bob hope lahir sebagai anak ke-5 dari 7 bersaudara di eltham, london, england.
ayahnya orang inggris bernama william henry hope, seorang pekerja bangunan (stonemason) dari kota pinggir pantai weston-super-mare.
ibunya orang wales bernama avis townes, seorang penyanyi opera, tetapi harus bekerja sebagai pelayan bagian kebersihan.
bob hope mengikuti ayah dan ibunya yang tinggal berpindah-pindah, dari weston-super-mare ke whitehall and st.
george di kota bristol, sebelum berimigrasi ke amerika serikat tahun 1908 dan tinggal di cleveland, ohio. keluarga bob hope sampai di amerika sebagai penumpang kapal ss philadelphia, dan sebelum masuk ke daratan amerika sempat menjalani pemeriksaan di pulau ellis pada 30 maret 1908.
pada tahun 1920, bob hope yang berusia 17 tahun mendapat kewarganegaraan as.
film layar lebar
the big broadcast of 1938 (1938)
college swing (1938)
give me a sailor (1938)
thanks for the memory (1938)
never say die (1939)
rhythm romance (1939)
the cat and the canary (1939)
road to singapore (1940)
the ghost breakers (1940)
road to zanzibar (1941)
caught in the draft (1941)
nothing but the truth (1941)
louisiana purchase (1941)
my favorite blonde (1942)
road to morocco (1942)
star spangled rhythm (1942)
combat america (1943) (dokumenter)
they got me covered (1943)
let's face it (1943)
the princess and the pirate (1944)
the story of g.i. joe (1945) (lagu)
road to utopia (1946)
monsieur beaucaire (1946)
my favorite brunette (1947)
variety girl (1947)
where there's life (1947)
road to rio (1947)
the paleface (1948)
sorrowful jones (1949)
the great lover (1949)
fancy pants (1950)
my favorite spy (1951)
the greatest show on earth (1952) (cameo)
son of paleface (1952)
road to bali (1952)
off limits (1953)
scared stiff (1953) (cameo)
here come the girls (1953)
casanova's big night (1954)
the seven little foys (1955)
that certain feeling (1956)
the iron petticoat (1956)
beau james (1957)
paris holiday (1958)
alias jesse james (1959)
the five pennies (1959) (cameo)
the facts of life (1960)
bachelor in paradise (1961)
the road to hong kong (1962)
critic's choice (1963)
call me bwana (1963)
a global affair (1964)
i'll take sweden (1965)
the oscar (1966) (cameo)
boy, did i get a wrong number!
not with my wife, you don't!
eight on the lam (1967)
the private navy of sgt. o'farrell (1968)
how to commit marriage (1969)
cancel my reservation (1972)
the muppet movie (1979)
spies like us (1985)
a century of cinema (1994) (dokumenter)
that little monster (1994)
off the menu: the last days of chasen's (1997) (dokumenter)
going spanish (1934)
paree, paree (1934)
the old grey mayor (1935)
double exposure (1935)
calling all tars (1935)
soup for nuts (1935)
watch the birdie (1935)
shop talk (1936)
don't hook now (1938)
screen snapshots series 19, no. 6 (1940)
hedda hopper's hollywood no. 4 (1942)
strictly g.i. (1943)
show business at war (1943)
the all-star bond rally (1945)
hollywood victory caravan (1945)
weekend in hollywood (1947)
march of time volume 14, no. 1: is everybody listening?
screen actors (1950)
you can change the world (1951)
screen snapshots: memorial to al jolson (1952)
screen snapshots: hollywood's invisible man (1954)
screen snapshots: hollywood beauty (1955)
showdown at ulcer gulch (1956)
screen snapshots: hollywood star night (1957)
the heart of show business (1957)
martin at the movies (1968)