Bud Abbott
Acting • Born 1897-10-02 – Died 1974-04-24
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.
Filmography
84 credits
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1953
Slim
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Movie • 1948
Chick Young
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Africa Screams
Movie • 1949
Buzz Johnson
Pardon My Sarong
Movie • 1942
Algernon 'Algy' Shaw
Mexican Hayride
Movie • 1948
Harry Lambert
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Movie • 1990
Himself
Lost in Alaska
Movie • 1952
Tom Watson
In the Navy
Movie • 1941
Smokey Adams
The Naughty Nineties
Movie • 1945
Dexter Broadhurst
The Noose Hangs High
Movie • 1948
Ted Higgins
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Duke
The Time of Their Lives
Movie • 1946
Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Movie • 1947
Duke Egan
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Movie • 1955
Peter Patterson
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Movie • 1953
Lester
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Movie • 1950
Bud Jones
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Movie • 1951
Bud Alexander
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie • 1955
Harry 'Slim' Pierce
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Movie • 1949
Casey Edwards
Buck Privates Come Home
Movie • 1947
Slicker Smith
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie • 1951
Al Stewart
Dance with Me, Henry
Movie • 1956
Bud Flick
Here Come the Co-Eds
Movie • 1945
Slats McCarthy
Hit the Ice
Movie • 1943
Flash Fulton
Keep 'Em Flying
Movie • 1941
Blackie Benson
The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
Buck Privates
Movie • 1941
Slicker Smith
One Night in the Tropics
Movie • 1940
Abbott
In Society
Movie • 1944
Eddie Harrington
Little Giant
Movie • 1946
Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler
Hold That Ghost
Movie • 1941
Chuck Murray
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Movie • 1952
Rocky Stonebridge
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Movie • 1945
Buzz Kurtis
Who Done It?
Movie • 1942
Chick Larkin
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie • 1952
Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
It Ain't Hay
Movie • 1943
Grover Mockridge
Rio Rita
Movie • 1942
Doc
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Knights of the Bath
Movie • 1951
Eddie (archive footage)
Lost in a Harem
Movie • 1944
Peter Johnson
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Chick Young (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie • 2000
Chick Young (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
Movie • 2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
Movie • 2007
The World of Abbott and Costello
Movie • 1965
Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
Fun on the Run
Movie • 1949
Kitchen Mechanics
Movie • 1949
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Burly Q
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
Movie
Himself
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Movie • 1948
Self
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After
Movie • 1944
(archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Movie • 1994
Self (Archive Footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
Movie • 1952
Abbott
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
Movie • 2000
(archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
Movie • 1997
Midget Car Maniacs
Movie
Abbott
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
Hey Abbott (1978)
Movie
Self
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self - Host
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Ernie Kauffman
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Bud Abbott
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
TV • 2009
Self (archive footage)
The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show
TV • 1967
Abbott (voice)