Bob Hope Discussion

Bob Hope: Bob Hope. Actor: 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...

Known For: The Ghost Breakers (Larry Lawrence), The Cat and the Canary (Wally Campbell), My Favorite Brunette (Ronnie Jackson), The Great Lover (Freddie Hunter)