Here is a rare very early vintage original autographed page by Bob Hope, from 1940, the year he starred in The Road To Singapore and The Ghost Breakers. 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 and comedian, he made his first film appearance in The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) singing "Thanks for the Memory", which became his signature tune. In partnership with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, he appeared in the highly successful "Road to ..." comedies (1940-52), and in many others until the early 1970s. During World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars he spent much time entertaining the troops in the field. For these activities and for his continued contributions to the industry he received five honorary Academy Awards. Page will be removed from autograph book after purchase. Rare this early.
That Little Monster (1994)
That Little Monster
5.4
Bob
Bob Hope (uncredited)
1994
Ed Sullivan in The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992)
The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show
8.8
TV Series
1992
1 episode
Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
The Simpsons
8.7
TV Series
Bob Hope (voice)
1992
1 episode
John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Alicia Goranson, and Laurie Metcalf in Roseanne (1988)
Roseanne
7.0
TV Series
Bob Hope (uncredited)
1991
1 episode
Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven (1984)
Highway to Heaven
6.8
TV Series
Sycopomp
1988
1 episode
A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)
A Masterpiece of Murder
5.5
TV Movie
Dan Dolan
1986
Spies Like Us (1985)
Spies Like Us
6.4
Bob Hope
1985
Five Sesame Street Stories (1985)
Five Sesame Street Stories
7.5
Video
Announcer
Narrator (voice)
1985
Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena (1979)
Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena
8.5
Bob Hope on Parade (uncredited)
1979
Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Rowlf, The Great Gonzo, Electric Mayhem Band, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, The Muppets, and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Muppet Movie
7.6
Ice Cream Vendor
1979
Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in The Odd Couple (1970)
The Odd Couple
7.9
TV Series
Bob Hope (uncredited)
1974
1 episode
Cancel My Reservation (1972)
Cancel My Reservation
4.9
Dan Bartlett
1972
Diahann Carroll and Marc Copage in Julia (1968)
Julia
7.7
TV Series
Bob Hope (uncredited)
1971
1 episode
Roberta
7.5
TV Movie
Huckleberry Haines
1969
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
8.0
TV Series
Guest Performer (uncredited)
1968–1969
3 episodes
How to Commit Marriage (1969)
How to Commit Marriage
5.3
Frank Benson
1969
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
5.8
Sgt. Dan O'Farrell
1968
Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in Get Smart (1965)
Get Smart
8.2
TV Series
Room Service Attendant (uncredited)
1968
1 episode
Danny Thomas in The Danny Thomas Hour (1967)
The Danny Thomas Hour
7.1
TV Series
Makeup Man
1967
1 episode
Eight on the Lam (1967)
Eight on the Lam
5.5
Henry Dimsdale
1967
Richard Deacon and Phyllis Diller in The Phyllis Diller Show (1966)
The Phyllis Diller Show
7.3
TV Series
Library Patron
1967
1 episode
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
7.6
TV Series
George Warren
Horatio Lovelace
Les Haines ...
1963–1966
5 episodes
Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, and Elke Sommer in Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
5.4
Thomas J. 'Tom' Meade
1966
Ernest Borgnine, Stephen Boyd, Joseph Cotten, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett, Edie Adams, Eleanor Parker, and Elke Sommer in The Oscar (1966)
The Oscar
5.2
Bob Hope (uncredited)
1966
I'll Take Sweden (1965)
I'll Take Sweden
5.3
Bob Holcomb
1965
Jack Benny in The Jack Benny Program (1950)
The Jack Benny Program
8.6
TV Series
Bob Hope
1964
1 episode
The Lucy Show (1962)
The Lucy Show
7.2
TV Series
Plumber's Assistant
1964
1 episode
Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, and Jack Weston in Mr. and Mrs. (1964)
Mr. and Mrs.
7.2
TV Movie
Bill Blakley
1964
Bob Hope, Liselotte Pulver, Elga Andersen, Michèle Mercier, and Miiko Taka in A Global Affair (1964)
A Global Affair
5.4
Frank Larrimore
1964
Anita Ekberg and Bob Hope in Call Me Bwana (1963)
Call Me Bwana
5.3
Matt
1963
Lucille Ball and Bob Hope in Critic's Choice (1963)
Critic's Choice
5.7
Parker Ballantine
1963
Angela Cartwright, Rusty Hamer, Sherry Jackson, Marjorie Lord, and Danny Thomas in The Danny Thomas Show (1953)
The Danny Thomas Show
7.1
TV Series
Bob Hope
1958–1962
4 episodes
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
The Road to Hong Kong
6.1
Chester Babcock
1962
The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
The Joey Bishop Show
6.6
TV Series
Mary's Other Boyfriend
1962
1 episode
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
Bachelor in Paradise
6.3
Adam J. Niles
1961
Lucille Ball and Bob Hope in The Facts of Life (1960)
The Facts of Life
6.3
Larry Gilbert
1960
The Five Pennies (1959)
The Five Pennies
7.1
Bob Hope - Leaving Brown Derby Restaurant (uncredited)
1959
Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming in Alias Jesse James (1959)
Alias Jesse James
6.4
Milford Farnsworth
1959
Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lawford, and Asta in The Thin Man (1957)
The Thin Man
7.1
TV Series
Cuddles (uncredited)
1958
1 episode
Roberta
6.9
TV Movie
Huckleberry Haines
1958
Anita Ekberg, Bob Hope, Fernandel, and Martha Hyer in Paris Holiday (1958)
Paris Holiday
5.7
Robert Leslie Hunter
1958
Beau James (1957)
Beau James
6.7
Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
1957
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
7.2
Short
Influential Man
1956
Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
I Love Lucy
8.5
TV Series
Bob Hope
1956
1 episode
The Charles Farrell Show (1956)
The Charles Farrell Show
7.3
TV Series
Hotel Guest
1956
1 episode
The Iron Petticoat (1956)
The Iron Petticoat
5.1
Captain Chuck Lockwood
1956
That Certain Feeling (1956)
That Certain Feeling
6.4
Francis X. Dignan
1956
The Seven Little Foys (1955)
The Seven Little Foys
6.7
Eddie Foy
1955
Joan Fontaine, Bob Hope, and Audrey Dalton in Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Casanova's Big Night
6.7
Pippo Popolino
1954
Bob Hope, Arlene Dahl, Rosemary Clooney, and Tony Martin in Here Come the Girls (1953)
Here Come the Girls
5.8
Stanley Snodgrass
1953
Carmen Miranda, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, and Lizabeth Scott in Scared Stiff (1953)
Scared Stiff
6.4
Skeleton (uncredited)
1953
Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, and Marilyn Maxwell in Off Limits (1952)
Off Limits
6.1
Wally Hogan
1952
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Bali (1952)
Road to Bali
6.4
Harold Gridley
1952
Jane Russell, Bob Hope, Roy Rogers, and Trigger in Son of Paleface (1952)
Son of Paleface
6.8
Peter Potter Jr.
1952
Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball
7.3
Short
Bob Hope
1952
Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Gloria Grahame, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Lamour, and Cornel Wilde in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth
6.5
Spectator (uncredited)
1952
Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr in My Favorite Spy (1951)
My Favorite Spy
6.5
Eric Augustine
Peanuts White
1951
Bob Hope, Jane Darwell, Oliver Blake, Fred Clark, William Frawley, Tor Johnson, Andrea King, Marilyn Maxwell, and Lloyd Nolan in The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
The Lemon Drop Kid
7.0
Sidney Milburn - aka The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
Lucille Ball and Bob Hope in Fancy Pants (1950)
Fancy Pants
6.5
Humphrey
1950
Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming in The Great Lover (1949)
The Great Lover
6.5
Freddie Hunter
1949
Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, and Mary Jane Saunders in Sorrowful Jones (1949)
Sorrowful Jones
6.9
Humphrey 'Sorrowful' Jones
1949
Jane Russell and Bob Hope in The Paleface (1948)
The Paleface
6.6
'Painless' Peter Potter
1948
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Rio (1947)
Road to Rio
6.9
Hot Lips Barton
1947
Bob Hope in Where There's Life (1947)
Where There's Life
6.5
Michael Joseph Valentine
1947
Gary Cooper, William Holden, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Joan Caulfield, Cass Daley, Billy De Wolfe, Barry Fitzgerald, Mary Hatcher, Dorothy Lamour, Gail Russell, Olga San Juan, Lizabeth Scott, and Sonny Tufts in Variety Girl (1947)
Variety Girl
6.3
Bob Hope
1947
Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in My Favorite Brunette (1947)
My Favorite Brunette
6.7
Ronnie Jackson
1947
Bob Hope and Joan Caulfield in Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
Monsieur Beaucaire
6.7
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Utopia (1945)
Road to Utopia
7.1
Chester Hooton
1945
Humphrey Bogart, Alan Ladd, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Hutton, Robert Benchley, Carmen Cavallaro, William Demarest, Dona Drake, Diana Lynn, and Olga San Juan in Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945)
Hollywood Victory Caravan
6.0
Short
Bob Hope
1945
Robert Mitchum, William 'Billy' Benedict, Wally Cassell, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Yolanda Lacca, Jimmy Lloyd, Burgess Meredith, William Murphy, John R. Reilly, and Freddie Steele in Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Story of G.I. Joe
7.2
Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice, uncredited)
1945
Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo in The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
The Princess and the Pirate
6.8
Sylvester
1944
Bob Hope and Betty Hutton in Let's Face It (1943)
Let's Face It
6.0
Jerry Walker
1943
Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in They Got Me Covered (1943)
They Got Me Covered
6.5
Robert Kittredge
1943
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Bing Crosby, Susan Hayward, Bob Hope, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Betty Hutton, Walter Abel, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Eddie Bracken, Macdonald Carey, Jerry Colonna, Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Victor Moore, Dick Powell, Marjorie Reynolds, Betty Jane Rhodes, Franchot Tone, Vera Zorina, and The Golden Gate Quartette in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm
6.6
Bob Hope - Master of Ceremonies
1942
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Morocco (1942)
Road to Morocco
7.0
Aunt Lucy
Orville 'Turkey' Jackson
1942
Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll in My Favorite Blonde (1942)
My Favorite Blonde
7.0
Larry Haines
1942
Bob Hope, Irène Bordoni, Victor Moore, and Vera Zorina in Louisiana Purchase (1941)
Louisiana Purchase
6.1
Jim Taylor
1941
Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard in Nothing But the Truth (1941)
Nothing But the Truth
7.1
Steve Bennett
1941
Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in Caught in the Draft (1941)
Caught in the Draft
6.5
Don Bolton
1941
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Zanzibar (1941)
Road to Zanzibar
6.7
Fearless Hubert Frazier
1941
Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard in The Ghost Breakers (1940)
The Ghost Breakers
7.0
Larry Lawrence
1940
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Singapore (1940)
Road to Singapore
6.6
Ace Lannigan
1940
Paulette Goddard in The Cat and the Canary (1939)
The Cat and the Canary
7.1
Wally Campbell
1939
Bob Hope, Rufe Davis, Gene Krupa, Una Merkel, and Shirley Ross in Some Like It Hot (1939)
Some Like It Hot
6.6
Nicky Nelson
1939
Bob Hope, Andy Devine, and Martha Raye in Never Say Die (1939)
Never Say Die
6.8
John Kidley
1939
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in Thanks for the Memory (1938)
Thanks for the Memory
6.4
Steve Merrick
1938
Bob Hope, Betty Grable, Martha Raye, and Jack Whiting in Give Me a Sailor (1938)
Give Me a Sailor
6.4
Jim Brewster
1938
Jackie Coogan, Bob Hope, Betty Grable, Gracie Allen, Ben Blue, George Burns, Florence George, John Payne, and Martha Raye in College Swing (1938)
College Swing
6.0
Bud Brady
1938
W.C. Fields, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Martha Raye, and Shirley Ross in The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
6.1
Buzz Fielding
1938
Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, and Freddie Bartholomew in Captains Courageous (1937)
Captains Courageous
7.9
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1937
Bob Hope in Calling All Tars (1936)
Calling All Tars
6.4
Short
Bobby
1936
Bob Hope, John Berkes, and Ralph Sanford in Shop Talk (1936)
Shop Talk
5.6
Short
Robert Hope Jr. (as Robert Hope)
1936
Bob Hope and Loretta Sayers in Double Exposure (1935)
Double Exposure
5.4
Short
Photographer
Robert
1935
Bob Hope, Arline Dinitz, Nell O'Day, and Pete the Dog in Watch the Birdie (1935)
Watch the Birdie
5.6
Short
Bob
1935
Bob Hope in The Old Grey Mayor (1935)
The Old Grey Mayor
5.8
Short
Bob
1935
Bob Hope and Dorothy Stone in Paree, Paree (1934)
Paree, Paree
6.2
Short
Peter Forbes
1934
Bob Hope, Donald Brian, Al Goodman, The Heat Waves, Al Goodman's Orchestra, The Saxon Sisters, and Adrina Otero in Soup for Nuts (1934)
Soup for Nuts
7.2
Short
Master of Ceremonies
1934
Bob Hope and Leah Ray in Going Spanish (1934)
Going Spanish
4.8
Short
Bob
1934