Bob Hope

**Prof. Dr. Sinsi** · 07-23-2012

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Leslie Townes Hope born May 29, 1903, Eltham, Eng

died July 27, 2003, Toluca Lake, Calif

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British-born U

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actor

His family immigrated to Ohio when he was four years old

He created a song-and-comedy vaudeville act and in 1933 won his first substantial role in a musical, Roberta

Success in radio led to his first film, The Big Broadcast of 1938, in which he sang his theme song, Thanks for the Memory

He hosted the highly rated Bob Hope Show (1938-50) on radio and later hosted and appeared in numerous popular television specials

He costarred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in seven popular Road pictures, beginning with The Road to Singapore (1940), and won fans in The Paleface (1948), My Favorite Spy (1951), and The Seven Little Foys (1955)

For more than 40 years he performed with his variety show for U

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troops overseas
English Related Words* a forlorn hope
* a gleam of hope
* a glimmer of hope
* a ray of hope
* abandon hope
* abandon hope of
* abandoning hope
* bee bob
* bereft of hope
* beyond hope
* Bob
* bob about
* bob around
* bob denver
* bob dylan

07-23-2012	#1
Prof. Dr. Sinsi	Bob Hope * 1orig Leslie Townes Hope born May 29, 1903, Eltham, Eng died July 27, 2003, Toluca Lake, Calif, US British-born US actor His family immigrated to Ohio when he was four years old He created a song-and-comedy vaudeville act and in 1933 won his first substantial role in a musical, Roberta Success in radio led to his first film, The Big Broadcast of 1938, in which he sang his theme song, Thanks for the Memory He hosted the highly rated Bob Hope Show (1938-50) on radio and later hosted and appeared in numerous popular television specials He costarred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in seven popular Road pictures, beginning with The Road to Singapore (1940), and won fans in The Paleface (1948), My Favorite Spy (1951), and The Seven Little Foys (1955) For more than 40 years he performed with his variety show for US troops overseas English Related Words* a forlorn hope * a gleam of hope * a glimmer of hope * a ray of hope * abandon hope * abandon hope of * abandoning hope * bee bob * bereft of hope * beyond hope * Bob * bob about * bob around * bob denver * bob dylan