Bing Crosby Overview:

Legendary actor, Bing Crosby, was born Harry Lillis Crosby on May 3, 1903 in Tacoma, WA. Crosby died at the age of 74 on Oct 14, 1977 in Madrid, Spain and was laid to rest in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles County, CA.

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Fair-haired, sleepy-looking singer with rich, soothing voice whose warm and friendly image, made him into one of Hollywood's biggest stars, especially in the forties, when he was No. 1 box-office attraction in the country. Won an Oscar for Going My Way (1944), although his best work was in the "Road" films with Bob Hope and as a dramatic actor in The Country Girl (1954). Married to actresses Dixie Lee (1930-1952) - she died of cancer - and Kathryn Grant (1957 on). So much of Crosby's screen work consisted of gag guest spots in other people's (mostly Hope's) films that such appearances have been marked (G). Died from a heart attack after a round of golf. Also Oscar-nominated for The Bells of St. Mary's and The Country Girl.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Bing Crosby was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for Best Actor for Going My Way (as Father O'Malley) in 1944.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1944Best ActorGoing My Way (1944)Father O'MalleyWon
1945Best ActorThe Bells of St. Mary's (1945)Father O'MalleyNominated
1954Best ActorThe Country Girl (1954)Frank ElginNominated
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He was honored with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Motion Pictures, Recording and Radio. Bing Crosby's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #30 on Apr 8, 1936. In addition, Crosby was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame and was immortalized on a US postal stamp in 1994.

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Bing Crosby Quotes:

Bob Wallace: You don't expect me to get serious with the kind of characters you and Rita have been throwing at me, do you?
Phil Davis: Well, there have been some nice girls, too, you know.
Bob Wallace: Oh yeah, yeah. Like that nuclear scientist we just met out in the hall.
Phil Davis: All right, they didn't go to college. They didn't go to Smith.
Bob Wallace: Go to Smith? She couldn't even spell it.


Hot Lips Barton: If they hear us, we're dead ducks!
Hot Lips Barton: [Dropping the painting] Whoops! Quack, quack!
Scat Sweeney: [Hastily leaving the room] Quack, quack, quack, quack!


Doris Worthington: I suppose that you're taking me to a fate worse than death?
Stephen Jones: How do you now it's worse than death? Have you ever died?


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From the 1940s to the 1960s he owned 15% of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. His cameo in Angels in the Outfield (1951) was as part-owner of the team.

In 1962 Crosby was the first recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Was nicknamed "Bing" after a character named "Bingo" in a comic strip titled "Bingville Bugle."

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