Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-10-02

Deathday

1974-04-24 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

William Alexander Abbott

Bud Abbott

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

7.1%

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Jun 15, 1948

6.1%

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Jun 23, 1955

6.4%

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Apr 12, 1951

6.3%

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Aug 1, 1953

6.6%

Buck Privates

Jan 31, 1941

6.7%

Hold That Ghost

Aug 8, 1941

5.7%

Africa Screams

May 4, 1949

6.5%

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

May 26, 1949

5.6%

Jack and the Beanstalk

Apr 7, 1952

5.5%

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Apr 6, 1953

7.0%

The Time of Their Lives

Aug 13, 1946

7.0%

Who Done It?

Oct 30, 1942

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Acting

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Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! as Himself

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)

2011		The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? as Self (archive footage)
2011		Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes as Self (archive footage)

2010

Behind the Burly Q as Self (archive footage)

2009

Studio 42 with Bob Costas as Self (archive footage)

2008

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

2007		Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007		Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2

2000		Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self (archive footage)
2000		Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! as (archive footage)
2000		The Many Faces of Dracula as Chick Young (archive footage)

1999

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

1997

The Best of Abbott & Costello Live

1996

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography as Self (archive footage)

1995

Svengoolie as Chick Young

1994

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

1991		Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)
1991		Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Chick Young (archive footage)

1990		Abbott and Costello in the Movies as Himself
1990		Abbott & Costello in the Movies as Self (archive footage)

1985

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

1983

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

1982		Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1982		Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)

1979		The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
1979		The Horror Show as (archive footage)

1976

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

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)

1965

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

1964

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

1956		Dance with Me, Henry as Bud Flick
1956		The Steve Allen Show as Self - "Who's On First?"

1955		Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Peter Patterson
1955		Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Harry 'Slim' Pierce

1953		Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Slim
1953		Abbott and Costello Go to Mars as Lester
1953		General Electric Theater as Ernie Kauffman

1952		Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd as Rocky Stonebridge
1952		The Abbott and Costello Show as Bud Abbott
1952		Lost in Alaska as Tom Watson
1952		Jack and the Beanstalk as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
1952		Abbott and Costello Christmas Show as Abbott

1951		Comin' Round the Mountain as Al Stewart
1951		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Bud Alexander
1951		Knights of the Bath as Eddie (archive footage)

1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self - Host
1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion as Bud Jones

1949		Kitchen Mechanics
1949		Fun on the Run
1949		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Casey Edwards
1949		Africa Screams as Buzz Johnson

1948		Mexican Hayride as Harry Lambert
1948		10,000 Kids and a Cop as Self
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein as Chick Young
1948		The Noose Hangs High as Ted Higgins

1947		The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Duke Egan
1947		Buck Privates Come Home as Slicker Smith

1946		The Time of Their Lives as Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway
1946		Little Giant as Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler

1945		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Buzz Kurtis
1945		The Naughty Nineties as Dexter Broadhurst
1945		Here Come the Co-Eds as Slats McCarthy

1944		Lost in a Harem as Peter Johnson
1944		In Society as Eddie Harrington
1944		Twenty Years After as (archive footage)

1943		Hit the Ice as Flash Fulton
1943		It Ain't Hay as Grover Mockridge

1942		Who Done It? as Chick Larkin
1942		Pardon My Sarong as Algernon 'Algy' Shaw
1942		Rio Rita as Doc
1942		Ride 'Em Cowboy as Duke

1941		Keep 'Em Flying as Blackie Benson
1941		Hold That Ghost as Chuck Murray
1941		In the Navy as Smokey Adams
1941		Buck Privates as Slicker Smith

1940

One Night in the Tropics as Abbott

Production

1952

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd as Executive Producer