Bob Hope

1903-2003

Comedian

 

Henry Luce

English-born comedian and film star Bob Hope has been a beloved fixture of the American entertainment world since the 1930's. With his "Road" movies, trips to entertain American servicemen and women, television specials and commercials, Bob Hope became known to millions across the country and around the world.

He has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969) as well as the Jean Hersholt Award, an Emmy and an honorary Academy Award.