Bob Hope
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Leslie Townes Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), best known as Bob Hope, was an English-born American entertainer, having appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, movies and in army concerts.
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- Thanks to our brave allies: you gallant Russian bear, you British everywhere.
- Introduction to his World War II performances.
- Obituary, The Economist, August 2, 2003
- I was on the way to my hotel, and I passed a hotel going in the opposite direction.
- He arrived in Saigon on the day that Vietcong agents blew up an American officers' billet.
- New York Times obituary, July 28, 2003
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- In his prime, the young comic walked onto a stage with the confidence of a man who owned it, and by the time he walked off, he did.
[edit] Misattributed
- You mean like Democrats?
- In the film The Ghost Breakers (1940), in reference to another character's description of zombies: "you see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring."
[Misattributed: Actor not credited as writer.]
- In the film The Ghost Breakers (1940), in reference to another character's description of zombies: "you see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring."
[edit] External links
- Bob Hope at the Internet Movie Database
