Bud Abbott

Personal Info

Birthday

October 2, 1897

Day of Death

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

Svengoolie

The Abbott and Costello Show

General Electric Theater

The Noose Hangs High

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Lost in a Harem

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

Filmography

2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2011
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
as Self (archive footage)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Behind the Burly Q
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Chick Young (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
as (archive footage)
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (Archive Footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Chick Young (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)
1990
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Himself
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)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1979
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
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
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Peter Patterson
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Harry 'Slim' Pierce
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Slim
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Lester
1952
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Rocky Stonebridge
Lost in Alaska
as Tom Watson
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
as Abbott
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Al Stewart
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Bud Alexander
Knights of the Bath
as Eddie (archive footage)
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Bud Jones
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Casey Edwards
Africa Screams
as Buzz Johnson
1948
Mexican Hayride
as Harry Lambert
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Self
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Chick Young
The Noose Hangs High
as Ted Higgins
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Duke Egan
Buck Privates Come Home
as Slicker Smith
1946
The Time of Their Lives
as Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway
Little Giant
as Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Buzz Kurtis
The Naughty Nineties
as Dexter Broadhurst
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Slats McCarthy
1944
Lost in a Harem
as Peter Johnson
In Society
as Eddie Harrington
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
Hit the Ice
as Flash Fulton
It Ain't Hay
as Grover Mockridge
1942
Who Done It?
as Chick Larkin
Pardon My Sarong
as Algernon 'Algy' Shaw
Rio Rita
as Doc
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Duke
1941
Keep 'Em Flying
as Blackie Benson
Hold That Ghost
as Chuck Murray
In the Navy
as Smokey Adams
Buck Privates
as Slicker Smith
1940
One Night in the Tropics
as Abbott