Bob Crosby
Date of birth: 1913-08-23
Place of birth: Spokane, Washington, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: George Robert Crosby
Biography
George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby. On TV, Bob Crosby guest-starred in The Gisele MacKenzie Show. He was also a regular cast member of The Jack Benny Program, on both radio and television, taking over the role of bandleader after Phil Harris' departure. Crosby hosted his own afternoon TV variety show on CBS, The Bob Crosby Show (1953–1957). Crosby received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for television and radio. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Movie Credits
Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the
Holiday Inn
1942-01-01
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her fo
The Five Pennies
1959-06-18
Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944-03-18
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his t
Two Tickets to Broadway
1951-11-20
A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with h
Sis Hopkins
1941-04-12
An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
Let's Make Music
1941-01-17
An elderly schoolmarm makes a hit in New York after a bandleader jazzes up her corny song.
Paramount Headliner: Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
1938-05-25
In a nightclub setting, Bob Crosby and His Orchestra play five numbers, as young couples dance in fr
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
1944-12-22
A teenage fan sets out to boost her favorite radio singer's career. Comedy with songs.
Road to Bali
1952-12-05
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sig
Kansas City Kitty
1944-08-24
A piano teacher and her roommate decide to invest their savings in a music publishing company. Comed
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999-01-01
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclus
Rookies on Parade
1941-04-16
The story details the misadventures of two itinerant songwriters named Duke (Crosby) and Cliff (Foy)
The Singing Sheriff
1944-09-01
In this comic western, a Broadway star leaves his musical revue to go West and help out his troubled
My Gal Loves Music
1944-12-01
A sister act finds itself stranded and broke, and teams up with a medicine man who is promoting a ch
Rhythm on the Roof
1934-10-25
Bob Crosby feels inferior to brother Bing, but needs to land a big band job before he can marry swee
Jazz Ball
1956-01-01
A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from
Presenting Lily Mars
1943-04-29
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role bu
Pardon My Rhythm
1944-05-01
A high school bandleader captures the interest of a popular co-ed.
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952-02-16
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though t
Reveille with Beverly
1943-02-04
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ fo
Collegiate
1936-01-22
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.