Bing Crosby

1903-1977

Biography: life and films

Bing Crosby was an American actor and singer whose birth name was Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr.. He was born in Tacoma, Washington, USA on 3rd May 1903 and died in La Moraleja, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain on 14th October 1977, aged 74.

His best films as an actor include Frank Tuttle's comedy Here Is My Heart (1934), Leo McCarey's Going My Way (1944), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), George Seaton's The Country Girl (1954) and Jack Haley Jr.'s That's Entertainment! (1974).

Bing Crosby appeared in 82 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Frank Tuttle (6 films), Victor Schertzinger (4), Elliott Nugent (4), David Butler (4), Norman Z. McLeod (3), Norman Taurog (3), Hal Walker (3), George Marshall (3), Frank Tashlin (3), A. Edward Sutherland (3), Wesley Ruggles (2), Mark Sandrich (2), Leo McCarey (2), Gordon Douglas (2), George Seaton (2) and Frank Capra (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (56 films), comedy-romance (19), drama (6), Documentary (6), comedy-drama (4), Western (4), Biography (4), Fantasy (3), romance (2), history (2), War (2) and Animation (2).

Our average rating for Bing Crosby over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Reaching for the Moon (1930) [a]

Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) [a]

The Big Broadcast (1932) [a]

College Humor (1933) [a]

Going Hollywood (1933) [a]

Too Much Harmony (1933) [a]

Here Is My Heart (1934) [a]

She Loves Me Not (1934) [a]

We're Not Dressing (1934) [a]

Mississippi (1935) [a]

The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) [a]

Two for Tonight (1935) [a]

Anything Goes (1936) [a]

Pennies from Heaven (1936) [a]

Rhythm on the Range (1936) [a]

Double or Nothing (1937) [a]

Waikiki Wedding (1937) [a]

Dr. Rhythm (1938) [a]

Sing You Sinners (1938) [a]

East Side of Heaven (1939) [a]

Paris Honeymoon (1939) [a]

The Star Maker (1939) [a]

If I Had My Way (1940) [a]

Rhythm on the River (1940) [a]

Road to Singapore (1940) [a]

Birth of the Blues (1941) [a]

Road to Zanzibar (1941) [a]

Holiday Inn (1942) [a]

Road to Morocco (1942) [a]

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) [a]

Dixie (1943) [a]

Going My Way (1944) [a]

Here Come the Waves (1944) [a]

The Princess and the Pirate (1944) [a]

Duffy's Tavern (1945) [a]

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) [a]

Blue Skies (1946) [a]

Road to Utopia (1946) [a]

My Favorite Brunette (1947) [a]

Road to Rio (1947) [a]

The Road to Hollywood (1947) [a]

Variety Girl (1947) [a]

Welcome Stranger (1947) [a]

The Emperor Waltz (1948) [a]

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) [a]

Down Memory Lane (1949) [a]

Jolson Sings Again (1949) [a]

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) [a]

Top o' the Morning (1949) [a]

Mr. Music (1950) [a]

Riding High (1950) [a]

Angels in the Outfield (1951) [a]

Here Comes the Groom (1951) [a]

Just for You (1952) [a]

Road to Bali (1952) [a]

Son of Paleface (1952) [a]

Little Boy Lost (1953) [a]

Scared Stiff (1953) [a]

The Country Girl (1954) [a]

White Christmas (1954) [a]

Anything Goes (1956) [a]

High Society (1956) [a]

Man on Fire (1957) [a]

Alias Jesse James (1959) [a]

Say One for Me (1959) [a]

High Time (1960) [a]

Let's Make Love (1960) [a]

Pepe (1960) [a]

The Road to Hong Kong (1962) [a]

Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) [a]

Stagecoach (1966) [a]

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968) [a]

Cancel My Reservation (1972) [a]

That's Entertainment! (1974) [a]

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) [a]

That's Black Entertainment (1990) [a]

Entertaining the Troops (1994) [a]

That's Entertainment! III (1994) [a]

I.O.U.S.A. (2008) [a]



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