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Oscar Host Roll Call

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By Total Film published 11 February 2008

The full list of every Oscar host ever!

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2007 Ellen DeGeneres
2005 Chris Rock
2004 Billy Crystal
2003 Steve Martin
2002 Whoopi Goldberg
2001 Steve Martin
2000 Billy Crystal
1999 Whoopi Goldberg
1998 Billy Crystal
1997 Billy Crystal
1996 Whoopi Goldberg
1995 David Letterman
1994 Whoopi Goldberg
1993 Billy Crystal
1992 Billy Crystal
1991 Billy Crystal
1990 Billy Crystal
1989 no host
1988 Chevy Chase
1987 Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan
1986 Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams
1985 Jack Lemmon
1984 Johnny Carson
1983 Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau
1982 Johnny Carson
1981 Johnny Carson
1980 Johnny Carson
1979 Johnny Carson
1978 Bob Hope
1977 Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Richard Pryor
1976 Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, George Segal, Robert Shaw
1975 Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra
1974 John Huston, David Niven, Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross
1973 Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson
1972 Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr, Jack Lemmon
1971 no host
1970 no host
1969 no host
1968 Bob Hope
1967 Bob Hope
1966 Bob Hope
1965 Bob Hope
1964 Jack Lemmon, Tom Jones
1963 Frank Sinatra
1962 Bob Hope
1961 Bob Hope
1960 Bob Hope
1959 Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall
1958 James Stewart, David Niven, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell, Bob Hope
1957 Jerry Lewis, Celeste Holm
1956 Jerry Lewis, Claudette Colbert
1955 Bob Hope, Thelma Ritter
1954 Donald O'Connor, Fredric March
1953 Bob Hope, Conrad Nagel
1952 Danny Kaye
1951 Fred Astaire
1950 Paul Douglas
1949 Robert Montgomery
1948 no host
1947 Jack Benny
1946 Bob Hope, James Stewart
1945 John Cromwell, Bob Hope
1944 Jack Benny
1943 Bob Hope
1942 Wendell Willkie
1941 Walter Wanger
1940 Bob Hope
1939 Frank Capra
1938 Bob Burns
1937 George Jessel
1936 Frank Capra
1935 Irvin S Cobb
1934 Will Rogers
1932 Conrad Nagel
1931 Lawrence Grant
1930 Conrad Nagel
1930 William C de Mille
1929 Douglas Fairbanks, William C de Mille

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