The 40th Academy Awards were held on April 10, 1968, to honor film achievements of 1967. Originally scheduled for April 8, the awards were postponed to two days later due to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Bob Hope was once again the host of the ceremony.
Official poster with original date
Rod Steiger, Best Actor winner
Katharine Hepburn, Best Actress winner
George Kennedy, Best Supporting Actor winner
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope 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. He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring in 54. These included a series of seven Road to ... musical comedy films with long-time friend Bing Crosby as his partner.
Bob Hope in 1969
Writer Hal Block (far left), Hope (second from left), writer/actor Barney Dean, General George Patton, singer Frances Langford, and musician Tony Romano in Sicily on August 21, 1943
Bob Hope in The Ghost Breakers trailer (1940)
Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Bali (1952)