Bob Hope’s Major Work

MOVIES

Going Spanish (short, 1934). Educational Films. Director: Al Christie.

Soup for Nuts (short, 1934). Universal. Director: Milton Schwartzwald.

Paree, Paree (short, 1934). Warner Bros. Director: Roy Mack.

Calling All Tars (short, 1935). Warner Bros. Director: Lloyd French.

Watch the Birdie (short, 1935). Warner Bros. Director: Lloyd French.

Double Exposure (short, 1935). Warner Bros. Director: Lloyd French.

The Old Grey Mayor (short, 1935). Warner Bros. Director: Lloyd French.

Shop Talk (short, 1936). Warner Bros. Director: Lloyd French.

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938). Paramount. Director: Mitchell Leisen.

College Swing (1938). Paramount. Director: Raoul Walsh.

Give Me a Sailor (1938). Paramount. Director: Elliott Nugent.

Thanks for the Memory (1938). Paramount. Director: George Archainbaud.

Never Say Die (1939). Paramount. Director: Elliott Nugent.

Some Like It Hot (1939). Paramount. Director: George Archainbaud.

The Cat and the Canary (1939). Paramount. Director: Elliott Nugent.

Road to Singapore (1940). Paramount. Director: Victor Schertzinger.

The Ghost Breakers (1940). Paramount. Director: George Marshall.

Road to Zanzibar (1941). Paramount. Director: Victor Schertzinger.

Caught in the Draft (1941). Paramount. Director: David Butler.

Nothing But the Truth (1941). Paramount. Director: Elliott Nugent.

Louisiana Purchase (1941). Paramount. Director: Irving Cummings.

My Favorite Blonde (1942). Paramount. Director: Sidney Lanfield.

Road to Morocco (1942). Paramount. Director: David Butler.

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942). Paramount. Director: George Marshall.

They Got Me Covered (1943). Samuel Goldwyn. Director: David Butler.

Let’s Face It (1943). Paramount. Director: Sidney Lanfield.

The Princess and the Pirate (1944). Samuel Goldwyn. Director: David Butler.

Road to Utopia (1946). Paramount. Director: Hal Walker.

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946). Paramount. Director: George Marshall.

My Favorite Brunette (1947). Paramount. Director: Elliott Nugent.

Variety Girl (1947). Paramount. Director: George Marshall.

Where There’s Life (1947). Paramount. Director: Sidney Lanfield.

Road to Rio (1947). Paramount. Director: Norman Z. McLeod.

The Paleface (1948). Paramount. Director: Norman Z. McLeod.

Sorrowful Jones (1949). Paramount. Director: Sidney Lanfield.

The Great Lover (1949). Paramount. Director: Alexander Hall.

Fancy Pants (1950). Paramount. Director: George Marshall.

The Lemon Drop Kid (1951). Paramount. Director: Sidney Lanfield.

My Favorite Spy (1951). Paramount. Director: Norman Z. McLeod.

The Greatest Show on Earth (1951, cameo). Paramount. Director: Cecil B. DeMille.

Son of Paleface (1952). Paramount. Director: Frank Tashlin.

Road to Bali (1952). Paramount. Director: Hal Walker.

Off Limits (1953). Paramount. Director: George Marshall.

Scared Stiff (1953, cameo). Paramount. Director: George Marshall.

Here Come the Girls (1953). Paramount. Director: Claude Binyon.

Casanova’s Big Night (1954). Paramount. Director: Norman Z. McLeod.

The Seven Little Foys (1955). Paramount. Director: Melville Shavelson.

That Certain Feeling (1956). Paramount. Director: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank.

The Iron Petticoat (1956). Paramount. Director: Ralph Thomas.

Beau James (1957). Paramount. Director: Melville Shavelson.

Paris Holiday (1958). United Artists. Director: Gerd Oswald.

Alias Jesse James (1959). United Artists. Director: Norman Z. McLeod.

The Facts of Life (1960). United Artists. Director: Melvin Frank.

Bachelor in Paradise (1961). MGM. Director: Jack Arnold.

The Road to Hong Kong (1962). United Artists. Director: Norman Panama.

Critic’s Choice (1963). Warner Bros. Director: Don Weis.

Call Me Bwana (1963). United Artists. Director: Gordon Douglas.

A Global Affair (1964). MGM. Director: Jack Arnold.

I’ll Take Sweden (1965). United Artists. Director: Fred de Cordova.

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966). United Artists. Director: George Marshall.

Eight on the Lam (1967). United Artists. Director: George Marshall.

The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell (1968). United Artists. Director: Frank Tashlin.

How to Commit Marriage (1969). Cinerama. Director: Norman Panama.

Cancel My Reservation (1972). Warner Bros. Director: Paul Bogart.

The Muppet Movie (1979, cameo). ITC Entertainment. Director: James Frawley.

Spies Like Us (1985, cameo). Warner Bros. Director: John Landis.

BROADWAY SHOWS

Sidewalks of New York (October 3, 1927–January 7, 1928). Book, music, and lyrics by Eddie Dowling and James Hanley.

Ups-a Daisy (October 8–December 1, 1928). Music by Lewis A. Gensler, book and lyrics by Clifford Grey and Robert A. Simon.

Smiles (November 18, 1930–January 10, 1931). Music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Clifford Grey and Harold Adamson, book by William Anthony McGuire.

Ballyhoo of 1932 (September 6–November 26, 1932). Music by Lewis A. Gensler, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg, book by Norman H. Anthony.

Roberta (November 18, 1933–July 21, 1934). Music by Jerome Kern, book and lyrics by Otto Harbach.

Say When (November 8, 1934–January 12, 1935). Music by Ray Henderson, lyrics by Ted Koehler, book by Jack McGowan.

Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (January 30–May 9, 1936). Music by Vernon Duke, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, book by David Freeman.

Red, Hot and Blue (October 29, 1936–April 10, 1937). Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

RADIO PROGRAMS

The Intimate Revue, sponsored by Bromo-Seltzer, NBC (January 4–April 5, 1935).

Atlantic Family Show, sponsored by Atlantic Oil, CBS (December 14, 1935–September 3, 1936).

The Rippling Rhythm Revue, sponsored by Woodbury soap, NBC (May 9–September 26, 1937).

Your Hollywood Parade, sponsored by Lucky Strike, NBC (December 29, 1937–March 23, 1938).

The Pepsodent Show, Starring Bob Hope, NBC (September 27, 1938–June 8, 1948).

The Swan Show, Starring Bob Hope, NBC (September 14, 1948–June 13, 1950).

The Bob Hope Show, sponsored by Chesterfield, NBC (October 3, 1950–June 24, 1952).

The Bob Hope Show (mornings), sponsored by General Foods, NBC (November 10, 1952–July 9, 1954).

The Bob Hope Show, sponsored by General Foods, NBC (January 7, 1953–July 1, 1953).

The Bob Hope Show, sponsored by the American Dairy Association, NBC (September 25, 1953–April 21, 1955).

TELEVISION MILESTONES

The Star-Spangled Revue, sponsored by Frigidaire (April 9, 1950). First Hope network TV special, broadcast live by NBC on Easter Sunday.

The Colgate Comedy Hour (October 1952–June 1953). One of several rotating hosts on his first regular series.

Academy Awards (March 19, 1953). Host of the first televised Oscar ceremony.

Hope in Greenland (January 9, 1955). First televised holiday tour for the troops.

The Bob Hope Show, sponsored by Chevrolet (1955–57), Plymouth (1958), and Buick (1958–61). A monthly fixture on NBC, and Detroit’s favorite TV star.

Bob Hope in Moscow (April 5, 1958). First network TV show from behind the Iron Curtain.

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (September 1963–May 1967). Host of weekly dramatic anthology series, the start of a long association with Chrysler.

Bob Hope Desert Classic (February 1965). NBC covers the first edition of Hope’s Palm Springs golf tournament.

Hope in Vietnam (January 15, 1970). Special on his 1969 Christmas tour draws the largest audience for any entertainment show in TV history to date.

A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (October 24, 1975). First Hope special sponsored by Texaco.

Academy Awards (April 3, 1978). Last of Hope’s nineteen appearances as Oscar host.

Happy Birthday, Bob (May 29, 1978). First of his annual birthday specials, live from the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Bob Hope on the Road to China (September 16, 1979). First American TV special from the People’s Republic of China.

A Masterpiece of Murder (January 27, 1986). Hope’s first and only television movie.

Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents (November 23, 1996). Last TV special.