Bob Hope
1903 to 2003
9 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Bob Hope across 8 places, from 1903 to 2003. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lester Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Bob Hope was documented, and when
29 May 1903exact date
Elthamattested
“Leslie Townes Hope was born on May 29, 1903, in Eltham, County of London (now part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich), in a terraced house at 44 Craigton Road in Well Hall, where there is now a British Film Institute 'Centenary of Britis…”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
29 May 1903exact date
Well Hallattested
“Leslie Townes Hope was born on May 29, 1903, in Eltham, County of London (now part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich), in a terraced house at 44 Craigton Road in Well Hall, where there is now a British Film Institute 'Centenary of Britis…”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1938year
Hollywood, Los Angelesattested
“Hope moved to Hollywood when Paramount Pictures signed him for the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938, also starring W.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1940year
Chicagoattested
“Academy Awards Although he was never nominated for a competitive Oscar, Hope was given five honorary awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: * 13th Academy Awards (1940): Special Award in recognition of his unselfish s…”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
6 May 1941exact date
March Fieldattested
“He performed his first USO show on May 6, 1941, at March Field in California, and continued to travel and entertain troops for the rest of World War II, later during the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the third phase of the Lebanon Civil W…”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
6 May 1941exact date
Californiaattested
“He performed his first USO show on May 6, 1941, at March Field in California, and continued to travel and entertain troops for the rest of World War II, later during the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the third phase of the Lebanon Civil W…”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1968year
West Pointattested
“For his service to his nation through the USO, he was awarded the Sylvanus Thayer Award by the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1968, the first entertainer to receive the award.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
June 2000month
Californiaattested
“In June 2000 at age 97, he spent nearly a week in a California hospital being treated for gastrointestinal bleeding.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
27 July 2003exact date
Toluca Lakeattested
“Even at 100, Hope maintained his self-deprecating sense of humor, quipping, "I'm so old, they've canceled my blood type." On July 27, 2003, Hope died of pneumonia at his home in Toluca Lake, California.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
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Places Bob Hope is documented in
California2 presences · 1941 to 2000Chicago1 presence · 1940Hollywood, Los Angeles1 presence · 1938West Point1 presence · 1968
Eltham1 presence · 1903
March Field1 presence · 1941
Toluca Lake1 presence · 2003
Well Hall1 presence · 1903
Other places tied to Bob Hope in the record
In each of these, a source puts Bob Hope and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Bob Hope was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
30 March 1908exact date
Ellis Islandmentioned
“The family emigrated to the United States aboard the SS Philadelphia, passing through Ellis Island, New York on March 30, 1908, before moving on to Cleveland.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
30 March 1908exact date
United Statesmentioned
“The family emigrated to the United States aboard the SS Philadelphia, passing through Ellis Island, New York on March 30, 1908, before moving on to Cleveland.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
30 March 1908exact date
Clevelandmentioned
“The family emigrated to the United States aboard the SS Philadelphia, passing through Ellis Island, New York on March 30, 1908, before moving on to Cleveland.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1930year
Culver City, Californiamentioned
“After five years on the vaudeville circuit, Hope was "surprised and humbled" when he failed a 1930 screen test for the RKO-Pathé short-subject studio at Culver City, California.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
25 January 1933exact date
Eriementioned
“They were married on January 25, 1933, in Erie, Pennsylvania.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1937year
Toluca Lakementioned
“In 1937, they moved to 10346 Moorpark Street in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, where they would reside until their respective deaths.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1939year
United Statesmentioned
“Such early films as The Cat and the Canary (1939) and The Paleface (1948) were financially successful and praised by critics, and by the mid-1940s, with his radio program getting good ratings as well, he was one of the most popular enter…”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1939year
Toluca Lakementioned
“Hope settled into a home custom built for him in 1939 on an lot in the Toluca Lake section of Burbank in the San Fernando Valley.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1939year
San Fernando Valleymentioned
“Hope settled into a home custom built for him in 1939 on an lot in the Toluca Lake section of Burbank in the San Fernando Valley.”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1940 to 1962period
Singaporementioned
“The series consists of seven films made between 1940 and 1962: Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1946), Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and The Road to Hong Kong (1962).”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1940 to 1962period
Zanzibarmentioned
“The series consists of seven films made between 1940 and 1962: Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1946), Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and The Road to Hong Kong (1962).”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1940 to 1962period
Moroccomentioned
“The series consists of seven films made between 1940 and 1962: Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1946), Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and The Road to Hong Kong (1962).”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1940 to 1962period
Balimentioned
“The series consists of seven films made between 1940 and 1962: Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1946), Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and The Road to Hong Kong (1962).”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1940 to 1962period
Hong Kongmentioned
“The series consists of seven films made between 1940 and 1962: Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1946), Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and The Road to Hong Kong (1962).”
source: Wikipedia: Bob Hope
1943year
1946year
1958year
1962year
3 June 1963exact date
3 June 1963exact date
1965year
1970year
25 April 1971exact date
1973year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Charles BronsonCedars-Sinai Medical Center · 2003Benedict AndersonCalifornia · 1941Raquel WelchChicago · 1940Heinz KohutChicago · 1940Max ReinhardtHollywood · 1938Alla NazimovaHollywood · 1938
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Sources
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