Bing Crosby

Birthday: 1903-05-03
Deathday: 1977-04-14
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 5
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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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.

Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1945 42 Going My Way (1944) Leading Actor Win 0
1946 43 The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) Leading Actor Nom 0
1955 52 The Country Girl (1954) Leading Actor Nom 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
2025-03-07 Twiggy (archival footage)
2006-10-10 "All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After Archive Footage
1998-07-07 Classic Commercials: Volume 3
1973-12-09 Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
1971-01-19 Dr. Cook's Garden Leonard Cook
1970-01-01 Swing Out, Sweet Land Mark Twain
1966-04-21 Stagecoach Doc Josiah Boone
1964-06-24 Robin and the 7 Hoods Allen A. Dale
1963-12-17 The Sound of Laughter Bob (Singer in Grocery Store)
1962-03-29 The Road to Hong Kong Harry Turner
1961-08-26 Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show
1960-12-21 Pepe Bing Crosby
1960-09-16 High Time Harvey Howard
1960-09-08 Let's Make Love Bing Crosby (uncredited)
1959-06-19 Say One for Me Father Conroy
1959-03-20 Alias Jesse James Bing (uncredited)
1957-08-22 Man on Fire Earl Carleton
1956-07-17 High Society C. K. Dexter-Haven
1956-04-27 Anything Goes Bill Benson
1956-03-10 High Tor Van Van Dorn
1956-01-01 Showdown at Ulcer Gulch Influential Man
1954-12-15 The Country Girl Frank Elgin
1954-10-14 White Christmas Bob Wallace
1953-09-21 Little Boy Lost Bill Wainright
1953-04-27 Scared Stiff Skeleton (uncredited)
1953-01-29 Road to Bali George Cochran
1952-09-27 Just for You Jordan Blake
1952-07-14 Son of Paleface Driver (uncredited)
1952-02-16 The Greatest Show on Earth Spectator (uncredited)
1951-10-19 Angels in the Outfield Bing Crosby (uncredited)
1951-09-20 Here Comes the Groom Peter 'Pete' Garvey
1950-12-08 Mr. Music Paul Merrick
1950-04-12 Riding High Dan Brooks
1949-08-31 Top o' the Morning Joe Mulqueen
1949-04-18 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Hank Martin
1948-07-02 The Emperor Waltz Virgil Smith
1947-12-25 Road to Rio Scat Sweeney
1947-08-29 Variety Girl Bing Crosby
1947-06-13 Welcome Stranger Dr. James 'Jim' Pearson
1947-03-19 My Favorite Brunette Harry (uncredited)
1946-10-15 Blue Skies Johnny Adams
1946-02-27 Road to Utopia Duke Johnson
1945-12-27 The Bells of St. Mary's Father Chuck O'Malley
1945-12-04 We've Got Another Bond to Buy
1945-09-30 Hollywood Victory Caravan Bing Crosby
1945-09-28 Duffy's Tavern Bing Crosby
1945-07-13 Out of This World Herbie Fenton (singing voice)
1944-12-18 Here Come the Waves Johnny Cabot
1944-11-17 The Princess and the Pirate Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
1944-05-18 The Road to Victory Bing Crosby (uncredited)
1944-01-01 Going My Way Father Chuck O'Malley
1943-06-23 Dixie Daniel Decatur Emmett
1943-03-04 They Got Me Covered Music Box (voice)
1942-11-10 Road to Morocco Jeff Peters
1942-04-02 My Favorite Blonde Man Outside Union Hall (uncredited)
1942-03-05 Star Spangled Rhythm Bing Crosby
1942-01-01 Holiday Inn Jim Hardy
1941-11-07 Birth of the Blues Jeff Lambert
1941-04-11 Road to Zanzibar Chuck Reardon
1940-08-28 Rhythm on the River Bob Sommers
1940-05-05 If I Had My Way Buzz Blackwell
1940-03-22 Road to Singapore Joshua 'Josh' Mallon V
1939-08-25 The Star Maker Larry Earl
1939-04-07 East Side of Heaven Denny Martin
1939-01-27 Paris Honeymoon 'Lucky' Lawton
1938-09-02 Sing, You Sinners Joe Beebe
1938-05-06 Doctor Rhythm Dr. Bill Remsen
1937-09-17 Double or Nothing 'Lefty' Boylan
1937-03-23 Waikiki Wedding Tony Marvin
1936-11-25 Pennies from Heaven Larry Poole
1936-07-01 Rhythm on the Range Jeff Larabee
1936-01-24 Anything Goes Billy Crocker
1935-09-20 The Big Broadcast of 1936 Bing
1935-09-12 Two for Tonight Gilbert Gordon
1935-03-22 Mississippi Tom Grayson
1934-12-28 Here Is My Heart J. Paul Jones
1934-08-31 She Loves Me Not Paul Lawton
1934-04-27 We're Not Dressing Stephen Jones
1933-12-22 Going Hollywood Bill 'Billy' Williams
1933-12-16 Please Howard Jones
1933-09-23 Too Much Harmony Eddie Bronson
1933-07-05 College Humor Professor Frederick Danvers
1933-03-23 Sing, Bing, Sing Bing
1932-10-14 The Big Broadcast Bing Hornsby
1932-03-20 Billboard Girl Bing
1932-01-17 Dream House Bing Fawcett (Plumber)
1931-11-15 One More Chance Bing Bangs
1931-09-13 Blue of the Night Bing Crosby / Jack Smith
1931-09-13 I Surrender Dear Bing Crosby
1931-07-11 Confessions of a Co-Ed Bing
1930-12-29 Reaching for the Moon Bing
1930-08-10 Two Plus Fours Bing
1930-04-20 King of Jazz Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)