Past Film & Video (2 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Roll with It (2023) Writer (story by) Writer (story by) See fewer		$221K	$758K	$758K
The Confession Musical (2023) Associate Producer, Writer (script) Associate Producer, Writer (script) See fewer

Past Television (43 titles)	Episodes
Inside Music Row (2010) (TV Series) - Writer (2 episodes, 2010) Writer (2 episodes, 2010) See fewer Holiday Memories from Nashville, Tennessee (Nov 27, 2010) Writer Writer See fewer A Tribute to Charlie Pride and the Music of Ben Peters (2010) Writer Writer See fewer	2
Gaither's Pond (1999–2001) (TV Series) - Writer (story) (2 episodes, 1999), Script (1 episode, 2001), Soundtrack (1 episode, 2001) Writer (story) (2 episodes, 1999), Script (1 episode, 2001), Soundtrack (1 episode, 2001) See fewer The Great Divide (2001) Season 1, Episode 3 - Script, Soundtrack ("Let It Flow", "Problems", "Always Done It This Way Before"), Writer (story) Script, Soundtrack ("Let It Flow", "Problems", "Always Done It This Way Before"), Writer (story) See fewer Fish Tales (1999) Season 1, Episode 2 - Writer (story) Writer (story) See fewer	2
Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents (1996) (TV Special) - Writer (written by) Writer (written by) See fewer
Bob Hope's Young Comedians (1995) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Hopes for the Holidays (1994) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Young Comedians: Making America Laugh (1994) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Birthday Memories (1994) (TV Movie) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (1993) (TV Special) - Writer (written by) Writer (written by) See fewer
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (1993) (TV Movie) - Self, Writer (written by) Self, Writer (written by) See fewer
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio (1992) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope Presents the Ladies of Laughter (1992) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's America: Red, White and Beautiful (1992) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope and Other Young Comedians: The World Laughs, Young and Old (1992) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Cross-Country Christmas (1991) (TV Movie) - Writer , Writer (written by) Writer , Writer (written by) See fewer
Bob Hope & Friends: Making New Memories (1991) (TV Special) - Writer (written by) Writer (written by) See fewer
Yellow Ribbon Party (1991) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia (1991) (TV Special) - Writer (1991), Writer Writer (1991), Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's 1990 Christmas Show from Bermuda (1990) (TV Special) - Writer (written by) Writer (written by) See fewer
Bob Hope: Don't Shoot, It's Only Me (1990) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's USO Road to the Berlin Wall and Moscow (1990) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Ole! It's Bob Hope's Spring Fling of Comedy and Music from Acapulco (1990) (TV Special) - Writer Writer See fewer
Bob Hope Lampoons Show Business (1990) (TV Special) - Writer Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Christmas Special from Waikoloa, Hawaii (1989) (TV Special) - Writer (1989), Writer Writer (1989), Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy (1989) (TV Movie) - Writer (written by) Writer (written by) See fewer
Bob Hope's Birthday Spectacular in Paris (1989) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Easter Vacation in the Bahamas (1989) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Super Bowl Party (1989) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show (1988) (TV Special) - Writer (written by) Writer (written by) See fewer
Hope News Network (1988) (TV Movie) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's USO Christmas from the Persian Gulf: Around the World in Eight Days (1988) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope Winterfest Christmas Show (1987) (TV Special) - Writer (1987), Writer Writer (1987), Writer See fewer
NBC Investigates Bob Hope (1987) (TV Special) - Lyricist, Writer , Writer Lyricist, Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday Extravaganza (1987) (TV Special) - Writer Writer See fewer
Bob Hope with His Beautiful Easter Bunnies and Other Friends (1987) (TV Special) - Writer Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Tropical Comedy Special from Tahiti (1987) (TV Special) - Writer Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Bagful of Christmas Cheer (1986) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope Lampoons the New TV Scene (1986) (TV Movie) - Writer Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday (1986) (TV Movie) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Royal Command Performance from Sweden (1986) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
The Bob Hope Christmas Show (1985) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope Buys NBC? (1985) (TV Special) - Writer , Writer Writer , Writer See fewer
Bob Hope Lampoons Television (1985) (TV Special) - Writer Writer See fewer
Bob Hope's Spring Fling (1981) (TV Special) - Writer Writer See fewer

Theater (8 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Josiah for President, the Musical (based on the novel, Josiah for President, written by Martha Bolton *	Libretto (script)	Blue Gate Musicals, Produced by Mel Riegsecker and Dan Posthuma, Director/Composer Wally Nason
Half-Stitched, the Musical (Based on Wanda Brunstetter's book, The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club) 2012 *	Libretto (script)	Blue Gate Musicals, Producers Dan Posthuma and Mel Riegsecker, Director/Composer Wally Nason
A Bear in the Burbs, children's musical *	Libretto (script)	Composer/Lyricist, Bill Bauer; Director, Matt Bolton, Produced by Bill Bauer
The Confession Musical (stage adaptation of Beverly Lewis' bestselling trilogy) *	Libretto (scriptwriter)	Director/composer Wally Nason; Produced by Dan Posthuma and Mel Riegsecker
The Home Game *	Playwright, Author	Blue Gate Musicals
The Lockhorns - Together at Last *	Playwright	Produced by Jaime Janiszewski
Stolen (2018, based on Wanda Brunstetter's Daughters of Lancaster series) *	Scriptwriter	Blue Gate Musicals
Our Christmas Dinner *	Co-writer with Wally Nason	Blue Gate Musicals

Music (15 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics, A Man Is Innocent, production number on Bob Hope television special *	Co-lyricist with Gene Perret, Bob Alberti/Composer	Hope Enterprises
Josiah for President, the Musical *	Libretto (script)	Produced by Mel Riegsecker and Dan Posthuma, Director/Composer Wally Nason
The Confession Musical (based on Beverly Lewis' bestselling trilogy) *	Libretto (script)	Produced by Dan Posthuma and Mel Riegsecker, Director/Composer Wally Nason
Half-Stitched, the Musical (based on Wanda Brunstetter's The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club) *	Libretto (script)	Blue Gate Musicals, Produced by Dan Posthuma and Mel Riegsecker, Director /Composer, Wally Nason
A Bear in the 'Burbs *	Libretto (script)	Composer/Lyricist, Bill Bauer; Director Matt Bolton
A Lamb's Tale, children's musical *	Co-writer with Dennis Allen, received Dove Award nomination	Lillenas Publishing
Bethlehem or Bust, children's musical *	Libretto (script)	Bravo Music, music written and arranged by Darrell Bledsoe, Andy Cundiff, and Ted Wilson
Bethlehem's Big Night *	Libretto (script) / lyricist	Lillenas Publishing. Music by Bill Wolaver
Some Other Time, Some Other Place *	Parody writer	Performed by Mark Lowry and Sandy Patty, written by Gary Driskell, Martha Bolton
The Date Adventure *	Parody writer	Performed by Mark Lowry, written by Steven Curtis Chapman, Geoff Moore, Martha Bolton
Every Teacher Knows My Name *	Parody writer	Performed by Mark Lowry, written by Amy Grant, Wane Kirkpatrick, Charlie Peacock, Martha Bolton
Face in this World *	Parody writer	Performed by Mark Lowry, written by Michael W. Smith, Martha Bolton
First Class, Wrong Flight *	Lyricist	Written by Tony Wood, Martha Bolton, Phil Madeira
Hyperactivity *	Co-writer	Written by Mark Lowry, Martha Bolton, James Isaac Elliott, Tommy Greer
God Help the USA *	Co-writer	Written by Mark Lowry, Martha Bolton, Bill Gaither

Print (6 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Books (88 titles, including Didn't My Skin Used to Fit, Cooking With Hot Flashes, and Talk About Hope) *	Author	Various, including a "with" author on three New York Times bestsellers. Also, the author of the popular middle-age books, Didn't My Skin Used to Fit - and - Cooking With Hot Flashes.
Jesse and the Super Sensorific Seashore, a day in the life of a boy with autism *	Author	Sensory Star Publishers, Book was named Book of the Year by Creative Child Magazine, 2014
Magazines/Newspapers *	Features writer, interviews, columnist	Various
Josiah for President (novel) *	Author	Harper-Collins/Zondervan (released 2012)
Piper the Hyper Mouse series (children's books) *	co-author (with Mark Lowry)	Howard Publishing
The Cafeteria Lady *	writer, monthly magazine column	Brio magazine (over 15 years)

Television (6 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Bob Hope TV specials and personal appearances, 15 years, over 40 hours of prime time network television, Emmy nominated *	Staff Writer	Hope Enterprises, various directors and producers, including Don Mischer, James Lipton, Dwight Hemion, Sid Smith
NBC Investigates Bob Hope *	writer/lyricist	Song, A Man Is Innocent, written by Gene Perret and Martha Bolton, music by Bob Alberti, was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics
Bob Hope, the First 90 Years, NBC *	writer	Show won an Emmy for "Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special, Executive Producer Linda Hope, Producer Don Mischer, and Directed by Allan Kartun
Bob Hope, the First 90 Years *	On screen writers' tribute to Bob Hope	Executive Producer, Linda Hope; Producer Don Mischer, Director Allan Kartun
Holiday Memories from Nashville *	Writer	Inside Music Row
Holiday Memories, A Tribute to Charlie Pride and the Music of Ben Peters *	Writer	Inside Music Row

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Self (4 titles)
What About Our Life? (2021) (TV Series) - Self - Guest (1 episode, 2021) Self - Guest (1 episode, 2021) See fewer A tribute to the writings from Bob Hope with Martha Bolton/Best of Writing. (Oct 24, 2021) Season 3, Episode 12 - Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer
Hollywood and Beyond with Steven Brittingham (2021) (Podcast Series) - Self - Guest (1 episode, 2021) Self - Guest (1 episode, 2021) See fewer Martha Bolton Interview: Dear Bob... Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of WW II (Apr 18, 2021) Season 3, Episode 13 - Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2021) Self (1 episode, 2021) See fewer Episode #43.10 (Mar 7, 2021) Season 43, Episode 10 - Self Self See fewer
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 50th Anniversary Celebration Tribute to Bob Hope (1996) (Video) - Self Self See fewer

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