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Bud Abbott

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1897-10-02

Deathday: 1974-04-24 (76 years old)

Biography

William Alexander "Bud" Abbott was an American actor, producer and comedian. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.

Filmography

all 96

Movies 88

self 28

TV Shows 8

Producer 1

Self

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)

Movie

Self

Reagan (2011)

Movie

Self (archive footage)

The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? (2011)

Movie

Self

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011)

Movie

Self (archive footage)

Behind the Burly Q (2010)

Movie

Self (archive footage)

Self

The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)

Movie

ArchiveFootage

I Know A Riddle (2004)

Movie

ArchiveFootage

Dinosaur Quiz (2004)

Movie

Peter

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000)

Movie

Chick Young

The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)

Movie

(archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! (2000)

Movie

Self (archive footage)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)

Movie

Self

Vaudeville (1997)

Movie

The Best of Abbott & Costello Live (1997)

Movie

Self

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996)

Movie

Chick Young

Svengoolie (1995)

ArchiveFootage

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)

Movie

ArchiveFootage

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994)

Movie

Self

Dracula in the Movies (1992)

Movie

Chick Young

Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Movie

Chick Young

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Movie

Chick Young

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Movie

Self

When It Was a Game (1991)

Movie

Self

Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990)

Movie

ArchiveFootage

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)

Movie

Self (archive footage)

Abbott & Costello in the Movies (1990)

Movie

Self

Bloopermania (1987)

Movie

Self

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)

Movie

Chick Young

Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Movie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Movie

ArchiveFootage

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

Movie

Actor - 'In Society'

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)

Movie

Self

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)

Movie

ArchiveFootage

The Hollywood Clowns (1979)

Movie

(archive footage)

The Horror Show (1979)

Movie

(archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Movie

ArchiveFootage

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest (1972)

Self - film clips

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Movie

Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy (1968)

Movie

Abbott

The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show (1967)

Character in Film Clips

The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)

Movie

Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

Movie

Bud Flick

Dance with Me, Henry (1956)

Movie

Self - 'Who's On First?'

The Steve Allen Show (1956)

Peter Patterson

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Movie

5.1

Harry 'Slim' Pierce

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

Movie

Slim

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

Movie

6.67

Lester

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

Movie

Ernie Kauffman

General Electric Theater (1953)

Rocky Stonebridge / Executive Producer

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

Movie

The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)

Tom Watson

Lost in Alaska (1952)

Movie

Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Movie

Self - Host

Abbott and Costello Christmas Show (1952)

Movie

Self

Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952)

Movie

Al Stewart

Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)

Movie

Bud Alexander

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Movie

Eddie

Knights of the Bath (1951)

Movie

Self - Host / Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)

Bud Jones

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

Movie

Slats [Bud, in silent versions]

Fun on the Run (1949)

Movie

Slats [Bud, in silent versions]

Kitchen Mechanics (1949)

Movie

Casey Edwards

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)

Movie

6.33

Buzz Johnson

Africa Screams (1949)

Movie

6.67

Harry Lambert

Mexican Hayride (1948)

Movie

Bud Abbott

10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)

Movie

Self

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

Chick Young

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Movie

6.12

Ted Higgins

The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Movie

Duke Egan

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)

Movie

Corporal Slicker Smith

Buck Privates Come Home (1947)

Movie

Cuthbert Greenway

The Time of Their Lives (1946)

Movie

Eddie L. Morrison

Little Giant (1946)

Movie

Buzz Kurtis

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)

Movie

Dexter Broadhurst

The Naughty Nineties (1945)

Movie

Slats McCarthy

Here Come the Co-eds (1945)

Movie

Peter Johnson

Lost in a Harem (1944)

Movie

Eddie Harrington

In Society (1944)

Movie

ArchiveFootage

Twenty Years After (1944)

Movie

Self - in a Jeep in Parade

The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' (1943)

Movie

Flash Fulton

Hit the Ice (1943)

Movie

Grover Mockridge

It Ain't Hay (1943)

Movie

Chick Larkin

Who Done It? (1942)

Movie

Algy Shaw

Pardon My Sarong (1942)

Movie

Doc

Rio Rita (1942)

Movie

Duke

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Movie

Blackie Benson

Keep 'Em Flying (1941)

Movie

Chuck Murray

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Movie

Smokey Adams

In the Navy (1941)

Movie

3.5

Slicker Smith

Buck Privates (1941)

Movie

4.33

Abbott

One Night in the Tropics (1940)

Movie

ArchiveFootage

Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!

Movie

Self

Funny Business

Movie

Gallery

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1897-10-02

Deathday
1974-04-24 (76 years old)

Birth Name
William Alexander Abbott

Birth Place
Asbury Park, United States

Spouse
Betty Abbott

Relatives
Norman Abbott

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
William Alexander Abbott

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, New Jersey Hall of Fame

This article uses material from Wikipedia.

Last updated: 2025-01-05

Lou Costello worked together with Bud Abbott in:

78 Movies

4 TV Shows

John Grant worked together with Bud Abbott in:

32 Movies

1 TV Show

Russell A. Gausman worked together with Bud Abbott in:

28 Movies

Lon Chaney Jr. worked together with Bud Abbott in:

16 Movies

3 TV Shows

Frank Skinner worked together with Bud Abbott in:

17 Movies

Bela Lugosi worked together with Bud Abbott in:

14 Movies

1 TV Show

Boris Karloff worked together with Bud Abbott in:

13 Movies

1 TV Show

Vera West worked together with Bud Abbott in:

14 Movies

Joe Kirk worked together with Bud Abbott in:

14 Movies

Charles Van Enger worked together with Bud Abbott in:

12 Movies

Bud Westmore worked together with Bud Abbott in:

12 Movies

Glenn Strange worked together with Bud Abbott in:

9 Movies

3 TV Shows

George Robinson worked together with Bud Abbott in:

12 Movies

Hans J. Salter worked together with Bud Abbott in:

11 Movies

Frank Penny worked together with Bud Abbott in:

11 Movies

Bobby Barber worked together with Bud Abbott in:

11 Movies

William H. O'Brien worked together with Bud Abbott in:

10 Movies

Alex Gottlieb worked together with Bud Abbott in:

10 Movies

Joan St. Oegger worked together with Bud Abbott in:

10 Movies

Milton Rosen worked together with Bud Abbott in:

10 Movies

Bud Abbott
Filmography
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Biography

Filmography

all 96

Movies 88

self 28

TV Shows 8

Producer 1

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)

Reagan (2011)

The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? (2011)

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011)

Behind the Burly Q (2010)

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (2008)

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1 (2007)

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2 (2007)

The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)

I Know A Riddle (2004)

Dinosaur Quiz (2004)

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000)

The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! (2000)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)

Vaudeville (1997)

The Best of Abbott & Costello Live (1997)

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996)

Svengoolie (1995)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994)

Dracula in the Movies (1992)

Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

When It Was a Game (1991)

Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)

Abbott & Costello in the Movies (1990)

Bloopermania (1987)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)

Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)

The Hollywood Clowns (1979)

The Horror Show (1979)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest (1972)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

The Movie Orgy (1968)

The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show (1967)

The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

Dance with Me, Henry (1956)

The Steve Allen Show (1956)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

General Electric Theater (1953)

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)

Lost in Alaska (1952)

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Abbott and Costello Christmas Show (1952)

Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952)

Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Knights of the Bath (1951)

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

Fun on the Run (1949)

Kitchen Mechanics (1949)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)

Africa Screams (1949)

Mexican Hayride (1948)

10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1897-10-02

Deathday
1974-04-24 (76 years old)

Birth Name
William Alexander Abbott

Birth Place
Asbury Park, United States

Spouse
Betty Abbott

Relatives
Norman Abbott

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
William Alexander Abbott

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, New Jersey Hall of Fame