1959 performer: “Say One for Me”, “I Couldn’t Care Less”, “The Secret of Christmas” Soundtrack
The Frank Sinatra Show 1957 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Edsel Show 1957 TV Special lyrics: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” – uncredited / performer: “Now You Has Jazz”, “True Love”, “Mexicali Rose”, “South of the Border”, “Paris in the Spring”, “I Love Paris”, “Sweet Leilani”, “We’re Off on the Road to Morocco”, “Collegiate”, “The Whiffenpoof Song”, “September Song”, “There’s a Long, Long Trail”, “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day”, “Goody Goody”, “I’m an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande”, “Nature Boy”, “Let’s Take an Old-F Soundtrack
The Joker Is Wild 1957 performer: “June in January” – uncredited Soundtrack
The 29th Annual Academy Awards 1957 TV Special documentary performer: “True Love” Soundtrack
High Society 1956 performer: “Little One”, “True Love”, “I Love You Samantha”, “Well, Did You Evah”, “Now You Has Jazz” – uncredited Soundtrack
Anything Goes 1956 performer: “Ya Gotta Give The People Hoke”, “You’re The Top”, “All Through The Night”, “A Second Hand Turban And A Crystal Ball”, “Blow Gabriel Blow” Soundtrack
The Country Girl 1954 performer: “Dissertation on the State of Bliss Love and Learn Blues”, “The Pitchman / It’s Mine, It’s Yours”, “The Land Around Us”, “The Search Is Through” Soundtrack
White Christmas 1954 “White Christmas”, “Sisters”, uncredited / performer: “White Christmas”, “The Old Man”, “Hi Hup”, “Heat Wave”, “Blue Skies”, “Snow”, “Minstrel Show”, “Mandy”, “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep”, “What Can You Do With a General?”, “Gee! I Wish I Was Back in the Army”, “Let Me Sing and I’m Happy” – uncredited Soundtrack
Rear Window 1954 performer: “To See You Is to Love You” 1952 – uncredited Soundtrack
The Jack Benny Program 1954 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Bing Crosby Show 1954 TV Movie performer: “Y’all Come”, “It Had to Be You”, “Change Partners”, “I Love Paris” – uncredited Soundtrack
Little Boy Lost 1953 performer: “Mon Coeur est un Violin” Soundtrack
Road to Bali 1952 performer: “CHICAGO STYLE”, “HOOT MON”, “TO SEE YOU”, “THE MERRY GO RUNAROUND”, “The Whiffenpoof Song” uncredited Soundtrack
Just for You 1952 “The Ol’ Spring Fever” / performer: “Call Me Tonight”, “A Flight of Fancy”, “I’ll Si-Si Ya in Bahia”, “Just for You”, “The Live Oak Tree”, “The Ol’ Spring Fever”, “On the 10:10 From Ten-Ten-Tennessee”, “Zing a Little Zong” Soundtrack
Here Comes the Groom 1951 performer: “MISTO CRISTOFO COLUMBO”, “BONNE NUIT — GOODNIGHT”, “YOUR OWN LITTLE HOUSE”, “IN THE COOL, COOL, COOL OF THE EVENING” Soundtrack
A Millionaire for Christy 1951 lyrics: “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You” Soundtrack
Mr. Music 1950 performer: “Accidents Will Happen”, “And You’ll Be Home”, “Life Is So Peculiar” Soundtrack
Riding High 1950 performer: “We’ve Got a Sure Thing” 1950, “Someplace on Anywhere Road” 1950, “Sunshine Cake” 1950, “The Horse Told Me” 1950, “De Camptown Races” 1850, “The Whiffenpoof Song” 1909 – uncredited Soundtrack
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949 performer: “Ichabod” 1949, “Katrina” 1949, “The Headless Horseman” 1949 – uncredited Soundtrack
Top o’ the Morning 1949 performer: “TOP O’ THE MORNING”, “WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING” uncredited, “MY BEAUTIFUL KITTY” uncredited, “THE DONOVANS” uncredited, “YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE”, “OH, ‘TIS SWEET TO THINK” uncredited Soundtrack
Down Memory Lane 1949 performer: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day”, “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”, “Daughter of Peggy O’Neill”, “A Little Bit of Heaven”, “One More Chance”, “I Surrender Dear” / writer: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” Soundtrack
Curtain Razor 1949 Short performer: “April Showers” – uncredited Soundtrack
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 1949 performer: “IF YOU STUB YOUR TOE ON THE MOON”, “ONCE AND FOR ALWAYS”, “BUSY DOING NOTHING” Soundtrack
Road to Rio 1947 performer: “YOU DON’T HAVE TO KNOW THE LANGUAGE”, “BUT BEAUTIFUL”, “BATUQUE NIO MORRO” [Jam Session in the Hills] Soundtrack
Variety Girl 1947 performer: “HARMONY” Soundtrack
The Road to Hollywood 1947 performer: “I Surrender Dear”, “One More Chance”, “To Whisper Dear, I Love You”, “I Surrender Dear Reprise #1”, “Out Of Nowhere”, “I Surrender Dear Reprise #2”, “One More Chance Reprise”, “Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams” Soundtrack
Welcome Stranger 1947 performer: “SMILE RIGHT BACK AT THE SUN”, “COUNTRY STYLE”, “MY HEART IS A HOBO”, “AS LONG AS I’M DREAMING” Soundtrack
Blue Skies 1946 performer: “I’ve Got My Captain Working for Me Now”, “All by Myself”, “I’ll See You in C-U-B-A”, “A Couple of Song and Dance Men”, “You Keep Coming Back Like a Song”, “Blue Skies”, “The Little Things in Life”, “Not for All the Rice in China”, “Russian Lullaby”, “Everybody Step”, “How Deep Is the Ocean?”, ” Running Around in Circles Getting Nowhere”, “Any Bonds Today?”, “This Is the Army, Mister Jones”, “White Christmas” Soundtrack
Road to Utopia 1945 “Welcome to My Dream” 1946 / lyrics: “Good Time Charlie” 1946 / performer: “Put It There, Pal” 1946, “It’s Anybody’s Spring” 1946, “Sunday, Monday or Always” 1943, “Welcome to My Dream” 1946 Soundtrack
Hollywood Victory Caravan 1945 Short performer: “We’ve Got Another Bond to Buy” – uncredited Soundtrack
Duffy’s Tavern 1945 performer: “Swinging on a Star” Soundtrack
Out of This World 1945 performer: “Out of this World”, “June Comes Around Every Year”, “I’d Rather Be Me” uncredited Soundtrack
The All-Star Bond Rally 1945 Short performer: “Buy a Bond” as Bond Rally Song Soundtrack
Here Come the Waves 1944 performer: “That Old Black Magic” uncredited, “Let’s Take the Long Way Home” uncredited, “Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive” uncredited, “I Promise You” uncredited, “Moonlight Becomes You” Soundtrack
Swooner Crooner 1944 Short performer: “When My Dream Boat Comes Home”, “Trade Winds”, “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” – uncredited Soundtrack
Going My Way 1944 performer: “Swinging on a Star” 1944, “Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral That’s an Irish Lullaby” 1914 uncredited, “The Day After Forever” 1944, “Going My Way” 1944, “Silent Night, Holy Night” 1818 uncredited, “Ave Maria Op.52 No.1” 1825 uncredited, “Hail Alma Mater” 1944 uncredited Soundtrack
The Shining Future 1944 Short performer: “Get On The Road to Victory” – uncredited Soundtrack
Dixie 1943 performer: “SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS” Soundtrack
They Got Me Covered 1943 lyrics: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” 1931 – uncredited / performer: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” 1931 – uncredited Soundtrack
Road to Morocco 1942 “Moonlight Becomes You” 1942 / performer: ” We’re Off on the Road to Morocco” 1942, “Ain’t Got a Dime to My Name Ho Hum” 1942, “Moonlight Becomes You” 1942 Soundtrack
Holiday Inn 1942 “White Christmas” 1942 / performer: “I’ll Capture Your Heart Singing” 1942, “Lazy” 1924, “White Christmas” 1942, “Happy Holiday” 1942, “Come To Holiday Inn” 1942, “Let’s Start the New Year Right” 1942, “Abraham” 1942, “Be Careful, It’s My Heart” 1942, “Easter Parade” 1933, “Song of Freedom” 1942, “I’ve Got Plenty to Be Thankful For” 1942, “Hollywood Medley”, “Ending Medley” Soundtrack
Star Spangled Rhythm 1942 performer: “Old Glory” Soundtrack
Birth of the Blues 1941 performer: “The Birth of the Blues” uncredited, “Memphis Blues” uncredited, “By The Light of the Silvery Moon” uncredited, “Tiger Rag” uncredited, “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie” uncredited, “My Melancholy Baby” uncredited, “The Waiter, and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid”, “St. James Infirmary” uncredited Soundtrack
Road to Zanzibar 1941 “IT’S ALWAYS YOU”, “ROCKABYE BABY”, uncredited / performer: “ROAD TO ZANZIBAR”, “YOU LUCKY PEOPLE, YOU”, “AFRICAN ETUDE”, “IT’S ALWAYS YOU” – uncredited Soundtrack
Rhythm on the River 1940 performer: “Only Forever”, “Rhythm on the River”, “When the Moon Comes Over Madison Square Garden”, “What Would Shakespeare Have Said?” – uncredited Soundtrack
If I Had My Way 1940 performer: “April Played the Fiddle” uncredited, “I Haven’t Time To Be A Millionaire”, “Meet The Sun Halfway”, “The Pessimistic Character With The Crab Apple Face”, “If I Had My Way”, “Meet The Sun Halfway” reprise Soundtrack
Road to Singapore 1940 performer: “Too Romantic” 1940, “Sweet Potato Piper” 1940 Soundtrack
The Star Maker 1939 “A Man and His Dreams” / performer: “Jimmy Valentine”, “If I Was a Millionaire”, “Go Fly a Kite”, “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now”, “In My Merry Oldsmobile”, “An Apple for the Teacher”, “Still the Bluebird Sings” Soundtrack
East Side of Heaven 1939 performer: “East Side of Heaven”, “Hang You Heart on a Hickory Limb”, “Sing a Song of Sunbeams”, “Happy Birthday to You” uncredited Soundtrack
Paris Honeymoon 1939 performer: “The Funny Old Hills”, “You’re a Sweet Little Headache”, “Joobalai” Soundtrack
Sing, You Sinners 1938 “I’VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS” / performer: “DON’T LET THAT MOON GET AWAY”, “I’VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS”, “LAUGH AND CALL IT LOVE”, “SMALL FRY” Soundtrack
Dotor Rhythm 1938 performer: “On the Sentimental Side”, “My Heart Is Taking Lessons” Soundtrack
Double or Nothing 1937 performer: ” You Know It All Smarty”, “The Moon Got in My Eyes”, “It’s the Natural Thing to Do”, “All You Want to Do Is Dance” – uncredited Soundtrack
Waikiki Wedding 1937 “Blue Hawaii” / performer: “Sweet is the Word for You”, “Sweet Leilani”, “Blue Hawaii”, “Nani Ona Pua” Soundtrack
Pennies from Heaven 1936 performer: “Pennies From Heaven” 1936, “So Do I” 1936, “One Two Button Your Shoe” 1936, “Let’s Call a Heart a Heart” 1936, “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” uncredited Soundtrack
Rhythm on the Range 1936 performer: “I’m an Old Cowhand From the Rio Grande”, “I Can’t Escape from You”, “Empty Saddles”, “Roundup Lullaby”, “Drink It Down” – uncredited Soundtrack
Anything Goes 1936 performer: “Sailor Beware”, “Moonburn”, “My Heart and I”, “You’re the Top” with new lyrics, “Shanghai-Dee-Ho” Soundtrack
Strike Me Pink 1936 lyrics: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” 1931 – uncredited Soundtrack
The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935 performer: “I Wished on the Moon” Soundtrack
Two for Tonight 1935 performer: “It Takes Two To Make a Bargain”, “Without a Word of Warning”, “From the Top of Your Head To the Tip of Your Toes” Soundtrack
Mississippi 1935 performer: “It’s Easy to Remember And So Hard to Forget” 1935, “Soon” 1935, “Down by the River” 1935, “Old Folks at Home Swanee River” 1851 – uncredited Soundtrack
Folies Bergère de Paris 1935 lyrics: “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You” 1932 – uncredited Soundtrack
Here Is My Heart 1934 performer: “June in January”, “With Every Breath I Take”, “Love Is Just Around the Corner” Soundtrack
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove 1934 Short performer: “With Every Breath I Take” – uncredited Soundtrack
She Loves Me Not 1934 performer: “STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER”, “I’M HUMMIN’, I’M WHISTLIN’, I’M SINGIN'”, “LOVE IN BLOOM”, “AFTER ALL, YOU’RE ALL I’M AFTER” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Big Idea 1934 Short writer: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” 1931 Soundtrack
Twenty Million Sweethearts 1934 lyrics: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” 1931 – uncredited Soundtrack
We’re Not Dressing 1934 performer: “Sailor’s Chanty It’s a Lie” 1934, “I Positively Refuse to Sing” 1934, “Stormy Weather” 1933, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” 1933, “The Last Round-Up Git Along, Little Dogie, Git Along” 1933 – 1934, 1934, 1934, 1934, 1934, , “May I?”, “Goodnight Lovely Little Lady”, “She Reminds Me of You”, “Love Thy Neighbor”, “Once in a Blue Moon”, uncredited Soundtrack
Just an Echo 1934 Short performer: “Just an Echo in the Valley”, “You’re Beautiful Tonight, My Dear” uncredited Soundtrack
Moon Rock City 2017 performer: “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?” completed Soundtrack
Going Hollywood 1933 performer: “Going Hollywood” 1933, “Our Big Love Scene” 1933, “Beautiful Girl” 1933, “Just an Echo in the Valley” 1932, “We’ll Make Hay While the Sun Shines” 1933, “After Sundown” 1933, “Temptation” 1933 – uncredited Soundtrack
12 Monkeys 2016 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Please 1933 Short lyrics: “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You” – uncredited / performer: “Please”, “You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me” uncredited, “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You” uncredited Soundtrack
Bates Motel 2016 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Too Much Harmony 1933 performer: “Thanks”, “The Day You Came Along”, “Boo-boo-boo”, “Buckin’ the Wind” Soundtrack
Agent Carter 2015-2016 TV Series performer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
College Humor 1933 performer: “Down the Old Ox Road”, “Learn to Croon”, “Moon Struck” Soundtrack
Deadpool 2016 performer: “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” Soundtrack
Sing, Bing, Sing 1933 Short performer: “In My Hide-Away”, “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”, “Lovable”, “Snuggled on Your Shoulder Cuddled in Your Arms” – uncredited Soundtrack
Mike & Mike 2013-2015 TV Series performer – 7 episodes Soundtrack
Blue of the Night 1933 Short performer: “My Silent Love”, “Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear”, “Ev’ry Time My Heart Beats”, “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” – uncredited Soundtrack
Dolezal Backstage 2015 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 1933 Documentary short performer: “Down the Old Ox Road” Soundtrack
Sounds of the 80s 2015 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Wild People 1932 Short lyrics: “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” 1931 – uncredited Soundtrack
iZombie 2015 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Big Broadcast 1932 performer: “Please”, “Here Lies Love”, “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day” Soundtrack
Krampus 2015/I performer: “It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas”, “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” Soundtrack
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 1932 Short performer: “Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear” Soundtrack
Fallout 4 2015 Video Game performer: “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive”, “Pistol Packin’ Mama” Soundtrack
Crooner 1932 writer: “You’re Just a Beautiful Melody of Love” – uncredited Soundtrack
Brooklyn 2015 performer: “Zing a Little Zong” Soundtrack
Billboard Girl 1932 Short performer: “For You” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Wrong Mans 2014 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Dream House 1932 Short performer: “When I Take My Sugar to Tea”, “It Must Be True”, “Dream House” Soundtrack
Tidsrejsen 2014 TV Series performer – 4 episodes Soundtrack
One More Chance 1931 Short performer: “One More Chance”, “Wrap your Trouble in Dreams” Soundtrack
Eggnog 2014 Short performer: “Here Comes Santa Claus” Soundtrack
I Surrender Dear 1931 Short lyrics: “AT YOUR COMMAND” / performer: “I SURRENDER DEAR”, “OUT OF NOWHERE”, “AT YOUR COMMAND”, “A Little Bit of Heaven Shure They Call It Ireland” Soundtrack
Gotham 2014 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Confessions of a Co-Ed 1931 performer: “Out of Nowhere “, “Ya Got Love” – uncredited Soundtrack
Boardwalk Empire 2014 TV Series performer – 3 episodes Soundtrack
Reaching for the Moon 1930 performer: “When the Folks High Up Do the Mean Low-Down” – uncredited Soundtrack
Serena 2014/I “There Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears” Soundtrack
Check and Double Check 1930 performer: “Three Little Words” 1930 – uncredited Soundtrack
Manhattan 2014 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
King of Jazz 1930 performer: “Music Has Charms”, “My Lord Delivered Daniel” – uncredited Soundtrack
Britain’s Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned 2014 TV Movie documentary performer: “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” Soundtrack
The Singing Fool 1928 writer: “From Monday On” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Normal Heart 2014 TV Movie performer: “I Love You Samantha” Soundtrack
Melodious Moments 1928 Short writer: “From Monday On” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Butcher 2013/II Short performer: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” Soundtrack
Call the Midwife 2013 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Breaking Bad 2013 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Rock the Casbah 2013 performer: “The Road to Morocco” – uncredited Soundtrack
Mad Men 2013 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Richest Songs in the World 2012 TV Movie documentary performer: “White Christmas” – uncredited Soundtrack
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! 2012 performer: “Jingle Bells” Soundtrack
12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue 2012 performer: “Pennies From Heaven” Soundtrack
Ginger & Rosa 2012 writer: “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You” Soundtrack
No me la puc treure del cap 2011 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Britain’s Favourite Christmas Songs 2011 TV Movie documentary performer: “Peace on Earth – Little Drummer Boy”, “White Christmas” Soundtrack
Doctors 2011 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Eureka 2011 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 2011 performer: “White Christmas”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” Soundtrack
Hotel Lux 2011 performer: “You are my sunshine” Soundtrack
The Big Year 2011 performer: “Silent Night” Soundtrack
L.A. Noire 2011 Video Game performer: “My Heart Is A Hobo”, “Pistol Packin’ Mama” Soundtrack
The Hunters 2011 performer: “Jingle Bells” Soundtrack
The Music Never Stopped 2011 performer: “Young At Heart” Soundtrack
Being Erica 2010 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Christmas Tree of Might 2010 TV Short performer: “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” Soundtrack
Warehouse 13 2010 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook 2010 TV Mini-Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Mafia II 2010 Video Game performer: “BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON”, “I’VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS”, “I HAVEN’T TIME TO BE A MILLIONAIRE”, “PENNIES FROM HEAVEN”, “THE PESSIMISTIC CHARACTER” Soundtrack
Nanny McPhee Returns 2010 performer: “The Best Things In Life Are Free” Soundtrack
YellowBrickRoad 2010 performer: “Mexicali Rose” Soundtrack
Outnumbered 2009 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Copycats 2009 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Live from Studio Five 2009 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 2009 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s on Me 2009 TV Movie documentary performer: “The Waiter, the Porter and the Upstairs Maid”, “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening”, “Happy Feet”, “Ol’ Man River”, “I’m an Old Cowhand”, “That Old Black Magic” Soundtrack
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story 2009 Documentary performer: ” Anyone Can See With Half an Eye I’m Crazy Over You”, “Pretending” Soundtrack
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression 2009 Video documentary performer: “I Surrender Dear”, “When I Take My Sugar to Tea”, “Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear”, “Just One More Chance”, “Dream House”, “For You”, “After Sundown”, “We’ll Make Hay While the Sun Shines”, “Once in a Blue Moon”, “May I?”, “Love Thy Neighbor”, “Empty Saddles”, “The Merry Go Runaround” – uncredited Soundtrack
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing 2009 Video documentary performer: “Rhythm on the River”, “White Christmas”, “Easter Parade”, “Only Forever”, “Mairzy Doats” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Missing Person 2009 writer: “I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You” Soundtrack
Banda sonora 2008 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Chuck 2008 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Axe Massacre 2008 Short performer: “Here Comes Santa Claus” Soundtrack
Isa’s stepz 2008 TV Series writer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Four Christmases 2008 performer: “White Christmas” Soundtrack
Qwerty 2008 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
True Blood 2008 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Pride and Glory 2008 performer: “Winter Wonderland” Soundtrack
I.O.U.S.A. 2008 Documentary performer: “Road to Victory”, “We’ve Got Another Bond to Buy” Soundtrack
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure 2008 TV Movie documentary performer: “For You” – uncredited Soundtrack
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical 2008 Video documentary performer: “When the Folks High Up Do the Mean Low-Down” – uncredited Soundtrack
In Search of Perfection 2007 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Everybody Hates Chris 2007 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Cold Case 2004-2007 TV Series performer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Martian Child 2007 performer: “Jingle Bells” Soundtrack
American Masters TV Series documentary 1 episode, 2007 performer – 2 episodes, 2005 – 2007 Soundtrack
Run, Fatboy, Run 2007 performer: “Nice Work If You Can Get It” Soundtrack
Halloween 2007 performer: “Deck the Halls” Soundtrack
Jugeodo haepi ending 2007 “White Christmas” Soundtrack
Gilmore Girls 2007 TV Series performer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
The Simpsons 2006 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Unaccompanied Minors 2006 performer: “Silver Bells” Soundtrack
Confetti 2006 performer: “True Love” Soundtrack
My Name Is Earl 2005 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Nynne 2005 performer: “Here Comes Santa Claus” Soundtrack
The Aviator 2004 performer: “Thanks” 1933, “Some of These Days” 1910 Soundtrack
The Five People You Meet in Heaven 2004 TV Movie performer: “Swinging On A Star” Soundtrack
Enkeli tulessa 2004 TV Movie performer: “White Christmas” Soundtrack
Surviving Christmas 2004 performer: “Happy Holidays Beef Wellington Remix” Soundtrack
The Polar Express 2004 performer: “Here Comes Santa Claus Right Down Santa Claus Lane”, “White Christmas” Soundtrack
The Queen of Sheba’s Pearls 2004 performer: “Where the Blue of the Night” / writer: “Where the Blue of the Night” Soundtrack
Fahrenheit 9/11 2004 Documentary performer: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” 1934 Soundtrack
Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best 2004 Video short performer: “Don’t Fence Me In”, “I’m an Old Cowhand”, “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain When She Comes”, “The Crawdad Song”, “San Antonio Rose”, “Down in the Valley”, “On Top of Old Smokey”, “You Are My Sunshine” Soundtrack
Arrested Development 2003 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Big Fish 2003 performer: “Dinah” Soundtrack
Bad Santa 2003 performer: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” 1943 Soundtrack
Duplex 2003 performer: “It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas” 1951 Soundtrack
Hollywood’s Magical Island: Catalina 2003 Documentary performer: “People Will Say We’re in Love” 1943 – uncredited Soundtrack
My House in Umbria 2003 TV Movie performer: “Too Marvelous for Words” Soundtrack
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show 2003 TV Movie documentary performer: “How About You?”, “I’d Do Anything”, “Teamwork” Soundtrack
Sinatra: The Classic Duets 2002 TV Movie documentary performer: “September Song” – uncredited Soundtrack
Catch Me If You Can 2002 performer: “Mele Kalikimaka” Soundtrack
Hollywood Ending 2002 performer: “Going Hollywood” 1933 Soundtrack
Prancer Returns 2001 Video performer: “WHITE CHRISTMAS” Soundtrack
Changi TV Mini-Series performer – 1 episode, 2001 writer – 1 episode, 2001 Soundtrack
Six Feet Under 2001 TV Series 1 episode Soundtrack
Bicentennial Man 1999 performer: “I Found a Million Dollar Baby In a Five and Ten Cent Store” Soundtrack
The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 performer: “MAY I?” Soundtrack
End of Days 1999 performer: “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” Soundtrack
Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 performer: “Would You” Soundtrack
Rituals and Resolutions 1999 Short performer: “The First Noel” Soundtrack
Jawbreaker 1999 performer: “Young At Heart” Soundtrack
Vengeance Unlimited 1999 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
That ’70s Show 1998 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The X-Files 1998 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg 1998 Documentary performer: “Goodbye, Mr. Ball, Goodbye” Soundtrack
When Trumpets Fade 1998 TV Movie performer: “White Christmas” Soundtrack
Never Mind the Buzzcocks 1997 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas 1997 TV Movie documentary performer: “The Christmas Song” Soundtrack
I Know What You Did Last Summer 1997 performer: “Beautiful Girl” Soundtrack
The Myth of Fingerprints 1997 performer: “Don’t Be That Way”, “Adeste Fidelis O Come All Ye Faithful” Soundtrack
The Locusts 1997 performer: “Did You Ever See a Dream Walking” Soundtrack
L.A. Confidential 1997 performer: “Mele Kalikimaka” 1949 Soundtrack
Mother Night 1996 performer: “White Christmas” Soundtrack
Cold Lazarus 1996 TV Mini-Series performer: “PENNIES FROM HEAVEN” Soundtrack
How to Make an American Quilt 1995 performer: “Swinging on a Star” Soundtrack
Reckless 1995 performer: “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” 1943 Soundtrack
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead 1995 performer: “AC-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Postive” Soundtrack
Mother 1995 Video performer: “It’s Easy to Remember”, “Two Sleepy People” Soundtrack
Trapped in Paradise 1994 performer: “Do You Hear What I Hear” Soundtrack
Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story 1993 TV Movie documentary performer: “The Little Drummer Boy” Soundtrack
Grumpy Old Men 1993 performer: “Winter Wonderland” Soundtrack
Beavis and Butt-Head 1993 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
California’s Gold 1993 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Ai monogatari 1991 TV Mini-Series performer: “White Christmas” Soundtrack
Suite 215 1991 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
29th Street 1991 performer: “O Holy Night” Soundtrack
Hudson Hawk 1991 performer: “SWINGING ON A STAR” Soundtrack
Oscar 1991 performer: “Sweet Georgia Brown” Soundtrack
Avalon 1990 performer: “Silver Bells” Soundtrack
Designing Women 1990 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 1989 performer: “Mele Kalikimaka” Soundtrack
When Harry Met Sally… 1989 performer: “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” Soundtrack
Lost Angels 1989 performer: “San Fernando Valley” – uncredited Soundtrack
Just One More Time 1974 Short Bing Crosby (uncredited) Actor
Cancel My Reservation 1972 Bing Crosby (uncredited) Actor
Dr. Cook’s Garden 1971 TV Movie Dr. Leonard Cook Actor
Swing Out, Sweet Land 1970 TV Movie Mark Twain Actor
The Danny Thomas Hour 1967 TV Series Charlie Castle Actor
Stagecoach 1966 Doc Josiah Boone Actor
The Bing Crosby Show 1964-1965 TV Series Bing Collins Actor
Robin and the 7 Hoods 1964 Allen A. Dale Actor
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1963 TV Series Actor
The Road to Hong Kong 1962 Harry Turner Actor
The DuPont Show of the Week 1961 TV Series Narrator Actor
Pepe 1960 Bing Crosby Actor
High Time 1960 Harvey Howard Actor
Say One for Me 1959 Father Conroy Actor
Alias Jesse James 1959 Bing (uncredited) Actor
The Christophers 1958 TV Series Actor
Man on Fire 1957 Earl Carleton Actor
The Phil Silvers Show 1957 TV Series Bing Crosby Actor
Bing Presents Oreste 1956 Short Bing Crosby Actor
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch 1956 Short Influential Man Actor
High Society 1956 C. K. Dexter-Haven Actor
Anything Goes 1956 Bill Benson Actor
Ford Star Jubilee 1956 TV Series Van Van Dorn Actor
Lux Video Theatre 1955 TV Series Lux Video Theatre Guest Actor
The Country Girl 1954 Frank Elgin Actor
White Christmas 1954 Bob Wallace Actor
Little Boy Lost 1953 Bill Wainwright Actor
Scared Stiff 1953 Skeleton (uncredited) Actor
Road to Bali 1952 George Cochran Actor
Just for You 1952 Jordan Blake Actor
Son of Paleface 1952 Driver (uncredited) Actor
The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 Spectator (uncredited) Actor
Here Comes the Groom 1951 Peter ‘Pete’ Garvey Actor
Angels in the Outfield 1951 Bing Crosby (uncredited) Actor
Mr. Music 1950 Paul Merrick Actor
Riding High 1950 Dan Brooks Actor
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949 Relating the Story of Ichabod Crane (voice) Actor
Top o’ the Morning 1949 Joe Mulqueen Actor
Jolson Sings Again 1949 Bing Crosby (voice, uncredited) Actor
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 1949 Hank Martin Actor
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1949 Short Narrator (voice) Actor
The Emperor Waltz 1948 Virgil Smith Actor
Road to Rio 1947 Scat Sweeney Actor
Variety Girl 1947 Bing Crosby Actor
Welcome Stranger 1947 Dr. James ‘Jim’ Pearson Actor
My Favorite Brunette 1947 Harry (uncredited) Actor
Blue Skies 1946 Johnny Adams Actor
Rough But Hopeful 1946 Short Bing Crosby Actor
The Bells of St. Mary’s 1945 Father Chuck O’Malley Actor
Road to Utopia 1945 Duke Johnson
Junior Hooton
Actor
Hollywood Victory Caravan 1945 Short Bing Crosby Actor
Duffy’s Tavern 1945 Bing Crosby Actor
Out of This World 1945 Herbie Fenton (singing voice, uncredited) Actor
Here Come the Waves 1944 Johnny Cabot Actor
The Princess and the Pirate 1944 Margaret’s Sweetheart (uncredited) Actor
The Road to Victory 1944 Short Bing Crosby (uncredited) Actor
Going My Way 1944 Father Chuck O’Malley Actor
The Shining Future 1944 Short Bing Crosby (uncredited) Actor
Dixie 1943 Daniel Decatur Emmett Actor
Don’t Hook Now 1943 Short Bing Crosby Actor
They Got Me Covered 1943 Music Box (voice, uncredited) Actor
Road to Morocco 1942 Jeff Peters Actor
Holiday Inn 1942 Jim Hardy Actor
My Favorite Blonde 1942 Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited) Actor
Star Spangled Rhythm 1942 Bing Crosby – ‘Old Glory’ Number Actor
Birth of the Blues 1941 Jeff Lambert Actor
Road to Zanzibar 1941 Chuck Actor
Rhythm on the River 1940 Bob Sommers Actor
If I Had My Way 1940 Buzz Blackwell Actor
Road to Singapore 1940 Joshua ‘Josh’ Mallon V Actor
The Star Maker 1939 Larry Earl Actor
East Side of Heaven 1939 Denny Martin Actor
Paris Honeymoon 1939 ‘Lucky’ Lawton Actor
Sing, You Sinners 1938 Joe Beebe Actor
Hollywood Handicap 1938 Short Bing Crosby Actor
Dotor Rhythm 1938 Dr. Bill Remsen Actor
Double or Nothing 1937 ‘Lefty’ Boylan Actor
Waikiki Wedding 1937 Tony Marvin Actor
Pennies from Heaven 1936 Larry Poole Actor
Rhythm on the Range 1936 Jeff Larabee Actor
Anything Goes 1936 Billy Crocker Actor
The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935 Bing Actor
Two for Tonight 1935 Gilbert Gordon Actor
Mississippi 1935 Tom Grayson Actor
Here Is My Heart 1934 J. (Jasper) Paul Jones Actor
She Loves Me Not 1934 Paul Lawton Actor
We’re Not Dressing 1934 Stephen Jones Actor
Just an Echo 1934 Short Bing Actor
Going Hollywood 1933 Bill Williams Actor
Please 1933 Short Howard Jones Actor
Too Much Harmony 1933 Eddie Bronson Actor
College Humor 1933 Professor Frederick Danvers Actor
Sing, Bing, Sing 1933 Short Bing Actor
Blue of the Night 1933 Short Bing Crosby aka Jack Smith Actor
The Big Broadcast 1932 Bing Hornsby Actor
Billboard Girl 1932 Short Bing Actor
Dream House 1932 Short Bing Fawcett – Plumber Actor
One More Chance 1931 Short Bing Bangs Actor
I Surrender Dear 1931 Short Bing Actor
Confessions of a Co-Ed 1931 Bing (as The Rhythm Boys) Actor
Reaching for the Moon 1930 Bing Actor
Two Plus Fours 1930 Short Bing (as The Rhythm Boys) Actor
King of Jazz 1930 Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys) Actor
Mean Dog Blues 1978 executive producer Producer
Terror in the Wax Museum 1973 producer Producer
High Time 1960 executive producer Producer
The Bing Crosby Show 1959 TV Series executive producer Producer
Ford Star Jubilee 1956 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode Producer
Abie’s Irish Rose 1946 executive producer Producer
The Great John L. 1945 executive producer Producer
FalconCast: Christmas Special 2014 stock music Music Department
Millions in the Air 1935 singing voice: Paul Newlan Music Department
A Capri Christmas 2011 Short special thanks Thanks
Evocator 2009 Short grateful acknowledgment Thanks
Paper Moon 1973 special thanks Thanks
Today 1976 TV Series Himself Self
Bing Crosby’s White Christmas 1976 TV Special Himself – Host Self
Stars on Sunday 1975-1976 TV Series Himself Self
From Montreal, the Bob Hope Olympic Benefit 1976 TV Movie Himself Self
The Rich Little Show 1976 TV Series Himself Self
The Bell Telephone Jubilee 1976 TV Movie documentary Himself – Host Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1975-1976 TV Series Himself Self
V.I.P.-Schaukel 1976 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire: A Couple of Song and Dance Men 1975 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The Mike Douglas Show 1975 TV Series Himself – Vocalist / Actor Self
Dinah! 1975 TV Series Himself Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television 1975 TV Special Himself Self
Parkinson 1972-1975 TV Series Himself Self
Top of the Pops 1975 TV Series Himself Self
That’s Entertainment! 1974 Himself – Co-Host / Narrator / Clip from ‘Going Hollywood’ Self
A Tribute to Roberto 1973 TV Movie Himself Self
The World of Sport Fishing 1972 Documentary Himself Self
Flip 1971-1972 TV Series Himself Self
Bing Crosby and His Friends 1972 TV Special Himself Self
The Great Radio Comedians 1972 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas 1971 TV Movie Himself Self
Laugh-In 1970-1971 TV Series Himself Self
Monsanto Presents Mancini 1971/III TV Special Singer Self
The Carol Burnett Show 1969-1971 TV Series Himself Self
The Dean Martin Show 1967-1971 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
The David Frost Show 1971 TV Series Himself Self
Ver-r-r-ry Interesting 1971 TV Special Himself Self
The Bob Hope Special 1971 TV Movie Himself Self
The Johnny Cash Show 1971 TV Series Himself – Singer Self
The Pearl Bailey Show 1971 TV Series Himself Self
Bing Crosby – Cooling It 1970 TV Special Himself Self
Goldilocks 1970 TV Short Himself, Papa Bear Self
The Bob Hope Show 1955-1970 TV Series Himself / Himself – Special Guest / Himself – Guest Self
The Hollywood Palace 1964-1970 TV Series Himself – Host Self
The 27th Annual Golden Globes Awards 1970 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Bing Crosby and Carol Burnett: Together Again for the First Time 1969 TV Movie Himself – Performer Self
The Jackie Gleason Show 1967-1969 TV Series Himself Self
Bing Crosby’s Washington State 1968 Documentary short Himself – Narrator (voice) Self
Bing Crosby Special: Making Movies 1968 TV Movie Himself – Host / Sheriff Noon Self
The Bing Crosby Show 1968 TV Movie Himself Self
The Ed Sullivan Show 1953-1968 TV Series Himself / Singer / Himself; filmed interview and in 1933 clip. Self
The Joey Bishop Show 1967 TV Series Himself Self
The Eamonn Andrews Show 1965-1967 TV Series Himself Self
Golf’s Golden Years 1967 Short Himself – Commentator Self
One Night Stands 1967 TV Movie documentary Himself – Narrator Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1966 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Andy Williams Show 1966 TV Series Himself Self
Danny Thomas Special: On the Road to Lebanon 1966 TV Special Himself Self
Cinerama’s Russian Adventure 1966 Documentary Himself – Narrator (voice) Self
Bing Crosby in Dublin 1965 TV Movie documentary Himself – Host / Singer Self
Bob Hope Christmas Show 1965 TV Movie Himself Self
Late Night Line-Up 1965 TV Series Himself Self
The Bell Telephone Hour 1964 TV Series Himself – Singer Self
The Bing Crosby Show 1964 TV Special Himself Self
Bob Hope Comedy Special 1963 TV Special Himself Self
The Bing Crosby Show 1959-1963 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1963 TV Series Himself Self
Picture Parade 1962 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Bing Crosby Show 1961 TV Special Himself Self
Big Night Out 1961 TV Series Himself Self
Let’s Make Love 1960 Himself (uncredited) Self
The Revlon Revue 1960 TV Series Himself Self
Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall 1960 TV Series Himself Self
Menschen, Hoffnungen, Medaillen 1960 Documentary Himself Self
Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes 1959 TV Special Himself – Singer Self
The Bing Crosby Special 1959 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
The All-Star Christmas Show 1958 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
The Bing Crosby Special 1958 TV Special Himself – Host Self
Bing Crosby and His Friends 1958 TV Special Himself – Host Self
The Frank Sinatra Show 1957 TV Series Himself Self
The Edsel Show 1957 TV Special Himself – Host / Performer Self
The Heart of Show Business 1957 Short Himself, Narrator Self
The 29th Annual Academy Awards 1957 TV Special documentary Himself – Performer Self
Lineup for Today: Ted Williams and Friend 1957 Documentary short Himself Self
Ford Star Jubilee 1956 TV Series Himself – Special Appearance Self
This Is Your Life 1956 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Hollywood Mothers and Fathers 1955 Documentary short Himself Self
The Christophers 1955 TV Series Himself – Presenter Self
The 27th Annual Academy Awards 1955 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Music Awards Self
The Red Skelton Hour 1955 TV Series Himself / Award for Best Actor Self
Person to Person 1954 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Bing Crosby Special 1954 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
The Jack Benny Program 1954 TV Series Himself Self
The Bing Crosby Show 1954 TV Movie Himself – Host / Performer Self
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show 1953 TV Movie Himself Self
I Married Joan 1953 TV Series Himself Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1953 TV Series Himself Self
Crusade for Prayer 1952 Short documentary Bing Crosby Self
Olympic Fund Telethon 1952 TV Special Himself – Host Self
Red Cross Fund Program 1951 TV Movie Himself Self
The Frank Sinatra Show 1951 TV Series Himself Self
Screen Actors 1950 Documentary short Himself (uncredited) Self
You Can Change the World 1950 Documentary short Himself Self
Alberta Vacation 1950 Documentary short Bing Crosby Self
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood’s Happy Homes 1949 Documentary short Himself Self
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 10: Famous Fathers and Sons 1946 Documentary short Himself Self
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 4: Hollywood Celebrations 1945 Documentary short Himself Self
The All-Star Bond Rally 1945 Short Himself Self
Show-Business at War 1943 Documentary short Bing Crosby (uncredited) Self
Angels of Mercy 1941 Documentary short Bing Crosby Self
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play 1941 Documentary short Himself Self
Swing with Bing 1940 Short Himself Self
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 6: Hollywood Recreations 1940 Documentary short Himself Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 1939 Documentary short Himself, Horse Owner Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 1938 Documentary short Himself Self
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 5 1937 Documentary short Himself Self
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove 1934 Short Himself Self
Hollywood on Parade 1934/II Documentary short Himself (uncredited) Self
Hollywood on Parade No. 11 1933 Short Himself Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 1933 Short Himself (uncredited) Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 1933 Documentary short Himself (uncredited) Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 1932 Short Himself Self
The March of Time 1930 Himself Self
The Barbara Walters Summer Special 1977-1978 TV Series Himself Self
Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas 1977 TV Special Himself Self
Paul Anka … Music My Way 1977 TV Special Himself – Cameo Self
All You Need Is Love 1977 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Dolezal Backstage 2015 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Sounds of the 80s 2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
My Music: Songbook Standards – As Time Goes By 2015 TV Movie Archive Footage
Welcome to the Basement 2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
American Masters 1989-2014 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
And the Oscar Goes To… 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Guth 2013 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook 2010-2013 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays 2012 TV Movie Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
10 Things You Don’t Know About 2012 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
My Music: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 2010 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
The Legendary Bing Crosby 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s on Me 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression 2009 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Banda sonora 2008 TV Series Bob Wallace / Himself Archive Footage
WWE Tribute for the Troops 2008 TV Special Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
I.O.U.S.A. 2008 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Video on Trial 2007 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Legends 2007 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Legendary Crooners 2007 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills 2007 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
World of Robin Hood 2006 TV Movie documentary Allen A. Dale (uncredited) Archive Footage
Nick & Jessica’s Family Christmas 2004 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
Broadway: The American Musical 2004 TV Mini-Series documentary Billy Crocker Archive Footage
Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best 2004 Video short Himself Archive Footage
Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Seabiscuit: Racing Through History 2003 Video documentary short Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
True Love 2003/I Video short Himself Archive Footage
The Nick at Nite Holiday Special 2003 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
Christmas from Hollywood 2003 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Hollywood’s Magical Island: Catalina 2003 Documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
The True Story of Seabiscuit 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Mayor of the Sunset Strip 2003 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Great Performances 2003 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Bob Hope at 100 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Sinatra: The Classic Duets 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
America’s Favorite Funnyman 2002 Video short Archive Footage
World of Comedy 2002 Video Archive Footage
Biography 1993-2001 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song 2001 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Top of the Pops: The True Story 2001 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond 2000 TV Short documentary Himself Archive Footage
‘White Christmas’: A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney 2000 Video documentary short Bob Wallace (uncredited) Archive Footage
ABC 2000: The Millennium 1999 TV Movie documentary Archive Footage
Save Our History 1999 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Nancherrow 1999 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Television: The First Fifty Years 1999 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
A Bing Crosby Christmas 1998 Video documentary Himself – Host Archive Footage
Mighty Mo: The Many Lives of the USS Missouri 1998 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Bob Hope: Celebrity Bloopers 1997 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Never Mind the Buzzcocks 1997 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas 1997 TV Movie documentary Bob Wallace (uncredited) Archive Footage
Judy Garland’s Hollywood 1997 Video documentary Archive Footage
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen’s 1997 Documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
50,000,000 Joe Franklin Fans Can’t Be Wrong 1997 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Bob Hope: Hollywood’s Brightest Star 1996 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Barbara Walters: 20 Years at ABC 1996 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny 1995 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Pioneers of Primetime 1995 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
50 Years of Funny Females 1995 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 1995 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
100 Years at the Movies 1994 TV Short documentary Himself Archive Footage
Television’s Christmas Classics 1994 TV Special Himself Archive Footage
Sinatra Duets 1994 TV Special Himself Archive Footage
Songs That Won the War 1994 TV Movie documentary Himself (sings) Archive Footage
That’s Entertainment! III 1994 Documentary Performer in Clip from ‘High Society’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story 1993 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Bob Hope’s Bag Full of Christmas Memories 1993 TV Special Himself Archive Footage
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years 1993 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion 1993 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
California’s Gold 1993 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame 1993 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1992 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Legends of Comedy 1992 TV Movie documentary Archive Footage
Memories of 1970-1991 1991 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Magic of Bing Crosby 1991 Video Himself Archive Footage
Hollywood on Parade 1990 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
That’s Black Entertainment 1990 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time 1990 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues 1988 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Entertaining the Troops 1988 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988 TV Special Himself Archive Footage
Classic Comedy Teams 1986 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Going Hollywood: The ’30s 1984 Documentary Archive Footage
Bob Hope’s Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars 1984 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Showbiz Goes to War 1982 TV Movie Archive Footage
Disney’s Halloween Treat 1982 Video Archive Footage
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1955-1982 TV Series Narrator (edited from: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) Archive Footage
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1982 TV Movie documentary Actor – ‘Road to Hong Kong’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook 1981 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen 1981 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Bob Hope’s Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops – 1941-1972 1980 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Hollywood Clowns 1979 Video documentary Archive Footage
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin 1978 TV Special Himself Archive Footage
The Road to Eltham 1978 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend 1978 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
The 50th Annual Academy Awards 1978 TV Special Himself – Memorial Tribute Archive Footage
The Carol Burnett Show 1978 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Stars on Sunday 1977 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Top of the Pops 1977 TV Series Jim Hardy / Himself Archive Footage
Texaco Presents Bob Hope in a Very Special Special: On the Road with Bing 1977 TV Special Archive Footage
All You Need Is Love 1977 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Mike Douglas Show 1976 TV Series Himself – Actor / Vocalist Archive Footage
Bob Hope’s World of Comedy 1976 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
That’s Entertainment, Part II 1976 Documentary Clip from ‘Going Hollywood’ Archive Footage
It’s Showtime 1976 Documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Brother Can You Spare a Dime 1975 Documentary Archive Footage
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals 1974 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
Tuesday’s Documentary 1974 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
The World at War 1973 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
The All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing Show 1973 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
The Dick Cavett Show 1972 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Happy Days 1970 TV Series Archive Footage
The Movie Orgy 1968 Documentary Himself – Unidentified Program (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell 1968 Film Clip (uncredited) Archive Footage
Hollywood My Home Town 1965 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At… 1965 TV Series documentary Various Archive Footage
Hollywood and the Stars 1963 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
The Sound of Laughter 1963 Documentary Bing Fawcett – Plumber Archive Footage
The Ed Sullivan Show 1954-1963 TV Series Himself / Sketch Actor Archive Footage
The DuPont Show of the Week 1961 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Lifetime of Comedy 1960 Archive Footage
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1955 TV Series Bob Wallace Archive Footage
Off Limits 1952 Bing Crosby (uncredited) Archive Footage
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians 1952 Documentary short Archive Footage
The Cinematographer 1951 Documentary short Himself – film clip from ‘Road to Rio’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
Moments in Music 1950 Documentary short Clip Character (uncredited) Archive Footage
Down Memory Lane 1949 Character in Sennett Shorts Archive Footage
The Road to Hollywood 1947 Character in Sennett Shorts Archive Footage

Harry Lillis Crosby Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1970 Personal Award Peabody Awards Won
1962 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Special Award 4th place. “whose outstanding talents through the years have brought entertainment to family … More Won
1960 Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globes, USA Won
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 1611 Vine Street. Won
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Recording Awarded February 8, 1960 at 6751 Hollywood Blvd. Won
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Radio Awarded February 8, 1960 at 6769 Hollywood Blvd. Won
1954 NBR Award National Board of Review, USA Best Actor The Country Girl (1954) Won
1949 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Won
1948 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Won
1947 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Won
1946 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Won
1945 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actor in a Leading Role Going My Way (1944) Won
1945 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Won
1970 Personal Award Peabody Awards Nominated
1962 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Special Award 4th place. “whose outstanding talents through the years have brought entertainment to family … More Nominated
1960 Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globes, USA Nominated
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 1611 Vine Street. Nominated
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Recording Awarded February 8, 1960 at 6751 Hollywood Blvd. Nominated
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Radio Awarded February 8, 1960 at 6769 Hollywood Blvd. Nominated
1954 NBR Award National Board of Review, USA Best Actor The Country Girl (1954) Nominated
1949 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Nominated
1948 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Nominated
1947 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Nominated
1946 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Nominated
1945 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actor in a Leading Role Going My Way (1944) Nominated
1945 Most Popular Male Star Photoplay Awards Nominated