This excerpt was written by Richard Zoglin and originally published in the introduction to his biography, Hope. Memorials to Hope have proliferated across the American landscape. You can walk down ...

May 29, 1903 — Leslie Towns Hope is born in Eltham, England, the fifth of seven sons, to William Henry Hope and Avis Towns Hope. 1908 — The Hope family emigrates to the United States, settling in ...

His career started in the glory days of vaudeville More than 70 years later he is revered as the most popular and influential entertainer of the century the showbiz giant all others are measured ...

Bruce Jay Friedman reviews an exhaustively researched biography of the comedian Bob Hope. By Bruce Jay Friedman Richard Zoglin’s new biography, “Hope: Entertainer of the Century,” follows Bob Hope ...

This absorbing and authoritative biography of Bob Hope (1903-2003) deserves its subtitle, which, applied to anyone else, might seem hyperbole. As Richard Zoglin argues, Hope virtually invented the ...

Hope, who’s so often remembered as an American comedy icon, was actually born in England as Leslie Townes Hope in 1903. Migrating to the US at the age of 4, Hope’s parents and their seven sons settled ...

For five decades, Bob Hope entertained U.S. service members around the world, offering a break from reality through his iconic USO shows. The beloved comedian and actor brought with him a host of ...

Few actors in history are better remembered than Bob Hope. The English-born comedian shared his talents on stage, over the radio, in movies, on television, and through live performances with the USO.

Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian, actor, and entertainer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature ...

Until I read Terry Teachout’s excellent essay, I had not thought about Bob Hope since I was a child. For a TV-obsessed kid like me (born in 1967), Hope was huge. And then suddenly, he was simply not ...