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: Acting

Birthday: 1897-10-01

Place of Birth: Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As: William Alexander Abbott

Bud Abbott

Popular Movies

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

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Africa Screams (1949)

Pardon My Sarong (1942)

Mexican Hayride (1948)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

Buck Privates Come Home (1947)

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)

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

Dance With Me, Henry (1956)

Here Come the Co-eds (1945)

Lost in Alaska (1952)

Hit the Ice (1943)

In the Navy (1941)

Keep 'Em Flying (1941)

The Naughty Nineties (1945)

The Time of Their Lives (1946)

The Noose Hangs High (1948)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Buck Privates (1941)

One Night in the Tropics (1940)

In Society (1944)

Little Giant (1946)

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)

Who Done It? (1942)

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

It Ain't Hay (1943)

Rio Rita (1942)

Lost in a Harem (1944)

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000)

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

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

The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)

Behind the Burly Q (2010)

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

10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)

Abbott & Costello in the Movies (1990)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)

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

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Twenty Years After (1944)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996)

Abbott and Costello Christmas Show (1952)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! (2000)

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

Terror in the Aisles (1984)

The Movie Orgy (1968)

The Hollywood Clowns (1979)

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

Knights of the Bath (1951)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)

Fun on the Run (1949)

Kitchen Mechanics (1949)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)

Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990)

The Horror Show (1979)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Horrible Horror (1986)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! (1970)

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011)