Jack Hope

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title: "Jack Hope" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1900-births", "1962-deaths", "english-film-producers", "english-television-producers", "english-emigrants-to-the-united-states", "people-from-eltham", "20th-century-english-businesspeople"] description: "English–American producer (1900–1962)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hope" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary English–American producer (1900–1962) ::

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Field	Value
name	Jack Hope
image	File:Jack Hope Jack Benny Bob Hope 1954.JPG
caption	Jack Hope (left) with Jack Benny (middle) and brother Bob (right) in 1954
birth_name	William John Hope
birth_date
birth_place	Eltham, Kent, England, UK
death_date
death_place	Los Angeles, California, US
relatives	Bob Hope (brother)
occupation	Film and television producer
nationality	English-American
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|name = Jack Hope |image =File:Jack Hope Jack Benny Bob Hope 1954.JPG |caption = Jack Hope (left) with Jack Benny (middle) and brother Bob (right) in 1954 |birth_name = William John Hope |birth_date = |birth_place = Eltham, Kent, England, UK |death_date = |death_place = Los Angeles, California, US |other_names = |relatives = Bob Hope (brother) |occupation = Film and television producer |nationality = English-American William John Hope (June 20, 1900 – August 6, 1962) was an English–American film and television producer.

Biography

Hope was born in Eltham, Kent (now part of London), England, he was the fourth of seven sons. His English father, William Henry Hope, was a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset and his Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light opera singer but later had to find work as a charwoman. He and his family emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio in 1908. His younger brother was actor-entertainer-comedian Bob Hope.

Hope was a producer for movies and television shows including Alias Jesse James in 1959 and Celebrity Golf in 1960.

Hope died from complications from surgery on August 6, 1962, aged 62.

References

References

1. (August 7, 1962). "William Jack Hope, Brother And Associate of Comedian". [[The New York Times]].
2. Faith, William. (April 24, 2009). "Bob Hope: A Life In Comedy". Hachette Books.

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