Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis Crosby
1904 - 1977
American born Tacoma, Washington

Nickname Der Bingle, The old groaner . Height 5' 7" (1.70 m) . Bing Crosby was the fourth of seven children of Tacoma, Washington, brewery bookkeeper Harry Lowe Crosby and Kate Harrigan Crosby. He studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band. Bing and the band's piano player, Al Rinker, left Spokane for Los Angeles in 1925. In the early 1930s Bing's brother Everett sent a record of Bing singing "I Surrender, Dear" to the president of CBS. His live performances from New York were carried over the national radio network for 20 consecutive weeks in 1932. His radio success led Paramount Pictures to include him in The Big Broadcast (1932), a film featuring radio favorites. His songs about not needing a bundle of money to make life happy was the right message for the decade of the Great Depression. His relaxed, low-key style carried over into the series of "Road" comedies he made with pal Bob Hope. He won the best actor Oscar for playing an easygoing priest in Going My Way (1944). He showed that he was indeed an actor as well as a performer when he played an alcoholic actor down on his luck opposite Grace Kelly in The Country Girl (1954). Playing golf was what he liked to do best. He died at age 74 playing golf at a course outside Madrid, Spain, after completing a tour of England that had included a sold-out engagement at the London Palladium. Spouse Kathryn Grant (24 October 1957 - 14 October 1977) (his death) 3 children, Dixie Lee (29 September 1930 - 1 November 1952) (her death) 4 children.

"The Pearl Bailey Show" (1971) , Dr. Cook's Garden (1971) , "The Danny Thomas Hour" (1967) ,Stagecoach (1966) , "The Bing Crosby Show" (1964) , Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) , "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) , The Road to Hong Kong (1962) , "The DuPont Show of the Week" (1961) , Pepe (1960) , High Time (1960) , Say One for Me (1959) , Alias Jesse James (1959) , "The Christophers" (1958) , The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1958) , The Joker Is Wild (1957) , Man on Fire (1957) , High Society (1956) , Anything Goes (1956) , "Ford Star Jubilee" (1956) , Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956) , The Country Girl (1954) , White Christmas (1954) , Little Boy Lost (1953) , Scared Stiff (1953) , Road to Bali (1952) , Just for You (1952) , Son of Paleface (1952), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) , Angels in the Outfield (1951) , Here Comes the Groom (1951) , Mr. Music (1950), Riding High (1950) , The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) , Top o' the Morning (1949) , A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) , "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1948) , The Emperor Waltz (1948) , Road to Rio (1947) , Welcome Stranger (1947) , My Favorite Brunette (1947) , Blue Skies (1946) , Road to Utopia (1946) , The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) , Out of This World (1945) , Here Come the Waves (1944) , The Princess and the Pirate (1944) , Going My Way (1944) , Dixie (1943) , They Got Me Covered (1943) , Road to Morocco (1942) , Holiday Inn (1942) , My Favorite Blonde (1942) , Birth of the Blues (1941) , Road to Zanzibar (1941) , Rhythm on the River (1940) , If I Had My Way (1940) , Road to Singapore (1940) , The Star Maker (1939) , East Side of Heaven (1939) , Paris Honeymoon (1939) , Sing You Sinners (1938) , Dr. Rhythm (1938) , Double or Nothing (1937) , Waikiki Wedding (1937) , Pennies from Heaven (1936) , Rhythm on the Range (1936) , Anything Goes (1936) , Two for Tonight (1935) , Mississippi (1935) , Here Is My Heart (1934) , She Loves Me Not (1934) , We're Not Dressing (1934) , Just an Echo (1934) , Going Hollywood (1933) , Please (1933) , Too Much Harmony (1933) , College Humor (1933) , Sing, Bing, Sing (1933) , Blue of the Night (1933) , The Big Broadcast (1932) , Billboard Girl (1932) , Dream House (1932) , One More Chance (1931) , I Surrender Dear (1931) , Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931), Reaching for the Moon (1930)