Bob Hope: America’s Entertainer

His career began on the vaudeville stage, where he had third billing behind Siamese twins and trained seals. By the time he took his final bow, he was revered as “America’s Entertainer.”

In a career spanning eight decades, Bob Hope did it all – from Broadway to Hollywood, stand-up to television. But it was his wartime work for the USO, which started in World War II, that turned the comedian into an icon. Through newsreel footage, family photos, and clips of his greatest performances, BIOGRAPHY^® illuminates every aspect of Hope’s unparalleled career. Friends and colleagues like Milton Berle and former President Gerald Ford shed light on the man behind the famous grin, while Hope himself reflects on his life and legacy.

Irrepressibly talented and tirelessly dedicated, he was the original “hardest working man” in show business.