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Disney's Halloween Treat

as (archive footage)

1982
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976
That's Entertainment!

as Self - Host / Narrator

1974
Dr. Cook's Garden

as Leonard Cook

1971
Stagecoach

as Doc Josiah Boone

1966
Robin and the 7 Hoods

as Allen A. Dale

1964
The Road to Hong Kong

as Harry Turner

1962
High Time

as Harvey Howard

1960
High Society

as C. K. Dexter-Haven

1956
Anything Goes

as Bill Benson

1956
The Country Girl

as Frank Elgin

1954
White Christmas

as Bob Wallace

1954
Road to Bali

as George Cochran

1953
Here Comes the Groom

as Peter 'Pete' Garvey

1951
Mr. Music

as Paul Merrick

1950
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

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

1949
Jolson Sings Again

as Himself (voice) (uncredited)

1949
The Emperor Waltz

as Virgil Smith

1948
Road to Rio

as Scat Sweeney

1947
The Bells of St. Mary's

as Father Chuck O'Malley

1945
Going My Way

as Father Chuck O'Malley

1944
Dixie

as Daniel Decatur Emmett

1943
Holiday Inn

as Jim Hardy

1942
Road to Morocco

as Jeff Peters

1942
Star Spangled Rhythm

as Bing Crosby

1942
Road to Zanzibar

as Chuck Reardon

1941
Birth of the Blues

as Jeff Lambert

1941
Bing Crosby Bing Crosby

Birthday

1903-05-03

Place of Birth

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music. Crosby won an Oscar 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 six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations with longtime friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to... films from 1940 to 1962. Crosby influenced the development of the postwar recording industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to America by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in a California electronics company called Ampex to build copies. He then convinced ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. Through the medium of recording, he constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became an industry standard. In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped to finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.
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