TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Bob Hope.
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Birthdate: May 29, 1903
Death date: July 27, 2003
Bob Hope
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1930s
1.8874
12
1940s
2.9554
28
1950s
2.3984
21
1960s
1.9949
12
1970s
1.1019
3
1980s
0.8492
1
1990s
No Reviews
0
2000s
0.2618
1
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.6596
2.6596
Bob Hope Movie Rankings
1
3.3201Convinced by a big time Hollywood agent named Dom DeLuise that he belongs on the big screen entertaining millions, Kermit the Frog decides to head to Hollywood to become a star. ...more about Muppet Movie
DVD from $13.99
(10 sellers)
2
3.2560Jeff and Turkey, two wild and crazy guys adrift on a raft in the Mediterranean, are cast away on a desert shore and hop a convenient camel to an Arabian Nights city where Turkey soon finds himself sold as a slave... ...more about Road to Morocco
DVD from $5.70
(15 sellers)
3
3.2171At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been stolen by McGurk and Sperry, a couple of thugs. ...more about Road to Utopia
DVD from $7.00
(10 sellers)
4
2.9730
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train bound for Los Angeles. ...more about My Favorite Blonde
DVD from $8.89
(8 sellers)
5
2.9165
Italy, 1757. Meek tailor Pippo Popolino disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance attractive widow Francesca. ...more about Casanova's Big Night
DVD from $3.88
(11 sellers)
6
2.8688
Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. ...more about My Favorite Brunette
DVD from $1.99
(5 sellers)
7
2.8233
Mary Carter inherits her family's ancestral home, located on a small island off Cuba, and, despite warnings and death threats, decides to take possesion of the reputedly haunted castle. ...more about Ghost Breakers
DVD from $5.95
(11 sellers)
8
2.7807
New ocean liner S.S. Gigantic is about to race its rival, the Colossal. Gigantic owner T.F. Bellows sends his brother S.B. on the Colossal, hoping he will cause trouble; delayed by a golf game, S.B. ...more about Big Broadcast of 1938
DVD from $9.18
(11 sellers)
9
2.7796
Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. ...more about Princess and the Pirate
DVD from $6.75
(11 sellers)
10
2.7442
Graft is rampant in the government of a "mythical" Louisiana, and the arrival of U.S. Senate investigator Loganberry brings panic. ...more about Louisiana Purchase
DVD from $8.89
(7 sellers)
11
2.7396
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. ...more about They Got Me Covered
- Not Available on DVD
12
2.6665
Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the will". ...more about Cat and the Canary
- Not Available on DVD
13
2.5086
Someone is selling guns to the Indians and in order to find the culprit Calamity Jane and a secret agent go undercover posing as man and wife. ...more about Paleface
DVD from $3.92
(12 sellers)
14
2.4200
Beaucaire is a barber for the Royal French court who becomes a real "royal pain" for the king. As a result he is sent to the guillotine - however he is saved by the Duc de Chandre, who rescues and transports him to the Spanish court. ...more about Monsieur Beaucaire
DVD from $6.99
(9 sellers)
15
2.4108
Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. ...more about Caught in the Draft
DVD from $5.86
(11 sellers)
16
2.3713
Bing Crosby an Bob Hope star in the first of the 'Road to' movies as two playboys trying to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet Dorothy Lamour... ...more about Road to Singapore
DVD from $4.99
(14 sellers)
17
2.3379
An American actor (Arthur Tyler) impersonating an English butler is hired by a nouveau riche woman (Effie Floud) from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter (Aggie). ...more about Fancy Pants
DVD from $3.90
(10 sellers)
18
2.3025
A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off course and lands in Africa where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it. ...more about Call Me Bwana
- Not Available on DVD
19
2.2908
Inept insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a $100,000 policy. When his boss learns the man was Jesse James he sends Milford after him with money to buy back the policy. ...more about Alias Jesse James
- Not Available on DVD
20
2.2360
Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. ...more about Seven Little Foys
DVD from $9.99
(8 sellers)
21
2.2191
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. ...more about Star Spangled Rhythm
DVD from $8.89
(8 sellers)
22
2.2069
Chuck and his pal Fearless flee a South African carnival when their sideshow causes a fire. After several similar escapades, they've finally saved enough to return to the USA, when Chuck spends it all on a "lost" diamond mine. ...more about Road to Zanzibar
DVD from $7.76
(12 sellers)
23
2.1570
Two totally incompetent applicants, Emmett Fitzhume and Austin Millbarge, are chosen from a CIA recruitment program. ...more about Spies Like Us
DVD from $3.35
(16 sellers)
24
2.1290
A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs into trouble with the I.R.S. for back taxes, he needs to write another book fast, to pay them. ...more about Bachelor in Paradise
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
- Not Available on DVD
25
2.1077
Single father Bob Holcomb, dissatisfied with his daughter JoJo's choice of partner, seizes an unexpected opportunity to bring her on a trip to Sweden in order for her to forget all thoughts on marriage. ...more about I'll Take Sweden
DVD from $5.99
(9 sellers)
26
2.0898
Peanuts White, a burlesque comic, is recruited by U.S. agents to impersonate international spy Eric Augustine (whom White resembles) in a mission to purchase a million-dollar microfilm in mysterious, exotic Tangier. ...more about My Favorite Spy
- Not Available on DVD
27
2.0651
Frankie Fane has clawed his way to the top of the Hollywood heap. Now, as he's preparing to win his Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly reminisces over their life together, and Frankie's ruthless struggle to the top and the people he's stepped on (i.e. ...more about Oscar
- Not Available on DVD
28
1.9985
The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s. Used by professional politicians and money-grabbers, Walker himself was "stupid but clean", although his open affair with Betty Compton cost him dear. ...more about Beau James
- Not Available on DVD
30
1.9072
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. ...more about Road to Bali
DVD from $1.99
(15 sellers)
32
1.7953
In this sequel to "The Paleface", Bob Hope and Jane Russell return as the lead characters. Hope plays Junior Potter, who returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. ...more about Son of Paleface
DVD from $4.67
(12 sellers)
33
1.5602
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally steers Moose Moran's girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. ...more about Lemon Drop Kid
DVD from $9.99
(9 sellers)
34
1.5387
Inspired by the passing of U.S.O. perennial Bob Hope, Friars Club roast-master Jeffrey Ross takes Drew up on an invitation to join the U.S.O. in their ongoing mission - delivering punch-lines on the front lines. ...more about Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie
DVD from $7.15
(6 sellers)
35
1.5068
Another in the excellent Hope and Crosby 'Road To' series. Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. ...more about Road to Rio
DVD from $19.99
(1 sellers)
38
0.9967
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby return as Con-men Chester Babcock and Harry Turner, in the last of their road movies. ...more about Road to Hong Kong
DVD from $5.60
(9 sellers)
40
0.7725
After his doctor orders him to take a much needed vacation, talk show host Dan Bartlett heads out to a ranch in Arizona where he hopes to get a little rest and relaxation. However, Once he arrives, he stumbles upon the murder of an Native American girl and becomes the primary suspect. ...more about Cancel My Reservation
- Not Available on DVD
42
The Divine D.D., a European actress known more for her bubble bath scenes than for her acting, decides she has had enough with bubblebaths and wants to be taken seriously as an actress. ...more about Boy
- Not Available on DVD
44
A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War . The group's air and ground crews are followed through a number of bombing missions over Hitler's Germany. ...more about Combat America
DVD from $3.42
(8 sellers)
46
Bob Hope and Lucille Ball heat things up as two romantic couples. But they are each married to different people! They really DO love each other. At the beginning Kitty (Lucille Bal) thinks Larry (Bob Hope) is un-funny, unendurable, and unrelenting. ...more about Facts of Life
- Not Available on DVD
47
Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. ...more about Give Me a Sailor
DVD from $5.86
(12 sellers)
49
Bob, his fiancée and prospective mother-in-law pass through Los Pochos Eggos, South America during a festival when you can get out of any trouble by singing. But both Bob and the girl find new flames, a problem they may not be able to sing out of. ...more about Going Spanish
- Not Available on DVD
50
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. ...more about Great Lover
DVD from $1.99
(10 sellers)
51
The history of Variety Clubs International, showing its inception in Pittsburgh and the charitable work of many of the ...more about Heart of Show Business
- Not Available on DVD
54
Captain Vinka Kovelenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. ...more about Iron Petticoat
- Not Available on DVD
55
A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiance, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. ...more about Let's Face It
- Not Available on DVD
56
To answer the title question, eighty-two of every 100 Americans were in 1947, according to the C.E.Hooper survey (the forerunner of the Neilsens)...listening to network radio, that is. ...more about March of Time Volume 14
- Not Available on DVD
58
Stockbroker T.T.Ralston has promised his neice Gwen to double it if she can raise $20,000. for charity. But he connives so those she asks refuse to give her more than the $10,000 she's already raised. Gwen secretly gives T.T. ...more about Nothing But the Truth
- Not Available on DVD
59
Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn, however, when Bullet gets drafted. ...more about Off Limits
- Not Available on DVD
61
A young American man in Paris spots a beautiful woman in a crowd and is instantly smitten, but soon loses sight of her. Later, as he and several friends are sitting at a table at an outdoor cafe and he is describing her to them, he sees her again. ...more about Paree
DVD from $12.79
(11 sellers)
62
American comedian Bob Hunter, on a luxury liner to France with French counterpart Fernandel, takes an interest in blonde diplomat Ann McCall while pursued by an even shapelier blonde, the mysterious Zara, who seems to be after something in Bob's ...more about Paris Holiday
DVD from $1.99
(11 sellers)
64
Ralph Staub attends a Friars Club dinner in Hollywood, where Bob Hope, George Burns, Jack Benny and other stars are in attendance, and he later visits Rhonda Fleming at the studio and she talks of her plans as a member of a singing group with (not shown) ...more about Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty
- Not Available on DVD
66
William Lundigan is Ralph Staub's guest in this Screen Snapshots and the two of them visit Hollywood's "Pirate's Den," where they encounter several stars, Bob Hope, Roy Rogers and others, having fun in a relaxed mood. ...more about Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Invisible Man
- Not Available on DVD
67
Jack Benny narrates the Screen Snapshots that, utilizing archive footage, traces the career of Al Jolson, and rare off-stage shots of Jolson with stars such as Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor and Pat O'Brien. ...more about Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
- Not Available on DVD
71
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. ...more about Sorrowful Jones
DVD from $9.59
(9 sellers)
73
A filmed broadcast of the Command Performance radio programs in which various Hollywood stars appeared and performed in accordance with letter requests from American service men stationed around the world. ...more about Strictly G.I.
- Not Available on DVD
77
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick ...more about Variety Girl
- Not Available on DVD
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