Bud Abbott

William Alexander Abbott aka Bud Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) is a legendary American actor, producer and comedian from Asbury Park, New Jersey. He is best known as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.

Filmography

Italics indicate particularly important movies in his career.

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• One Night in the Tropics (1939)
• Buck Privates (1940)
• In the Navy (1941)
• Hold That Ghost (1941)
• Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
• Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941)
• Rio Rita (1942)
• Pardon My Sarong (1942)
• Who Done It? (1942)
• It Ain't Hay (1943)
• Hit the Ice (1943)
• Lost In A Harem (1944)
• In Society (1944)
• Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
• The Naughty Nineties (1945)
• Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945)
• The Little Giant (1946)
• The Time of Their Lives (1946)
• Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
• The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
• The Noose Hangs High (1948)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
• Mexican Hayride (1948)
• Africa Screams (1949)
• Abbott and Costello Meet The Killer (1949)
• Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
• Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
• Abbott and Costello Lost in Alaska (1952)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
• Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1953)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
• Dance with Me Henry (1956)