Bing Crosby Movies

With his famous bass-baritone voice, Bing Crosby (1903-1977) was one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century. Although somewhat forgotten, his movie career is equally impressive. Bing Crosby’s film career started with the 1930 film The King of Jazz. His first big break came in 1932 when he appeared in The Big Broadcast, which was the sixth most successful movie of that year. He appeared on the annual top ten box office stars for the first time in 1934. He would appear on that list a total of fifteen times in his career. From 1944 to 1948, Crosby was the number one star, for a record five years in a row.

In 1940 Bing Crosby and Bob Hope starred in the very successful Road to Singapore. The comedy team of Crosby/Hope became very popular. They made six very successful sequels over the next twenty-two years. Having conquered singing and comedy, Crosby started concentrating on serious acting. He won the Academy Award® for Best Actor in 1944 for the blockbuster hit Going My Way. He received another nomination the next year for The Bells of St. Mary’s. In 1954, he received his final nomination for Best Actor The Country Girl co-starring Grace Kelly. She won the Oscar® playing Bing’s wife. In 1966 he appeared in his last movie, the remake of the classic western Stagecoach. There was talk of making Road to the Fountain of Youth, but Bing Crosby died in 1977 before he could make that movie.

Bing Crosby Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

• Sort Bing Crosby movies by co-stars of his movies.
• Sort Bing Crosby movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort Bing Crosby movies by yearly box office rank
• Sort Bing Crosby movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
• Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins each Bing Crosby movie received.
• Sort Bing Crosby movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
• Use the search and sort button to make this page very interactive….for example if you want to see all the Bob Hope/Crosby movies….just type in Bob Hope in the search box and up they pop.