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.
Cast
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
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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