Bob Crosby
Acting • Born 1913-08-23 – Died 1993-03-09
Biography
George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby. On TV, Bob Crosby guest-starred in The Gisele MacKenzie Show. He was also a regular cast member of The Jack Benny Program, on both radio and television, taking over the role of bandleader after Phil Harris' departure. Crosby hosted his own afternoon TV variety show on CBS, The Bob Crosby Show (1953–1957). Crosby received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for television and radio. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Filmography
28 credits
Thousands Cheer
Movie • 1943
Bob Crosby
Holiday Inn
Movie • 1942
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
The Five Pennies
Movie • 1959
Wil Paradise
See Here, Private Hargrove
Movie • 1944
Bob
Two Tickets to Broadway
Movie • 1951
Himself - Orchestra Leader
Sis Hopkins
Movie • 1941
Jeff Farnsworth
Let's Make Music
Movie • 1941
Bob Crosby
Paramount Headliner: Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
Movie • 1938
Orchestra Leader
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
Movie • 1944
Don Collins
Road to Bali
Movie • 1952
Himself (uncredited)
Kansas City Kitty
Movie • 1944
Jimmy
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Rookies on Parade
Movie • 1941
Duke Wilson
The Singing Sheriff
Movie • 1944
Bob Richards
My Gal Loves Music
Movie • 1944
Mel Murray
Rhythm on the Roof
Movie • 1934
Bob Crosby
Jazz Ball
Movie • 1956
Self (archive footage)
Presenting Lily Mars
Movie • 1943
Bob Crosby
Pardon My Rhythm
Movie • 1944
Orchestra Leader
The Greatest Show on Earth
Movie • 1952
Spectator
Reveille with Beverly
Movie • 1943
Bob - Bob Crosby and His Orchestra (uncredited)
Collegiate
Movie • 1936
Band Leader
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Bob Crosby Show
TV • 1953
Startime
TV • 1959
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self