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

The Ed Sullivan Show
1955
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1951
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
2012
General Electric Theater
1961
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
Buck Privates
1941
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
It Ain't Hay
1943

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
89
Producing
1
2019
Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy
as Self (Archive Footage)
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
as Self (archive footage)
2011
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Behind the Burly Q
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2005
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Chick Young (archive footage)
2000
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
as (archive footage)
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1997
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (Archive Footage)
1992
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Chick Young (archive footage)
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Chick Young / Slim (archive footage)
1990
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Himself
1990
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1978
Hey Abbott
as Self
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1967
The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show
as Abbott (voice)
1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
1961
General Electric Theater
as Ernie Kauffman
1956
Dance with Me, Henry
as Bud Flick
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Bud Abbott
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Harry 'Slim' Pierce
1955
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Slim
1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Lester
1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1952
Lost in Alaska
as Tom Watson
1952
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Rocky Stonebridge
1952
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss
1952
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
as Abbott
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Bud Abbott
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Bud Alexander
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Al Stewart
1951
Knights of the Bath
as Eddie (archive footage)
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Bud Jones
1949
Africa Screams
as Buzz Johnson
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Casey Edwards
1949
Fun on the Run
1949
Kitchen Mechanics
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Chick Young
1948
Mexican Hayride
as Harry Lambert
1948
The Noose Hangs High
as Ted Higgins
1948
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Self
1948
Oysters and Muscles
as Slats
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Duke Egan
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as Slicker Smith
1946
The Time of Their Lives
as Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway
1946
Little Giant
as Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler
1945
The Naughty Nineties
as Dexter Broadhurst
1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Slats McCarthy
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Buzz Kurtis
1944
In Society
as Eddie Harrington
1944
Lost in a Harem
as Peter Johnson
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
Hit the Ice
as Flash Fulton
1943
It Ain't Hay
as Grover Mockridge
1942
Pardon My Sarong
as Algernon 'Algy' Shaw
1942
Who Done It?
as Chick Larkin
1942
Rio Rita
as Doc
1941
In the Navy
as Smokey Adams
1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Duke
1941
Keep 'Em Flying
as Blackie Benson
1941
Buck Privates
as Slicker Smith
1941
Hold That Ghost
as Chuck Murray
1940
One Night in the Tropics
as Abbott
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
as Himself
Midget Car Maniacs
as Abbott