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Bob Crosby is a Actor American born on 23 august 1913 at Washington (USA)

Bob Crosby

Bob Crosby
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Birth name George Robert Crosby
Nationality USA
Birth 23 august 1913 at Washington (USA)
Death 9 march 1993 (at 79 years) at La Jolla (USA)

George Robert "Bob" Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American swing music singer and Dixieland bandleader and vocalist best known for his group the Bob-Cats.

Biography

Crosby married socialite June Kuhn at his home in Spokane on 22 September 1938. They had five children, three boys (Christopher, George, and Stephen) and two girls (Cathleen and Junie). Crosby died in La Jolla, California on March 9, 1993, owing to complications from cancer. He was 79.

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(3 films)
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
(1 films)
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
(2 films)
Melville Shavelson
Melville Shavelson
(1 films)
Frances Rafferty
Frances Rafferty
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bob Crosby (13 films)

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Actor

The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies (1959)
, 1h57
Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Harry Guardino, Bob Crosby, Tuesday Weld, Bobby Troup
Roles Will Paradise
Rating70% 3.5444053.5444053.5444053.5444053.544405
Red Nichols (Kaye) is a small-town cornet player who moves to New York City in the 1920s and finds work in a band led by Wil Paradise (Crosby). He meets and marries singer Willia Stutsman, a.k.a. "Bobbie Meredith" (Bel Geddes), and the two form their own Dixieland band called "The Five Pennies" (a play on Nichols' name, since a nickel equals five pennies). As their popularity peaks, their young daughter Dorothy (Susan Gordon) contracts polio and the family leaves the music business, moving to Los Angeles. When Dorothy becomes a teen (Tuesday Weld) she learns of her father's music career and persuades him go on a comeback tour. The tour borders on failure until several notable musicians from Nichols' past appear to save the day.
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
, 2h33
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about euthanasia, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame
Rating64% 3.248323.248323.248323.248323.24832
Brad Braden is the no-nonsense general manager of what was at the time the world's largest railroad circus. He has a number of problems on his hands for the upcoming season.
Two Tickets to Broadway
Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
, 1h46
Directed by James V. Kern, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Bracken, Ann Miller, Barbara Lawrence
Roles Himself
Rating55% 2.752032.752032.752032.752032.75203
Frustrated singers Hannah Holbrook, Joyce Campbell and S. F. "Foxy" Rogers return dejectedly to New York on a bus, their out-of-town engagement in Vermont, arranged by small-time promoter Lew Conway, having been a huge flop.
Presenting Lily Mars
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
, 1h44
Directed by Norman Taurog, Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Richard Carlson, Bob Crosby, Spring Byington
Rating67% 3.3946053.3946053.3946053.3946053.394605
Lily Mars (Judy Garland) is a small-town girl with big-city ambitions. She heads to Broadway hoping for stardom, but after a series of disappointments the best she can manage is an understudy job.
Thousands Cheer
Thousands Cheer (1943)
, 2h5
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Mary Astor, John Boles, Ben Blue, Frances Rafferty
Rating62% 3.100043.100043.100043.100043.10004
The film is essentially a two-part program. The first half consists of a romantic comedy storyline involving an aerialist, played by Gene Kelly, who is drafted into the US Army but really wants to join the air force. During training, he falls in love with Kathryn (played by Kathryn Grayson), the daughter of his commanding officer, who has similarly put her singing career on hold in order to serve by providing entertainment for the troops. Unusually for this type of a film (and for this era of Hollywood), the character Kathryn has only recently met her father for the first time since she was a baby, her parents having divorced. A related subplot has Kathryn conniving to get her parents (played by John Boles and Mary Astor) to reconcile. During the first part of the film, Grayson sings several numbers and Kelly performs one of his most famous routines, dancing with a mop as a partner.
Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
, 1h18
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Political films
Actors Ann Miller, William Wright, Dick Purcell, Franklin Pangborn, Frank Sinatra, Larry Parks
Roles Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
Rating65% 3.2934653.2934653.2934653.2934653.293465
Beverly Ross (Ann Miller) wants to be a radio personality, but has to run the switchboard at a local station. The blustery station owner Mr. Kennedy (Tim Ryan) wants no part of programming jive that she loves", preferring the classics.
Let's Make Music
Let's Make Music (1941)
, 1h24
Directed by Leslie Goodwins
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Elisabeth Risdon, Jean Rogers, Bob Crosby, Joyce Compton, Benny Bartlett, Louis Jean Heydt
Roles Himself
Rating61% 3.089213.089213.089213.089213.08921
Newton High music teacher Malvina Adams (Risdon) is asked to retire since attendance in her classes keeps dropping each year. Trying to prove she's still got it, Adams composes a school fight song which finds its way into the hands of bandleader Bob Crosby (playing himself) who turns it into an overnight hit. Though her niece Abby (Rogers) protests, Malvina travels to New York to perform her song with Bob's band, while her niece falls for the bandleader. The newness of the song fades quickly though, and Malvina tries to write one more hit song before finally giving up and returning to Newton.