Wi a career spannin nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in ower 70 featur films an short films, includin a series o "Road" movies. Born in Eltham, England, on May 29, 1903, Leslie Townes Hope was one of Harry and Agnes Townes Hope's seven surviving boys. He and his family were lovingly supported by the staff of Enloe Hospice. His father was a stonemason (a construction worker), and his mother had been a concert singer in Wales.
Comedian and actor. Late in the summer of 2011, when Dolores was still “quite conscious,” Father Groeschel stopped by to see her. "He had, unfortunately, stuck around too long."
Hope was considered sexist and homophobic.
Known as "Mr. Entertainment," "The King of Comedy," or "ol' ski nose," Bob Hope entertained the world for more than 70 years. Bob Hope KBE, KC*SG, KSS (born Leslie Townes Hope, Mey 29, 1903 – Julie 27, 2003) wis an American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, sangster, dancer, athlete, centenarian an author. When Hope died in 2003, two months after he turned 100 years old, his "reputation was already fading, tarnished or being actively disparaged," Zoglin writes. In 1908 the family left England and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Bob Hope Biography.
By the age of four Hope was a skilled mimic and loved to sing and dance.
He was in the constant presence of his wife, Colleen, and his children, Brianne and Ryan. Born Leslie Townes Hope, May 29, 1903, in Eltham, England; died from complications due to pneumonia, July 27, 2003, in Toluca Lake, CA. Bob Hope died in 2003, seven years after his conversion to Catholicism. Jun 18, 2020. It is with great sadness that the family of Robert Michael Hope share the news of his death.
Bob died at home in Chico on June 18, 2020 of T-cell lymphoma.