Bing Crosby

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

5/3/1903

Place of Birth

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Also Known As

Harry Lillis CrosbyDer BingleБинг Кросби

Bing Crosby

Biography

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, Americ...

Career Timeline

2025

Twiggy

as (archival footage)

2024

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

as Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Dean Martin: King of Cool

as Self (archive footage)

2019

My Music: A Classic Christmas

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Howard

as Jeff Peters (archive footage)

2017

This Is Bob Hope...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

as Self (archive footage)

2012

Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials

as Self

The Best of Johnny Carson

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

as Self

2006

Legends

as Self (archive footage)

"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After

as Archive Footage

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2005

Legendary Christmas Entertainers

as Self

2004

'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration

as Self

Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert

as Self

2003

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

as Self (Archive Footage)

Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

as (archive footage)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1

as Narrator / Ichabod Crane / Brom Bones (voice) (archive footage)

2002

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

as (archive footage)

2001

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

as Self (archive footage)

2000

'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

as Bob Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Classic Commercials: Volume 3

Role unknown

A Bing Crosby Christmas

as Self - Host (archive footage)

1997

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

as Bob Wallace (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

Shanks for the Memory

Role unknown

Songs That Won the War

as Himself (Archive)

1992

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

as Self - Vocalist (archive footage)

A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

1991

The Magic of Bing Crosby

as Self (archive footage)

1990

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

as Self (archive footage)

1988

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

as Self (archive footage)

1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Classic Comedy Teams

as Self (archive footage)

1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

as Self (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Disney's Halloween Treat

as (archive footage)

Showbiz Ballyhoo

as Self (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1978

Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years

as Himself (archival footage)

1977

Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

as Self

Halloween Hall o' Fame

as Narrator/Brom Bones

Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway

as Himself

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

as Self

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as Self - Host / Narrator

1973

Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

Role unknown

1972

Cancel My Reservation

as Himself (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

as Himself

The Great Radio Comedians

as Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

The Pearl Bailey Show

as Self

Dr. Cook's Garden

as Leonard Cook

1970

Bing Crosby: Cooling It

as Self

Goldilocks

as Self / Papa Bear (voice)

Swing Out, Sweet Land

as Mark Twain

1968

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1967

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

1966

Christmas with Crosby & Kate

as Himself

Stagecoach

as Doc Josiah Boone

Cinerama's Russian Adventure

as Narrator (voice)

1965

Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show

as Self (host)

Bob Hope Christmas Show

as Self

1964

The Bing Crosby Show

as Bing Collins

Robin and the 7 Hoods

as Allen A. Dale

1963

The Sound of Laughter

as Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as George Warren

1962

The Bing Crosby Show

as Himself

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Road to Hong Kong

as Harry Turner

1961

The Bing Crosby Show

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self (archive footage)

Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show

Role unknown

The Grand Olympics

as Himself

1960

Pepe

as Bing Crosby

High Time

as Harvey Howard

Let's Make Love

as Bing Crosby (uncredited)

Lifetime of Comedy

as (archive footage)

1959

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

as Self

Say One for Me

as Father Conroy

Alias Jesse James

as Bing (uncredited)

1958

The All-Star Christmas Show

as Self

1957

Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank

as Self

Frank Sinatra Show

as Self

The Edsel Show

as Self

Man on Fire

as Earl Carleton

1956

High Society

as C. K. Dexter-Haven

Anything Goes

as Bill Benson

High Tor

as Van Van Dorn

Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

as Influential Man

1954

The Country Girl

as Frank Elgin

White Christmas

as Bob Wallace

The Bing Crosby Show

as Self

1953

Little Boy Lost

as Bill Wainright

Scared Stiff

as Skeleton (uncredited)

1952

Off Limits

as Bing Crosby (archive footage) (uncredited)

Road to Bali

as George Cochran

Just for You

as Jordan Blake

Son of Paleface

as Driver (uncredited)

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Spectator (uncredited)

1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Bing Crosby (uncredited)

Here Comes the Groom

as Peter 'Pete' Garvey

1950

Mr. Music

as Paul Merrick

The Jack Benny Program

as Bing Crosby

Screen Actors

as Self (uncredited)

Riding High

as Dan Brooks

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

You Can Change The World

as Self

1949

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

as Narrator

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

as Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")

Top o' the Morning

as Joe Mulqueen

Jolson Sings Again

as Himself (voice) (uncredited)

Down Memory Lane

as (archive footage)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

as Hank Martin

1948

The Emperor Waltz

as Virgil Smith

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

1947

Road to Rio

as Scat Sweeney

Variety Girl

as Bing Crosby

Road to Hollywood

as Himself

Welcome Stranger

as Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson

My Favorite Brunette

as Harry (uncredited)

1946

Blue Skies

as Johnny Adams

Road to Utopia

as Duke Johnson

1945

The Bells of St. Mary's

as Father Chuck O'Malley

We've Got Another Bond to Buy

Role unknown

Hollywood Victory Caravan

as Bing Crosby

Duffy's Tavern

as Bing Crosby

Out of This World

as Herbie Fenton (singing voice)

Road to Home

as Self

The All-Star Bond Rally

as Self

1944

Here Come the Waves

as Johnny Cabot

The Princess and the Pirate

as Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)

The Road to Victory

as Bing Crosby (uncredited)

The Shining Future

as Self

Going My Way

as Father Chuck O'Malley

1943

Dixie

as Daniel Decatur Emmett

Show-Business at War

as Self

Don't Hook Now

as Self

They Got Me Covered

as Music Box (voice)

1942

Road to Morocco

as Jeff Peters

My Favorite Blonde

as Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Bing Crosby

Holiday Inn

as Jim Hardy

1941

Birth of the Blues

as Jeff Lambert

Road to Zanzibar

as Chuck Reardon

1940

Rhythm on the River

as Bob Sommers

Swing with Bing

as Himself

If I Had My Way

as Buzz Blackwell

Road to Singapore

as Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V

1939

The Star Maker

as Larry Earl

East Side of Heaven

as Denny Martin

Paris Honeymoon

as 'Lucky' Lawton

1938

Sing, You Sinners

as Joe Beebe

Hollywood Handicap

as Himself

Doctor Rhythm

as Dr. Bill Remsen

1937

Double or Nothing

as 'Lefty' Boylan

Waikiki Wedding

as Tony Marvin

1936

Pennies from Heaven

as Larry Poole

Rhythm on the Range

as Jeff Larabee

Anything Goes

as Billy Crocker

1935

The Big Broadcast of 1936

as Bing

Two for Tonight

as Gilbert Gordon

Mississippi

as Tom Grayson

1934

Here Is My Heart

as J. Paul Jones

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

as Self

She Loves Me Not

as Paul Lawton

We're Not Dressing

as Stephen Jones

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

as Self

1933

Going Hollywood

as Bill 'Billy' Williams

Please

as Howard Jones

Too Much Harmony

as Eddie Bronson

College Humor

as Professor Frederick Danvers

Sing, Bing, Sing

as Bing

1932

The Big Broadcast

as Bing Hornsby

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2

as Self

Hollywood on Parade

as Self

Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

as Self (uncredited)

Billboard Girl

as Bing

Dream House

as Bing Fawcett (Plumber)

1931

One More Chance

as Bing Bangs

Blue of the Night

as Bing Crosby / Jack Smith

I Surrender Dear

as Bing Crosby

Confessions of a Co-Ed

as Bing

1930

Reaching for the Moon

as Bing

The March of Time

as Self

Two Plus Fours

as Bing

King of Jazz

as Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)