Lester Townes " Bob " Hope (né Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 - July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. Bob Hope Biography Born: May 29, 1903 Eltham, England American comedian and actor I n addition to his successes on radio, in movies, on television, and in live shows, Bob Hope entertained members of the American military all over the world and made many appearances to benefit different charities. Bob Hope.
Actor: My Favorite Brunette. Comedian Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London, England, the fifth of seven sons of Avis (Townes), light opera singer, and William Henry Hope, a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. His maternal grandmother was Welsh.
Hope moved to Bristol before emigrating with his parents to the USA in 1908. After some years onstage as a dancer. Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 - July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-born American entertainer whose prolific career spanned nearly a century from 1915 until his death in 2003, and included success in all show business media from vaudeville, and Broadway, to radio, television, and movies.
America's greatest comedian of the 20th Century called Cleveland home, Bob Hope owned Cleveland Indians and has a bridge named in his honor in his hometown. When Bob Hope's academic degrees are mentioned, he was the first to remind everyone that they are honorary doctorates. But those honorary doctorates - 58 to date - are symbolic of the esteem in which Hope was held as a humanitarian and a "diplomat of comedy whose credo was the lifting of the human spirit.".
Hope as a boy. The family moved to the US when he was four While Bob Hope fans in the US will be remembering the late entertainer's comic performances, a south London theatre remains grateful for his generosity. Bob Hope was born in a terraced house in Craigton Road, Eltham, then a growing town on.
Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope, the son of stonemason William Henry Hope and Avis Townes Hope. The family emigrated from England to Cleveland, Ohio in 1908, when Leslie, the fifth of seven children, was not yet five years old. Leslie Townes Hope KBE [1] (May 29, 1903 - July 27, 2003), better known as Bob Hope, was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, and dancer.
He was the only person who received five honorary Oscars.