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Bud Abbott

Born Oct. 2, 1897
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Died April 24, 1974, aged 76

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.

86 titles
47 Acting
1 Production
39 Appearances

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Acting (47)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Chick Young

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Bud Abbott

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

Bud Alexander

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

Slim

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Chuck Murray

Buck Privates (1941)

Slicker Smith

Africa Screams (1949)

Buzz Johnson

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

Lester

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

Casey Edwards

The Time of Their Lives (1946)

Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway

Who Done It? (1942)

Chick Larkin

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

Bud Jones

In the Navy (1941)

Smokey Adams

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

Rocky Stonebridge

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

Harry 'Slim' Pierce

Buck Privates Come Home (1947)

Slicker Smith

Hit the Ice (1943)

Flash Fulton

The Naughty Nineties (1945)

Dexter Broadhurst

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)

Buzz Kurtis

Pardon My Sarong (1942)

Algernon 'Algy' Shaw

Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)

Slats McCarthy

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Duke

In Society (1944)

Eddie Harrington

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Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)

Al Stewart

The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Ted Higgins

Keep 'Em Flying (1941)

Blackie Benson

Little Giant (1946)

Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler

Lost in Alaska (1952)

Tom Watson

One Night in the Tropics (1940)

Abbott

The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)

Bud Abbott

Rio Rita (1942)

Doc

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)

Duke Egan

Lost in a Harem (1944)

Peter Johnson

Dance with Me, Henry (1956)

Bud Flick

It Ain't Hay (1943)

Grover Mockridge

Mexican Hayride (1948)

Harry Lambert

The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show (1967)

Abbott (voice)

General Electric Theater (1953)

Ernie Kauffman

Abbott and Costello Christmas Show (1952)

Abbott

Kitchen Mechanics (1949)

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

Fun on the Run (1949)

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

Midget Car Maniacs (1950)

Abbott

Oysters and Muscles (1948)

Slats

The Best of Abbott & Costello Live (1997)

Production (1)

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

Executive production

Appearances (39)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

(archive footage)

The Movie Orgy (1968)

Self (archive footage)

Behind the Burly Q (2010)

Self (archive footage)

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000)

Self (archive footage)

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)

Self - Host / Self

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

Self (archive footage)

The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)

Character in Film Clips (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! (2000)

(archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

The Steve Allen Show (1956)

Self

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Self (archive footage)

The Horror Show (1979)

(archive footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)

Self (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)

Self

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)

Self (Archive Footage)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Chick Young (archive footage)

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

Self (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)

Chick Young (archive footage)

Twenty Years After (1944)

(archive footage)

Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!

Himself

Classic Comedy Teams (1986)

Self (archive footage)

Dracula in the Movies (1992)

(archive footage)

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Hey Abbott (1978)

Self

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)

Self (archive footage)

Knights of the Bath (1951)

Eddie (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)

Self (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

Self (archive footage)

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

Self (archive footage)

Vaudeville (1997)

Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)

Abbott & Costello in the Movies (1990)

Self (archive footage)

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996)

Self (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990)

Himself

Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy (2019)

Self (Archive Footage)

Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970)

Self (archive footage)

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011)

Self (archive footage)

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

Self (archive footage)

The Hollywood Clowns (1979)

(archive footage)