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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 2, 1897
Died
April 24, 1974
Place of Birth
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- William Alexander Abbott
Bud Abbott
0.5 Popularity
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
5.5
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
8.0
Self (archive footage)
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
2011
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
4.9
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Burly Q
2010
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
2009
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008
8.0
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007
0.0
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2007
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
3.5
Chick Young (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Credits
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.5
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
as Self (archive footage)
2011
8.0
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
2011
0.0
Behind the Burly Q
as Self (archive footage)
2010
4.9
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
as Self (archive footage)
2009
10.0
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007
8.0
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2007
0.0
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
2000
7.0
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Chick Young (archive footage)
2000
3.5
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
as (archive footage)
2000
7.3
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
6.9
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1997
0.0
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self (archive footage)
1996
0.0
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (Archive Footage)
1994
7.0
🎬
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)
1991
5.7
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Chick Young (archive footage)
1991
10.0
🎬
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1990
0.0
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Himself
1990
0.0
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1986
0.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1979
0.0
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show
as Abbott (voice)
1967
7.6
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
1965
6.3
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
1964
6.3
Dance with Me, Henry
as Bud Flick
1956
5.1
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - "Who's On First?"
1956
5.6
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Peter Patterson
1955
6.0
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Harry 'Slim' Pierce
1955
6.1
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Slim
1953
6.3
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Lester
1953
5.4
General Electric Theater
as Ernie Kauffman
1953
6.4
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Rocky Stonebridge
1952
5.9
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Bud Abbott
1952
7.2
Lost in Alaska
as Tom Watson
1952
6.0
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
1952
5.6
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
as Abbott
1952
5.5
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Al Stewart
1951
5.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Bud Alexander
1951
6.3
Knights of the Bath
as Eddie (archive footage)
1951
0.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
1950
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Bud Jones
1950
6.0
Kitchen Mechanics
1949
5.0
🎬
Fun on the Run
1949
0.0
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Casey Edwards
1949
6.5
Africa Screams
as Buzz Johnson
1949
5.7
Mexican Hayride
as Harry Lambert
1948
5.6
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Self
1948
6.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Chick Young
1948
7.1
The Noose Hangs High
as Ted Higgins
1948
6.8
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Duke Egan
1947
6.1
Buck Privates Come Home
as Slicker Smith
1947
6.3
The Time of Their Lives
as Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway
1946
7.1
Little Giant
as Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler
1946
5.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Buzz Kurtis
1945
5.6
The Naughty Nineties
as Dexter Broadhurst
1945
6.6
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Slats McCarthy
1945
5.7
Lost in a Harem
as Peter Johnson
1944
5.4
In Society
as Eddie Harrington
1944
5.8
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
Hit the Ice
as Flash Fulton
1943
5.9
It Ain't Hay
as Grover Mockridge
1943
6.4
Who Done It?
as Chick Larkin
1942
7.0
Pardon My Sarong
as Algernon 'Algy' Shaw
1942
6.4
Rio Rita
as Doc
1942
5.8
Keep 'Em Flying
as Blackie Benson
1941
6.0
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Duke
1941
5.9
Hold That Ghost
as Chuck Murray
1941
6.8
In the Navy
as Smokey Adams
1941
6.4
Buck Privates
as Slicker Smith
1941
6.7
One Night in the Tropics
as Abbott
1940
5.6
🎬
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
as Himself
N/A
8.0
🎬
Midget Car Maniacs
as Abbott
N/A
0.0
Hey Abbott (1978)
as Self
N/A
0.0