Bud Abbott

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.

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Known For

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 • as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 • as Self - Host

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 • as Self

The Steve Allen Show

1956 • as Self - "Who's On First?"

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 • as Bud Abbott

Svengoolie

1995 • as Chick Young

Filmography

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/29/2013

2011

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

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 2/1/2011

Movie

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/2011

2010

Behind the Burly Q

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 4/23/2010

2009

Studio 42 with Bob Costas

as Self (archive footage)

TV - Released: 1/1/2009

2008

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 3/18/2008

2007

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1

Movie - Released: 11/6/2007

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2

Movie - Released: 11/6/2007

2000

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 8/29/2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

as Chick Young (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!

as (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

1999

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1999

1997

The Best of Abbott & Costello Live

Movie - Released: 1/28/1997

1996

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 4/29/1996

1995

Svengoolie

as Chick Young

TV - Released: 1/7/1995

1994

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

as Self (Archive Footage)

Movie - Released: 11/24/1994

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Chick Young (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

Movie

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

1990

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

as Himself

Movie - Released: 1/1/1990

Movie

Abbott & Costello in the Movies

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1990

1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1985

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 2/25/1983

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 12/31/1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1982

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 2/6/1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 3/23/1979

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 5/16/1976

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/10/1972

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1968

1965

The World of Abbott and Costello

as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 4/1/1965

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 9/2/1964

1956

Dance with Me, Henry

as Bud Flick

Movie - Released: 12/17/1956

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - "Who's On First?"

TV - Released: 6/24/1956

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

as Peter Patterson

Movie - Released: 6/23/1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

as Harry 'Slim' Pierce

Movie - Released: 2/2/1955

1953

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Slim

Movie - Released: 8/1/1953

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

as Lester

Movie - Released: 4/6/1953

General Electric Theater

as Ernie Kauffman

TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1952

Lost in Alaska

as Tom Watson

Movie - Released: 8/13/1952

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

as Rocky Stonebridge

Movie - Released: 12/27/1952

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

Movie - Released: 4/7/1952

Abbott and Costello Christmas Show

as Abbott

Movie - Released: 2/22/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Bud Abbott

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

1951

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

as Bud Alexander

Movie - Released: 4/12/1951

Comin' Round the Mountain

as Al Stewart

Movie - Released: 7/26/1951

Knights of the Bath

as Eddie (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 4/1/1951

1950

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

as Bud Jones

Movie - Released: 8/5/1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self - Host

TV - Released: 9/10/1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

TV - Released: 9/10/1950

1949

Africa Screams

as Buzz Johnson

Movie - Released: 5/4/1949

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

as Casey Edwards

Movie - Released: 5/26/1949

Movie

Fun on the Run

Movie - Released: 8/18/1949

Kitchen Mechanics

Movie - Released: 8/18/1949

1948

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

as Chick Young

Movie - Released: 6/15/1948

Mexican Hayride

as Harry Lambert

Movie - Released: 12/27/1948

The Noose Hangs High

as Ted Higgins

Movie - Released: 4/5/1948

Movie

10,000 Kids and a Cop

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/1/1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

TV - Released: 6/20/1948

1947

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

as Duke Egan

Movie - Released: 10/8/1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Slicker Smith

Movie - Released: 4/4/1947

1946

The Time of Their Lives

as Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway

Movie - Released: 8/13/1946

Little Giant

as Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler

Movie - Released: 2/22/1946

1945

The Naughty Nineties

as Dexter Broadhurst

Movie - Released: 6/20/1945

Here Come the Co-Eds

as Slats McCarthy

Movie - Released: 2/2/1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

as Buzz Kurtis

Movie - Released: 10/5/1945

1944

In Society

as Eddie Harrington

Movie - Released: 8/16/1944

Lost in a Harem

as Peter Johnson

Movie - Released: 12/1/1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1944

1943

Hit the Ice

as Flash Fulton

Movie - Released: 6/2/1943

It Ain't Hay

as Grover Mockridge

Movie - Released: 3/10/1943

1942

Pardon My Sarong

as Algernon 'Algy' Shaw

Movie - Released: 8/7/1942

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Duke

Movie - Released: 2/13/1942

Who Done It?

as Chick Larkin

Movie - Released: 10/30/1942

Rio Rita

as Doc

Movie - Released: 3/11/1942

1941

In the Navy

as Smokey Adams

Movie - Released: 5/30/1941

Keep 'Em Flying

as Blackie Benson

Movie - Released: 11/27/1941

Buck Privates

as Slicker Smith

Movie - Released: 1/31/1941

Hold That Ghost

as Chuck Murray

Movie - Released: 8/8/1941

1940

One Night in the Tropics

as Abbott

Movie - Released: 11/15/1940

Unknown

Movie

Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!

as Himself

Movie