Bob Hope Net Worth

Bob Hope's Quotes

• [on being told he was being awarded an honorary knighthood] What an honor and what a surprise for a boy born in England, raised in Cleveland and schooled in vaudeville.
• Golf is my real profession--show business pays my greens fees.
• You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
• [on his 100th birthday] I'm so old, they've canceled my blood type.
• [at the height of the Cold War] We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.

Interesting Facts about Bob Hope

1. ABC-TV Network News Poll, A&E Biography Viewers Poll, as well as magazine and newspaper 'century roundups' have proclaimed Hope as the "Entertainer of the 20th Century."
2. In 1959 he was awarded the Emmy Trustees' Award "for bringing the great gift of laughter to all peoples of all nations; for selflessly entertaining American troops throughout the world over many years; and for making TV finer by these deeds and by the consistently high quality of his TV programs through the years".
3. Winner of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1985.
4. In 1995 he was presented the National Medal of Arts: presented by President Bill Clinton.
5. Has four adopted children: Eleanora Avis "Nora", Anthony, Linda Hope and Kelly Hope.
6. Has entertained the troops overseas in every war from WWII to the Gulf War
7. In 1998 he was awarded an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.
8. In the 1950s he was a part-owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. His guest appearance in I Love Lucy (1951) centered around his attending a Yankees-Indians game at Yankee Stadium.
9. Holds two entries in "The Guinness Book of World Records". One is for having the distinction of being the entertainer with "the longest running contract with a single network--spanning 61 years". The second is for being the "most honored entertainer", with over 1500 awards.
10. Served as United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) Entertainment Coordinator from 1941-2001. Retired his post at age 98 in favor of Wayne Newton.
11. Received 58 honorary degrees.
12. Entertained U.S. troops starting 6th May 1941, and became the first to be named an "honorary veteran" by Congress.
13. He entertained 11 different Presidents, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt and ending with Bill Clinton.
14. His golf buddy was Prescott Bush, the father and grandfather of presidents George Bush and George W. Bush.
15. He was the only entertainer to have complete carte blanche to walk on whenever he felt like it on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).
16. He changed his name from Leslie to Bob, because in school they would call the roll as 'Hope, Leslie' and classmates shortened it to hopeless.
17. In a mostly ad-libbed skit for a TV show, Hope joked with Jimmy Durante about the size of his own nose. Durante quipped "When it comes to noses, you're a retailer. I'm a wholesaler!"
18. Appointed an honorary CBE in 1976.
19. Wife Dolores Hope was born 27th May 1909. She and Bob celebrated their birthdays on 28th May every year--splitting the difference between their respective real birthdays.
20. Spent his 99th birthday--29 May 2002--at home in Toluca Lake, CA. Wife Dolores Hope's 93rd birthday was just two days before. Los Angeles National Cemetery dedicated veterans' chapel in his name to salute his lifetime of service entertaining U.S. troops.