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'''Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby''' started his career as a singer and made in big in the early 1930s with Decca Records. In 1942 he recorded what would become his most famous legacy: the Irving Berlin song "White Christmas". When it was released, it stayed at #1 on the charts for over 11 weeks. It has remained a perennial Christmas favorite in the United States. In fact, Crosby did several Christmas albums, which is how the younger generation is familiar with him.
Crosby appeared in almost 80 different films over six decades. As a box-office draw, he was surpassed only by [[Clark Gable]] and [[John Wayne]]. He won an [[Academy Award]] for ''Going My Way''. His most famous films include the ''[[Road To]]...'' series filmed with [[Bob Hope]], and of course, ''[[White Christmas]]''.
Crosby pioneered pre-recorded radio shows, and was an astute businessman. He sponsored the development of the videotape and invested in a little company called Minute Maid. At one time he was part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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* Bing, of "The Rhythm Boys," ''Two Plus Fours'' (1930) -- His first film.
* Billy Crocker, ''Anything Goes'' (1936) -- A not very faithful adaptation of the stage [[Musical]]; Bing and [[Ethel Merman]] duet the title song.
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* Chuck Reardon, ''[[Road To]] Zanzibar'' (1941)
* Jim Hardy, ''[[Holiday Inn]]'', (1942)
* Geoffrey Peters, ''[[Road
* Father Chuck O'Malley, ''[[Going My Way]]'', (1944)
* Father Chuck O'Malley, ''The Bells of Saint Mary's'' (1945)
* Duke Johnson and Junior Hooten, ''[[Road To]] Utopia'' (1946)
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* Bob Wallace, ''[[White Christmas]]'' (1954)
* C. K. Dexter-Haven, ''High Society'' (1956) -- The [[Musical]] remake of ''[[The Philadelphia Story]]''. Bing plays the [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?|Cary Grant part]].
* Harry Turner, ''The [[Road To]] Hong Kong'' (1962) -- The last of the "Road" pictures.
* Allan A. Dale, ''Robin and the 7 Hoods'' (1964) -- A [[Roaring Twenties]] re-telling of the [[Robin Hood]] legend, with [[Frank Sinatra]] as the lead.
* Dr. Josiah Boone, ''[[Stagecoach]]'' -- A remarkable performance in the role originally played by Thomas Mitchell in the [[Stagecoach|1939 John Ford Western]]. Bing was painted in character by [[Norman Rockwell]].
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* [[The Stoner]]: Bing was a quite avid smoker of marijuana. Reportedly he started smoking it early in his career, and continued to do so until 1974, where he had a lung operation. His son, Gary, have speculated it might the cause of his laid-back and easygoing acting-style his films.
* [[Those Two Actors]]: As mentioned before, Bing and Bob Hope in the ''[[Road To]] ...'' films. They had a [[Real Life]] friendship as well!
** To add to the cameraderie, [[Dorothy Lamour]] appeared in all of them as well, which was [[Lampshaded Trope|lampshaded by Bing]] at the top of ''Road to Morocco'': [[No Fourth Wall|"I'll lay you eight-to-five that we meet Dorothy Lamour!"]]
** Crosby would often do [[The Cameo|a cameo]] appearance in Hope's other movies as well; in at least one case he [[The Ace|steals the heroine away]] in the process.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Supposedly with Bob Hope.
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