Bud Abbott

AKA: William Alexander Abbott

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1897-10-02

Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

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.

Crew Roles

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Executive Producer

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {83}

Self (archive footage)

1985-01-01 0

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilarious collection of movie and TV bloopers. ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Slim

1953-08-01 6.339

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. ...

Genre :Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

Chick Young

1948-06-15 7.11

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Baggage handlers Bud and Lou accidentally stumble upon Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and the Wolf Man. ...

Genre :Horror, Comedy

Self (archive footage)

1968-01-01 6.75

The Movie Orgy

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut ...

Genre :Comedy, Documentary, History

Buzz Johnson

1949-05-04 5.683

Africa Screams

When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in searc ...

Genre :Comedy, Adventure

Algernon 'Algy' Shaw

1942-08-07 6.5

Pardon My Sarong

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a ...

Genre :Comedy

Harry Lambert

1948-12-27 5.6

Mexican Hayride

Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Himself

1990-01-01 0

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

See America's funniest comedy team in rare movie trailers, hilarious highlights, belly-busting bloopers, and scenes from their starring feature films, all the way from first (Buck privates) to last (D ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Smokey Adams

1941-05-30 6.4

In the Navy

Genre :Comedy, Music, War

Tom Watson

1952-08-13 6

Lost in Alaska

After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover that the police mistakenly want them for murder. ...

Genre :Comedy, Adventure

Dexter Broadhurst

1945-06-20 6.6

The Naughty Nineties

In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try ...

Genre :Comedy

Ted Higgins

1948-04-05 6.8

The Noose Hangs High

Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found o ...

Genre :Comedy

Duke

1942-02-13 5.9

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows a ...

Genre :Comedy, Western

Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway

1946-08-13 7

The Time of Their Lives

Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence. ...

Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Duke Egan

1947-10-08 6.111

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charg ...

Genre :Comedy, Western

Peter Patterson

1955-06-23 6.009

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy. ...

Genre :Adventure, Horror, Comedy, Fantasy

Lester

1953-04-06 5.5

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to V ...

Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Bud Jones

1950-08-05 6.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sh ...

Genre :Comedy, Adventure

Bud Alexander

1951-04-12 6.367

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man. ...

Genre :Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction

Casey Edwards

1949-05-26 6.5

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Fred ...

Genre :Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Harry 'Slim' Pierce

1955-02-02 6.1

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of ...

Genre :Comedy

Slicker Smith

1947-04-04 6.3

Buck Privates Come Home

Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and get ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance, Action

Bud Flick

1956-12-17 5.1

Dance with Me, Henry

Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling to keep his adopted children. When Bud is forced ...

Genre :Comedy

Al Stewart

1951-07-26 5.8

Comin' Round the Mountain

Al Stewart and Wilbert are magicians doing a stage act when they run into Wilbert's cousin, Dorothy McCoy. They find out that Wilbert's grandfather, Squeeze-box McCoy, had treasure hidden in the hills ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Slats McCarthy

1945-02-02 5.7

Here Come the Co-Eds

Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to att ...

Genre :Comedy

Flash Fulton

1943-06-02 5.926

Hit the Ice

After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers, where they meet an old friend and his band. ...

Genre :Comedy

Blackie Benson

1941-11-27 6

Keep 'Em Flying

When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for. ...

Genre :Comedy

(archive footage)

1979-02-06 3.8

The Horror Show

A history of horror movies. ...

Genre :Horror, Documentary, TV Movie

(archive footage)

1979-03-23 0

The Hollywood Clowns

Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history. ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Slicker Smith

1941-01-31 6.7

Buck Privates

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauf ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, War

Abbott

1940-11-15 5.6

One Night in the Tropics

Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

Eddie Harrington

1944-08-16 5.8

In Society

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too ...

Genre :Comedy, Action, Crime, Music

Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler

1946-02-22 5.3

Little Giant

Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerja ...

Genre :Comedy

Chuck Murray

1941-08-08 6.8

Hold That Ghost

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with s ...

Genre :Comedy, Horror

Rocky Stonebridge

1952-12-27 5.9

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treas ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, Adventure

Buzz Kurtis

1945-10-05 5.7

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role. ...

Genre :Comedy

Chick Larkin

1942-10-30 7

Who Done It?

Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast. ...

Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss

1952-04-07 5.636

Jack and the Beanstalk

A young boy trades the family cow for magic beans. Ascending the beanstalk with the butcher who sold him the beans, he faces the giant terrorizing his village. ...

Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Music

(archive footage)

1982-12-31 10

Showbiz Goes to War

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting ...

Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Grover Mockridge

1943-03-10 6.4

It Ain't Hay

Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize th ...

Genre :Comedy

Doc

1942-03-11 5.8

Rio Rita

Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel. ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983-02-25 6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look a ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Eddie (archive footage)

1951-04-01 0

Knights of the Bath

Short film cobbled from the Abbott & Costello feature In Society for the home movie market. ...

Genre :Comedy

Peter Johnson

1944-12-01 5.4

Lost in a Harem

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle. ...

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2000-08-29 7

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (1932). ...

Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

1972-01-10 6

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golde ...

Genre :Documentary, History

Chick Young (archive footage)

1991-01-01 10

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods. ...

Genre :Documentary, Horror

Chick Young (archive footage)

2000-01-01 3.5

The Many Faces of Dracula

Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years. ...

Genre :Documentary, Horror

Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)

1991-01-01 5.7

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen. ...

Genre :Documentary, Science Fiction, Horror

Self (archive footage)

1982-01-01 6

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s. ...

Genre :Documentary

2007-11-06 0

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2

Offering 1950s television audiences night after night of vaudeville-style hilarity, comic legends Abbott and Costello frequently used their hosting duties on "The Colgate Comedy Hour" as opportunities ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

2007-11-06 8

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1

Join the most popular comedy team in history with a collection of their most loved classic skits! Highlights include Who's on First, The Piano Bit and Niagara Falls featuring the great Errol Flynn and ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

Character in Film Clips (archive footage)

1965-04-01 6.3

The World of Abbott and Costello

A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Navy, Hit the Ice, Who Done It?, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Mexican Hayride, Hold That Gho ...

Genre :Comedy

1949-08-18 0

Fun on the Run

Bixby College needs to win the girls' basketball tourney prize-money in order to survive, but a pair of gamblers have brought in some Amazonian ringers to play for the opposition and Lou, in drag, is ...

Genre :Comedy

1949-08-18 5

Kitchen Mechanics

Lou and Bud start their new job as live-in caretakers on a college campus by trying - very trying - to get their own quarters cleaned up. ...

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2013-01-29 5.5

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history . You'll see stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, ...

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2010-04-23 5.2

Behind the Burly Q

Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie Zemeckis traces the art form from vaudeville-style variety show through its ext ...

Genre :Documentary, History

Himself

8

Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!

The best collection of the famous duel's live performances. ...

Genre :

Self (archive footage)

2011-02-01 8

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

Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends like “Who’s On First?,” and “The Lemon Bit,” this digitally restored and re-mastered “Best Of” collection includes six of the Abbott and Costello S ...

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2011-01-01 0

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC drama about their early lives. ...

Genre :Documentary

Self

1948-10-01 6

10,000 Kids and a Cop

A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles toward prevention of juvenile delinquency. William Bendix, as a neighborhood policeman, v ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self (archive footage)

1990-01-01 0

Abbott & Costello in the Movies

The funniest moments of legendary comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are captured in this choice collection of theatrical trailers, hit sketches, movie clips and hilarious outtakes. One of the big ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2008-03-18 0

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

A compilation that highlights works from the Three Stooges. It includes the shorts Brideless Groom, Sing a Song of Six Pants, and Malice in the Palace, also Ed Wynn's live TV Camel Comedy Caravan star ...

Genre :Documentary

(archive footage)

1976-05-16 6.91

That's Entertainment, Part II

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers. ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

(archive footage)

1944-01-01 6

Twenty Years After

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases. ...

Genre :Documentary

Self (Archive Footage)

1994-11-24 7

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld celebrates the lives and careers of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Featured are clips from their movies and TV shows, plus home movies, newsreel footage and their trademark "Who's on Firs ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

1964-09-02 6.3

The Big Parade of Comedy

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history. ...

Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Self (archive footage)

1996-04-29 0

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

A biography of comedian double act Bud Abbott & Lou Costello ...

Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Abbott

1952-02-22 5.5

Abbott and Costello Christmas Show

Celebrate the season with this collection of sketches starring the hilarious Abbott and Costello and special guests. ...

Genre :Comedy, Family, TV Movie

(archive footage)

2000-01-01 7.3

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!

A documentary from Universal about the movie Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein. ...

Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

1999-01-01 6.9

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

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker expl ...

Genre :Documentary

1997-01-28 0

The Best of Abbott & Costello Live

"He-e-ey Abb-o-o-o-tt!!" screamed Lou. And all America knew the fun was about to begin. For decades, lanky straight man Bud Abbott and tubby spark plug Lou Costello brought the knock about outrageous ...

Genre :Comedy

Abbott

0

Midget Car Maniacs

Abbott and Costello partake in a midget car race, and things quickly go south. ...

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

1986-01-01 0

Classic Comedy Teams

Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Sto ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self

0

Hey Abbott (1978)

Take a golden trip down memory lane with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and their classic zany, rapid-fire routines that keep generations laughing! ...

Genre :Comedy

Self - Host

1950-09-10 6.8

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, includin ...

Genre :Comedy

Self

1948-06-20 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was ...

Genre :Comedy, Talk

Ernie Kauffman

1953-02-01 6.4

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Rel ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Bud Abbott

1952-12-05 7.2

The Abbott and Costello Show

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns. ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

Self - "Who's On First?"

1956-06-24 5.6

The Steve Allen Show

Genre :Comedy

Self

1950-09-10 6.8

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2009-01-01 10

Studio 42 with Bob Costas

Emanating from Studio 42 -- named in honor of Jackie Robinson -- in MLB Network's Secaucus, N.J., headquarters, this series features the Hall of Fame-worthy interview skills of Bob Costas talking base ...

Genre :Talk

Abbott (voice)

1967-09-09 7.6

The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show

The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show is an American half-hour animated series of the famous comedy duo that aired in syndication from September 9, 1967 to June 1, 1968. Each of the 39 individual episo ...