Bud Abbott

Known for: Acting
Born: October 2, 1897, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Died: April 24, 1974
Movies: 79

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.

Upcoming Bud Abbott Movies

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Best-Known Movies

7.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

5.9

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955

6.3

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

6.2

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953

6.8

Hold That Ghost

1941

6.8

Buck Privates

1941

5.7

Africa Screams

1949

5.7

Jack and the Beanstalk

1952

6.6

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

5.5

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953

Filmography

2019	Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy	Self (Archive Footage)
2013	Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored	Self (archive footage)
2011	The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?	Self (archive footage)
2011	Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes	Self (archive footage)
2010	Behind the Burly Q	Self (archive footage)
2008	Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge	Self (archive footage)
2007	Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007	Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2005	The Great Man: W.C. Fields	Self (archive footage)
2000	Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed	Self (archive footage)
2000	Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!	(archive footage)
2000	The Many Faces of Dracula	Chick Young (archive footage)
1999	Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'	Self (archive footage)
1997	Vaudeville	Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
1997	The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1996	Abbott & Costello Meet Biography	Self (archive footage)
1994	Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld	Self (Archive Footage)
1992	Dracula in the Movies	(archive footage)
1991	Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook	Chick Young (archive footage)
1991	Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook	Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)
1990	Abbott and Costello in the Movies	Himself
1990	Abbott & Costello in the Movies	Self (archive footage)
1986	Classic Comedy Teams	Self (archive footage)
1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers	Self (archive footage)
1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982	Showbiz Goes to War	Self (archive footage)
1982	Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!	Self (archive footage)
1979	The Hollywood Clowns	(archive footage)
1979	The Horror Show	(archive footage)
1978	Hey Abbott	Self
1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)
1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)
1970	Brasileiros em Hollywood	Self (archive footage)
1968	The Movie Orgy	Self (archive footage)
1965	The World of Abbott and Costello	Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
1964	The Big Parade of Comedy	Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
1956	Dance with Me, Henry	Bud Flick
1955	Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy	Bud Abbott
1955	Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops	Harry 'Slim' Pierce
1953	Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Slim
1953	Abbott and Costello Go to Mars	Lester
1952	Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd	Rocky Stonebridge
1952	Lost in Alaska	Tom Watson
1952	Jack and the Beanstalk	Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
1952	Abbott and Costello Christmas Show	Abbott
1951	Comin' Round the Mountain	Al Stewart
1951	Knights of the Bath	Eddie (archive footage)
1951	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man	Bud Alexander
1950	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion	Bud Jones
1949	Fun on the Run
1949	Kitchen Mechanics
1949	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff	Casey Edwards
1949	Africa Screams	Buzz Johnson
1948	Mexican Hayride	Harry Lambert
1948	10,000 Kids and a Cop	Self
1948	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein	Chick Young
1948	The Noose Hangs High	Ted Higgins
1948	Oysters and Muscles	Slats
1947	The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap	Duke Egan
1947	Buck Privates Come Home	Slicker Smith
1946	The Time of Their Lives	Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway
1946	Little Giant	Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler
1945	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood	Buzz Kurtis
1945	The Naughty Nineties	Dexter Broadhurst
1945	Here Come the Co-Eds	Slats McCarthy
1944	Lost in a Harem	Peter Johnson
1944	In Society	Eddie Harrington
1944	Twenty Years After	(archive footage)
1943	Hit the Ice	Flash Fulton
1943	It Ain't Hay	Grover Mockridge
1942	Who Done It?	Chick Larkin
1942	Pardon My Sarong	Algernon 'Algy' Shaw
1942	Rio Rita	Doc
1942	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Duke
1941	Keep 'Em Flying	Blackie Benson
1941	Hold That Ghost	Chuck Murray
1941	In the Navy	Smokey Adams
1941	Buck Privates	Slicker Smith
1940	One Night in the Tropics	Abbott

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