
Bud Abbott
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 2, 1897
- Died
- April 24, 1974 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known For

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Hold That Ghost

Buck Privates

Africa Screams

Jack and the Beanstalk

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

The Time of Their Lives

Who Done It?
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Filmography
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
Movie · as Himself

Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Behind the Burly Q
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Studio 42 with Bob Costas
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
Movie

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
Movie
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie · as Chick Young (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
Movie · as (archive footage)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
Movie

Vaudeville
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

Dracula in the Movies
Movie · as (archive footage)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as Chick Young (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Movie · as Himself
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Classic Comedy Teams
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Showbiz Goes to War
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Horror Show
Movie · as (archive footage)

The Hollywood Clowns
Movie · as (archive footage)

Hey Abbott
Movie · as Self

That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Brasileiros em Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show
TV · as Abbott (voice) · 39 eps

The World of Abbott and Costello
Movie · as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

Dance with Me, Henry
Movie · as Bud Flick

The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Movie · as Bud Abbott

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie · as Harry 'Slim' Pierce

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Slim

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Movie · as Lester

General Electric Theater
TV · as Ernie Kauffman · 1 ep

Lost in Alaska
Movie · as Tom Watson

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Movie · as Rocky Stonebridge

Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie · as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
Movie · as Abbott

The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Bud Abbott · 52 eps

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Movie · as Bud Alexander

Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie · as Al Stewart

Knights of the Bath
Movie · as Eddie (archive footage)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Movie · as Bud Jones

Midget Car Maniacs
Movie · as Abbott

The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self - Host · 15 eps

Africa Screams
Movie · as Buzz Johnson

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Movie · as Casey Edwards
Fun on the Run
Movie

Kitchen Mechanics
Movie

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Movie · as Chick Young

Mexican Hayride
Movie · as Harry Lambert

The Noose Hangs High
Movie · as Ted Higgins

10,000 Kids and a Cop
Movie · as Self
Oysters and Muscles
Movie · as Slats

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Movie · as Duke Egan

Buck Privates Come Home
Movie · as Slicker Smith

The Time of Their Lives
Movie · as Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway

Little Giant
Movie · as Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler

The Naughty Nineties
Movie · as Dexter Broadhurst

Here Come the Co-Eds
Movie · as Slats McCarthy

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Movie · as Buzz Kurtis

In Society
Movie · as Eddie Harrington

Lost in a Harem
Movie · as Peter Johnson

Twenty Years After
Movie · as (archive footage)

Hit the Ice
Movie · as Flash Fulton

It Ain't Hay
Movie · as Grover Mockridge

Pardon My Sarong
Movie · as Algernon 'Algy' Shaw

Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie · as Duke

Who Done It?
Movie · as Chick Larkin

Rio Rita
Movie · as Doc

In the Navy
Movie · as Smokey Adams

Keep 'Em Flying
Movie · as Blackie Benson

Buck Privates
Movie · as Slicker Smith

Hold That Ghost
Movie · as Chuck Murray

One Night in the Tropics
Movie · as Abbott


