This Is Bob Hope... (2017)

During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.

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Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

Billy Crystal

Narrator (voice)

Woody Allen

Self

Dick Cavett

Self

Leonard Maltin

Self

Conan O'Brien

Self

Margaret Cho

Self

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Linda Hope

Self

Bing Crosby

Self (archive footage)

Lucille Ball

Self (archive footage)

George Burns

Self (archive footage)

Gracie Allen

Self (archive footage)

Phyllis Diller

Self (archive footage)

Dorothy Lamour

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

James Cagney

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Carson

Self (archive footage)

Rosemary Clooney

Self (archive footage)

Jerry Colonna

Self (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Aretha Franklin

Self (archive footage)

Betty Grable

Self (archive footage)

Harry James

Self (archive footage)

Frances Langford

Self (archive footage)

Fred MacMurray

Self (archive footage)

Marilyn Maxwell

Self (archive footage)

Ethel Merman

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Janis Paige

Self (archive footage)

Diana Ross

Self (archive footage)

Tom Selleck

Self

Brooke Shields

Self

Connie Stevens

Self

James Stewart

Self (archive footage)

Lana Turner

Self (archive footage)

Paulette Goddard

actress in 'The Ghost Breakers' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Anthony Quinn

actor in 'The Ghost Breakers' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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